McAlpine wants Cilla back in Corrie

Coronation Street actress Jennie McAlpine has called for the return of her screen mother Wendi Peters.

The pair last worked together on the ITV1 drama's 2008 DVD special Out Of Africa, which saw Peters's scheming character Cilla Battersby-Brown being reunited with daughter Fiz and son Chesney (Sam Aston) in Sun City.

McAlpine has now suggested that it would be "lovely" to see Cilla causing trouble with another stint in Weatherfield.

"It would be great. I think she'd definitely stir things up. Fiz definitely would not want her to come back, that's for sure," McAlpine is quoted by PA as saying.

"I think Chesney would because he loves her whatever she's done. He always seems to forgive her. So it would be great for Corrie and for us. But not for Fiz, I don't think."

Peters quit her Coronation Street role in January 2007 to spend more time with her family. However, she has always refused to rule out returning to the part in the future.