Soap Characters Who Should Come Back From The Dead: From 'Coronation Street' Favourites To 'EastEnders' Icons

Soap Characters Who Should Come Back From The Dead
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Kathy Beale’s big return to ‘EastEnders’ was important for a number of reasons, but the most significant aspect of her return was undoubtedly that she basically came back from the dead.

Granted, Gillian Taylforth’s character was killed off-screen, but the residents of Albert Square - not least her sons Ian Beale and Ben Mitchell - grieved all the same.

As Walford welcomes back one of its most iconic characters, we couldn’t help but dream about who else could return to soapland.

Over the years, ‘EastEnders, ‘Emmerdale’ and ‘Coronation Street’ have all said farewell to some of our favourite characters, here are the ones they should resurrect…

Soap Characters Who Should Come Back From The Dead
Mike Baldwin (Coronation Street)(01 of01)
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Do it for the factory, Johnny Briggs! All we're saying is that Mike never would have let Underworld's problems reach crisis point. He could definitely teach the current management team a thing or two about weathering a crisis. How plausible is it? 0/5Mike died in Ken Barlow's arms, and we don't think Bill Roache's character could take the stress of Mike's return right now. (credit:Kevin Argue/REX)