'This Morning' is to broadcast an episode from the set of 'Coronation Street' in honour of King Charles.
This Morning to broadcast an episode from Coronation Street
The ITV1 daytime show normally comes live from the Television Centre in London but for one day next month, the show will move up north to the set of the long-running soap opera at MediaCity in Manchester, just one day ahead of the coronation ceremony of the new monarch on May 6.
Joined by soap stars Sally Ann Matthews - who plays Rovers Return landlady Jenny Connor - and Glenda Shuttleworth actress Jodie Prenger, Alison said on Monday's (17.03.23), show: "You are cordially invited to attend the 'This Morning Coronation Street' party. Please join us on at 10am on Friday 5 May as we celebrate the coronation of King Charles III live from the nation's most famous street. Don't forget to bring your bunting! We are gonna be gatecrashing 'Coronation Street.'
"When I say 'we', I mean everyone. The sofa is coming! We are so very excited. It'll be me and Dermot. We're gonna be cooking here, we're literally bringing the show to 'Coronation Street.'
"There you have it, 'This Morning' is uprooting, that's what you were waiting for. That's the announcement, boom! It's gonna be in all the papers!"
Throughout Monday's show, former 'Big Brother' star Alison Hammond had been teasing viewers with a "big announcement" as she presented live links from the secret location that turned out to be the street itself and fellow host Josie Gibson visited a Babycham factory, where she reminisced about the favourite drink of classic 'Coronation Street' character Ena Sharples, who appeared in the soap's very first episode in December 1960 and stayed with the programme for two decades.
In the fictional history of the series that was created by Tony Warren, the backstreet - which was originally called Florizel Street before a last-minute change - was named after the 1902 coronation of King Edward VII, although in real life the show aired for the first time just seven years after the coronation of the late Queen Elizabeth, who died in September 2022 following a 70-year-reign.
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