I can't wait for The Road to Coronation Street

It's almost Thursday and many of us are waiting on the edge of our seats for The Road to Coronation Street! There's a great piece in the Herald Scotland about the show. The author sat down to watch and was a bit skeptical at some of the casting, Jessie Wallace in particular as Elsie Tanner but was won over in a big way. The more I hear about this docudrama the more I'm just that anxious to see it! Can Thursday come any quicker?

The new Elsie Tanner

There's an excellent interview with Jessie Wallace, who plays Elsie Tanner, in the BBC documentary The Road to Coronation Street.

You can read the whole thing in the Manchester Evening News, written by top TV writer and Coronation Street fan Ian Wylie.

Video Preview: Coronation Street - A Star is Born

With thanks to Ian Wylie for pointing us to this via twitter.  There's a video preview online of what was going to be called Florizel Street, the new BBC documentary about the birth of Coronation Street. It's been renamed Coronation Street - A Star Is Born. 

You can watch a clip of it on the BBC showreel at 4:38.