Telly’s greatest on-off couples

Like Jim and Liz, they never say never again

CORONATION Street’s Liz and Jim McDonald cannot live with or without each other, it seems.

They have had no shortage of breakups since arriving on the cobbles with twin sons Steve and Andy in 1989.

Jim, played by Charles Lawson, beat up Liz after discovering she was having an affair with his best friend. He was jailed and she divorced him.

On his release Jim slept with Fiona Middleton, the girlfriend of his son Steve. But he and Liz went on to marry again before he was sent to prison once more, for the manslaughter of gangster Jez Quigley.

Jim escaped and tried to flee with Liz, played by Beverley Callard, before being caught. She divorced him again.

Jim has now returned to the Street to fleece Liz of her savings, but seems unable to shake his feelings for her.

And the McDonalds are not the only telly couple who have been on and off more times than a light switch.

From Ross and Rachel of Friends to Kermit and Miss Piggy, we rate the duos on their bounce-back-ability.