 about his stolen van. Sat in the Rovers together, the couple are soon interrupted by the arrival of two police officers and Balvinder's character is quick to question Jason about his involvement in the missing van. "We have a witness statement," Balvinder's character said as Jason quizzed what witness that might be. "Just hang on a minute, who is this witness?" he asked, before the police officer told him: "We'd like to ask you a few questions in private." As he protested over it, Michelle's character Stella urged him to calm down and answer the questions, before the police woman threatened to take him to the station. They all went into the back to discuss what happened, and fans couldn't believe that the pair had shared a screen before their time on EastEnders together, and in a rival soap too. Michelle previously revealed how grateful she was to be back on EastEnders, as her character Cindy returned 'from the dead'. Speaking about her return, she said: "When I met Chris [Clenshaw, EastEnder's executive producer], I'd heard that this new producer was really fantastic and everyone was saying he was great, and when I met him and he showed us [me and my agent] the storyline){kind=link}
EastEnders icons Michelle Collins and Balvinder Sopal once worked together on a rival soap over 10 years before they appeared in the BBC soap together
EastEnders stars Michelle Collins and Balvinder Sopal once worked together on a rival soap over 10 years ago.
Michelle has recently returned to the BBC soap, where she plays Cindy Beale, whilst Balvinder has starred as Suki Panesar for some time on the programme. However, the pair have actually appeared on a rival soap before and even been in the very same scene.
Eagle eyed soap fans have unearthed a clip of Michelle and Balvinder starring on Coronation Street over a decade ago. In the scene, Michelle Collins plays Rovers Return landlady Stella Price, whilst Balvinder Sopal plays a police officer who has come to interview Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) about his stolen van. Sat in the Rovers together, the couple are soon interrupted by the arrival of two police officers and Balvinder’s character is quick to question Jason about his involvement in the missing van.
“We have a witness statement,” Balvinder’s character said as Jason quizzed what witness that might be. “Just hang on a minute, who is this witness?” he asked, before the police officer told him: “We’d like to ask you a few questions in private.”