Coronation Street Blog: Corrie producer: "No live episode - or Bet Lynch

News in today from The Daily Star is that Coronation Street want Julie Goodyear to return to the show as Bet Lynch.

And not just that but the tabloid says that Corrie producer Iain MacLeod has told them exclusively that he's in talks with Julie Goodyear to bring her back to the soap. And then he says he isn't.

Come on, Daily Star, what are you playing at?

The Star quotes Iain MacLeod as saying this:“Bet is an icon. The idea of bringing her back is talked about occasionally. As any Corrie viewer would say, she is up there in the pantheon of Corrie greats. So it’s always tempting to bring her back.

“We have a very strong hand of cards to play, so I’m enjoying making the best of it. We are lucky that a lot of the iconic characters are still in the show. Ken, Rita...and then Roy Cropper entered the echelons of iconic characters a long time ago. People are always asking me about what will be next for those characters. We have got more than enough talent on the show at the moment.”

And he added this about bring back Bet: “At the moment we’ve not given in to the temptation. There are no plans to do that…yet.”

And speaking of the 60th anniversary this year? Iain says: “We won’t be doing a live episode. It’s time to do something different. But it won’t be any less ambitious. We are going to be telling the stories in a slightly different way. It’s important when you’re celebrating a milestone that you don’t purely look back at times past, but also find a way to renew and look to what the next 60 years might be like.”

Glenda Young

Author of dramatic, historical novels with Headline