Coronation Street voted Best Soap of 2018 by YouGov

In their end of year poll, YouGov reveals the events, people and entertainment that Britain liked most in 2018.

Coronation Street was voted favourite soap opera, which is great news to end the year on.

Corrie also won the Radio Times readers poll for Best Soap too. Well done, Corrie!

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Coronation Street receives award for 'Services to Humanity'

The Queen’s Representative and High Sheriff of Greater Manchester, Dr Robina Shah, has presented Coronation Street with a Certificate of Commendation in recognition of services to humanity through Coronation Street’s narrative of the lived experience of ordinary people living extraordinary lives.  Particularly around promoting issues of mental health. 

Dr Shah commented: “As the High Sheriff of this wonderful County I have chosen to commend Coronation Street for this award.  For almost 60 years, Coronation Street has served us well by creating and producing innovative story lines that powerfully reflect profound and often unspoken real life social issues that influence the dynamics of the society in which we live.

“Through the lens of Coronation Street cameras, viewers have learnt about the impact on individuals and on families experiencing personal trauma, social exclusion, domestic violence, drug addiction, sexual, physical and emotional abuse, the list goes on.  In real life these challenging issues are often faced alone and in isolation, slowly eroding self-esteem and self-value, affecting mental health and overall wellbeing.

“Coronation Street is not only a worthy recipient, but also most deserving of this award, for its role in promoting and raising awareness about sensitive social issues that affect many vulnerable members in our community. I am extremely pleased to honour and recognise the iconic and national treasure that is Coronation Street. Many congratulations indeed to all of you who work on the programme”.

Receiving the award on behalf of cast and crew, Producer, Iain McLeod said: “It is a genuine honour and privilege to receive this commendation on behalf of everybody who works on the programme.  We’ve always strived to tell important stories and sometimes within those stories we are in a fortunate position where we can help inform, educate and sometimes even lead change. Indeed, two of our recent storylines have had such a dramatic impact on our audience that our charity partners have seen a huge surge in people using their services. There is no doubt television drama can both alter and save lives and that will always be an immense source of pride for all of us."

The prestigious High Sheriffs Certificate of Commendation is awarded to a very small number of individuals and organisations that are deserving of recognition. This is the first time it has ever been awarded to a television programme. 

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New Corrie duck logo showcases soap award

With apologies for the rather blurred image above as I took a screengrab from my phone at the end of Coronation Street last night. I thought it worth blogging as it's a logo at the end of Corrie that we've never seen before.

The wording underneath the duck logo reads "albert+ sustainable production" and as the duck and new logo is in green, it refers to this...

What is it? albert+ is a mark of sustainability which indicates that the programme has taken steps to manage and reduce its environmental impact during production.

Coronation Street recently won an Observer Ethical Award. The Bafta film and television award went to Coronation Street as the TV drama of the highest quality, with the lowest possible environmental impact.

You can watch a short video showing behind-the-scenes at Corrie as they won this award.

Watch it here.

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Coronation Street writers win award

Coronation Street writers have won the award in tonight's Writer's Guild of Great Britain Awards.  

Corrie writer Damon Rochefort collected the award on behalf of Coronation Street, who won the award for Best Continuing Drama.

Well done to Coronation Street team of writers! Find out more about them all here.

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