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Mel Hutchwright Lionel Hipkiss, using the alias Mel Hutchwright, is a fictional character from the British ITV 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.
Tony Hirst Anthony "Tony" Hirst (born 21 January 1967) is a British actor and theatre director, best known for playing Mike Barnes on the soap opera Hollyoaks and in Coronation Street as Paul Kershaw, the love interest of Eileen Grimshaw. Hirst also narrates the UK version of How It's Made, shown on Quest and the Discovery channels, and various programmes for Channel 4. Tony is the narrator on all seven series of HISTORY'S Swamp People.