Marcia CrossMarcia Cross - DH's Bree Van De KampPrepare for a shock in the next series of Desperate Housewives.

The hit show is preparing for outrage when Bree Van De Kamp, played by Maria Cross, is the victim of a "hideous" revenge plot.

In the first series, we saw house-proud Bree send her rebellious son, Andrew, to a delinquent camp.

Now he'll exact his own form of justice.

Creator Marc Cherry told the Daily Mirror that it's so nasty it will be "about as bad as anything on TV".

"Andrew resents her tremendously. He's going to get back at her. We've got something just hideous planned. I'm going to get letters," he warned. 

But he's keeping the cat well and truly in the bag for now.

US viewers saw the first episode of the second series, which stars other 'Wives Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria and Emmy-winner Felicity Huffman, this week.

UK fans will have to wait until January to see all the fireworks on Channel 4.

Other gossip on set is that Friends star Courteney Cox is in talks about a cameo, playing an escapee from a mental home.

We can't wait...