Helen Worth to depart Coronation Street after 50 years

February 1974: Helen appears in the ATV Elstree produced ‘No Harm Done’ part of ITV’s Sunday Night Theatre

Granada: Coronation Street Martin has a shock in store for Gail and Phyllis

1979: Ivy and Gail have one of their many run-ins. Who could forget that classic exchange: Ivy: “May God forgive you Gail!” Gail: “Well he might but you never will…!”

Her first husband, Brian Tilsley, Ivy’s son who could do no wrong in his mother’s eyes.

May 1974: Over on BBC Two Helen features in an episode of The Carnforth Practice

Younger lover: Gail set tongues wagging when she unites with Martin Platt

Before Roy’s Rolls: Jim’s Café was the heart of greasy gossip with Gail and Alma