Overview
- The 69-year-old actress resumed filming on Fair City on Monday after about four months away for breast cancer surgery and initial recovery.
- Callard said she felt "nervous and on edge" before filming but described her first day back as "fantastic" and enjoyed warm reactions from cast and crew.
- She revealed she was diagnosed earlier this year just before starting the role in February and returned to the UK for an operation that included precautionary lymph‑node removal.
- Hospital staff have performed or are performing CT mapping for radiotherapy planning and she is scheduled for a 10-day course of treatment, split into five days, a weekend break, then five more days.
- Fans, co-stars and her husband have offered public support as she balances returning to work with upcoming daily radiotherapy sessions and any further hospital appointments.