I was looking up the Coronation Street bit and found nowt about that. But I did find -

Tikaram is the great-nephew of Sir Moti Tikaram who was the first Lord Chief Justice of an independent Fiji and the world's longest serving national ombudsman.

Well I never!

I also seem to remember Tanita getting some stick at the hands of one of the popular satire shows but can't remember which one.

Cheers

DeG