Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox is to go on trial for drink-driving in February next year.
The 81-year-old, who plays Rita Tanner in the ITV soap, did not attend Crewe Magistrates' Court today, where a two-day trial was fixed, starting on February 9 next year.
The actress denies the offence.
Knox was charged following an incident in Knutsford, Cheshire, on March 10.
A sample of blood was taken which gave an alcohol reading of 85 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood - the legal limit is 80.
Knox, of Mere in Cheshire, was said to have been a passenger in a Jaguar vehicle driven by her daughter, Maxine Ashcroft, 56.
The car was stopped by police after a member of the public reported that they thought the driver was under the influence of alcohol.
Ashcroft was found to be nearly three times the legal limit when she gave a breathalyser reading at Middlewich police station.
The veteran actress later arrived at the station and was herself arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
Ashcroft, from Lechlade, Gloucestershire, was later banned from driving for two years.
District Judge Bridget Knight extended bail in Knox's absence until the trial at Crewe Magistrates' Court on February 9.
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