It's the reunion fans probably didn't expect but Hayley Cropper and Becky McDonald came back together this week.
Actors Julie Hesmondhalgh and Katherine Kelly posed for a snap together 10 years after they were both last seen on-screen in the ITV soap at the same time.
Katherine ruffled feathers when she arrived in Weatherfield as Becky Granger back in 2006. She starred in the ITV soap for six years after initially only being contracted to appear for three months.
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Her time on the soap was jam-packed with a fair amount of drama as Becky became the third wife of Steve McDonald, before divorcing him and splitting up Steve and his ex Tracy Barlow on their wedding day.
But Corrie viewers also warmed to Becky thanks to her relationship with Hayley and Roy Cropper, who had taken her under their wing.
Hayley was played by Julie from 1998 to 2014 and the iconic character was also the first transgender character in a British soap and Julie won countless awards for her portrayal.
The Accrington actress, 51, announced her departure from the show in January 2013 and her exit aired the following year in heartbreaking scenes as Hayley took her own life after living with terminal pancreatic cancer.
So while Julie and Katherine will never get an on-screen reunion, they delighted fans by having one off it.
Katherine, 42, shared the image of them catching up in a restaurant to her Instagram Story which showed them both donning knitted jumpers and huge smiles.
The Barnsley actress wrote: "My favourite," alongside the image before writing the name of her friend and former co-star alongside a big red heart emoji.
Since waving goodbye to Weatherfield, Katherine's career has gone from strength to strength having played Lady Mae in the ITV drama series Mr Selfridge, and DI Jodie Shackleton in BBC's Happy Valley.
More recently, Katherine starred as DI Karen Renton in the second series of Liar and as Sally Wright in ITV's 2021 series, Innocent.
As for Julie, she played the lead role of Trish in the third and final series of Broadchurch on ITV and later played Amanda in the first episode of the final season of Channel 4's Catastrophe with Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan.
She's also appeared in The Trouble with Maggie Cole, with Dawn French, starred as Heather in the third series of The A Word and played Nancy in BBC series The Pact."
Then before Christmas, Julie surprised viewers as she began narrating The Weakest Link, taking over from Jon Briggs, as the quiz show returned to screens with comedian Romesh Ranganathan as host.
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