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"Stephanie Beacham has hinted that she may return to Coronation Street as Ken Barlow&amp;#039;s love interest Martha Fraser.  The 62-year-old actress played the role of Ken&amp;#039;s (William Roache) &amp;#039;other woman&amp;#039; Martha for three months between January and May this year, before she sailed off down a canal alone.  Her storyline saw a meeting of minds between Martha and Ken as they fell for each other&amp;#039;s sophistication and literary prowess.  After Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) informed Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) of his father&amp;#039;s affair, Peter was shocked to discover that Ken intended to leave for a new life with Martha on her barge after consummating their relationship.  However, in a last-minute change of heart, Ken jumped ship and opted to stay in Weatherfield with his wife Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride). Speaking of her potential return, Beacham said: &amp;quot;The producers are interested in bringing Martha back so I may well be returning to the Street.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;Martha was a very strong woman and I personally feel like she had too much dignity to go back to Ken after the way he ended things between them. &amp;quot;She is such a great character to play and I have a lot of respect for her, I think she&amp;#039;s very graceful.&amp;quot; A spokesperson for the soap, however, confirmed that there are no current plans for Martha to return to the cobbles. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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