In our house, we're huge fans of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series of novels. At Christmas we treated ourselves to the first two series on DVD - Tales of the City and More Tales of the City - and we've just received from the USA the DVDs of Further Tales of the City which have yet to be watched.
Anyway, I've been noticing some similarities between the residents of Barbary Lane and Coronation Street.
What do you reckon?
Two different countries, two different locations, two fantastic dramas going on.
Created by two men, both gay, passionate about their cities and background. Armistead Maupin in SanFran and Tony Warren in Salford.
With two fantastic leading ladies. Transsexual Mrs Madrigal in the US and home-grown Hayley Cropper striking a victory for transsexuals in the UK with, finally, a legal wedding to Roy.
Michael "Mouse" Tolliver was the leading man in the City and Todd Grimshaw was the first gay character that Corrie ever had. Both had characteristics of the writers who created them.
And no great drama would be complete without a strong lesbian relationship. Another first for Coronation Street.
The rather wonderful Dr Jon Fielding and equally caring sonographer Marcus Dent.
Take a look at the rest of our Weatherfield Style series:
Desperate Housewives
Downton Abbey
The Sopranos
Mad Men
The Flintstones
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