Helen Worth Leaves Coronation Street Due to Fatigue After 50 Years

Helen Worth, the actress who portrayed Coronation Street's iconic Gail Platt for five decades, has revealed that fatigue from the soap's demanding filming schedule prompted her departure after 50 years on the ITV series.

Worth shared these insights during a live interview at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre on Sunday, where she reflected on her long tenure as the Platt family matriarch. The event, titled "An Evening with Helen Worth" and hosted by former co-star Julie Hesmondhalgh—who played Hayley Cropper—was attended by several of Worth's on-screen relatives, including Tina O'Brien (Sarah Platt), Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt), Lucy Fallon (Bethany Platt) and Julia Goulding (Shona Platt). The gathering marked a heartfelt off-screen reunion for the Platt actors, 15 months after Worth's final scenes aired on Christmas Day 2024.

In the interview, Worth explained that while she cherished most of her time on the show, the workload intensified in her final year. "It was only a bit towards the end when I got a bit tired," she said. "But the first 49 years were a dream." She credited her last on-screen husband, played by John Thomson, for his kindness during filming, noting she was...