Why do Canadians love Coronation Street so much?
Canadians adore ‘Coronation Street’
There would be a national uproar if CBC did not announce the renewal of ‘Coronation Street‘ at a time when game shows such as ‘Jeopardy” and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ are not coming back in Canada because of federal spending cuts and the expensive license fees for game shows.
Kirstine Stewart, CBC executive vice-president of English services, says the British soap was renewed because it’s popular.
“People question why we do things. The reason you renew shows that have a big audience is because of their advertising potential. Marketplace has no ad potential. It’s an advocacy show that is a service to Canadians,” she said. “We wanted to show people that when we make the tough choices that we consider that.”
‘Coronation Street’ first appeared in Manchester, UK on December 9, 1960, and is the longest-running television drama. It has been a favorite soap opera in Canada for over 40 years, and one out of five Canadians tune in for the episodes on the five weekday evenings, which are repeated in an “omnibus” on Sunday mornings.
Although the full-size set for Coronation Street was opened by the Queen, there have been many changes over the years, so it did not qualify as a “historic building”. English Heritage ruled that “Most of the houses do not have interiors and therefore exist as facades.”
A very popular tour is one that takes visitors to many sites used in the filming of the show and to Granada Studios, where you just might catch some of the actors doing a scene and hopefully being willing to converse and have pictures taken.
Coronation Street airs weekdays 6:30pm And Sundays 7:00am – 12:00pm.
Are you a Corrie fan? What do you love about the show?
I have been watching “Corrie” since it started, I was born and bred in Lancashire where it is from so now I am in Canada (1966) it is my way of “keeping in touch”.Hope it never disapears from the TV screens in Canada.
Love this show because it portays not only life situations, but society problem face by everyday people.
I’m not really going to say I love the show, but I do make it point to watch all the episodes either through the week or on the weekends. I try to compare it to a never ending episode of the Twilight Zone (great show also).
The characters never leave (except the lucky ones), the main antagonist is the Rovers Return(Non-sentient being). Everyone believes they’re superior(Peter isn’t the only one with a drinking problem). Nobody has a conscience or moral compass (except for the children-very resilient to the streets power), and Emily(although easily taken advantage of) and Rita. Nobody ever comes out on top(they don’t realize they’re in Hell)and there’s always a lesson to be learned(unless it continues next week).
I realize CS if only written as fiction(as was the Twilight Zone), but if this show has anything to do with reality, and all the story lines are from real life situations, my advice to you is to MOVE OFF THE STREET!!!!!!!!
As a civilization and to all CS fans, don’t do this **** to your relatives, friends, neighbors, coworkers and people on the street that you don’t even know.
Let’s all get along and be the ‘anti-Corrie’ crowd. It just might work.
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My girlfriends been watching the show since 1980(really hooked).
I have watched the show since it first started on T.V.
What a long way it has come since the days of Ena, Minnie & Martha. No bad language, how refreshing in this day and age. Love the new young ones that are coming into the show. Hope we never loose it from our T.V. screens in Canada. There is no other show like it. Long may it reign.