Tonight: Channel 4 Dispatches on Coronation Street Twitter sting

A reminder that Channel 4 will air the Dispatches programme about the Coronation Street twitter sting at 8pm tonight, Monday 5 August.

The current affairs documentary set up a fake cosmetics firm Puttana Aziendale – which translates from Italian as "corporate whore" – to sting the TV stars at an event called Celebrity Retreat in a Manchester hotel.

It is understood that Coronation Street actors feature heavily in the current version of the programme despite the legal threats, which were made after a number of "right to reply" letters were sent to individuals who appear in the film.

The one-hour Dispatches film, Celebs, Brands and Fake Fans, will be shown tonight - Monday 5 August - on Channel 4 at 8pm.

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Corrie cast members set up in Dispatches sting, says The Mirror

The award winning investigative current affairs programme Dispatches on Channel 4 has stitched up some of the Coronation Street cast good and proper, says The Mirror today.   

Dispatches set up a fake stall at a Celebrity Retreat event offered “luxury” tonics and creams supposedly from Bali, Indonesia. But none of the items was genuine. A blue bottle of “toner” contained nothing but tap water, despite its impressing sounding label “Puttana Aziendale” – which actually translates as “Corporate Prostitute” in Italian.

And the cameras were secretly rolling as stars and executives from Corrie asked for handfuls of free products in exchange for plugs.

However, The Mirror quotes an ITV source saying: “Allegations have been made that are false and highly defamatory, and ITV have written to the producer threatening legal action if they decide to broadcast the programme.”

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