Coronation Street joins this year's Edinburgh Festival

There's going to be a Coronation Street masterclass at this year's MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. The Festival runs from August 27 – 29 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.

This year, the festival is celebrating 50 years of Coronation Street and 25 years of EastEnders. For Coronation Street, festival goers will be taken on a trip down memory lane. The Corrie masterclass line-up includes Corrie writer and creator Tony Warren, actress Katherine Kelly (Becky McDonald) and Guardian TV journalist, the fab Nancy Banks-Smith.

Producers will reveal how potent plots and sizzling storylines continue to excite and engage audiences young and old. Discover the secrets of writing, producing and directing.

More details of the festival here.