'Coronation Street' bosses want to bring Bet Lynch back to the cobbles.
Julie Goodyear
The character, played by 77-year-old actress Julie Goodyear, is one of the show's most well-known figures, and series producer Iain MacLeod has now revealed that he's already held secret talks about a possible return to the soap.
He told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper: "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."
Julie originally quit the show in 1995, but has since made two return to the cobbles.
However, even if Julie doesn't appear on the soap again, Iain is confident he's still got a great cast that can take 'Coronation Street' forwards.
He reflected: "I'm very happy with the cast that we've got. 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."
Meanwhile, 'Coronation Street' is set to celebrate its 60th anniversary later this year, and Iain has teased details of how they'll mark the milestone.
He said: "It will have a little bit of everything so that nobody goes away unsatisfied.
"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."
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