yeah but this is a bit different
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Phil Collinson has praised Coronation Street for never shying "away from gay issues".
The soap's producer told the Manchester Evening News that Corrie has a "good sort of gay sensibility" and that the ongoing Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent and Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson) storyline will continue this.
"We're going to go a long way with this storyline," he told the paper.
"We'll look at sexuality in a much more hard-hitting way, what parents think about it, what the church thinks about it. Life is not going to be as easy as it might have been for Sophie, but it's important to look at prejudice. There are lots of parents out there who have gone through this, and they all deal with it in different ways."
Collinson also lauded the character of Sean Tully - played by Antony Cotton - and hit back at criticism of the factory worker.
"I think what the show has done with the character of Sean Tully is brilliant," he said. "I know Antony gets criticised because people think he's a stereotype of camp, but I think showing a gay man living in Coronation Street and being loved and accepted for who he is, is the most important thing you can do, rather than trying to represent big gay issues, which the show has also done."
The former Doctor Who producer, who came out in his late 20s, further revealed that he felt "incredibly lucky" to have never "experienced homophobia personally".
"I feel very fortunate that I'm in an industry that is accepting. I always say to younger gay people, 'You have got to stand up and be yourself'," he said. It wasn't until I did that the last piece of the jigsaw fell into place for me."
He added: "That's why I hope with characters like Sophie and Sian and the careful way we handle this storyline, I hope it's going to help people out there and show that it's better to be honest."
Sophie and Sian's romance is revealed to all in Coronation Street later this month when Claire blurts out their secret on Roy and Hayley's wedding day.
The dramatic moment comes after the childminder finds herself involved in a police investigation surrounding Dev and Sunita's son Aadi, who is hospitalised with a fractured skull shortly after being collected from her house.
Claire is soon forced to admit that she was only with Aadi for part of the day in question - at one point, she left him, Asha and Simon with Sophie and Sian as she was dealing with a family emergency.
Furious to see police attention switching to the girls, Sally confronts Claire and demands to know why she's accusing them.
Later, another row breaks out as Roy and Hayley's wedding guests travel to the ceremony via steam train. Tired of all the aggro, Claire snaps - explaining that she walked in on Sophie and Sian snogging when they were supposed to be minding the kids…
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LESBIAN lovers Sophie Webster and Sian Powers see their relationship go off the rails when they are outed on a steam train.
As our dramatic picture shows, neighbour Claire Peacock drops the bombshell in front of half the street that she saw them kissing.
The young lovers are mortified by their outing, which happens on the train taking them all to Roy and Hayley Cropper’s wedding.
But they’re not as upset as Sophie’s parents Sally and Kevin.
The couple can’t believe what they’re hearing and at first Sally refuses to take on board what Claire is saying.
She turns to Sophie and demands to know what the hell Claire is on about.
A Street insider said: “Sally starts a massive row with Claire over the *possibility that Aadi Alahan received some bruises while in her care.
“Claire snaps and tells Sally she should be more concerned about her own daughter before telling the packed train that she saw Sophie and Sian snogging the face off each other. Sally can’t believe what she’s hearing and tells Claire she’s deranged for making up such a lie.
“But as soon as everyone turns to Sophie and Sian for answers it’s *pretty clear from their faces that Claire is telling the truth.
“The girls have kept their romance a secret for months so to be outed like this leaves them devastated. Sophie’s big sister Rosie loves all the drama as for once she’s not involved.
“She doesn’t care that her sister’s a lesbian and even tells her parents she thinks it’s actually rather cool.
“One thing’s for sure, Claire’s bombshell wipes the smile off Sally’s face. It’s going to be one hell of a wedding after this.”
Coronation Street star Sally Dynevor has praised the soap's writers for their approach to her screen daughter Sophie's current lesbian storyline.
Speaking to New magazine, the actress explained that she is glad her character Sally Webster grows to accept Sophie's relationship with Sian Powers in scenes to be broadcast over the coming weeks.
Sophie (Brooke Vincent) and Sian (Sacha Parkinson) became an item earlier this year, kicking off their relationship by sharing a kiss after becoming increasingly close.
Discussing how Sally reacts to the secret romance, Dynevor explained: "At first, she's really shocked and says daft things like, 'I'm not having any dungarees in this house!' But then she becomes quite protective of Sophie and Sian and defends them.
"I'm so glad the writers have done it like that, because at first I wasn't sure Sally would accept it. The fact she's supportive is really good."
Corrie lesbians Sian Powers and Sophie Webster are branded shameful, unnatural and sinful by an angry church leader in a red-hot new storyline.
The ministers outburst comes hard on the heels of anti-gay tirades by Ken Barlow's homophobic son Lawrence in the ITV1 soap.
And producers predict a storm of protest when the controversial scenes are aired in November.
A Coronation Street source said: They are sure to provoke outrage.
Sian (Sacha Parkinson) and devout Sophie (Brooke Vincent) get the earful when the pastor (Chris Grahamson) first hears about their romance.
He rages: God considers women who choose unnatural relationships over natural ones to be guilty of shameful lust. God puts temptation in our way to test us.
But people like you who abandon God in deceit are sinful in his eyes. Shocked Sian hits back: I thought we were all supposed to be equal in the eyes of God.
If God truly believed what you are telling us, He obviously got it wrong.
If He were around today He would be the first to admit it.
But the ministers rant makes Sophie begin to have doubts which grow when Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) refuses to slag off the pastor after the girls open their hearts to her.
Torn between her friendship to them and her loyalty to the church, religious Emily tells them: I'm sorry he upset you but I'm not prepared to criticise what he said.
Viewers will be left wondering if this is the beginning of the end for the Streets first ever lesbian couple.
The Corrie source said: Lawrence's anti-gay sentiments broke new ground.
But this dialogue from a respected church leader who should be more tolerant to his followers takes things to a whole different level.
Coronation Street's Sally Dynevor has said that her character will stick by her daughter Sophie.
Viewers have recently seen the ITV soap's Sally Webster deal with the shock of learning that her daughter, played by Brooke Vincent, is in a lesbian relationship. However, speaking to RTÉ Ten, Dynevor said that Sally will be a "supportive" mother and defend Sophie when she needs to.
"I think Sally was really shocked," she said. "I think what she thought was a lesbian wasn't her daughter and I love that about the story, because so many lesbians that I've talked to have said that they've had exactly the same conversation with their mother."
Dynevor continued: "But I love the fact that now she's supporting them. As soon as somebody criticises she's there!
"But she had to go through all those feelings that she's got now to get to where she is because it was just a shock for Sally because that's the last thing that she would have wanted for Sophie."
She added: "She's going to stick up for her daughter, come rain or shine."
The actress also admitted that she is enjoying Rosie's (Helen Flanagan) reaction to her sister's sexuality.
"I love the fact that Rosie just thinks it's all so cool, that her sister is a lesbian," she said.
Sacha Parkinson will reportedly sign a new deal to stay in Coronation Street until 2011.
The actress, who plays Sian Powers in the ITV1 soap, will apparently sign the new contract following the popularity of her character's lesbian storyline with Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent).
A source told the Daily Star Sunday: "Sacha has been negotiating a new deal and is due to sign as soon as the [tram] crash scenes have been sorted. She's storylined well into next year and is one of the soap's most popular young actresses.
"There will be lots of twists and turns over the next few months as their relationship continues and life throws a number of things at both of them. By bringing in a few more lesbians it's only going to further spice things up. Everyone is very excited about it all."
Parkinson first appeared on the soap in 2009.
So thats two more that dont get bumped off in the Tram Disaster
Yes, so much for keeping it all "under wraps" about who dies in the tram crash. How many is that now that we know are safe?
You might like to cast your vote http://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/s...the-Tram-Crash
Coronation Street teenager Sophie Webster is to fall from a church roof in a shock new storyline, reports have revealed.
The dramatic incident is expected to air on screen in the spring after Sophie's life takes a downward spiral due to her parents' marriage break-up and new problems in her relationship with girlfriend Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson).
According to The Sun, Sophie will turn to her pastor for support after Sian starts spending time with a girl she met on holiday, making her jealous.
However, when the troubled youngster arrives at the church looking for guidance - having downed some booze for comfort - she ends up in a heated confrontation with her old choir friends, who disapprove of her sexuality.
Drunk and distraught, Sophie will then be seen rushing up to the church roof with the pastor following closely behind. However, he is too late to prevent a terrible accident as Sophie loses her footing and falls onto a parked car below.
Subsequent scenes will see the teen rushed to hospital, but the extent of her injuries and the full consequences of the shock incident are currently unclear.
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Is Sian leaving?
er...random? are they saying she tries to commit suicide?
I says it is a terrible accident
poor Sophie I hope she doesn't end up like Jackson on Emmerdale.
Too much of the demon drink methinks
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That doesnt look like Communion Wine
SAD Sophie Webster will end up fighting for her life when she falls off a church roof.
The teenage lesbian dices with death after going on a bender.
Sophie (Brooke Vincent, 18) hits an all-time low next month and turns to the bottle in a drunken night of despair.
She goes to church to try to seek comfort, but instead comes face-to-face with a teenage choir whose members poke fun at her by calling her a “sinner” because she’s gay.
That pushes her over the brink and she heads to the roof, where the pretty brunette breaks down as she teeters close to the edge.
The local vicar desperately tries to talk her down, thinking she’s about to commit suicide.
But she slips and tumbles over, landing on the roof of a car parked below.
The shocker comes after a trio of disasters.
First Sophie becomes convinced her lover Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson, 18) has cheated on her with a girl called Chloe while on holiday.
She spots pictures of the two girls together on Sian’s Facebook page and goes into a jealous rage.
Then poor Sophie is left devastated when she discovers her dad has sold their house, forcing mum Sally (Sally Dynevor, 47) to look at new flats away from Weatherfield.
And to top it off, the troubled teen is thrown out of college after falling behind in her work.
It all gets too much and Sophie hits the bottle, with tragic results.
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I hope Sian is back when this all happens.. just so she can be by Sophie's bedside
If that Church is like any other , that will be some distance she will falling from and should cause her severe of damage if she survives, which she more than likey will but again it will likely be scratches and bruises.
Coronation Street star Brooke Vincent has revealed that she was thrilled when she heard about her character's upcoming roof fall horror.
As first reported last month, the actress's alter ego Sophie Webster is to plunge from the top of her local church in a dramatic new storyline on the ITV1 soap.
Sophie's shock accident occurs as she pays a drunken visit to her pastor amid mounting problems in her personal life.
Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday about the plot, Vincent commented: "I was so excited when I first saw the scripts. I love my job but anything you have to do away from the set on location is always very exciting.
"And then there was the small matter of the stunt. I'd never done one before and had to fall off the roof on to a mat. I really enjoyed filming it but that's all I'm allowed to say. You'll all have to wait to see whether she pulls through."
Sophie is currently at a low ebb on screen as her parents have split up, she has been expelled from college and her girlfriend Sian (Sacha Parkinson) has left for a holiday.
Brooke Vincent has revealed more details of the tension which will develop between Sophie and Sian in forthcoming episodes of Coronation Street.
As reported last month, a wedge is driven between the Weatherfield couple when Sophie discovers that Sian is on friendly terms with a girl named Chloe - making her feel jealous.
Although Sian insists that she only considers Chloe as a friend, an irrational Sophie struggles to believe her.
Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday about her character's new storyline, Vincent explained: "Sophie gets it into her head that Sian is cheating on her. She starts acting all jealous and possessive again which really does Sian's head in.
"She's had it tough these last few months, what with her parents getting divorced, and her biggest fear is Sian leaving her. I can kind of understand why she's acting how she is but no matter what Sian says, she just doesn't believe her.
"They have this huge row and Sian storms off. Sophie is heartbroken but she knows she only has herself to blame."
Sophie relationship problems form part of the build-up to her upcoming accident plotline, which sees her drunkenly fall from a church roof.
Coronation Street star Brooke Vincent has explained why her character Sophie Webster behaves so dangerously in her forthcoming accident storyline.
As revealed back in January, Sophie is to fall from the top of a church after drunkenly climbing on to its roof following an argument with her pastor.
Since details of the plot first emerged, fans have speculated over whether the troubled teenager is making a suicide attempt or if her fall is merely an accident.
However, in a new interview with TV Choice, Vincent confirmed that Sophie does not intend to cause harm to herself but is not thinking clearly due to the ongoing problems in her personal life.
She commented: "I think it's more of a dramatic statement. She's been drinking and she decides to go and see her pastor. She's worried that all the bad things that have been happening to her recently are her punishment for being gay.
"Climbing up on to the roof is just something she does on impulse because she's upset and confused. It's not something she's planned."
Coronation Street's lesbian couple have vowed to quit the ITV1 soap if producers call time on their romance.
Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson - who play teen lovers Sophie Webster and Sian Powers - insist they will leave the show altogether if 'Corrie' bosses split their alter-egos up, because they think they made a great partnership.
Brooke explained: "'If they split us up, I'd leave. It's made too much impact for them to break it up. It's gone past the line. Me and Sach think we should win Best Partnership at the Soap Awards.
"Too many people have come up to us and said, 'Thank you. Without this, I wouldn't have been able to come out to my parents or have people accept me'.
"There's a pressure to make it 100 per cent believable. Because we're not gay ourselves, it could be like watching someone in a film trying to put on an Irish accent and getting it totally wrong."
The pair - who are the first lesbian couple to feature 'Coronation Street' - admitted they are gradually turning into their characters, and tell one another they love each other "all the time".
Sacha added to heat magazine: "We just come as a pair now. We tell each other we love each other all the time. I think we're really starting to become our characters."
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CORRIE love cheat Kevin Webster's marriage may be in tatters since wife Sally discovered his wayward ways - but she still gives him a shoulder to cry on.
Sally - played by Sally Dynevor, 47, - booted Kevin (Michael Le Vell) out of their house after finding out the mechanic played away with shop worker Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns).
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And she was furious when she realised Molly's tot Jack was Kevin's son following the tram crash that killed off the mistress.
But when their youngest daughter Sophie (Brooke Vincent) ends up in hospital after falling from a church roof, Sally still lets Kevin cry on her shoulder.
Troubled teen Sophie takes a tumble after becoming jealous of girlfriend Sian Powers' (Sacha Parkinson) friendship with another girl.
She gets boozed up on cider and confronts her pastor thinking God hates her - but after clambering onto the church roof she ends up falling onto a parked car.
Shocked Kevin and Sally are left praying for a miracle for their badly injured daughter.
But will the emotional turmoil be enough to spark a make-up between the pair? Watch the dramatic scenes on ITV1 on Friday.
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Here's Brooke Vincent (Sophie) and Sacha Parkinson (Sian) as you've never seen them before. It's a Playboy bunny photoshoot for Heat Magazine. There's more pictures of the Coronation Street actresses at the Daily Mail website.
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Coronation Street actresses Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson have dismissed reports they'll leave the ITV show if producers ever break-up their on-screen lesbian relationship.
Speaking to Heat magazine, Vincent – who is currently on the cover of this month's DIVA alongside her co-star – was alleged to have said: “If they split us up, I’d leave. It’s made too much impact for them to break it up. It’s gone past the line. Me and Sach think we should win Best Partnership at the Soap Awards.”
But after a number of newspapers picked up the story and ran it as an ultimatum to producers earlier today, the girls have been forced to clarify that the comments were taken out of context.
Via micro-blogging site Twitter, Vincent – who plays Sophie Webster – wrote: "CBA with stupid papers today! Get your facts right Bfore you print the paper...".
Meanwhile, Parkinson added: "As for saying we'd quit...it was a joke!"
Saving particular scorn for the Daily Mail, who first ran the story this morning, she added: "Daily Mail shoot is awful! I apologise for their total misinterpretation of our interview! And for allowing us to look like Hoe's! Terrible!".
Sacha Parkinson and Brooke Vincent have revealed that Coronation Street's Sophie and Sian will resolve their differences.
The actresses, who turned up to the Tric awards in London wearing matching Forever Unique dresses, said the girls - whose romance is hanging in the balance after a tiff - would be reunited.
Sacha, who plays Sian, said: "Yes, I think they will and I hope they will and I think everyone else hopes they will too."
Brooke, who plays Sophie, added: "I like them together. I think they're alright."
She went on to say that they felt "privileged" to be part of such an interesting storyline.
She said: "We're so amazed about how the press and public have taken it, because everyone's given us 110 per cent."
Sophie is currently in hospital after drunkenly falling off a roof, upset that Sian was spending time with another girl.
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CORONATION Street's Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson are begging bosses to let their lesbian characters get MARRIED.
They would be the first women to have a civil marriage ceremony in a soap - but neither wants to wear a suit.
Brooke, who plays Sophie Webster, admits she is worried she could end up being the "butch" one, and has told soap chiefs she'll never cut her hair.
And Sacha, who plays Sian Powers, also wants to be a blushing bride.
The girls, who attended this week's TRIC Awards in London together, love the storyline which has seen their characters' friendship blossom into a same-sex affair.
And they want ITV bosses to prove to viewers the teenagers aren't just "going through a phase" by letting them commit to each other properly.
Sacha, 18, told TV Biz: "They should get married, I don't see why not - it would be great!"
Undercover lovers ... Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson share a bed as on-screen lesbians
Brooke, also 18, added: "I'm well excited. But I'm worried they'll end up putting me in a suit because I always seem to be the one in jeans and trainers. I'm not like that.
"We want to be nice lesbians that look pretty."
Brooke said: "If we get married we'll both wear a dress. I've told them not to make me butch.
"When we first got the storyline I asked them if they were going to make me shave my head and wear dungarees and I thought, 'I can't be doing that!'"
Homosexuality isn't new to soaps but female couples have barely featured since Anna Friel - as Brookside's troubled Beth Jordache - featured in the first lesbian kiss in a UK soap in 1994.
Even Emmerdale's lesbian vet Zoe Tate, played by Leah Bracknell, spent long times celibate before falling pregnant after a one-night stand with a man.
Now Sacha and Brooke want to change all that to prove to viewers that being a lesbian is more than just a "phase".
Sacha said: "Other soaps have touched on gay and lesbian characters - and EastEnders has two gay men at the moment.
"But in terms of lesbians, they have always been in phases.
"That's where Corrie has dared to be different and focus on things that happen nowadays."
Brooke added: "It's a love story really, that's all it is."
Because of their characters' slow-burning relationship - which started to blossom quietly over a year ago - the girls have helped other teenagers come to terms with their own sexuality and tell their parents.
The actresses are overwhelmed with fan mail and viewers thanking them on Twitter for making their own "coming out" easier.
Sacha admitted: "We've had a lot of feedback."
Brooke said: "People are always on Twitter sending us things. I've had a lot of people saying that they're really proud of us.
"Being proud of someone is one thing and your mum and dad being proud of you is another - but people you don't actually know being proud of you is amazing."
When the relationship first hit screens the pair were overwhelmed with attention wherever they went.
However, they admit the intensity has died down and fans no longer mistake them for lesbians in real life.
Brooke said: "I think we've got the message across that we're not actually lesbians so the people are like, 'Oh they are those two birds off Corrie,' instead."
Sacha insisted they've never had a bad word said to them and fans have just been curious and full of questions.
The pair, were good pals from the start and are even closer now. Brooke revealed: "It's like she is the only friend I've got who understands all the aspects of my life.
"Obviously I have got best friends but other people don't understand my work."
Sacha added: "It's been great having a mate.
"Even just having someone on photoshoots and awards ceremonies is amazing. It's brought us closer together. We don't want it to end."
Some viewers have complained about lesbian love birds Sophie Webster and Sian Powers in Coronation Street - and Brooke Vincent is not happy about it.
The actress, who plays Sophie, even went as far as to call those who've complained "selfish".
She said that she was delighted with how much positive feedback the plot has attracted, but said she didn't understand why some people had complained.
"I think it's selfish... because things are moving with the times. Nowadays there's nothing wrong with being gay so why not have it on screen?" she said.
But she admitted that it was hard to please all viewers.
"Our viewers go from 70-year-olds to 10-year-olds so it's hard to do a storyline that fits everybody's views," she said.
Sacha Parkinson, who plays Sian, added: "Most of our positive feedback has been from gay people. I think they appreciate it a lot more, it's all been positive. I don't think we've had any negative feedback from gay people...
"It's been older people saying Coronation Street shouldn't have this storyline but I just think that's ignorant if I'm honest."
CORRIE star Brooke Vincent has lashed out at the Prime Minister over plans to ban gay kisses on TV until after the watershed.
The 18-year-old, who plays lesbian Sophie Webster on the ITV1 soap, accused the PM of not supporting equality.
Writing on Twitter, Brooke said: "I swear David Cameron's meant to be supporting equal rights. I just think if same-sex kisses are what he is prioritising and concentrating on changing, our country's in trouble."
Brooke's comments follow a report that a ban on pre-watershed same-sex kisses may be recommended by an independent review - backed by the Prime Minister.
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Kym Marsh has said that possible plans to ban same-sex kisses on TV before the watershed are "absolutely ridiculous". :rolleyes:
Prime Minister David Cameron will reportedly back an independent review which could recommend that expressions of affection between gay couples be restricted to post-9pm.
"Like my Corrie co-star Brooke Vincent, I think it's absolutely ridiculous that an independent review - backed by the prime minister - may recommend a ban on same-sex kisses before 9pm," Marsh said in her new magazine column. "David Cameron is living in the dark ages!"
Vincent previously criticised Cameron for supporting the review, telling Twitter followers that he is "meant to be supporting equal rights".
Marsh, who plays Michelle Connor in Coronation Street, continued: "What's the difference between a kiss between a man and a woman and a gay couple?"
Meanwhile, the actress - who gave birth to daughter Polly Lomas in March - confirmed that she is attending the British Soap Awards this weekend with fiancé Jamie Lomas.
"Jamie and I are both going and my mum has volunteered to have Polly," she said. "It's the first time the awards have been held in Manchester, which is the only reason I can attend.
"It makes sense because EastEnders is the only soap based down South. It will be nice for us to show them around our patch afterwards!"
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Coronation Street stars Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson have predicted that their characters Sophie Webster and Sian Powers have a strong future as a couple.
Speaking to Digital Spy on the red carpet at the British Soap Awards, the pair said they were glad that Tommy Duckworth's recent attempt to woo Sian had failed miserably.
"As Sian, I'm glad it didn't [happen] because I think everyone expects that - everyone expects either one of them to go straight or whatever, or one of them to cheat," Parkinson explained. "I think they're going to stay together - it's gone past that line where they're going to break up."
The duo also suggested that the rumoured arrival of a new lesbian character may not necessarily have an impact on Sophie and Sian.
Vincent said: "I've heard the same rumour, but it's one of those things where just because she's a lesbian doesn't mean that it's going to affect us. There's a lot of lesbians. There's a lot of straight people on the street. It's just all up in the air and if you want to know what's happening, ask the writers!"
Parkinson added: "We never normally know until it's about to happen! There's no point in asking us, all I'd say is that she better not try it on with my bird, because I'd be gutted!"
David Cameron has denied newspaper reports that he intends to support a ban on gay people kissing on television before the 9pm watershed.
Reg Bailey, chief executive of the Mothers' Union, will next month submit a report to the government on the way children are potentially "sexualised" by cultural mediums, such as TV shows, music videos and adverts.
Several newspaper reports have indicated that Bailey will recommend a ban on same sex kissing on TV in the early evening, which has already led to criticism from soap stars.
Coronation Street's Kym Marsh said that the rumoured ban was "absolutely ridiculous" and accused Cameron of "living in the dark ages".
However, a spokesman for the prime minister told the BBC's Newsbeat that those suggesting he is considering such a ban are "both wrong and being irresponsible".
The spokesman also claimed that the remit of Bailey's review "doesn't include making recommendations as to what should or shouldn't be shown on TV".
All the major soap operas - Coronation Street, EastEnders, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale - now have gay or lesbian characters, but the landmark TV moment came in 1994 when former Channel 4 drama Brookside featured a pre-watershed lesbian kiss.
Earlier this month, Bailey used Twitter to urge the public not take everything they read in the newspaper reports as fact.
He tweeted: "Don't believe everything you read in the press. Brookside kiss has never been mentioned in anything the review has looked at."
I just read on another post that Dev's daughter Amber comes back and gets with Sophie as Sian leaves