Coronation Street star addresses Maureen Lipman exit from Evelyn role To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
She also addressed the upcoming scheduling changes, that will see both Coronation Street and Emmerdale reduced from six to five episodes in a new broadcast pattern dubbed a ‘power hour’ from January 2026.
A source told Metro: 'It’s one of the show’s biggest storylines of the year, and a real chance for Sue to finally get her time in the spotlight – it will just be devastating for fans that it will effectively be her final storyline.
Coronation Street star Claire Sweeney has spoken out about Maureen Lipman’s exit from the ITV soap.
Despite departing for pastures new at the beginning of January, she returned just weeks later to scorn Claire’s character Cassie for moving in with the iconic Ken Barlow (William Roache).
