Stephen Hancock who played her husband Ernest complained about only being paid for the episodes he appeared in, so they had him killed in a wages snatch at Baldwin's factory!

Phew, hope Em is back on the cobbles soon. Her and Rita must go out on the lash upon her return, a sweet sherry or 10 next door

Maybe Spider will come back to break the news that Emily fell off a boulder at Machu Picchu and then hook up with Toyah again.

I guessing Eileen has looked at current storylines and thought 'I best out of there'.

Since she left for Peru at the start of this year has there been any on screen mention of the fact Emily is still out there?


A very good, accurate and perceptive comment you make here.

Eileen Derbyshire is still alive though! The actresses who played Deirdre and Betty had died in real life.

Most likely will leave but nothing in this article (even the comments) confirm it. She has extended her break and the are CURRENTLY no plans to bring her back, why would there be if she hasn't given a return date the cannot plan and script her return. Plus the source states unlikey. Once again The Sun making 2+2=5 from simple snippets of conversation (although in this case 2+2=5 is likely the correct answer)

The show is a shadow of it's former self, she's well rid

I thought it was obvious form the writing of her exit scene that she wouldn't be back.

She probably had an arrangement with Corrie that she'd "be in touch" if she decided to return. Corrie haven't heard anything from her one way or the other, so technically their response that "We have had no indication that she does not want to return in the future" is technically correct, it doesn't actually deny she's left. I'm sure they've had no indication from the actress who played Kelly Crabtree that she does not want to return in the future either, but that doesn't mean they didn't write her out!

I don't think she'll be back.

It doesn't look good to me....she's on a break but given no indication of when she will be back?

Great news! She is going to be on I'm a celebrity . She will be joining camp with another on day 4

Me neither.

One thing for certain though; Eileen will definitely not appear on the likes of This Morning to confirm or to deny it.

And that's they way it should be, of course some will say for selfish reasons she needs to return to have a proper ending BUT she is 85 and has put herself first and the show second which is entirely right and we should all support her.

55 years on the cobbles is no mean feat and now it's her time to enjoy her retirement and spend her autum years with her family and friends enjoying the rewards her stretch on Corrie has brought her.

This is all conjecture of course.

I don't blame her. She must be so ashamed to be associated with such dire nonsense.

But accurate, nonetheless.