Sherrie Hewson is keen to land a role on EastEnders after her Hollyoaks character was brutally killed off earlier this week.

The Loose Women legend, 75, played Martha Blake in the Channel 4 soap for 17 months before the character met a grisly end at the hands of her serial killer son Jez Blake (Jeremy Sheffield).

Addressing her final scenes, which aired last week, Sherrie said: “It was quite spectacular, unexpected and it was horrific more than anything else.”

Sherrie previously played Maureen Holdsworth in Coronation Street from 1993 until 1997 and again in 2006 and Lesley Meredith in Emmerdale from 2004 until 2006.

However, the actress hasn’t ruled out joining BBC soap opera EastEnders in the future.

Speaking about appearing in Albert Square, Sherrie told Reach PLC: “I’m not sure who I’d play but they can write anything can’t they.

“My mate Harriet Thorpe is in that, she plays Elaine [Peacock] who I love, so I’d love to go in as her sister or an evil something or other and be really horrible to her.

“I’d love to do that with Harriet because we’re really good friends, that would be something I’d like to do.”

It comes after Sherrie shared that she believes older television viewers are being treated like “coffin dodgers” and more mature actors and actresses need to be seen on screen

She said: “Today’s TV so often chases the young and forgets the rest but for many of us, the joy of great television has always been simple – you just watch a show and you laugh, or you don’t. Funny is funny.

“Look at the adverts on television, you never see older people in adverts unless they’re in a funeral parlour or a cremation or life insurance. It’s like we’re being treated like coffin dodgers or something.”

As well as appearing Britain’s biggest soaps, Sherrie also played Joyce Temple Savage in Benidorm and appeared as a regular panellist on Loose Women