Anne Reid rules out 6th series of Last Tango in Halifax: 'We might do a Christmas special'

Anne Reid has ruled out another series of 'Last Tango in Halifax'.

The 87-year-old actress would be up for a festive special of the comedy-drama series, which is written by 'Happy Valley' scribe Sally Wainwright, but insists a sixth season is not on the cards.

Asked if there will be another series of the show - which also starred Derek Jacobi, Sarah Lancashire, and Nicola Walker - she said on 'Good Morning Britain': "Well, it would be lovely.

"I know Derek’s up for it, and I talked to Sarah, I don’t know about Nicola.

"We wouldn’t do another series, I don’t think now. We might do a Christmas special."

The show ran for five series between 2012 and 2020, and also aired two Christmas specials in 2016.

Despite her decades in TV starring in the likes of 'Coronation Street' - in which she portrayed Ken Barlow's (William Roache) first wife Valerie on the cobbles from 1961 to 1971, until she was killed by an electric shock - and 'dinnerladies', Anne recently admitted she regularly forgets she is famous, and is "quite shocked" when people stare at her.

She said: "I don't think about fame much. I completely forget even now that I'm known, so I'm always quite shocked if somebody stares at me. I think it's because I've not got my hat on straight or something."

When asked in 2021 if she would do a long-running TV job again, she said: "A soap? No, I wouldn't.

"I couldn't, no. It was different times in those days. It was a different programme, we were in black and white."