Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[lizann]

jamming

[tammyy2j]

Stella is becoming annoying again

[GloriaW]

She's remained annoying to me. Lipless, lackluster character who I never cared about one way or the other. That Michelle Collins came to the show has been no contribution at all.

[GloriaW]

Coronation Street bosses have been warned their plan to broadcast a terminally-ill character committing suicide before the watershed could lead to copycat deaths.
The programme's character Hayley Cropper - played by actress Julie Hesmondhalgh - will be shown taking an overdose because she cannot face living with incurable cancer.
But the scenes will be broadcast before 9pm, prompting welfare charity the Samaritans to express concern they could affect vulnerable viewers.

Coronation Street bosses and Ms Hesmondhalgh say they have approached the subject sensitively and do not believe he programme will lead to more suicides.
According to the Daily Mirror , the Samaritans provided storyline advice to the programme's producers, including requesting that details about the drugs used in the right-to-die storyline are not revealed.
A spokeswoman for the charity told the paper: "We advised them to give no details of the medication or how she obtained the drugs.

"Portraying an overdose as a gentle and peaceful way to die can be very dangerous and bears no resemblance to the reality of slow liver failure afterwards.
"We have advised them to make it as safe as possible, but we can't stop them from doing it. We might not agree, but dramas all, at some point, cover these issues."
Ms Hesmondhalgh said there was "an almost holy atmosphere" on set when she filmed her final scene with on-screen husband Roy, played by David Neilson.

"It didn't seem like I was watching anything to do with me at all, she said. "It was just these two characters that I really loved and seeing the end of their love story, oh yeah there were tears. My husband was absolutely devastated.
"The way it had been directed was very carefully done. There was an almost holy atmosphere on set and we only did one take.

"Kay Patrick, the director, made sure that everything was in place before we went for it so we weren't having to keep doing it over and over which is why it's quite raw I think."
Coronation Street producer Stuart Blackburn told the Daily Mirror: "We're not advocates for Hayley's decision and her belief she had a right to choose a time of her dying, in any way, shape or form."

[GloriaW]

Coronation Street bosses have been warned their plan to broadcast a terminally-ill character committing suicide before the watershed could lead to copycat deaths.
The programme's character Hayley Cropper - played by actress Julie Hesmondhalgh - will be shown taking an overdose because she cannot face living with incurable cancer.
But the scenes will be broadcast before 9pm, prompting welfare charity the Samaritans to express concern they could affect vulnerable viewers.

Coronation Street bosses and Ms Hesmondhalgh say they have approached the subject sensitively and do not believe he programme will lead to more suicides.
According to the Daily Mirror , the Samaritans provided storyline advice to the programme's producers, including requesting that details about the drugs used in the right-to-die storyline are not revealed.
A spokeswoman for the charity told the paper: "We advised them to give no details of the medication or how she obtained the drugs.

"Portraying an overdose as a gentle and peaceful way to die can be very dangerous and bears no resemblance to the reality of slow liver failure afterwards.
"We have advised them to make it as safe as possible, but we can't stop them from doing it. We might not agree, but dramas all, at some point, cover these issues."
Ms Hesmondhalgh said there was "an almost holy atmosphere" on set when she filmed her final scene with on-screen husband Roy, played by David Neilson.

"It didn't seem like I was watching anything to do with me at all, she said. "It was just these two characters that I really loved and seeing the end of their love story, oh yeah there were tears. My husband was absolutely devastated.
"The way it had been directed was very carefully done. There was an almost holy atmosphere on set and we only did one take.

"Kay Patrick, the director, made sure that everything was in place before we went for it so we weren't having to keep doing it over and over which is why it's quite raw I think."
Coronation Street producer Stuart Blackburn told the Daily Mirror: "We're not advocates for Hayley's decision and her belief she had a right to choose a time of her dying, in any way, shape or form."

[GloriaW]

I've had concerns along these lines since this storyline unfolded along with just the general miliking of such an emotional issue. And that they consulted with the Samartians for help in writing this then disregard their recommendations mentioned in the above article just to me shows their irresponsible attitude.

[Dazzle]

Coronation Street bosses have been warned their plan to broadcast a terminally-ill character committing suicide before the watershed could lead to copycat deaths.

Gloria, could I please ask that you don't post spoilers in the "Current Episode Discussion" thread, as I, and others, deliberately don't read spoilers because we want to be surprised. You can also use spoiler tags if you want to mention something coming up so that people don't accidentally read it, or, better still, post in the spoilers part of the forum

[GloriaW]

Gloria, could I please ask that you don't post spoilers in the "Current Episode Discussion" thread, as I, and others, deliberately don't read spoilers because we want to be surprised. You can also use spoiler tags if you want to mention something coming up so that people don't accidentally read it, or, better still, post in the spoilers part of the forum

Very sorry Dazzle. I thought it was general knowledge that there would be suicide in this storyline. Won't happen again.

[GloriaW]

Gloria, could I please ask that you don't post spoilers in the "Current Episode Discussion" thread, as I, and others, deliberately don't read spoilers because we want to be surprised. You can also use spoiler tags if you want to mention something coming up so that people don't accidentally read it, or, better still, post in the spoilers part of the forum

Very sorry Dazzle. I thought it was general knowledge that there would be suicide in this storyline. Won't happen again.

[Dazzle]

Very sorry Dazzle. I thought it was general knowledge that there would be suicide in this storyline. Won't happen again.

Obviously I thought it was likely to happen but I didn't actually know until now

Don't worry about it though - I avoid spoilers as best I can but it's hard to avoid them completely nowadays.

No harm done