Former Coronation Street star Rhea Bailey has left soap fans eagerly anticipating a return for her character after she teased a set visit to the ITV soap.
The 39-year-old, who starred as Caz Hammond for two years after joining the soap in 2015, took to Instagram to share a series of snaps from the Weatherfield set with her family.
Rhea, who was also a favourite on ITV police series The Bill as PC Mel Ryder, visited Coronation Street with her Overtones singer husband Dan Everest and their baby daughter.
The trio posed for snaps outside the Rovers Return pub, The Kabin store and Roy's Rolls café, before Dan and his band performed a live concert, which was broadcast on Smooth Radio.
Taking to the Instagram caption, she teased: “Looks who’s back?!?” before adding: “I'm just playing. Nobody panic! Lovely evening on the cobbles!
“Thanks @smoothradio @the_overtones @coronationstreet Miss you guys! Felt special to be back where it all started! Without this job, we may never have met!!… think Caz is still serving time somewhere!”
Coronation Street fans were left begging for Rhea – the sister of singer Corrine Bailey Rae – to make a permanent return to the soap, with one commenting: "Think you ought to be back in it x."
Another wrote: "BRING BACK CAZ!!!! and please tell me Curly is still alive..." While a third simply said: "LOVE THIS."
Husband Dan also got in on the act, adding: "Bring Caz back @coronationstreet."
This comes after Coronation Street's Charlie Lawson claimed the ITV soap could be axed in ten years due to the rise of streaming services.
The actor who played notorious criminal Jim McDonald also quipped that viewing figures could have dropped as fans are getting ‘fed up’ with the storylines on the soap.
Charlie, 63, played the hardman from 1989 until 2000 has made brief cameos since he walked away from the famous Manchester cobbles but believes time could be up.
The Irish star who is no stranger when it comes to sharing his views said: "I was there in the 90s for 11 years and we were getting between 16 and 20 million – and 5 million (viewers now) is not a lot.
"In 10 years who knows if we will have a Coronation Street, we're all changing our viewing habits as it is already."
He also believes that the show will lose viewers due to ‘politically correct’ storylines, including the ongoing issue of Max Turner being groomed by far-right extremists.
