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Coronation Street icon Helen Worth ‘lined up for Strictly Come Dancing’ amid Gail Platt exit after 50 years


Coronation Street star Helen Worth, known for playing Gail Platt for five decades, is 'tipped to join Strictly Come Dancing' after announcing her shock exit from the soap

Her co-star, Colson Smith placed third in the latest series of the Channel 4 show, so she’d have big boots to fill. Strictly Come Dancing 2023 winners Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola (Image: PA)Helen continued: “The past 50 years have flown by and I don't think the fact that I am leaving has quite sunk in yet.” She joined the soap in 1974 as Gail Potter, the daughter of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ted Page (Michael Byrne).

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