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'''<cite>Coronation Street</cite>''' is a British television soap opera, set in the fictional town of Weatherfield in [[Greater Manchester]]. It has been appearing regularly since 1960, and was originally conceived by [[Tony Warren]]. It is now the world's longest-running soap opera. | '''<cite>Coronation Street</cite>''' is a British television soap opera, set in the fictional town of Weatherfield in [[Greater Manchester]]. It has been appearing regularly since 1960, and was originally conceived by [[Tony Warren]]. It is now the world's longest-running soap opera. | ||
For many years there was a complaint that the show was unrepresentative in not showing any gay characters, but more recently there have been suggestions, for instance by [[Brian Sewell]] that it's "too gay".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/07/coronation-street-gay-brian-sewell Comment by Charlie Condou in <cite>The Guardian</cite></ref> | For many years there was a complaint that the show was unrepresentative in not showing any gay characters, but more recently there have been suggestions, for instance by [[Brian Sewell]], that it's "too gay".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/07/coronation-street-gay-brian-sewell Comment by Charlie Condou in <cite>The Guardian</cite></ref> | ||
LGBT characters include: | LGBT characters include: | ||
Revision as of 12:00, 29 March 2012
Coronation Street is a British television soap opera, set in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. It has been appearing regularly since 1960, and was originally conceived by Tony Warren. It is now the world's longest-running soap opera.
For many years there was a complaint that the show was unrepresentative in not showing any gay characters, but more recently there have been suggestions, for instance by Brian Sewell, that it's "too gay".[1]
LGBT characters include:
- Todd Grimshaw
- Sean Tulley, played by Antony Cotton
- Hayley Cropper (trans woman), played by Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Sophie Webster
- Sian Powers
- Marcus Dent, played by Charlie Condou
- Marc Selby (heterosexual cross-dresser)
- Ted Page
Sir Ian McKellen appeared in the show in 2005 as the confidence trickster and supposed novelist Mel Hutchwright.
References
<references>
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/07/coronation-street-gay-brian-sewell Comment by Charlie Condou in The Guardian