Neighbours‘ Jackie Woodburne and Coronation Street‘s Kym Marsh have teamed up for a brand new series.
Set in Australia, Imposter will follow matriarch Helen, who causes a huge family feud when she refuses to sell her seaside hotel. Helen’s three adult children are baffled by the decision and urge her to reconsider.
Things get complicated when Amanda arrives on the scene, claiming to be the secret daughter that Helen gave up for adoption many years ago. The newcomer is welcomed into the family, but is Amanda who she says she is?
“The lucrative hotel is the ultimate prize and a twisted scheme soon spirals into betrayal and ultimately, murder,” teases the synopsis.
The soap stars will presumably be playing the mother-daughter duo, Helen (Woodburne) and Amanda (Marsh), in the Channel 5 show. Production is scheduled to begin in Australia this summer.
Imposter will mark Woodburne’s first TV role since Neighbours was axed earlier this year.
The Aussie soap originally came to an end in 2022, but was picked up by Amazon, which commissioned a two-year run on its streaming platform Freevee. It was then axed for a second time after failing to secure a renewal deal.
Speaking about the recent cancellation, Woodburne – who has played Susan Kennedy since 1994 – said that it “feels different” to the previous axing.
“Everyone’s got an idea of how they would like the show to end, but that [the previous] finale was written and everyone gave it 100% because we all thought: ‘This is it,'” she told TV Tonight. “This was our opportunity to honour the show and take it out with a bang.
“But I don’t think you can do that twice. It wouldn’t have the same impact. I have no doubt that [producers] will come up with a heartfelt, authentic, beautiful farewell. Everybody’s, once again, just focused on making sure that we give it our all… But it does feel different this time.”
Elsewhere, Marsh – who played Corrie‘s Michelle Connor – will also be appearing in a stage adaptation of Single White Female. The star will play Allie, a recently divorced mother who unwittingly takes on an unstable lodger called Hedy.
