Coronation Street was forced to scrap stunt that would kill several – as it was too expensive

A soaps writer has revealed wherefore a beauteous life-changing Coronation Street storyline ne'er went ahead.

Daran Little is simply a BAFTA-winning and Emmy Award-nominated tv writer.

He has written countless episodes of Coronation Street and EastEnders implicit the years and occasionally, helium treats fans to anecdotes from definite scenes oregon characters of years gone by, peculiarly from his clip connected Coronation Street.

This clip connected X, helium was responding to a instrumentality that was discussing the ocular practice of a tram clang that was acceptable to hap successful 2005.

The writer revealed the ITV soap was readying connected airing a crippled that saw the thoroughfare get flooded.

He said: ‘You wanna stroke your caput further? astatine 1 signifier we planned to flood the thoroughfare – similar a monolithic flood that killed radical and had everyone sat connected their roofs but it was mode excessively expensive.’

‘Oh wow, this should’ve happened!’, 1 instrumentality said successful effect and to beryllium honest, we couldn’t hold more!

The closest we’ve travel to this successful caller years was that of the sinkhole illness successful 2021, which saw radical autumn into the Victorian sewers under the cobbles during a monolithic storm.

Earlier this year, pursuing the news Helen Worth volition permission her relation arsenic Gail Platt successful Coronation Street, Daran returned to X to share a fantastic communicative astir the legendary actress.

Sharing a picture of himself alongside Helen, Daran wrote: ‘Want to cognize however fantastic Helen Worth is? She was the archetypal idiosyncratic I came retired to, sitting successful tears successful her dressing room. She held maine choky and said “your adventures are conscionable beginning”. Wishing her each my emotion connected her adjacent adventure.’

‘This twelvemonth felt similar the cleanable clip to permission the amusement aft celebrating 50 years successful the astir fantastic occupation connected the astir fantastic thoroughfare successful the world. I made the determination astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth and spoke to the producers who were precise benignant and understanding’, Helen said, discussing her departure.

‘I person been genuinely blessed to person been fixed the astir unthinkable scripts week successful week out, and to person worked with fantastic actors, directors and a superb crew. 

‘The past 50 years person flown by and I don’t deliberation the information that I americium leaving has rather sunk successful yet.’

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