"Many Photos" - Corrie’s Amanda Barrie, 83, electrocuted in flat as she poses up with her paramedic heroes

FORMER Corrie actress Amanda Barrie thanked her “heroes” in the London Ambulance services for saving her after she accidentally electrocuted herself.

Taking to Twitter, the 83-year-old said the incident had been “very scary” but managed to poke fun at herself as she joked she’d “lit up the West End”.

Amanda Barrie made the shock revelation on Twitter

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Posting a picture of herself surrounded by five paramedics, Amanda paid tribute to the NHS and ambulance teams.

She wrote: “⁦@Ldn_Ambulance⁩ Thankyou to my five heroes. So, last night I lit up the West End by electrocuting myself in my own flat. Eek! Magnificant #FirstResponders came to my rescue. Very scary but am still here, thanks also to @uclh God bless the ⁦@NHSuk⁩”

The soap legend didn’t go into details as to how she’d managed to shock herself in the home she shares with wife Hillary Bonner on Monday evening.

Revealing the incident to her followers on social media, the CBB star was inundated with comments from fans who lovingly joked with her using a selection of electric-puns.

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Amanda went on CBB and was an instant hit

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Amanda joined British soap Corrie in the mid-1980s, before being offered a contracted part in 1988

One referenced her appearance in the Carry On films, writing: “Carry on Sparky”

John Challis, who played Boycie in Only Fools and Horses, wrote: “Amanda Barrie! What are you like?! So happy you are unharmed.XX”

Another teased: “I thought it was just your name you were supposed to have in lights, glad you are ok.”

While one added: “I was expecting to see you sporting a big sticky out hair do…glad you’re OK xxx”

Amanda revealed she had been an home when she accidentally electrocuted herself

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An image of Amanda in her role of Cleopatra in the film Carry On Cleo

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