Daily Star Sunday:
Square deal for Kat if new show bombs
Sexy ( ) Jessie Wallace is set for a dramatic return to Eastenders, if her new drama flops.
The troubled actress, last seen in Albert Square as brassy Kat Moon at Christmas, has signed a six figure deal with the BBC to front a new drama.
But we caan exclsuivley reveal that if her two hour film A Class Apart bombs with viewers, she could be back in the Queen Vic this time next year.
A source at the Beeb said: "Jessie has been told she can return to Eastenders is the drama doesnt work out.
"Its a uge safety net for her, knowing she can go back to the show that made her a household name."
In her now role, Jessie, 34, plays a girl ( ) with no manners who is turned into a lady. She works as a night cleaner at her son's posh school - and has an affair with the headmaster.
Jessie's fiesty character left the square with on screen hubby Alfie, actor Shane Ritchie - in a sensational storyline ( ). But an Eastenders spokesman said that they were desperate not to loose her.
"The door has been left open for Jessie to return" he confirmed.
The BBC have stood by her - despite her recent admission that she was "out of control" on booze and hard drugs when she joined the soap. Jessie has promised rgar she is now clean from drugs and that her boozing is under control. ( )