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Features Interviews Coronation Street - The Most Creative Screenwriting Challenge of All? (Stuart Blackburn Interview) Coronation Street - The Most Creative Screenwriting Challenge of All? (Stuart Blackburn Interview) |
 This is Samia Smith, who has played Maria O'Connor in Coronation Street for nine years now - and who is just one of the newer faces in the show's tradition! 'The Street' is a legend in British Television. With over 7,000 episodes broadcast it's less now less than two years from being able to celebrate its 50th year on screen. At the moment it runs at five half hour episodes a week - and regularly slugs it out with Eastenders to be seen as THE top soap in terms of awards, audience figures, and general national esteem. Can you imagine thinking of enough stories to write 52 long movies a year? Me neither. But Stuart Blackburn can. He heads the story department, and in this completely exclusive interview Stuart tells Sally Brockway how they come up with the stories that drive the behemoth that is 'Corrie' to the top of the charts. It's fair to say you WILL learn a trade secret or two.
In the course of this interview you're going to hear far more about the process of putting together audience pleasing drama than perhaps you ever wanted! Just a few of the many, many high spots:
And much, much more. Press the Play button to hear the interview in the site player: You can read more about Coronation St here and here. And if you want to get hold of your own copy of 'Boys From The Black Stuff' and see what all the fuss is about you can buy it in our new site shop here
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