Coronation Street fans have predicted that Joanna Lumley could return to the cobbles – as a love interest for Ken Barlow.
The Ab Fab star actually did a stint in Weatherfield back in the early 70s and her character Elaine was a love interest for Ken (Bill Roache).
Joanna popped up in Happy Birthday Bill, ITV’s documentary celebrating the actor and his career as he prepares to turn 90.
And now fans think she could follow it up with a return to the soap – even considering her incredible Hollywood roots.
“Wouldn’t it be fab if Joanna Lumley came back into #Corrie as Ken’s old flame,” one person poster on Twitter.
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“Just need Joanna Lumley to return to the Street now… she would be a great addition!” said another.
Others were stunned to discover that the actress was ever in the soap.
“SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! I HAD NO IDEA JOANNA LUMLEY WAS IN @ITVCORRIE!” said one shocked viewer.
Joanna, 75, has previously indicated that she would be keen on another visit to the village.
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Last year she was quoted as telling TV Mag that she would return in “a heartbeat” and that when she was originally in the soap she had hoped her part would be extended for a longer run.
“I remember when I did Coronation Street I longed for them to change their minds,” she said.
“I thought maybe they will love me so much that they’ll let me have a longer dalliance with Ken and maybe her little heart would melt and Elaine Perkins would say yes to Ken and they’d get married.”
Joanna added to the Daily Mail in 2012: “Maybe I would be so compelling that they would write me a permanent part and I could pop into the Rover’s Return and get Ken his tea.
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“But they had other plans for the hero of The Street and I was just a distraction for a mad month of his life.”
Appearing on Happy Birthday Bill, Joanna was full of praise for the legendary actor, who has played Ken since 1960.
“Happy Birthday Bill,” she told him.
“I love you and you don’t look a day over 27.”
“I’m 26,” she quipped.
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8pm on ITV.
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