Coronation Street’s Colson Smith hints at soap exit as he reveals secret reason he signed up for ITV’s The Games

CORONATION Street's Colson Smith has hinted he could trade the Cobbles for a new presenting role.

The 23-year-old actor, who is about to star in ITV's new celebrity show The Games, has revealed he'd love to try his hand fronting a TV programme.

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Speaking on the , alongside co-stars Jack P. Shepherd and Ben Price, he said: "It's [The Games] going to open up new doors for me and new opportunities.

"I love acting but the other thing I love is presenting. The podcast allows me to do both, and this show [The Games] might open up a door for me.

"When ITV buys the rights for the Olympics I'll be, 'Hello and welcome to the Olympics, it's me, previous Olympian, Colson Smith.'

"As long as I'm safe and I'm enjoying it. Corrie is my job, this is another job. I'm happy to balance the both of them, I like being busy. That's all I want to be.

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"We all love working at Corrie and I'm fortunate enough to have Corrie, the podcast and The Games on at the same time."

Colson is planning to practice some of his The Games sports on the Corrie set, but he'll need to watch his ankles on the famous cobbled streets.

He said: "I reckon on Corrie from the Bistro to Rosamund Street Medical Centre is about 100 metres, and if you can run on cobbles you can run on a track."

The keen runner regularly shares his times and distances on social media.

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Pounding pavements has seen him lose a huge 10 stone in recent years, transforming his body.

"I'm doing this because obviously two years ago I was a very different person, and now, weirdly, my hobbies are fitness," he said.

"I generally enjoy keeping fit and challenging myself. And this is a challenge, it's a way to keep fit.

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"There's a part of me in my head where I have always had limitations on myself and always believed I couldn't do certain stuff, and I've kind of proved bits of that wrong over the past two years.

"So I guess taking this on is another understanding of the fact that there aren't any limitations to what I can do. I can keep progressing."