Corrie's Beverley Callard: Co-star accidentally set my hair on fire

'Coronation Street's Beverley Callard has told Yahoo TV that the actor who played her on-screen husband once accidentally set her hair on fire.

The actress, who returned to the soap this week as Liz McDonald, said the incident happened after a lively party to mark her 'Corrie' co-star Sue Johnston's exit from 'Brookside'.

Beverley was travelling in the back of the chaffeur-driven car with Charlie Lawson, who played Jim McDonald, when she fainted and fell onto his lit cigarette.

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She said: "Roy the driver said 'Charlie, I smell burning' and Charlie was banging me on the head [to put out the fire]."

However, the actress had no recollection of the incident the following day and got a shock when she was filming a scene in the corner shop, as she explained:

"I ran my fingers through my hair and this hair came out and I said to Charlie 'I think I have vodka poisoning because my hair is falling out'.

"He said: 'Don't be f***ing stupid - you set your head on fire, that's all!"

Viewers saw Liz McDonald return to 'Coronation Street' this week after she helped her son Steve to buy the Rovers.

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Her return is part of a big week on 'Corrie' that also sees Roy and Hayley pay a heart-warming visit to Blackpool and Kylie finding out the truth about David's reign of terror on his brother Nick.

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