The late Maggie Jones, who played legendary Coronation Street battle-axe Blanche Hunt, is to be remembered at a cathedral service. The late Maggie Jones, who played legendary Coronation Street ...

Coronation Street is on the lookout for another character to liven up Weatherfield in the same way that soap legend Maggie Jones' Blanche Hunt did. Jones played the much-loved role from 1974 until her ...

× CORONATION Street’s much-loved Blanche Hunt will be given an on-screen funeral later this year, the soap’s producer said. Kim Crowther promised that Weatherfield battle-axe Blanche, played by the ...

Coronation Street’s William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow in the soap, revealed today how difficult he found it to film the funeral of his on-screen mother-in-law Blanche Hunt. Mon, 29 Mar, 2010 - ...

Coronation Street viewers have compared Tyrone Dobbs’ grandmother Evelyn Plummer to the late, great Blanche Hunt. Screen legend Maureen Lipman made her Coronation street debut last week as Tyrone’s ...

Coronation Street legend Blanche Hunt is to make a number of humorous jibes about her family and friends from beyond the grave, it has been revealed. The battleaxe is to make her final put-downs when ...

CORONATION Street actress Maggie Jones, who played sharp-tongued Blanche Hunt, has died at the age of 75. The much-loved star, who first appeared in the show 35 years ago, died yesterday in hospital.