You always know that when a Coronation Street story is included in The Guardian newspaper that it's going to be a no-nonsense look at one of the issues facing our favourite soap. This week, The Guardian interviewed the actors who play the parents of the Baileys - who The Guardian call "the first family of colour in Coronation Street after almost 60 years on air."
How have they been received?
The full interview is here.
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Wait a minute. They may not have arrived as a family unit but Lloyd's ex and their daughter formed a kind of family for a while. This quote is from Voice magazine (Dec 12):"Craig Charles talks about heading the first black family on Coronation Street in its 50-year history", They didn't cast it well, unfortunately, and the chemistry wasn't there. Perhaps Corrie would prefer it if viewers forgot about them.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking same thing. Plus does it not count that Kristi was black and had a black child with Tyrone?
ReplyDeleteThe first family of colour? Isn't Dev's family "of colour"?
ReplyDeleteThe Guardian's words.
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