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Originally Posted by Perdita
Fiz and Chesney are in for a shock later this year when their errant mother Cilla Battersby-Brown makes a surprise return to the street.
Actress Wendi Peters will reprise the role she made famous 7 years after Cilla left Weatherfield.
During her time on Coronation Street loudmouth Cilla made many enemies with her outrageous behaviour and she left in October 2007 after inheriting a £45k necklace from a pensioner who died whilst in her care.
She was last seen in the DVD spin off Out of Africa in 2008.
Exact details of the storyline surrounding her return are being kept under wraps but it will help facilitate Jennie McAlpine’s maternity leave when she leaves the show in the autumn to have her first baby.
Cilla will be on screen for 6 weeks from October.
Wendi Peters said: "I'm really thrilled to have the opportunity to revisit Cilla and the cobbles for a short while and to see what she has been up to for the last 7 years."
Coronation street Producer Stuart Blackburn said: “We can't wait to see Cilla back on the cobbles, she's a truly unforgettable character who is at the heart of Corrie's rich history.”
Since leaving the show Wendi has worked extensively in theatre notably in the The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Rutherford & Son and White Christmas - a show to which she returns to at the Dominion Theatre, West End this Christmas.
On television she has been seen in Hacker Time, Sadie J, Crime Stories and was also a finalist of Celebrity Masterchef in 2009 as well as being the narrator of ITV's Britain's Best Bakery.
Coronation Street star Wendi Peters has returned to filming today (August 19).
The actress is reprising her role as Cilla Battersby-Brown for a six-week guest stint and will be back on screen from October.
Show bosses today released the first picture of Peters back with her on-screen family on the show's official Twitter page.
It's the lovely @WendiPeters' first day filming on the Street #CillasBack (See her on screen in October!) pic.twitter.com/TaCCee732q
— Coronation Street (@itvcorrie) August 19, 2014
The picture sees Peters reunited with her on-screen kids Jennie McAlpine (Fiz) and Sam Aston (Chesney).
Since Cilla left the cobbles, Fiz and Chesney have found love with their respective partners Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) and Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn), who also feature in the picture.
Coronation Street bosses announced the return of Cilla in June, confirming that her shock comeback will facilitate Fiz's temporary departure from the show as McAlpine will go on maternity leave in the autumn.
Speaking of her return at the time, Peters commented: "I'm really thrilled to have the opportunity to revisit Cilla and the cobbles for a short while and to see what she has been up to for the last seven years."
Coronation Street's producer Stuart Blackburn added: "We can't wait to see Cilla back on the cobbles, she's a truly unforgettable character who is at the heart of Corrie's rich history."
Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn has shared more details of Cilla Battersby-Brown's return storyline, revealing that her shock arrival will leave Sinead Tinker in a difficult position.
Wendi Peters recently returned to the ITV soap's set for a six-week guest stint as Cilla, who will be hiding a secret when she visits Weatherfield to be reunited with her children Chesney and Fiz.
With Chesney and Fiz unhappy to see their mum, Cilla strikes up a bond with McGlynn's character Sinead instead - hoping that she can convince her boyfriend to forgive and forget.
McGlynn told the Daily Star: "Cilla comes back and shakes things up. It will be interesting for viewers as she knows how Chesney feels about her.
"They're cross about being abandoned and shocked she's back. Chesney had a tough childhood and he and Fiz are right to be angry, thinking she's here to scrounge off them or be devious. Cilla normally wants something, but she does have a reason to be back.
"Chesney has given up on her. He's never had much faith in her. So Cilla uses Sinead to get to Chesney and to communicate through her, which means she becomes tangled up in it all."
McGlynn also said that she is enjoying being part of the Street's lighter moments, with more on the way as Sinead's auntie Beth prepares to marry Kirk Sutherland.
She said: "We've only touched a little bit on her other family. We know that Beth's her auntie but as it unfolds, her whole family are basically bonkers. So there's a lot more to explore there.
"I'm a fan and I know how nice it is to have the fun, light-hearted scenes running through all the drama. Kirk and Beth's wedding will be so hilarious and outrageous - I can't wait."
It sounds like she is ill. Maybe cancer
Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine has hinted that viewers will see a softer side to Cilla Battersby-Brown when she makes her return to Weatherfield.
Wendi Peters has recently been back on set filming a short return stint as Cilla, who was last seen on the cobbles in 2007.
McAlpine's character Fiz Stape will be surprised to see her mum, but that's nothing compared to her shock when the usually-callous Cilla displays a whole new attitude.
Speaking on ITV's This Morning about Cilla today (September 30), McAlpine explained: "She did go to Vegas, then she had a little stint in South Africa - Sun City, where we actually did go and do a spinoff Corrie.
"Let me tell you that she's in neither of those glamorous locations anymore - that's all I'll tell you. She comes back from somewhere slightly less glamorous."
She continued: "First of all she just turns up. We've not heard from her, she's never met her grandchildren, we weren't expecting her, we don't know why she's turned up. She's very loving - or appears to be very loving. She wants to meet the grandkids and wants to spend time with them."
Asked whether the mystery of Cilla's behaviour gets explained, McAlpine replied: "Yes it does. It's been lovely because we've had some really nice, sensitive scenes.
"There are rows. I can tell you that there's definitely rows with Chesney. In fact, in a scene we did last week, Chesney went quite crazy at her! I love it - we don't see that very often from Chesney, but when he's cross, he gets cross! He gets very angry.
"But we've got some lovely sensitive scenes and I can tell you that it does facilitate me going for a little bit."
In real life, McAlpine is taking maternity leave as she is expecting her first child with her partner Chris Farr.
Discussing Peters's decision to return, she added: "I think there's been talks for years and I think they've always asked her and she's always been dead busy, but it kind of worked.
"It was a few weeks and I'm going off to have the baby, so it worked. It's the first time that she's probably had time to do it!"
Coronation Street airs Cilla's return scenes next month on ITV.
I wonder if Cilla has cancer, and Fiz leaves to look after her? That would explain Jennies maternity leave.
Maybe Cilla dies off screen then we get months of Chesney full of angst?
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that is what i posted a while back too