Coronation Street favourite returns to the cobbles next week after months off-screen - but what brings them home?
The character departed from the cobbles earlier this year to pursue her passion.
Coronation Street favourite Evelyn Plummer is set to return to the cobbles next week after months away from our screens.
The character (who is played by Dame Maureen Lipman) left Weatherfield back in January after deciding to pursue her passion and attend university to read law.
Lipman announced in December that she would be taking a “gap year” from the show, explaining that her character would be “in and out” so that she could spend more time with her fiancé.
Evelyn briefly returned to the cobbles in March after learning that her daughter Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) had relapsed in her battle with drug dependency.
Next week, Evelyn will return to our screens again as she bumps into Roy Cropper when he makes a trip to the hospital for a sore back.
Roy catches Evelyn up on the recent goings-on on the cobbles, and she ends up inviting herself to Carla Connor and Lisa Swain's dinner party, but how will the residents respond and what brings her back?
Elsewhere next week on the ITV soap, Carla asks Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) for her blessing to pop the question to Lisa, and Betsy assures her she’s on board.
However, things don't quite go to plan and, following a failed proposal, Lisa tells her daughter of her own plans.
Who will pop the question first?
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Molly Moss is a Trends Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest trends across TV, film and more. She has an MA in Newspaper Journalism and has previously written for publications including The Guardian, The Times and The Sun Online.
