BURY actor Jim Whelan is all "rev-ved" up for his latest television appearance as a man of the cloth in a dramatic episode of Coronation Street.

He plays the vicar at the centre of the "will they" or "won't they" storyline of wedding couple Jason Grimshaw and Sarah Louise Platt.

And as millions of viewers are already aware, Sarah's brother David has vowed that he will do everything in his power to stop the marriage from going ahead.

In an hour-long special of "Corrie" next Wednesday, the explosive storyline will finally disclose whether Jason and Sarah get to tie the knot after all.

One person who does know is 64-year-old actor Jim, of West Drive, Bury, who officiates at the ceremony at St Christopher's Church, Weatherfield - which in reality is St Mary's Parish Church, in Church Lane, Prestwich.

However, he isn't telling as he's sworn to secrecy about the outcome. But he simply says that wicked brother David comes up with a devious scheme to wreck the day for the couple.

A turbulent afternoon follows and police are involved in a storyline which could leave the wedding in tatters.

This is the latest in a long line of clerical roles for Jim who has "collared" numerous TV parts as a minister.

"I appeared as Father Kennedy in the latest episode of the much-loved Royle Family which won the Bafta as best comedy programme of 2006," he says.

And in keeping with the "Corrie" tradition, he was the vicar at the stormy wedding of Steve and Karen McDonald. Additionally, he "married" Sadie King to her millionaire boyfriend Alasdair Sinclair in Emmerdale.

It's not the last we'll be seeing of the father-of-two on TV. He has recorded an episode of Last of the Summer Wine to be transmitted after Christmas.

Inbetween acting, Jim continues to work for Radcliffe-based Tranzcare, carrying children to and from school.