Coronation Street

Chewie where are you taking the photos from? I'm based at MediaCity and the only place I know you can get a view from that angle is from inside BBC Quay House.

Barbara Knox is Live on This Morning at 1215; just hope they don't have Sharon Marshall chipping in and just leave the interview to Holly, Phil and Barbara.

I'm not taking them myself, but the person who did likely took them from the apartment building next to Quay House :p

I think they're using steel frames this time so that its easier to change things around on the set

Thanks, managed to tune in to a bit of it. Not sure how long she was on for but at the end Barbara said "oh is that it". Am I right to say she is a very private person? If so maybe they should have given it a bit more time.

Babara Knox doesn't do many Interviews; she has done some but not very often. Whenever you do see her on an Interview it is always good to see.

I like the way Holly and Phil aplauded her and got the rest of the Crew to as well.

I am pleased she has a big storyline coming up because sometimes you only see her in brief scenes and then a few weeks off.

Her and Eileen Derbyshire are both very private when it comes to interviews so this was a little treat a few years ago



I have just seen Barbara's interview on This Morning on itvplayer and it was remarked that she took 11 weeks off because she gave a director or someone so backchat, what's the back story behind that?

The main reasons to use steel frames are cost, speed of construction, resilience to the elements.

I don't know what they intent to build the façades of the street front from, but usually it's a marine-grade ply (wood that's treated to survive in watery environments), and then detailed with a type of plaster which they can make look like brick or stone. You'll see similar construction techniques in themeparks.

I doubt they'll intend to change things once its constructed - although you're right - its probably much easier with steel frame.

The bigger question is, why did they built the 30 year old street in brick? The EastEnders lot is the same age, and it's a steel/ply job.

Presumably they didn't know how long Eastenders was going to run for, and so didn't spend huge amounts of money on a set that might have only been standing a year. Coronation Street was past the 20 year mark by the time the set was built, and so the chances of the show continuing for a long time would have been more likely.

From ITV.com - Weatherfield Gazette Online:

On Weds 6th June EastEnders is airing from 8-9pm, meaning the second half will clash with Corrie (8.30-9).

That won't be very good for Corrie! I mean the Eastenders-Emmerdale clash saw Enders dip to 5 million when they'd been getting 9! Just a few weeks back

Corrie will be fine, it's EastEnders which will suffer - as you yourself say, they lost almost half their usual audience last time it clashed, and that was against Emmerdale. EE just isn't doing very well lately.