BRENDAN COYLE: Sharp: Kissing Coyle no big deal (BELFAST TELEGRAPH)

Lesley Sharp has said it was no big deal kissing heartthrob and co-star Brendan Coyle.

She said the pair became friends after meeting on the set of Starlings.

"We hit it off from day one. We've got a great friendship and enjoy hanging out with each other and chatting when the cameras aren't rolling.

"So that's terrific because it means all that we have as Lesley and Brendan goes into Jan and Terry.

"One of the lovely things about coming back to Starlings was thinking, 'Oh it's great, I'm going to see Brendan again, we're going to get the chance to talk rubbish and laugh about silly things'."

Starlings starts on Sky1 on Tuesday July 2.

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Starlings starts on Sky1 tonight – here’s what it’s all about! May 13th, 2012 by Lisa McGarry. (UNREALITY PRIMETIME)

Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey) and Lesley Sharp (Scott & Bailey) star in the newest addition to Sky 1 HD’s comedy fold – and it’s a welcome one.

Taking flight from the bittersweet scripts of Matt King (Peep Show, Whites) and Steve Edge (Star Stories), Starlings is a humble, heart-warming affair, casting an observant eye on the foibles and flaws of everyday family life for a particularly hectic household.

he Starlings are a normal brood getting on with life in Matlock, Derbyshire, tackling obstacles as and when they come, and they’ve got a fair few in this first episode. Terry (Coyle) and wife Jan (Sharp) have just moved Grandad (Alan Williams) into their already-crammed home – following an unspecified incident at the retirement home – to share with none-too-pleased teen Charlie (Finn Atkins), and now they’re preparing for one more arrival. It’s only small and due any minute as daughter Bell (Rebecca Night) goes into labour via a birthing pool in the living room.

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Brendan Coyle and Lesley Sharp in Sky One’s Starlings (BEST BRITISH TV)

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Downton Abbey’s Brendan Coyle and Scott and Bailey star Lesley Sharp are set to team up in Sky One HD’s new comedy theStarlings. In the new show the duo play a couple who struggle to keep their sanity in a home containing four generations of the Starling family including Terry’s (Coyle) Dad who was booted out of a retirement home and the rambunctious baby Zach.

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