Mel Hutchwright [SEP] present in work
Mel Hutchwright
Lionel Hipkiss, using the alias Mel Hutchwright, is a fictional character from the British soap opera "Coronation Street", played by Ian McKellen. He makes his first on-screen appearance on 1 May 2005 and is last seen on 22 May 2005. In 2019, McKellen recorded a special message in character as Lionel for Sue Nichols, who plays Audrey Roberts, on the occasion of her receiving the Outstanding Achievement Award at The British Soap Awards ceremony.
Creation and casting.
In March 2005,
the amiable Bill Roache. Have Rita and Barbara Knox ever been seen together? Of course they have, all the time! Then I began fantasies of Mel turning up in the Emmerdale bar once he's moved on from the Rover's . . . or even the bar of the Queen Vic."
Storylines.
Mel Hutchwright, the author of novel "Hard Grinding", turns up at a Book Club meeting having been invited by Blanche Hunt (Maggie Jones). Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden), Rita