Brookside reunion? It's close..

RICKY Tomlinson and Sue Johnston reunite as Brookside’s Bobby and Sheila Grant. Declaring he was “back on the Close”, Ricky, 85, and Sue, 81, filmed a one-off special for C4 in which the old Liverpool soap merges with Hollyoaks for the latter's 30th year. Ricky and Sue, stars of The Royle Family, too, filmed this week.

- BY NICOLA METHVEN TV Editor

RICKY Tomlinson and Sue Johnston reunite as Brookside’s Bobby and Sheila Grant.