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"Ex-Coronation Street star Andrew Lancel has claimed that his former show suffered a dip after he left. However, the actor - who played the evil Frank Foster until March - believes that the ITV soap has since improved.   Revealing that he watches Corrie &amp;quot;religiously&amp;quot;, he told The Sun: &amp;quot;I think it had a dip but it feels in very good shape right now.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, the 42-year-old praised writers for the recent return of Ken Barlow&amp;#039;s ex Wendy Crozier. &amp;quot;I really enjoyed the Wendy Crozier storyline. It wasn&amp;#039;t obviously done,&amp;quot; he gushed. &amp;quot;There was a three-handed episode the other day between Wendy, Rita and Deirdre which I thought was just classic Corrie.&amp;quot;  Deirdre finally realised Wendy&amp;#039;s deceit last week when she and Rita visited Ken&amp;#039;s former mistress at her home. Of the soap&amp;#039;s departing producer, Lancel added: &amp;quot;I was very pleased to be there during Phil Collinson&amp;#039;s reign.&amp;quot; The star, who is starring in a Beatles play in Liverpool as manager Brian Epstein, revealed that &amp;quot;a few of the cast&amp;quot; will attend the first show tonight (November 15). &amp;gt; Coronation Street Frank Foster murder seen by 10.9 million &amp;gt; Frank Foster star Andrew Lancel wins Soap Awards&amp;#039; &amp;#039;Villain of the Year&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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