Lisa George would love to do Call The Midwife

Lisa George would love to star in ‘Call The Midwife’.

The ‘Coronation Street’ star is “obsessed” with the look and feel of the 40s and 50 so would love to have a role in the Heidi Thomas-created BBC One drama that stars Helen George, Stephen McGann and Jenny Agutter based on Jennifer Worth’s memoirs of the same name.

The 52-year-old actress told Women’s Weekly magazine: “I’m obsessed with anything from the 1940s and 1950s, so I’d love to be in ‘Call The Midwife'.

“I really want to be in period stuff because I find it very interesting. I’m a vintage queen, and I collect antiques. You could say I live in the wrong era.”

Lisa - who has played knicker stitcher Beth Tinker in the ITV1 soap since 2011 - got her appreciation for history from her “close” relationship with her grandparents.

She said: “I was so close to my grandparents, and when my grandfather died, we found his diaries from his time during World World One.

“It was heartbreaking to read especially where he wrote, ‘I spent 20 hours digging a trench’ or ‘so-and-so was blown up.”

The ex ‘Dancing On Ice’ star admitted to feeling scared of being “discarded” like the late ‘Crossroad’ star Noelle Gordon - who was brought to life by Helena Bonham Carter in the ITVX drama ‘Nolly’ - as she climbs the showbiz ladder.

Lisa said: “I was watching ‘Nolly’ who was the first woman on colour television. But they got rid of her when she was 61. It’s fascinating because she made it her life and then they just discarded her.

“So you always have that in the back of your head.”

However, Lisa loves how the cast of Corrie “looks out” for each other at glitzy events.

She said: “You become a family - it’s like a silent code.

“What I love is that if we’re event at an awards ceremony, everybody always looks out for each other. We’re very close, and people really care.”