Coronation Street producer Kate Oates has given her views on Corrie's current, darker storylines. She was speaking to David Brown of the Radio Times at this week's Radio Times covers party, held at Claridges in that London.
Kate Oates said: “I realise that, at the moment, Corrie is divisive. I love the old-school viewers because they’re key to our audience. But the audience is changing – the dynamic needs to move and shift. It’s all about keeping current with what people want. As long as we cater for everyone in the mix, then I think we’re doing OK.”
And on the darker tone of Coronation Street, Oates said: “I will quite happily accept that it’s darker. But I do think that we’ve got a good balance – what I enjoy best about that dramatic mix is when you’ve got comedy within the darkness. I’ve never been a fan of slapstick. I’ve never been a fan of ‘comedy strands’. But I like dark humour and gallows humour. Yes, sometimes the show is dark – certainly the Phelan story in particular. But we balance it out. We’ve got a good overview of what we want the show to be about.”
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