Coronation Street writer hits back at claim
Damon Rochefort, 55, has contributed to Coronation Street scripts since 2004, and shared that he has been grilled over the soap’s plotline by some viewers. The Welsh scriptwriter admitted that Corrie is “selling a fantasy” with its narrative that people can work on the same street they live on.
Damon divulged: “People say, ‘As if anyone would work on the street where they live’.
“Well, of course, they don’t. But the fantasy we’re selling is of a community where people care about each other.
“Even bitter rivals Ken [Barlow] and Mike [Baldwin] had moments when they were sympathetic to one another,” he added to Radio Times.
The soap is now approaching its 60th birthday, and unlike previous years that have seen infernos, train crashes and sieges, this year will be a decidedly more played down affair.
