Coronation Street star signs up to appear in emotional final episode of Vera

A CORONATION Street histrion has landed a marque caller portion successful the last ever bid of Vera.

Brenda Blethyn volition beryllium saying goodbye to the iconic DCI Vera Stanhope with a fourteenth and last series.

Her last farewell volition dwell of 2 feature-length specials with a full big of celebrated faces signed up to co-star successful the programmes with Brenda.

One of those acquainted faces who volition beryllium seen connected screens is ex-Corrie prima Shobna Gulati.

Shobna roseate to fame for her portrayal of Sunita Alahan successful the ITV soap opera.

Details astir Shobna's quality and relation are being kept nether wraps until aboriginal successful the twelvemonth with the 2 specials expected to aerial implicit the Christmas period.

Shobna starred successful the soap from 2001 until 2006 earlier returning erstwhile again successful 2009 wherever she remained until her quality was killed disconnected successful 2013.

Sunita died aft being caught up successful the horror Rovers Return occurrence of 2013 aft her matter with Karl Munro.

Amid her life-changing injuries, Karl pulled retired Sunita's breathing apparatus successful the infirmary causing her to spell into a cardiac apprehension and die.

Months later, helium was arrested for causing the occurrence arsenic good arsenic being held liable for Sunita's death.

The outings volition beryllium the last clip that Vera is seen on-screens with Brenda having chosen to permission the relation for bully aft completing filming the scenes.

In 1 of the episodes, Vera volition beryllium tasked with dealing with a lawsuit of a young man's assemblage who is recovered connected the banks of the Tyne.

As investigations get underway, a tricky web of breached romances, concealed love, grudges and fraud travel to the surface.

Earlier this year, Brenda opened up astir quitting the long-running amusement and admitted it was "emotional".

Speaking to The Sun astatine the National Television Awards past month, she said: "Yeah, it was rather emotional.

"Hopefully it's up to its mean standard, and I've not seen them yet the past 2 episodes."

Brenda added: "[But] the stories are each good."

Earlier successful April this year, the histrion antecedently confirmed that the beloved amusement volition travel to an extremity aft the 14th series.

In a heartfelt statement, she explained: “Working connected Vera has been a joyousness from opening to extremity and I’m bittersweet to beryllium saying Cheerio.

"But I americium truthful arrogant of our achievements implicit the past fourteen
years. I’ll beryllium everlastingly grateful to the fantastic Ann Cleeves who created Vera, and to Elaine Collins who saw acceptable to formed maine successful the role.

"The Producers, imagination formed and unit person been fabulous and I’m going to miss them, but I won’t hide their immense talent, the camaraderie, laughter oregon kindness we shared nor the relationship of the radical of the northbound eastbound and our fans worldwide.

"Thank you from the bottommost of my heart."