When Will Coronation Street Make The First Reference To Coronavirus?

ITV Coronation Street spoilers and updates reveal that when the coronavirus pandemic is acknowledged for the first time on the cobbles, “It will be like flipping a switch” says executive producer Iain MacLeod.

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Coronation Street filming resumed this week for the cast and crew, the first time they have set foot back since production was stopped in March. Fans are over the moon about the resumption and TPTB have stated that the pandemic will be made a part of the soap.

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This week MacLeod spoke at a virtual press conference saying, “The remainder of incomplete episodes has been shot strictly adhering to the new measures. In a manner of speaking there is something of a jump on screen. Fictionally it created a world where people were half acknowledging and half not, which would have been really weird.”

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“From 24th July it will be referenced,” he said, “and it’s just like the flip of a switch. Very quickly we are in a post-pandemic world and I am sure there will be comments about continuity, but we have a mature audience and I think they will understand and go with it.”

MacLeod previously assured fans that the virus would be a part of daily life but won’t dominate it. He added, “We will reference it with a light touch because the world has been living with this for many months by this stage.”

“We will see a lot of washing hands, social distancing, discussing older relatives who are shielding and are not on camera. A lot of our businesses are operating as takeaways but it’s possible that Roy’s Rolls, for instance, might be open by the time the scenes air, but we thought it safer to bet on people not being able to be in big groups in a cafe.”

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According to MacLeod, the virus will be more, “visually referenced rather than talking about it – the audience has talked about pretty much nothing else so we want to give them some escapism but grounded in reality. We want to stay true to what Corrie is and not turn it into a soap version of the movie Outbreak!”

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MacLeod went on to say that actors will be filmed them two meters apart but wanted to reaffirm to fans that the central core of storytelling will not be drastically affected.