By DOUG THOMSON
CORONATION STREET will commemorate the late Rugby League legend and motor neurone disease campaigner Rob Burrow in a special episode.
Viewers of the hugely popular ITV soap will get an in-depth look at the impact of the condition through popular character Paul Foreman, who has the illness.
The hour-long episode is dedicated to Burrow, who died at 41 last month, and will be screened on Friday (8pm).
In it, Foreman, portrayed by actor Peter Ash, experiences a day out orchestrated by his spouse Billy Mayhew (played by Daniel Brocklebank).
The couple revisit the church where they married and spend time with loved ones.
Foreman’s thoughts will be relayed through a voiceover by 39-year-old Ash, who said: “I feel incredibly proud to have worked on this episode.”
Brocklebank, 44, lost a grandfather to the condition, and serves as an ambassador for the MND Association.
“There were times I burst into tears on set during the filming of this episode,” he revealed.
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