Coronation Street's Ken Barlow gets a surprising blast from the past later this month as he comes face-to-face with his ex-lover Wendy Crozier.
The story begins when school headteacher Brian Packham hears news that the chair of governors has died, and immediately decides that Ken (Bill Roache) would be the perfect replacement.
Brian (Peter Gunn) has an ulterior motive for approaching Ken, as he is keen to ensure that the vice chair Mrs Papadopolous doesn't take over. Having been well and truly buttered up by Brian, Ken eventually agrees to put himself forward as a candidate.
Later, when Ken arrives at the school's election meeting, he is introduced to the other governors. However, he is in for a shock when he meets Mrs Papadopolous for himself, as he remembers her from when she was known under another name - Wendy Crozier!
Ken is unsettled to be spending time with Wendy (Roberta Kerr) again, and quickly regrets getting involved in any of this.
When the election votes come in, Ken is declared as the winner but he immediately wonders if he should stand down.
Brian's advice is that Ken should go ahead with his new position and keep things professional with Wendy - after all, they're both adults and their affair was 20 years ago.
However, Ken's anxiety remains - Brian has no idea what the name Wendy Crozier can do to Deirdre…
Coronation Street airs these scenes on Monday, September 24 at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV1.
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