Coronation Street’s Charlotte Jordan cast in another major soap after Daisy exit
Coronation Street favourite Charlotte Jordan has revealed a new soap role ahead of her exit from the ITV soap.
The actress, who has played Daisy Midgeley for the last four years, will depart in scenes that air this week.
Her explosive exit plot will see her flee Weatherfield for a new life after scamming step-mum Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews).
Alongside mum Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins), Daisy has set up a fake dating profile to convince Jenny to invest in her new lover’s business, while they secretly reap the benefits.
The mystery man – Dom (Dominic Rickhards) – really does exist, but actually dating Christina.
In Monday’s episode, Daisy’s boyfriend Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) caught the women with a burner phone, and was furious to learn the truth.
He gave her an brutal ultimatum – him or the money. She didn’t hesitate in dropping their relationship and proceeding with her scheming.
Now, just weeks on from wrapping filming at the 65 year old TV soap’s studios in Trafford, Greater Manchester, she is heading to BBC Birmingham for a role in another titan of the continuing drama industry – Radio 4’s The Archers.
The six-weekly drama has been on air since 1st January 1951, making it the longest running soap opera in the world.
This followed five pilot episodes that aired the previous May.
Speaking on today’s edition of This Morning with hosts Ben Shephard, Cat Deeley and soap correspondent Sharon Marshall, Charlotte looked ahead to new adventures post-Corrie.
‘I do feel excited, it’s a fresh start,’ she explained.
‘I feel like I’ve done a lot of soapy things. I’ve done the check list. [Coronation Street] have been really good to me and it just feels like a new beginning.’
Sharon interjected: ‘But next, The Archers?’
Charlotte looked cautious about answering, clearly wanting to keep her new role under wraps.
‘Yes, I am. I am joining The Archers, which is really fun,’ she said.
‘I start very soon, I can’t say very much about it, but the character will ruffle some feathers. That’s what I can say.’
If you’re unfamiliar with The Archers, it is officially billed by the broadcaster as ‘a contemporary drama in a rural setting’, following the lives of residents in the village of Ambridge.
Initially established as a way of educating farmers following World War II, it now reaches millions of listeners.
Ben later asked Charlotte whether the door had been left open for her to return to Corrie, to which she replied: ‘Yes – they’ve been really good to me.’
‘When I said “I think it’s time for me to go”, I was fully prepared for them to run me over.’
