United Kingdom, July 15 -- Hannah Waddingham says Ted Lasso season four is like a "beloved dog that was buried" and now "exhumed".

The 50-year-old actress will return as AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ sports comedy-drama - which follows the story of an American football coach (Jason Sudeikis) hired to manage the fictional UK football team AFC Richmond - two years after most people involved thought the show had ended with the third run.

Hannah told Variety: "It feels like it was the most beautiful, beloved dog that was buried, and now we've exhumed it, and I am here for it.

"I was hankering and hankering and hankering and hankering to see where Rebecca had gone, where she was going to.

"She's my girl. She's in my bl...