Charlie Brooks for full-time 'Enders return?

EastEnders actress Charlie Brooks has revealed that she would not rule out a permanent return to the soap.

The 26-year-old, who plays scheming Janine Butcher, returns for a four-episode stint next week in a bank of tribute episodes for late comic and acting legend Mike Reid.

Speculating about a possible full-time reprisal of the role, she said: "We've spoken about it briefly, I don't know yet. We'll just have to play it by ear. It's definitely given me a taste for the place again.

"I wasn't expecting to enjoy it so much. I just slipped Janine on like an old pair of shoes! She just came straight back and she's just so much fun to play. She's such a cow," she continued. "I really don't know, though - It might not be right for the show but it's something that I'd never not do. We'll have to wait and see.

"I feel like Janine was so wicked, I wouldn't want to ruin it. I don't know if it would, or whether it'd enhance it. I just wouldn't want her to be softened."

She added: "But I'd absolutely have the confidence that they wouldn't ruin Janine - however, they'd have to regulate her."

> Click here to read DS's interview with Walford returnees Charlie Brooks and Sophie Lawrence