'Tracy' terrified about Corry return

Kate Ford was "terrified" of returning to 'Coronation Street'.

The actress - who is set to reprise her role as murderess Tracy Barlow three years after her departure - admits she had got so used to spending time at home with husband Jon Connerty and their son Otis, two, that going back to work was a daunting prospect.

She said: "When you've been at home with a baby, you're so used to spending time one-on-one that going back to work is really terrifying.

"As anyone who has had a baby and spent time at home knows, you lose your confidence a bit. But it's not new for me to be a nervous wreck, just to varying degrees.

"Even so, I've loved it more than I expected. It felt like a new job again."

Kate, 32, had originally planned to return to the show a few months after giving birth, but kept putting off her comeback, despite repeated requests from producers.

She explained in an interview with The Sun newspaper: "I thought I would go back straight away but I remember going to a meeting when Otis was just three months and breast milk was leaking and I thought: 'I'm just not ready.'

"Between a year and two years after I had Otis they kept asking. It was flattering."

Kate's alter-ego will return to the soap after she makes a deal with police to help them convict her former neighbour Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth) of the murder of her husband Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale).