OMEN
01-03-2009, 02:44 PM
Coronation Street producers have denied claims that the show's older stars are to be axed in the New Year.
A newspaper report suggested that Betty Driver, Eileen Derbyshire and Barbara Knox - who play Betty Williams, Emily Bishop and Rita Sullivan - were to be written out of the show on the instructions of producer Kim Crowther.
A spokeswoman told Digital Spy: "Kim Crowther sees the older actors in the show as absolute Coronation Street gold and would never seek to lose them."
"Barbara Knox and Eileen Derbyshire will be leading some big storylines in 2009, while Betty Driver always provides gravitas behind the bar at the Rovers and we will continue to seek to use her where we can."
RTE
A newspaper report suggested that Betty Driver, Eileen Derbyshire and Barbara Knox - who play Betty Williams, Emily Bishop and Rita Sullivan - were to be written out of the show on the instructions of producer Kim Crowther.
A spokeswoman told Digital Spy: "Kim Crowther sees the older actors in the show as absolute Coronation Street gold and would never seek to lose them."
"Barbara Knox and Eileen Derbyshire will be leading some big storylines in 2009, while Betty Driver always provides gravitas behind the bar at the Rovers and we will continue to seek to use her where we can."
RTE