Corrie legend Vera Duckworth is set to make a dramatic return to Corrie - as a ghost to mark the 50th anniversary of the show.
Liz Dawn's feisty character - who died in the programme two years ago, is set to make an eerie return to the soap later this year to reunite with her screen husband Jack Duckworth (Bill Tarmey).
The Sun reports that soap bosses are planning to have her reappear before on-screen husband Jack finally leaves the cobbles in December.
Jack - played by Bill Tarmey, 69 - is expected to be involved in a major storyline to give him a fitting exit, to coincide with Corrie's 50th anniversary.
Producers are developing a plotline that sees Vera's spirit come back to Weatherfield cobbles - where she once ran the Rovers Return pub - to chat to Jack before his 31-year stint ends.
Liz, 70, who first appeared in the Manchester-based soap in 1974, left the show in January 2008 after being diagnosed with incurable lung disease emphysema.
A Corrie insider told the paper: "The scriptwriters have been trying to come up with a fitting end for Jack and the ghost idea has become a big hit among the crew."
The insider added: "It would be the most dramatic return from the grave since Bobby came out of the shower in Dallas." Jack left Weatherfield earlier this year with new love and fellow pigeon enthusiast Connie Rathbone after actor Bill went into semi-retirement due to health problems.
