Coronation Street star Alison King has been back in the street working hard after her maternity leave.

Alison made her comeback in August after giving birth to her first daughter Daisy Mae six months earlier.

Her character Carla Gordon finally arrives back in Weatherfield next week and immediately starts causing trouble for her estranged husband Tony (Gray O’Brien), using her knowledge of his role in Liam’s (Rob James-Collier) death against him.

Speaking about her first day back on set, King told Digital Spy: “It really is the strangest thing – you just walk in and it was nice saying hello to everybody in the green room and stuff but all of a sudden you’re on set.

“It was just me mainly at the start, so apart from one scene with Rob [Beck] – who plays Jimmy – it was just me and the crew in my flat, so it was brilliant – and really, really funny. Banter as usual and you’re like, ‘But that is my first day, is nobody going to make a fuss?’ and of course nobody does because they’re all on to the next scene.”

The soap star added that it will not be long until Carla starts to make more enemies on the Street as her personal situation becomes increasingly desperate.

She commented: “Carla’s got nowhere to hide now and I think she’ll do things to save herself at first, which will make everybody hate her. So with that and how damaged she already is, you’re going to see more of a bitch than we have done – and I think that’s probably what they all need in the factory.”