Coronation Street to broadcast a sixth weekly episode
The new episode will start in 2017.
ITV announced yesterday (29th June) that they plan to broadcast a sixth weekly episode of Coronation Street.
The announcement was made to the press and in a tweet from the official ITVCorrie account which just said, 'EXCITING NEWS! CORRIE IS NOW GOING TO BE ON 6 TIMES A WEEK!'
The news was welcomed by many fans on Twitter saying it was 'the best news ever'.
In a statement ITV’s Director of Television, Kevin Lygo, said the news reflects the broadcaster's commitment to high quality soaps for a loyal audience,
"I am a life-long fan of Coronation Street and one of the first things I wanted to explore when I became Director of Television was taking the production to six episodes a week," he said.
The additional episode will allow the soap to expand the number of characters and storylines.
John Whiston, who oversees Coronation Street and Emmerdale said,
“From a creative perspective this is an extremely exciting development for the production team, writers, cast and crew who work on our globally renowned soap drama.”
This new episode will mean a jobs boost to the northwest of England where the soap is filmed as they will be expanding the studio space in Trafford, Manchester adding to the four operational studios they already have.
Coronation Street has been broadcasting since 1960 and has won countless awards over the years for both the soap and the actors.
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