Coronation Street has temporarily taken on four new recruits in an attempt to make its writing team more diverse.

The new writers were selected as part of the Original Voices scheme, which aims to find unique talent from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds living in the North West.

Each of the writers will be joining the team in the New Year for a 10-week paid internship, which could lead to a permanent position.

They will join the Story Department and begin working on several Coronation Street plots, while learning about the show from the inside.

After being given four weeks to write a trial script, they will be considered for possible progression to the writing team.

Coronation Street launched Original Voices over the autumn as a joint collaboration with Creative Skillset.

Original Voices was first launched on Emmerdale in 2012 in order to connect with local BAME writing talent.