[Scarlett.]

Coronation Street fans are in for a treat as two explosive new characters are set to cause fireworks on the cobbles.

Sean Ward and Oliver Farnworth will set hearts racing in the respective roles of Kylie Platt’s ex Callum and Michael Rodwell’s son Gavin. Both have a past that could really set the cat amongst the pigeons in the already fractured Platt household...

Bad-lad Callum will be played by Manchester-bred actor Sean Ward, who has already started filming his first few scenes with actress Paula Lane.

Callum is a character marked by his past misdemeanours but his good-looking charm and dark edge will be impossible to avoid.

Kylie will come face-to-face with her past when she goes digging for answers about Max’s medical condition and hunts down his dad Callum on her old stomping ground.

Viewers will watch in trepidation as Callum lures Kylie back into the life she left behind and while she might have escaped once before, will she be able to bury her past once and for all?

Sean said: “I am delighted to have been given this unique opportunity to join such a brilliant and much loved show. It is a great honour and it will be a professional challenge to play bad-boy Callum. I’m very much looking forward to working closely with Paula.”

Producer Stuart Blackburn said: “Sean is already pulling off that holy grail of creating a character that, whilst dark and dangerous, also has a truly infectious charm and he’s going to be a fantastic character.”

Oliver Farnworth, who is best known for his parts in Hollyoaks and Mr Selfridge, has bagged the role as Les Dennis’ character Michael’s long-lost son, Gavin, and Coronation Street viewers can expect to see him make his mark on the Platt family.

Oliver said: "I'm absolutely delighted to be joining the cast of Coronation Street. Having spent my childhood in the North, to be given the opportunity to return and work on such an iconic, popular TV show is a dream and feels like a natural homecoming. I can't wait to tread the cobbles!"

Stuart said: “Sexy, confident, engaging and yet still with edge and depth, Oliver as an actor has got it all and I can’t wait to see Gavin light up our screens”.

ITV.com

[MTVN]

The producers sure love the Platts eh

[Liam-]

God bless the Corrie bosses

[Rob!]

Oooh. The Platts are in for hell for the rest of the year then basically