EastEnders icon addresses anniversary return rumours and share 'nerves' over live episode

EastEnders fable Lindsey Coulson has addressed whether she'll beryllium backmost successful Albert Square for the soap's upcoming 40th day specials arsenic the prima heads to Waterloo Road

EastEnders fable Lindsey Coulson has revealed whether she'll beryllium returning to the BBC soap for its 40th day celebrations, opening up astir the past unrecorded occurrence that she filmed.

The BBC soap is marking its day milestone with a melodramatic week of peculiar episode, including a unrecorded one-hour occurrence connected Wednesday. Next week's episodes volition spot The Queen Vic spell up successful flames, with not everyone making it retired alive, portion Phil Mitchell's intelligence wellness declines and Bianca goes into labour arsenic slayer Reiss makes his Albert Square return.

While the soap is acceptable to present a fig of surprises passim the week, fans are expecting a prima oregon 2 to instrumentality to Walford - with the likes of Ross Kemp and Jamie Winstone back arsenic Grant Mitchell and young Peggy Mitchell making a cameo.

Fans person been wondering whether Lindsey Coulson – who played Sonia and Bianca's mum Carol Jackson the soap – volition beryllium backmost successful her relation aft leaving 10 years ago. Now, the prima has addressed whether she volition beryllium backmost connected the soap for the 40th anniversary.

Dropping by ITV's This Morning to chat astir her upcoming relation connected Waterloo Road, Carol spoke astir the large EastEnders milestone and the upcoming unrecorded episode, saying: "I won't beryllium there."

Carol appeared successful the past unrecorded occurrence backmost successful 2015 and revealed that she was retired of her comfortableness zone. "I had astir 4 lines. I don't find it fun," she said. "My nerves would overtake me. My lips would instrumentality onto my apical lip."

Speaking astir the mistakes that were made during the unrecorded occurrence past clip - erstwhile Jo Joyner referred to Adam Woodyatt by his existent sanction and not his character's sanction - Carol added: "I expected that's what you privation but arsenic an histrion you don't. You go, 'How galore radical are watching?'"

Carol added, however, that she's "really proud" of her clip connected the soap. "It was specified a infinitesimal that changed my beingness truly and changed my career. I was truthful tense connected that archetypal day," she said.

Lindsey made her Waterloo Road debut past nighttime arsenic the school's caller headmistress, replacing Jason Manford who played erstwhile headteacher, Steve Savage. Lindsey plays the relation of Dame Stella Drake – a strict teacher who is passionate astir improving the school.

Lindsey said past twelvemonth aft being announced successful the role: "It’s a relation I haven’t played earlier truthful I’m truly enjoying peeling backmost the layers of who Stella is and seeing however the teachers and students respond to her no-nonsense approach. Waterloo Road tackles societal issues caput connected which is truthful important to spot connected tv and this bid volition beryllium nary different."

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am connected ITV1 and ITVX.

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