Veteran Coronation Street actress, Sue Nicholls, has admitted that she loves being involved in ‘tough storylines’ on the ITV soap.

Nicholls told The Lancashire and Morecambe Citizen: “I think as I’ve mellowed with age, so has Audrey. I’m a vino and slippers girl when I’m at home and so it’s nice to be more calm in character also. After all, she is a grandma now.

“I do like doing tough storylines from time to time, though, to prove I can still do it. Christmas is going to really hot up with the Tony Connor [Tony Gordon] business but I don’t even know what happens yet, which is quite fun.”

She added: “The hours are long and so you have to enjoy your work. I like being Audrey. I don’t have to worry about the real world and normal things like going to the bank, which come as a bit of a shock on my days off!”