The departure of Helen Worth's melodrama machine after 50 years is another sign that this soap is in terminal decline
The departure of Helen Worth's melodrama machine after 50 years is another sign that this soap is in terminal declineneeds to stop the rot and fast. If the venerable ITV soap isn’t careful, it will soon have no classic characters left at all. Hot on the vampish stiletto heels oftwo months ago comes shock news that Gail Platt is also quitting the cobbles. It’s like the ravens leaving the Tower. When the white wine huns leave the Rovers Return Inn, Weatherfield will fall.
As executive producer Iain Macleod says: “For five decades, Gail has been at the centre of some of our most memorable storylines – often deriving from her catastrophically bad luck in choosing husbands.” Beneath that flicky curtain haircut, soppy old Gail has always been a fool for love. She’s married six times, more than anyone else on the show. None of the unions lasted a decade.
All hail Gail because it’s been a busy 50 years. She was pushed down the stairs by her son David after taking his girlfriend for an abortion. She was framed and mistakenly jailed for murder. She supported her pregnant 13-year-old daughter Sarah-Louise, prompting outraged claims this would “encourage teenage sex”. She had an affair with her mother’s ex, only for him to steal her life savings. She was terrorised by Tricky Dicky from beyond the watery grave.
The world’s longest-running TV soap was already on the skids. Losing a lynchpin like Gail – not to mention an accomplished actress like Worth, awarded an MBE in 2022 for services to drama – is. As the second longest-serving continuous cast member, Worth has appeared in 4,453 episodes, not far shy of the record held by William Roache . Until the exit bombshell, she was on course to overtake the old codger next year.
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