00:00Hello. You look so beautiful. I love this outfit so much.
00:04I've always been a fan of yours, so it's an absolute pleasure to be with you.
00:09First of all, congratulations on your engagement.
00:12How are you feeling?
00:13I feel good. I feel astonished at the world.
00:18That when it can be falling apart and something lovely happens to you,
00:24it's a little bit dazzling, actually. I don't know what to make of it.
00:28But it's very nice.
00:30Do you have any messages for people out there that might have been through something similar to you
00:3420 years after your husband?
00:37Well, I mean, you can only experience your own experience.
00:42And I think in my life I've been very, very lucky to meet three amazing men.
00:50To meet one is bloody hard, isn't it?
00:53I know from my younger people, but here he is and for as long as we have.
01:01156 years between us. Where is he?
01:05He looks lovely. I'm so happy that you're happy.
01:07He's got to get used to all this.
01:09So when the phone call came about Coronation Street, what was your reaction?
01:13Because what an incredible show to enter, you know?
01:17Oh, the call about Coronation?
01:19Yeah.
01:20Well, my agent had just retired and I went to meet with quite a lot of people
01:26who didn't want to represent somebody of my age.
01:29I went to meet with Gavin Barker and we got on.
01:33And Michelle Burke, who looks after me, rang me two days later and said,
01:40I don't suppose you'd be interested in Coronation Street, would you?
01:44I said, yeah. Yeah.
01:47So she hasn't had to do much, let's face it.
01:50In the last five to six years, I've just done the street.
01:56And do you love Evelyn as a character?
01:58Yeah. The thing is, I'm acutely aware that the vote is for Evelyn.
02:06And if she was here, if her Mac wasn't in the dry cleaner,
02:10if she was here, she'd dismiss it as stuff of nonsense, wouldn't she?
02:16My God, I've never seen anything so…
02:19People, they've got bits hanging out.
02:24So, yeah, she's a very good character.
02:27And, you know, let's face it, you can't win awards unless you have the part.
02:34And the hardest part of this business is getting the part.
02:37You're going to be very talented as well, which you definitely are.
02:40Well, thank you for that.
02:41Is any of your life at all like Evelyn's?
02:45No.
02:46I should say, no.
02:49No.
02:51She works a lot harder than I do. She's got three jobs.
02:55Did you think at this point in your career that you'd be walking away with Best Comic Performance?
03:00You know, I'm always very aware that when the public votes, I generally do very well.
03:07And that when panels vote, I probably don't.
03:12So I'm very grateful that the public gets it.
03:15And is there anything you'd still like to tick off the bucket list then?
03:18Anything to tick off the bucket list?
03:20Yeah, you still want to do?
03:22Well, I am doing various other things.
03:26I've got some short films coming out and I'm going to be doing Mrs. Potty and Beauty and the Beast.
03:35All I need is more breath in my lungs because it's all a bit much, isn't it?
03:43I'm not complaining. I'm very lucky.
03:45We don't need to go anywhere. Keep it on our screens, please.
03:47Thank you so much and congratulations.
03:49Thank you very much.
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