For years she was known as Queen of The Vic but in the year's she's been away from Albert Square Barbara Windsor has been less than impressed with EastEnders and she certainly hasn't let her upcoming guest appearance stop her from letting the world know all about it.
The actress, who makes a one off reappearance (yeah, right, with only those Bingo ads to keep her bank account in the black we're sure it won't be long before she's back for good) tonight, was on ITV's This Morning yesterday when she let rip about the quality of the soap.
"It’s in a bit of a state at the moment. It's not getting there. We're third. We’ve never been third ever. So it needs working on", she said, before adding that she did like new executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins. He's a "wonderful guv'nor" apparently, and since he's got a bit of a penchant for bringing back old characters (David Wicks returns to our screens very soon), we can't help but wonder if he'll call her too...
However, she wasn't so kind about the last bosses, lambasting the decision to kill off Pam St Clement's Pat in 2012. "[That] was a disgrace. We never understood it. She told me she wanted a little time off and next thing I know she's phoning me up saying, 'can I come and see you?' and she looked at me with big tears and she went, 'they’re killing me off Bar'. Nobody knew why and by God isn't she missed.
"I hope she don’t mind me saying that... I think everybody knew she didn’t want to go" Windsor continued. "It was a shock to her. She's a good bird and she's a good lady to have in a show like that."
Of course, outraged and all as she was, when Philip Schofield asked if she'd ever go back Windsor had this to say: "I don't know about full time. Maybe part time. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Of course, I adore Steve [McFadden] and I adore Perry [Fenwick]. They very kindly gave me my favourite cameraman and favourite director. They wouldn't give me that if I came back full-time."
We give it a year, tops.
