Rowan Atkinson, the Blackadder and Mr Bean actor, is to become a father again at the age of 62, it has been reported.

The star, who has two grown up children from his first marriage, is expecting his first child with actress Louise Ford, who is 29-years his junior.

The couple have been together for three years and are said to be delighted and excited about the news.

Miss Ford, 33, who is the daughter of a gas-fitter, grew up in south-east London where she attended a local grammar school.

After studying English at Southampton University she gained a place at RADA, studying alongside Tom Hiddlestone and Gemma Arterton.

She got her big break in the Channel 4 comedy, Crashing, about a group of 20 somethings living in a disused hospital to avoid expensive rents, but is best known for playing Kate Middleton in television hit, The Windsors.