This week sees the start of the new reduced schedule, and we start off the Street Talk section sharing our thoughts on how it feels to only get three episodes a week - and ones that were never originally intended to be shown this way either! That's followed by a discussion of the latest goings on in the Yasmeen storyline - has she finally seen through Geoff's lies and manipulation? Also this week, David gets a taste for danger, Aled gets his hearing aids fitted, and Charles plays by his own rules.
Next up on the show, we celebrate the news of Sally Carman and Joe Duttine's engagement in The Kabin, and we finish off the podcast with some feedback, including a quick go at a fun Corrie game suggested by one listener.
Street Talk - 00:07:32
The Kabin - 01:15:43
Feedback - 01:22:09
Our extra content for Episode 412 of the podcast is a review of the second half of our 1960s Corrie box set. 1965 to 1969 saw some big changes to the Street, including the introduction of an outdoor set and the construction of the maisonettes opposite the terraced houses. It was also the period where Betty Turpin and Bet Lynch made their debuts, and big stunts like the train crashing through the viaduct and the collapse of Number 7 kept viewers hooked. In this discussion, we go over stories we enjoyed, characters that made the biggest impression, and our thoughts on what the box set can teach us about life in the 60s.
Finally, as we're trying to keep the main bit of podcast free of all coronavirus talk for the listeners who are just fed up of hearing about it, we've also decided to do a quick update on how the pandemic is affecting all things Corrie in another standalone podcast. It's only been a few weeks since our first COVID-19 discussion, but thing have moved on since then, including the halting of all Corrie filming until further notice! We discuss some new ideas about where this might leave our favourite soap as well as sharing some of the ways that the Corrie cast are keeping us entertained over social media while we're all stuck inside.
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I could be wrong about this, but does anyone think that the current Coronavirus crisis could potentially spell the end of Corrie and some of the other ITV and BBC shows which have ceased production for the duration of the present crisis. A lot might depend on exactly when the current social distancing regulations are finally dispensed with and life can begin to get back to normal, but to take a worse-case scenario, what if they were still in force in the Autumn with still no immediate prospect of their relaxation, and it was 2021 before things began to change, perhaps with the development of an effective vaccine by then? By that time all the episodes of Corrie which had been recorded before the restrictions would long since have been exhausted. Would ITV think it worthwhile to resurrect the program after a year when it would be very difficult to resolve the storylines which were being developed onscreen at the time the show was forced to end? Would they be able to get any of the existing actors back? Might they possibly just scrap the previous storylines without any real resolution and start the show from scratch with completely new storylines and a few existing actors but more new ones? Or might ITV decide that they could not afford to bring Corrie back after having lost so much money during the crisis and that it would be too difficult anyway, and finally pull the plug on it after 60 years?
I would certainly not like Corrie to end in this way, but given the current uncertainty as to how long the crisis will last I feel it is far from impossible. The BBC might have to make similar decisions with shows like Casualty, Holby City and Eastenders.
Or perhaps ITV might decide that they could produce one soap only and would have to decide whether it would be Corrie, Emmerdale or Hollyoaks.
What do other people think about this?
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