SHOCKING NEWS!!! streets ahead Coronation Street star lands huge role in A-list Disney+ show alongside David Tennant

A CORONATION Street star has landed a huge new role alongside David Tennant in a Disney+ series.

Cobbles legend Denise Black has secretly been signed up by bosses at the streaming giant for Jilly

Cooper adaptation Rivals.

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A Coronation Street legend has signed up to a Disney+ seriesCredit: Disney

Denise Black will appear in upcoming drama series Rivals

Denise Black will appear in upcoming drama series RivalsCredit: Disney+

The 66-year-old will play David Tennant's straight-laced secretary

The 66-year-old will play David Tennant’s straight-laced secretaryCredit: Getty

The eight-part series is based on the books by the best-selling author and explores the extravagant and eye-popping antics of the elite in 1980s England.

And The Sun can reveal Denise, 66, will appear in the new blockbuster, having filmed her scenes last year.

The star – best known for her role as Denise Osbourne in Coronation Street – plays David Tennant’s straight-laced secretary.

Rivlas’ all-star cast also features Danny Dyer, Emily Atack and Aidan Turner.

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Skins heartthrob Luke Pasqualino also heads up the cast which follows the raucous antics of those in fictional Rutshire.

Disney+ have yet to confirm a release date for the highly-anticipated new series, though recently dropped a first-look trailer.

We previously revealed how Danny Dyer and Emily Atack stripped off for the show.

Emily, 34, will go starkers for a scene during a tennis match.

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One o the show’s stars previously admitted how the programme had made use of 30 per cent of the world’s intimacy coordinators for the romp-fuelled show.

Pictures released last year showed Danny, 47, looking unrecognisable while filming on location for the show.

Disney plans to shutter TV Everywhere apps as customers notified that free content will ‘no longer be available’

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