Bev Callard "relieved" to learn Liz won't die

Coronation Street legend Beverley Callard has revealed that she is relieved her character hasn't been killed off.

The actress, who announced last year that she would be leaving her role as Liz McDonald, confessed that she thought Liz might have perished in the tram crash.

She admitted to The People: "I told the producers last summer I wanted to leave and was sure they'd kill Liz off in the 50th anniversary tram crash. I was so relieved to learn she wouldn't die.

"My exit storyline is great. I wish I could tell you how good it is but I'd be in big trouble. In typical Liz style it involves men. But not just the one man - I am talking men.

"I may go back one day. I may find that I miss everything about the Street too much. The people there are my best friends in the world. I simply can't imagine not working."

Callard recently admitted that she quit the show because the filming schedule was "exhausting".