Betty admitted to hospital

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Coronation Street star Paula Lane has admitted that she found it tough to film Kylie Platt's reaction to Betty Williams's death.

This week's Coronation Street episodes have seen the local residents left saddened by the news that Betty has passed away. Kylie, however, has shown that she isn't affected by the loss of the long-serving Rovers barmaid.

In real life, Betty Driver - who played Betty for 42 years - died in October 2011 following a period of ill health. Coincidentally, Kylie and husband David (Jack P Shepherd) were the two characters who shared her final scene last summer.

Lane told Daybreak of filming Betty's send-off episodes: "It was really sad. That's been building for a while, because Betty died a little while back now. So it was very sad, and of course I've got to play Kylie at the same time as the type of character who didn't really care.

"That was very tough for me personally. Betty was an inspiration and she's left such a legacy on the street, so she'll always be remembered. You only have to look at that bar and you think about her instantly."


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Lane is currently training for the London Marathon, which she is running in aid of Henshaws Society for Blind People. The 26-year-old became inspired to help the charity after meeting a young boy named Oscar, who was born blind.

She explained: "Oscar is 3 years old and I first met him when I got involved with the charity. He's the youngest toddler in the UK to use a cane and I got involved to raise awareness, because people thought that it was a toy and that he wasn't moving out of the way. Something really hit me and I thought, 'I really do need to raise more awareness of this and get the charity out there'.

"I remember a really gruelling run that I did - it was the first time that I covered about 12 miles. I finished on a hill up near my mum's house, and it was absolutely awful! But all I could think about was Oscar, and it got me up that hill."

Lane has been appearing on screen as Kylie since August 2010.

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Coronation Street star Paula Lane has admitted that she found it tough to film Kylie Platt's reaction to Betty Williams's death.

This week's Coronation Street episodes have seen the local residents left saddened by the news that Betty has passed away. Kylie, however, has shown that she isn't affected by the loss of the long-serving Rovers barmaid.

In real life, Betty Driver - who played Betty for 42 years - died in October 2011 following a period of ill health. Coincidentally, Kylie and husband David (Jack P Shepherd) were the two characters who shared her final scene last summer.

Lane told Daybreak of filming Betty's send-off episodes: "It was really sad. That's been building for a while, because Betty died a little while back now. So it was very sad, and of course I've got to play Kylie at the same time as the type of character who didn't really care.

"That was very tough for me personally. Betty was an inspiration and she's left such a legacy on the street, so she'll always be remembered. You only have to look at that bar and you think about her instantly."


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Lane is currently training for the London Marathon, which she is running in aid of Henshaws Society for Blind People. The 26-year-old became inspired to help the charity after meeting a young boy named Oscar, who was born blind.

She explained: "Oscar is 3 years old and I first met him when I got involved with the charity. He's the youngest toddler in the UK to use a cane and I got involved to raise awareness, because people thought that it was a toy and that he wasn't moving out of the way. Something really hit me and I thought, 'I really do need to raise more awareness of this and get the charity out there'.

"I remember a really gruelling run that I did - it was the first time that I covered about 12 miles. I finished on a hill up near my mum's house, and it was absolutely awful! But all I could think about was Oscar, and it got me up that hill."

Lane has been appearing on screen as Kylie since August 2010.

Becky would be ashamed of her

[Glen1]

I thought Kylie's comment about Betty's death well out of order, particularly as the actor had actually passed away. I attach no blame to Paula Lane she probably has to deliver what the powers that be dictate. The comment did absolutely nothing for the so-called storyline and obviously embarassed the actor saying it. Shame on you producers !!!!

[alan45]

Coronation Street's residents gather to pay their last respects to Betty Williams in tonight's (April 20) double bill of the soap.

As the day of Betty's funeral dawns, the locals are under strict instruction to treat the occasion as a celebration of her life - knowing that it's what the long-serving barmaid wanted.

Later, once the service is over, Betty's friends pour into The Rovers for her wake. Gordon (Bill Kenwright) then reads out a moving letter penned by his mum shortly before her death, which contains some fond memories and a few home truths!

Gordon also knows that he has a decision to make after Rita (Barbara Knox) and Emily (Eileen Derbyshire) reveal that it could be worth checking whether he has a claim on the pub. What will he do?



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[parkerman]

Gordon also knows that he has a decision to make after Rita (Barbara Knox) and Emily (Eileen Derbyshire) reveal that it could be worth checking whether he has a claim on the pub. What will he do?


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He has no claim whatsoever on the pub!

[lizann]

He has no claim whatsoever on the pub!

He could be a better landlord than Stella

[parkerman]

Also, what do Rita and Emily think happened to the pub? If Annie Walker left it to Betty (even though she didn't own it at the time of her death), what do they think is the sequence of events that led to it now being owned by Stella? What do they think happened to the pub after Annie Walker died? Ironically, of course, of all the people now in Coronation Street they are two of the very few who would know the real sequence of events.

[alan45]

He could be a better landlord than Stella

One of Roy's Rolls would make a better landlord than St. Ella

[alan45]

Also, what do Rita and Emily think happened to the pub? If Annie Walker left it to Betty (even though she didn't own it at the time of her death), what do they think is the sequence of events that led to it now being owned by Stella? What do they think happened to the pub after Annie Walker died? Ironically, of course, of all the people now in Coronation Street they are two of the very few who would know the real sequence of events.

Thewhole storyline is preposterous in the extreme. It is IMHO yet another pitiful device to push the useless Michelle Collins into every storyline

[sarah c]

Thewhole storyline is preposterous in the extreme. It is IMHO yet another pitiful device to push the useless Michelle Collins into every storyline

agreed - why on earth would Stella be included in the party clearing Betty's house?

Rita and Emily helping Gordon yes, they would have been to the house before - but Stella?