Amanda Holden still keen for Corrie role

Amanda Holden has revealed that she is still hoping to secure a role in Coronation Street.

The 38-year-old actress first expressed an interest in joining the ITV1 soap in April, admitting that she was keen to stir up trouble for long-running character Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox).

Speaking at the time, she explained: "I'd love to go into it as some kind of snooty southern bitch. Maybe go and buy The Kabin from under Rita's nose and turn it into a beauty salon or something horrendous that they hate, so they oust me and I go back to London."

Holden has now come up with a second storyline which would see her arriving in Weatherfield as a face from Tony Gordon's (Gray O'Brien) past.

She told the Daily Star Sunday: "I have suggested I become an ex of Tony Gordon. I would have to play someone classy of course, but it's my all-time favourite show."

The Britain's Got Talent judge played a minor character called Carmen on EastEnders in 1994. She later landed long-term roles in Wild At Heart and Cutting It.