Corrie: Who’s the daddy?

Coronation Street star Jack P. Shepherd turned to YouTube to help make his epilepsy drama convincing.

His character David had a seizure and Jack wanted to make sure he got it right. “YouTube is where I started my research,” said Jack.

“I typed in epilepsy fits to see what they looked like and the thing is they’re all different.

“Some people just shut their eyes and there is one guy who goes really stiff.

“As an actor that’s quite good because you can make it your own.

“But I know if I just went stiff people would be like, ‘He’s rubbish!’

“So I’ve done it like a more traditional epileptic fit.”

The drama unfolds after David, pulling shifts at the bistro as well as the salon, has a funny turn. He then heads to the park with kids Max and Joseph.

As they feed the ducks, though, David convulses and collapses.

“Luckily David knows he’s about to have a fit so he gets his phone out, scrolls down to Nick and drops the phone by Max’s feet,” explains Jack.

“Max picks it up as David starts having the fit and rings Nick.”

His brother rushes to the rescue but what viewers really want to know is which of the duo is Dad to Kylie’s baby.

Nick (Ben Price) had a drunken fling with Paula Lane’s Kylie and Jack says the big revelation will be as much a surprise for the cast as the viewers.

“I’ve heard from the producer that they have two storylines plotted for whose baby it is,” confides Jack.

“They can’t decide. They like them both so they just have to make a decision.

“When Ben and I go out together we get stuff like, ‘Oh, should you two be out together?’

“We’ve actually had a couple of people say, ‘I didn’t know you were brothers in real life.’

“We just reply that we are.”

As a dad himself 25-year-old Jack is well used to being around kids, but he has a few anxieties about having another baby on set.

“Harry, who plays Max, is brilliant now and always knows his lines and where to be.

“But babies are unpredictable nice but not to work with.

“I act like a kid myself when I’m with the kids. I was a child actor, too, so I know what it’s like but I was a nightmare.

“I was always telling the crew how they should be doing their job. I’d have hated me!”