Coronation Street fans love her as a sharp-tongued battleaxe who takes no prisoners. But Dame Maureen Lipman is far more careful about what she says off camera than her character Evelyn Plummer.
The comic actress says it is harder to speak her mind now because of cancel culture.
She faced an online backlash over the summer after sticking up for JK Rowling in the transgender debate. And she has warned comedy risks being “wiped out” because too many performers are scared of offending audiences.
