Jerry Springer's Soul singer

Thirty years on from Starsky & Hutch, David Soul is barely recognisable in his new incarnation - as the king of shock TV.

Next week Soul, 60, takes over the lead role in the hit West End musical Jerry Springer: The Opera.

Soul will lead the cast in such numbers as I Refuse To Wear Clothes and Diaper Man. His first performance will be on 12 July.