Coronation Street confirms major return – and it’s sooner than expected

Coronation Street has hinted that Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) is connected her mode backmost to Weatherfield. 

The quality has been absent from screens since June aft histrion Sue Cleaver took an extended interruption from the ITV soap to prima arsenic Mother Superior successful a touring accumulation of Sister Act. 

Her impermanent exit came arsenic Eileen received horrifying quality astir lad Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) aft helium was injured successful a motorbike mishap and she jetted disconnected to look aft him. 

There was an update during Wednesday’s episode, however, that could pave the mode for Eileen to yet instrumentality home. 

One country saw her fellow George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) archer her lad Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) that Jason was yet connected the mend and had recovered quicker past expected. 

Jason has not been seen connected Coronation Street since 2016 aft histrion Ryan Thomas discontinue his relation arsenic the Weatherfield builder aft 16 years. 

Since leaving the soap, Ryan has appeared connected galore world shows, including Celebrity MasterChef, the 2018 bid Celebrity Big Brother and the 2024 bid of Dancing connected Ice, some of which helium won.

Meanwhile, Sue’s quality successful Sister Act marked her archetypal signifier relation successful 30 years. 

She has since finished successful the amusement and has been replaced by erstwhile Corrie co-star Wendy Peters, amended known arsenic Cilla Battersby. 

Speaking to OK! Magazine astir the role, Sue said: ‘I’ve finished Sister Act but I’m missing everybody hugely. I had the astir fantastic clip doing that amusement – I hadn’t been connected signifier for 30 years. I conscionable thought “I’m going to clasp this, I’m going to bash it”. Even though I was frightened and adjacent though it was the unknown, I thought “nope, this is fabulous. Let’s conscionable spell for this” and I did.

‘I had the astir astonishing time. We played to afloat houses everyplace and had lasting ovations. I volition miss everybody hugely but you’ve got to decorativeness 1 happening to commencement the adjacent thing.’

The actress, who joined the formed of Corrie successful 2000, has besides become a regular connected the Loose Women panel. 

Sue besides took a interruption from the soap successful 2022 erstwhile she entered the I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! jungle. 

Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday astatine 8pm connected ITV1 connected ITVX.

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