Coronation Street Blog: Sally Wainwright on writing Coronation Street and Gentleman Jack

There's a fascinating interview with ex-Corrie writer Sally Wainwright in The Big Issue. Sally now writes Gentleman Jack, another of my favourite TV shows and one that stars Suranne Jones, who played Corrie's Karen McDonald.

Here's a snippet: Everyone who was a writer wanted to work on Coronation Street. So to be one of the few asked to join the team in 1994 was extraordinary. It was like I had won the lottery or struck gold. The reality was something else. There were 15 writers and only three women. The meetings were heavily dominated by the loudest voices, the biggest smells. They would bring in lunch with a lot of wine and the afternoon was a misogynistic bloodbath.

Read the interview in the Big Issue here.

Glenda Young

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