Coronation Street star returns to soap in WEEKS as she makes U-turn on plans to ‘take a break'
She previously suggested that bosses should go back to basics with their approach to storylines
COBBLE COMEBACK Coronation Street star returns to soap in WEEKS as she makes U-turn on plans to 'take a break'
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A STAR of Coronation Street will make a huge return to the soap in just weeks.
The actress has seemingly made a U-turn on her plans to 'take a break' from the long-running ITV serial drama.
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Dame Maureen Lipman will soon return to Coronation Street
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The veteran actress has played battleaxe Evelyn Plummer since 2018
Dame Maureen Lipman, 79, is beloved amongst soap enthusiasts for her role as Evelyn Plummer, grandmother of Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall).
In July last year, it was reported that the veteran actress was set to take an 'extended break' from Coronation Street.
At the time, her character was written out as she decided to embark on a new career and study law at University as a spokesperson confirmed she decided to take a sabbatical.
As such, she moved away from the cobbles to concentrate as she sought out accommodation in university halls of residence at the age of 78.
Now a source has told The Sun that Evelyn will be back in Weatherfield, and fans only have a short time to wait.
An insider told us: 'As Evelyn went off to uni, it makes sense for her to pop back in from time to time."
Fans saw her official exit storyline play out on-screen back in January after regular appearances on the show since 2018.
But during a TV appearance with Alan Titchmarsh, Dame Maureen also confirmed that she was not entirely done with the soap.
Appearing on Love Your Weekend, she admitted: "Yes, I have been signed up to do another year."
"It's good for you, it keeps you on your metal, my goodness me. I mean everything is still completely fascinating to me."
Maureen Lipman's Coronation Street exit storyline confirmed as Evelyn Plummer makes announcement to grandson Tyrone
However, in December last year, she told The Sun: "I'll be absent for a while, and then coming back.
"I'm not going to die but then I'll be in and out of it because I want to have a bit of a life.
'David and I are thinking of having a bit of a gap year.'
However, Dame Maureen also appeared to take a swipe at bosses, as she urged producers to take a 'back to basics' approach with storylines.
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Speaking on the Beyond The Title podcast, she remarked: "We've come to a point in Corrie now where people are getting murdered in knicker factories.
"We're having domestic abuse. Anything that ticks the box of social problems in the 21st century is going to be in your local soap.
"Whereas back then you had the freedom to put Martha [Longhurst], Minnie [Caldwell] and Ena [Sharples] in the snug and have a conversation about Ben-Hur.
"It's never been political but I always like it when the women sit down and go, 'Ooh, Donald Trump, ain't his hair shocking.'"
I'll be absent for a while, and then coming back. I'm not going to die but then I'll be in and out of it because I want to have a bit of a life.
Dame Maureen Lipman
She added: "All those wonderful expressions that your parents come out with.
"Like my mother saying, 'Ooh, doesn't a black skirt cover a multitude of sins.' People talk like that, and we recognise it as true."
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It was previously announced she was taking a sabbatical on the soap last year
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Insiders have told The Sun that ITV viewers can expect to see her back on screens in just weeks
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Amid her first departure, the actress suggested that bosses should take a back to basics approach away from the dramatic storylines
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Evelyn left Weatherfield to study for a law degree at the age of 78
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The star did confirm that she was not entirely done with the soap
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Coronation Street continues on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
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