William Roache insists he is not a sex predator. The 'Coronation Street' actor, who is currently standing trial for historic sex offences against young girls aged 16 and under, admitted to cheating on his first wife Anna Cropper in court yesterday (28.01.14) but says he is not a paedophile. Quizzed if he was ever unfaithful to Anna, he told Preston Crown Court: ''No, I was not, I'm sorry to say. ''There was a period in my marriage which was not as fulfilling as it should have been and I did have a series of relationships with people. I was looking for relationships.'' However,...
- 1/29/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
William Roache insists he is not a sex predator. The 'Coronation Street' actor, who is currently standing trial for historic sex offences against young girls aged 16 and under, admitted to cheating on his first wife Anna Cropper in court yesterday (28.01.14) but says he is not a paedophile. Quizzed if he was ever unfaithful to Anna, he told Preston Crown Court: ''No, I was not, I'm sorry to say. ''There was a period in my marriage which was not as fulfilling as it should have been and I did have a series of relationships with people. I was looking for relationships.'' However,...
- 1/27/2014
- Virgin Media - TV
★★★★☆The BFI has gone into overdrive this Halloween with several classic TV chillers being dusted down for the haunting season. Amongst them is Robin Redbreast (1970), an episode of the popular BBC drama series Play for Today. This story, involving pagan beliefs set in an undisclosed Home Counties village, may not be your usual blood and gore horror fair. However if your tendencies lie towards inference and suggestion in the style of Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973), this unsettling tale directed by James MacTaggart and starring Anna Cropper and Andrew Bradford will more than satisfy your curiosity.
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- 10/29/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Bill Roache has confessed to bedding 1,000 women, including a 'Coronation Street' co-star. The 79-year-old actor - who plays straight-laced Ken Barlow in the ITV1 soap - explained he ''deeply'' regrets his womanising ways, which saw him regularly cheat on his first wife Anna Cropper because he had no ''control'' over his sex drive. Asked whether the number of women he had slept with was close to the figure of 1,000, he said: ''Well, I'm not denying it. Looking back, I didn't know any better. But what I did find out is it does not bring you happiness and it is not...
- 3/15/2012
- Virgin Media - TV
William Roache has admitted that a string of affairs caused the breakdown of his first marriage. Speaking to the News of the World about his upcoming autobiography, the veteran Coronation Street actor said that he took responsibility for the end of his marriage to Anna Cropper after sleeping with fans of the soap. He said: "Temptation is lurking around the corner, because so much is on offer to you. It was nobody else's fault. No-one forced me to do what (more)...
- 9/26/2010
- by By Naomi Rainey
- Digital Spy
British actor Linus Roache has found a spiritual home in India because the country reminds him of his late mother.
The Batman Begins star was 16 when his mother, actress Anna Cropper, pulled him out of school to join her on the set of TV mini-series Jewel In The Crown in India - and the magical month has always been a beloved memory. Now 44, the actor has been back to India many times since that first trip - and was thrilled when he found out his new film, Before The Rains, would take him back to the sub-continent.
He says, "I feel more at home in India than I do in England. My soul can really breathe there. "I remember that first trip, my mother was coming down the hills in a cab to meet me and they got stranded, so I had to find my own way to my hotel in Delhi with these crazy cab drivers. It was a real eye-opener."
And Roache admits he's had some crazy moments in India: "I've been chased by an elephant. I thought this would be a great advert for Nike shoes.
"I was training for the London marathon and I was in India on one of my trips and I was running with friends up in the hills. We turned this corner and we must've upset this elephant. She came out of the bush roaring with her trunk up. We saw her and you've never seen two guys run like we did; we just took off.
"Now I do yoga in the hills of India. Have mat, will travel."...
The Batman Begins star was 16 when his mother, actress Anna Cropper, pulled him out of school to join her on the set of TV mini-series Jewel In The Crown in India - and the magical month has always been a beloved memory. Now 44, the actor has been back to India many times since that first trip - and was thrilled when he found out his new film, Before The Rains, would take him back to the sub-continent.
He says, "I feel more at home in India than I do in England. My soul can really breathe there. "I remember that first trip, my mother was coming down the hills in a cab to meet me and they got stranded, so I had to find my own way to my hotel in Delhi with these crazy cab drivers. It was a real eye-opener."
And Roache admits he's had some crazy moments in India: "I've been chased by an elephant. I thought this would be a great advert for Nike shoes.
"I was training for the London marathon and I was in India on one of my trips and I was running with friends up in the hills. We turned this corner and we must've upset this elephant. She came out of the bush roaring with her trunk up. We saw her and you've never seen two guys run like we did; we just took off.
"Now I do yoga in the hills of India. Have mat, will travel."...
- 5/4/2008
- WENN
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