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<blockquote data-quote="Barbara Fan" data-source="post: 401448" data-attributes="member: 21"><p><h3>Helen Worth to Bid Farewell After 50 Years on the Cobbles</h3><p>Wednesday 5 June at 1:00pm<img src="https://images.ctfassets.net/ti0n6mm28of1/7xfQBkcuuDkQgcjoZPbkfS/f6ef0330bcfcb380d7d3e9c697deeb40/GAIL2.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=708&h=398&q=80" alt="HELEN WORTH - CORONATION STREET - ITV" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Coronation Street legend Helen Worth celebrates her golden anniversary on the show next month, and it will be a momentous occasion for her in more ways than one.</p><p></p><p>Not only will she be celebrating 50 years on the nation’s best loved soap, Helen will also be looking forward to a very different future, as she has made the difficult decision to step down from her role as Gail Rodwell at the end of the year.</p><p></p><p>Half a century after she first walked onto the cobbles, viewers will see Helen and Gail bid farewell to Weatherfield in a major storyline for the Platt family.</p><p></p><p>Helen will start filming her exit story next month and the emotional scenes will be on screen at the end of the year.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://images.ctfassets.net/ti0n6mm28of1/5TCT6SZ2frakDjl2Hgnaa4/f08d6ce6584688e074a743cb5c3e3d6c/Coro_Gail_Potter.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=708&h=528&q=80" alt="HELEN WORTH - CORONATION STREET - ITV" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Helen said: “This year felt like the perfect time to leave the show after celebrating 50 years in the most wonderful job on the most wonderful street in the world. I made the decision at the start of the year and spoke to the producers who were very kind and understanding. </p><p></p><p>“I have been truly blessed to have been given the most incredible scripts week in week out, and to have worked with fantastic actors, directors and a brilliant crew. </p><p></p><p>“The past 50 years have flown by and I don't think the fact that I am leaving has quite sunk in yet.”</p><p></p><p>Executive Producer Iain Macleod said: “The words ‘legend’ and ‘icon’ get used a lot these days but they genuinely do apply to Gail and to Helen Worth. However, given her humility, I know Helen won’t thank me for saying so! In Helen’s hands, Gail has been a huge part of Coronation Street for five decades and at the centre of some of the most memorable storylines - often deriving from her catastrophically bad luck in choosing husbands! </p><p></p><p>“Her ill-fated marriage to Richard Hillman was one of the most ground-breaking stories in soap history and cemented Gail’s already established status as one of the Corrie greats. As the matriarch of the Platt clan, her affectionately prickly relationships with her kids and flighty mum Audrey epitomise what makes the show great: complicated family dynamics brought to life impeccably by Helen’s dramatic and comedic chops, alongside those of her fictional clan. </p><p></p><p>“Gail has given us countless hours of entertainment but it should also be said that Helen herself is a consummate professional and a thoroughly good egg. Everyone connected to the show will miss having her around the place just as much as the viewers will miss having her on their screens and we wish her all the very best for the future.”</p><p><a href="https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/tags/news" target="_blank">https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/tags/news</a></p><p><a href="https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/articles/the-women-of-weatherfield" target="_blank">https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/articles/the-women-of-weatherfield</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barbara Fan, post: 401448, member: 21"] [HEADING=2]Helen Worth to Bid Farewell After 50 Years on the Cobbles[/HEADING] Wednesday 5 June at 1:00pm[IMG alt="HELEN WORTH - CORONATION STREET - ITV"]https://images.ctfassets.net/ti0n6mm28of1/7xfQBkcuuDkQgcjoZPbkfS/f6ef0330bcfcb380d7d3e9c697deeb40/GAIL2.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=708&h=398&q=80[/IMG] Coronation Street legend Helen Worth celebrates her golden anniversary on the show next month, and it will be a momentous occasion for her in more ways than one. Not only will she be celebrating 50 years on the nation’s best loved soap, Helen will also be looking forward to a very different future, as she has made the difficult decision to step down from her role as Gail Rodwell at the end of the year. Half a century after she first walked onto the cobbles, viewers will see Helen and Gail bid farewell to Weatherfield in a major storyline for the Platt family. Helen will start filming her exit story next month and the emotional scenes will be on screen at the end of the year. [IMG alt="HELEN WORTH - CORONATION STREET - ITV"]https://images.ctfassets.net/ti0n6mm28of1/5TCT6SZ2frakDjl2Hgnaa4/f08d6ce6584688e074a743cb5c3e3d6c/Coro_Gail_Potter.jpg?fm=jpg&fit=fill&w=708&h=528&q=80[/IMG] Helen said: “This year felt like the perfect time to leave the show after celebrating 50 years in the most wonderful job on the most wonderful street in the world. I made the decision at the start of the year and spoke to the producers who were very kind and understanding. “I have been truly blessed to have been given the most incredible scripts week in week out, and to have worked with fantastic actors, directors and a brilliant crew. “The past 50 years have flown by and I don't think the fact that I am leaving has quite sunk in yet.” Executive Producer Iain Macleod said: “The words ‘legend’ and ‘icon’ get used a lot these days but they genuinely do apply to Gail and to Helen Worth. However, given her humility, I know Helen won’t thank me for saying so! In Helen’s hands, Gail has been a huge part of Coronation Street for five decades and at the centre of some of the most memorable storylines - often deriving from her catastrophically bad luck in choosing husbands! “Her ill-fated marriage to Richard Hillman was one of the most ground-breaking stories in soap history and cemented Gail’s already established status as one of the Corrie greats. As the matriarch of the Platt clan, her affectionately prickly relationships with her kids and flighty mum Audrey epitomise what makes the show great: complicated family dynamics brought to life impeccably by Helen’s dramatic and comedic chops, alongside those of her fictional clan. “Gail has given us countless hours of entertainment but it should also be said that Helen herself is a consummate professional and a thoroughly good egg. Everyone connected to the show will miss having her around the place just as much as the viewers will miss having her on their screens and we wish her all the very best for the future.” [URL='https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/tags/news'][/URL] [URL='https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/articles/the-women-of-weatherfield'][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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