Coronation Street's new producer Stuart Blackburn has revealed a few spoilers, or at least teasers, about upcoming Street storylines.In an interview with TV Times, via Digital Spy, Stuart reveals the following about our favourite soap:
On Hayley Cropper leaving - "We're a long way off that storyline. Obviously Roy and Hayley are now going to be central to the show for the next 10 or 11 months. All I can say is that we're working on the most beautiful, moving story we can find."
On Stella and Karl - "There's a long way to go for Stella, Karl and the pub - we've got some really strong, powerful stuff coming up for them."
On David and Kylie - "I love that young couple and their relationship with the rest of their family."
On Peter and Carla - "There's a big storyline ahead for Peter and Carla, we're going to be moving them on apace."
On Tracy Barlow - "Tracy's been relatively quiet of late - she'll come back to the fore."
On the Rovers Return fire - Blackburn promises that the look of The Rovers Return will not change and that "rumours it's going to get bigger and become a B&B are nonsense". He added: "The story at the moment is that Stella is the landlady, and when the pub's burnt down, we'll see her battle to get it back to where it was."
On new families - Blackburn said there are no immediate plans to introduce new families to Weatherfield, as he will be concentrating on making sure existing characters are working "as best they can".
On his vision for the show, he commented: "It's about going back to basics, to the very first episode of Corrie in 1960. Right from the start, it was witty and warm but it wasn't nostalgic, it wasn't whimsical, it was an act of rebellion.
"It was the first time a popular TV drama had tackled the lives and loves of the working classes. That, for me, is what Coronation Street is, and what I want it to be while I'm here - 21st century stories about real, believable working class people."
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