Development
In November 2007 Payne called an urgent meeting with Producer Kathleen Beedles, where Payne revealed that she needed a rest from the hectic filming schedule. Payne told the Daily Star that after 16 years of enjoying the part of Viv, Payne felt she was ready to take a break.In order to spend some time with her family, and be a supportive mother through my son's GCSE year. In August 2008 Payne’s sabbatical storyline reached its climax, when Viv was wrongly imprisoned for fraud, by conman Freddie Yorke (Keith Woodason). Viv was sentenced to three years in prison. Viv returned in July 2009, after two recent appearances in October 2008. In June 2009 Payne resumed her role on a regular basis, and her return episode aired on July 14, 2009.
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