Coronation Street star William Roache claims he has bedded up to ONE THOUSAND women.

As strait-laced Ken Barlow, he has managed to chalk up 28 girlfriends in more than half a century on the box.

But in real-life Casanova Corrie star Bill Roache has been a bed-hopping babe magnet with an amazing string of conquests.

In a remarkably frank interview he claims to have slept with up to 1,000 women – including a one-night stand with Weatherfield legend Pat Phoenix.

Bill, the only original cast member from the first episode in 1960, initially admitted he had slept with “more than 100” women.

But when pushed about whether the real figure was nearer 1,000, he replied: “Well, I’m not denying it.”

Should TV stars, admired by millions, really be promoting a lifestyle of rampant promiscuity? And what would happen to a WOMAN who claimed to have over a thousand lovers?