Sue Nicholls refused to let bosses give Audrey an elder loneliness plot in Coronation Street.
The Audrey Roberts actress revealed last year at a press day how she had clashed with bosses who wanted Audrey to become lonely and sit at home drinking to cope.
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Sue said: “There was something pitched to me that maybe Audrey could have a storyline where she was seen at home on her own drinking a lot, and Gail and the family would worry and ask if she was lonely.
“I said I didn’t agree, and asked: ‘Why do you think someone of a certain age who gets home after work is lonely and needs to drink? Not necessarily.’
“To be honest, I can’’–‘’
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