I can go on, go on, to be Corrie villain

CORRIE fans gasped in horror as they saw Rovers Return landlady Maggie Driscoll watch her husband tumble to his death moments after having a blazing row.

- SUE CRAWFORD

But actress Pauline McLynn, best known for playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, does not care if the flashback scenes make her a hate figure with fans.

She says: "Even if people think there's terrible villainy afoot, we all love a villain, don't we? One of the most attractive characters in the whole of entertainment is Hannibal Lecter, just saying! "I'm not suggesting that Maggie Driscoll is the Hannibal Lecter of Coronation Street.

Not as far as I know so far, she isn't. But I wouldn't be afraid of that.

"As long as the audience is entertained by what she's up to, I don't mind whether they like her or not, as long as they want to know what happens next." The dramatic flashback scenes in last night's episode, right, show a younger Maggie trying to slap her husband Alan across the face during a row.

When tempers flared over an affair she had, she tried to stop Alan pushing past her and he tumbled down the stairs.