HOLLYOAKS star Adam Rickett was “begged” to turn his posh bar into an off licence in the fight against coronavirus by trading standards.
The former Corrie actor said the local authority chief called telling him it was his “civic duty” to serve up alcohol through quarantine.
He posted on Facebook debating whether to turn the boozer into an offie and was stunned when he received the call minutes later.
Adam, 41, who is now also doing deliveries with wife and GMB correspondent Katy Fawcett, said: “I asked him jokingly, is this my Churchill moment – and he said yes.