Roy Cropper relative to join Corrie

[Perdita]

I totally understand the need to write her out due to ill health, but considering the script writers are paid to write scripts, I didn't think it was the best plot line they could have come up with. I can't think of anything better, but then I'm not paid to write scripts.

If Stephanie was unable to carry on filming, the scriptwriters would not have had much choice in explaining her departure.

[Dazzle]

Stephanie Cole has commented on Twitter https://twitter.com/Stephdivacole that she isn't ill, and that she left suddenly because her brother died. She also says that she was due to finish soon anyway.

I'm very glad to hear she's not ill, though sorry her brother died.

It's disappointing that it doesn't sound as if she'll be back any time soon

[lizann]

corrie should get her back, roy needs her and so do the viewers

[LizzyBizzy]

If Stephanie was unable to carry on filming, the scriptwriters would not have had much choice in explaining her departure.

I don't disagree, but they could have considered alternative story lines, eg an illness.

[LizzyBizzy]

If Stephanie was unable to carry on filming, the scriptwriters would not have had much choice in explaining her departure.

I don't disagree, but they could have considered alternative story lines, eg an illness.

[Kim]

I too was disappointed with the way that Stephanie Cole was written out. With Roy and Hayley due to return a matter of days following her departure, I think the letter should have said something like:

"I'm sorry, I can't watch this again." I don't recall us ever being told how Roy's step father died, so it could then be explained that he had died of the same / similar to what Hayley is suffering with. I think they'd then have generated some sympathy for the character despite Sylvia running out on Roy and Hayley in their hour of need, rather than categorically 'She shouldn't have left like that' that we seem to be getting now.

[Perdita]

Former Coronation Street star Stephanie Cole has confirmed that she has no plans to return to her role as Sylvia Goodwin.

The actress left the ITV soap last summer after two years playing Roy Cropper's outspoken mother.

Stephanie Cole as Sylvia Goodwin in Coronation Street
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Stephanie Cole as Sylvia Goodwin

Appearing on ITV's Daybreak this morning (February 26), Cole was asked whether viewers have seen the last of Sylvia.

She replied: "Yes, we have. I'm terrible, you see. I'm a little bit like a fly - I like to flit hither and thither! Well, let's say a butterfly - that's rather nice, isn't it?

"I don't like being away from theatre too long, I don't like being away from telly too long. I adored my time on Corrie - great, wonderful actors, great crews and great scripts. And also, of course, Robert Vaughn as my love interest - it can't be bad, can it?"

Sylvia departed Weatherfield after Roy's wife Hayley was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, seemingly unable to cope with the emotional situation.

8125: Roy reads the letter from his father asking him to get in touch. With he agree to phone St. John?
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Sylvia with Hayley and Roy in Coronation Street

Cole has since been cast in This May Hurt a Bit, a touring play which will explore the workings of the NHS.

She said today: "It's set in and around a family who have reason to use the NHS, so there are a lot of laughs and it's also very moving. You actually learn about how near we are to losing our NHS.

"When I was a child, I remember when it came in. Of course I don't remember all the details, but I remember my parents' relief when they realised that they could go to or call a doctor and know that they didn't have to count the pennies before they did it. We really are within a hair's breadth, and it's something about which I'm passionate."

This May Hurt a Bit tours the UK between March 6 and June 21.