CORONATION Street’s Beverley Callard is desperate to be part of the Two Pints of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps comeback but fears the ITV soap won’t let her.
Earlier this week it was revealed that a special of the BBC2 sitcom was in the works and Bev – who played Flo Henshaw – would “love” to be part of it and return as a ghost.
But the actress, who first appeared in the show during a break from playing Liz McDonald in Corrie, is worried ITV won’t be happy about her working on a BBC project.
She told The Sun Online: “They do keep talking about Two Pints coming back, but I think I would have a problem because it is the BBC and I think Corrie might not … but they do keep talking about a one-off special and that Flo would come back as a ghost, which I would love – I would love it!
“And working with Sheridan (Smith) , Will (Mellor) and Natalie (Casey) – I would love that again.”
The actress, 62, continued: “What an amazing cast that was and I had the best of both worlds because I had left Coronation Street because I had wanted to do something different and then Sue Nickson, the writer, wrote Flo especially for me because she knows I am mad.
“And it was an iconic character so I am so lucky. We had the best of both worlds in the fact it was on mainstream television but we had a live audience as well. So it was just wonderful to do. I loved it.”
Bev’s character Flo, is Donna’s mum and liked to call herself “the thinking man’s strumpet”.
She was killed off in series five in a traffic accident but was regularly mentioned up until the ninth series ended in 2011.
Actor Will Mellor teased a return for the show after all 79 episodes were recently added to iPlayer, with Gold also showing re-runs.
In an Instagram video, he said: “Recently, since ‘Two Pints’ came back, it is on at 11 o’clock every night on Gold, they are showing every episode, people have been messaging me about how much they miss the show and how much it was part of their growing up. Saying ‘please bring it back for a special or do something’.
“Well, I have been listening and reading your messages and I think we are going to get a Two Pints special off the ground. I spoke to Susan Nickson [the show’s creator] and we are hopefully going to try and get a ‘Two Pints’ special going.”
Will – who starred alongside Natalie Casey, Ralf Little, Kathryn Drysdale and Sheridan Smith – added that the episode would be a “thank you” to the show’s fans, and he told everyone to “watch this space”.
He teased: “Just to say thank you for all the support of people who love the show and got behind it.
“Watch this space, just got to dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s and hopefully a ‘Two Pints’ special will be on the way.”
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