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Former Benidorm fave Sheila Reid teases explosive return to the hit comedy

Sitcom fave tells Lorraine she wants to get back on Madge's mobility scooter

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Benidorm legend Sheila Reid has teased a return to the show as Madge Harvey, saying: “It is about time she came back.”

The 80-year-old star, who left the hit ITV sitcom in 2015 before making a brief cameo the next year, joked to Lorraine Kelly she has no interest in retiring from acting and left the door open for her acid-tongued character to make a comeback.

“We never know, do we?” Sheila pondered when asked whether Madge might make another appearance on the show, which has been running for a decade.

“I can’t believe it has been ten years,” she added.

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Lorraine and Sheila appeared in a Text Santa Coronation Street sketch together (Pic: ITV Hub)

Sheila had a great time filming the hit comedy series (Credit: ITV)

Sheila made it clear she would continue to take on roles for as long as audiences want to see her perform.

Joking about retirement, she said: “There is a word beginning with ‘r’… I don’t know it, do you? What’s the point? It such fun, isn’t it? And as long as they want me… I want to be there. I love it!”

Sheila reminisced about the old days with Lorraine (Credit: ITV)

And on getting back into Madge’s mobility scooter saddle, Sheila enthused: “I think it would be great. I think it would be fantastic.

“It is about time she came back. She only left because she was so in love with her family.”

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Robert Leigh
Freelance writer

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