Listen: Tony Warren obituary on BBC Radio 4 - Last Word

With thanks to Coronation Street fan @PamCrossland on twitter who has alerted us to this. Coronation Street creator Tony Warren is featured on the BBC Radio 4 show The Last Word this week. 

The Last Word is a radio obituary show and details the life of Coronation Street creator and writer Tony Warren who sadly passed away this week.

Tony Warren's obituary starts at just after the 3 minute mark. You can listen to it online here.

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Audio interview: Corrie producer defends Hayley's suicide storyline

Coronation Street Producer Stuart Blackburn was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this week.  He was talking about Hayley's right-to-die storyline and defends it, saying it does not advocate "copycat suicides".

He talks about Coronation Street's resposibility to portray this storyline correctly and respectfully and how Corrie has worked with The Samaritans on this storyline too.

Stuart is the second man to start talking in the interview, so keep listening...  

You can listen to the interview by clicking on the link below.

Listen to ‘Coronation Street ‘not advocating’ character's suicide’ on Audioboo

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Listen: Coronation Street's rock star fans

With thanks to Coronation Street fan @elizabethalker on twitter for this.

You can listen to a four minute BBC Radio 4 programme about rock star fans of Corrie.   Good fun and well worth a listen.

Listen to it online here.