Coronation Street
Barbara played Doreen Fenwick in the ITV soap, as well as appearing in Family Affairs and Last Of The Summer Wine.
"My mum always said she’d love to see me on the show so this really is the best Christmas present I could give her."
"I couldn’t get the words out, I was speaking like a toddler."
From Deirdre Rachid's wrongful imprisonment to Brookside's body under the patio, the 90s served up their fair share of soap scandal.
"Everyone thinks I am Ian Beale and so it’s going to be great to show I am not."
The Coronation Street icon is one of two stars confirmed for the new line-up.
Ant and Dec, Line Of Duty and Coronation Street were among the top winners this year.
ITV has confirmed that Norris is set to die in an upcoming storyline.
The Drag Race UK fave shouts out some of her favourite British queens, including the one who "put drag on the map".
We know him best as Corrie's David Platt, but Jack came close to a leading role in a huge British film.
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