Coronation Street's Bill Roache, 91, is facing bankruptcy for a second time - despite earning £250k-a-year as Ken Barlow on ITV soap

Coronation Street's Bill Roache is facing bankruptcy for a second time, as HMRC launched action to take him to court over tax arrears. The actor, 91, who has played Ken Barlow on the ITV soap since 1960 when he was paid just £70 a week, is now the highest-paid member of the cast, earning around £250k a year. Coronation Street's Bill Roache is facing bankruptcy after HMRC filed a petition against him The actor, 91, who has played Ken Barlow on the ITV soap since 1960 when he was paid just £70 a week, is now the highest-paid member of the cast, earning around £250k a year Papers were lodged against the father-of-five at London's High Court on Tuesday, and details of the cause of the tax debt remained confidential. He holds the world record for the longest-serving TV actor in a continuous role and is even listed in the Guinness World Records Last year he told The Mirror: 'Someone said to me, 'Look, Bill, you're in the Guinness Book of Records, you've got the MBE, you've been in Coronation Street for over 60 years, what else is there?'