On the Street where I live `My name is Brian and I'm a Corrie-holic.' An addict's appreciation of Coronation Street, 40 years old tomorrow...

From: The Independent - London | Date: December 8, 2000| Author: Brian Viner | Copyright information

Like some sad Coronation Street obsessive, I emerged from the Granada building in Manchester a few weeks ago carrying a pair of Coronation Street oven gloves, a Coronation Street tea cosy, several Coronation Street dish-cloths and a plastic Coronation Street alarm clock. The producer, Jane Macnaught, had loaded them into my arms after a chinwag lasting night on two hours. And, fuelled by a potent combination of bonhomie and sauvignon blanc, I not only accepted them but was genuinely thrilled....

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