Vicki Michelle has joined the cast of 'EastEnders'.
Vicki Michelle has landed a part in 'EastEnders'
The 72-year-old actress will begin filming for a mystery role on the BBC soap later this month and is set to appear in several episodes during the spring.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "Bosses are keeping tight-lipped on her role, but she will definitely stir up some drama.
"Producers know she’s a talented actress and will go down a storm with fans."
Vicki is best known for her role as the saucy French waitress Yvette Carte-Blanche in the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!', which aired on the BBC for a decade between 1982 and 1992 and focused on the life of a cafe owner during the German occupation of France in World War II.
She also played the character of Patricia Foster on a recurring basis in the ITV soap 'Emmerdale' between 2007 and 2009 and featured on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' in 2014.
Vicki recently bemoaned how comedy is being "nuked" by political correctness and suggested that 'Allo 'Allo!' wouldn't make it past censors today as it was packed with innuendos.
She explained: "Comedy is being neutralised - or nuked. I think 80 per cent of this country would love comedy like 'Allo ‘Allo!' to be made again, so 20 per cent might take aversion to some of the content.
"But people eff, blind and use the c-word on telly and that’s considered fine. And on reality TV people make love under a sheet, and that’s fine. There was none of that in 'Allo ‘Allo!'."