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    Exclamation Coronation Street is expanding with a new street and new characters

    As Coronation Street heads towards airing six episodes per week, the ITV soap is expanding with a new street, new sets and new characters.

    Alongside fresh homes for the new regulars, there will be a school, a police station, a supermarket and a court, which sets the scene for more criminally good viewing.

    According to The Sun, the new road will be built next to the existing cobbled streets of Viaduct, Rosamund, Victoria and, of course, Coronation Street on the ITV Trafford Wharf Studios backlot.

    Coronation Street's set at MediaCityUK in Salford
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    The show, which recently moved to Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, its third home since the soap began in 1960, is apparently fighting the government over an intrusive train line.

    Bosses at ITV are complaining the new Metrolink line will disrupt the set with noise pollution from the local station's announcement and the building of the tracks will cause vibrations across the cobbles.

    It's all a million miles away from the former days of Hilda Ogden actress Jean Alexander, who sadly died this week at the age of 90.

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    They could get Vinny and Phelan to build the new houses...

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    When they say court do they mean the crimnal kind

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    Quote Originally Posted by swmc66 View Post
    When they say court do they mean the crimnal kind
    I imagine they do since it feels like a character is up in court every couple of weeks. It'll be easier and cheaper to film if there's a permanent set on site. (I'm not sure what the current arrangements are for filming court scenes.)

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    Wasn't there a court room on the old Granada Studio's set, or was it a small version of the House of Commons?
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