Amanda Barrie 'hated the way Alma was killed off'
Amanda Barrie has revealed she hated the way her character Alma was killed off in Coronation Street.
She says the show's producers betrayed her trust that Alma's death from cervical cancer would be treated with the sensitivity it deserved.
Barrie also says Alma's sudden death was used as a crass ratings winner.
"If you are going to take an issue like this and use it for entertainment you have to be just so very, very careful," she said. "From the moment I first learned what was going to happen I was extremely anxious about it.
"And as Alma's illness and deterioration proceeded with such amazing speed I really did feel I was being asked to take part in a cheap ratings ploy. I didn't like it one bit."
Barrie says she argued with the show's producers every day during the filming of the storyline: "I think I rowed every day with someone, the script editor, a storyliner, the director."
Last night's episode of Coronation Street, which featured Alma's death, is expected to have had an audience of millions.
