Home and Away spoilers follow.
Home and Away actor Lynne McGranger has explained the she was involved in crafting the exit plot for Irene Roberts.
The soap icon has been on the show since January 1993, making her longest-serving female cast member in an Aussie soap. Almost 33 years on, she's decided to move on.
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Speaking about her final storyline to publication The West, she teased: "I can't tell you about it — the audience will have to wait and see — but I went and spoke to the producers and the head writer and ran it past them, and they loved [my idea].
"[The story] is very pertinent, and very important, and I am really very proud of it. From what I have read, and from what we have filmed so far, it is so well written — I just hope I can do it justice.
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"But I know my fellow actors will support me, and I'm happy with the way it is all unfolding."
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She also explained that she made the decision to leave Home and Away when she took some time off last year to star in a play.
"When I was on tour with [my play] The Grandparents' Club, I realised that I had come full circle," she explained. "I started in theatre, and I started out touring regional places and just loved it so much.
"Doing [that] again made me realise that while I still have my health and my marbles, that is where I want to be."
Home and Away airs weekdays at 1.45pm on Channel 5, with repeat screenings at 6pm on 5STAR and first-look screenings at 6.30pm on 5STAR. Selected classic episodes are available via Prime Video in the UK.
In Australia, the show airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7pm on Channel 7 and streams on 7Plus.
