Sixties TV star to join 'EastEnders'

Alexandra Bastedo is to join EastEnders later this year.

Bastedo, now 62, was well known in the 1960s for her beauty and her role in adventure series The Champions.

The actress will enter as new character Cynthia in a storyline involving Gary Hobbs (Ricky Groves) and Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi).

An EastEnders source told The People: "This is a real coup for the show."

Guillermo del Toro was last year said to be working on a movie adaptation of The Champions.