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Showrunners have said that the virus will be incorporated but it will not predominate storylines. Still, there will be minor tweaks to everyday life and that involves one of the show’s institutions, the Rovers Return. How will the virus have affected the pub?
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The show has confirmed that the iconic pub will now be a takeout joint! In what is sure to be a big change, the show’s characters will still be eating the famous grub and drinking pints of ale, but their dining will now take place at home.
In addition, the residents will wear face masks, and the Underworld factory will make gowns for NHS staff.
Viewers will also see social distancing lines outside of Weatherfield’s co-op branch as well as Dev’s corner shop.
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The show has stated, “The new storylines will tackle the pandemic and the way it is affecting ordinary people – with pubs and restaurants doing takeaways and shoppers having to queue to get their groceries but coronavirus will not dominate the drama.”
“But they’ll be Betty’s hotpot on the Rovers’ new takeaway menu and beer to go which will be a first and the staff in the factory will turn their hands to making PPE.”
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John Whiston, Managing Director of Continuing Drama for ITV, said on Good Morning Britain that there exist complex problems behind the camera as well.
“We have put Perspex shields on the cameras, like a motorcycling cowling, but we have had to make a lot of this up ourselves. The guidelines have now come out but when we were starting no one had done drama in a socially distanced way.”
“Then somebody is handling a letter, the other cast member can’t handle the same letter, so they have to put it down on the table.”
“We then stop filming, take that letter away, and put another in its place for the other cast member to pick up.”
But he said it is all worth it in the end as “It doesn’t look as if everyone is two meters away from each other and I think I’ll get complaints that the characters are too close when actually it is where you put the cameras and how you stage it! The episodes look great.”
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