Mayor Dan Norris welcomed former Corrie actor and current Yorkshire Mayor Tracey Brabin to Bristol as the duo call on the Government to U-turn on its plans to privatise Channel 4

The Mayors have branded the sell-off plan "destructive", "illogical" and "anti-growth".

In discussions with Daniel Fromm (Channel 4 head of factual entertainment) and Emily Shields (commissioning editor) Mr Norris and Ms Brabin will discuss why the broadcaster should be given time to implement their alternative plan to privatisation doubling the number of staff working outside London, including in Bristol and Leeds, with thousands more in both regions' wider creative sectors.

Experts warn cuts to one in three regional jobs could take place under a private Channel 4, and 60 indie production companies could go bust.

Tracey Brabin played Tricia Armstrong in Coronation Street from 1994 to 1997. She is currently Mayor of West Yorkshire.