Coronation Street: Representation Of Britishness
Coronation Street
Discuss how ‘Coronation Street’ has contributed to the representation of Britishness and how British people deal with universal issues and themes.
Coronation Street or 'Corrie' is an award winning, prime time soap opera, set and produced in Manchester, created by Tony Warren. The show was first broadcast in December of 1960 on ITV and is now the longest running and most watched soap opera of British television. Coronation Street introduced Britain to the society of Northwest England; it is arguable as to how accurate the representation of Britishness is within the show in how society deals with universal issues and themes.
The late 1950s and early 1960s witnessed the rise of British New Wave, a trend in filmmaking which took up serious social issues and were …show more content…
Over 10 million people watched the soap as Hayley Cropper, sick with incurable pancreatic cancer, took an overdose of drugs and died peacefully in the arms of her husband Roy. Whilst some critics praised the storyline for its sensitive handling of terminal illness and death, others said it risked encouraging suicides as anti-euthanasia group ‘Care Not Killing’ said the program was "in great danger of normalizing an occurrence that is actually very rare indeed."ITV said in a statement that "Coronation Street regularly features storylines that concern sensitive medical and social issues and it was recognized that Hayley becoming terminally ill would have a profound resonance for our audience." Conventional of soap opera, ITV provided a relevant telephone helpline for its audience, calls for the suicide helpline tripled after the broadcast of Hayley’s death suggestive of the fact that soap opera presents a realistic representation of British life whilst also providing emotional relief and support for its
Discuss how ‘Coronation Street’ has contributed to the representation of Britishness and how British people deal with universal issues and themes.
Coronation Street or 'Corrie' is an award winning, prime time soap opera, set and produced in Manchester, created by Tony Warren. The show was first broadcast in December of 1960 on ITV and is now the longest running and most watched soap opera of British television. Coronation Street introduced Britain to the society of Northwest England; it is arguable as to how accurate the representation of Britishness is within the show in how society deals with universal issues and themes.
The late 1950s and early 1960s witnessed the rise of British New Wave, a trend in filmmaking which took up serious social issues and were …show more content…
Over 10 million people watched the soap as Hayley Cropper, sick with incurable pancreatic cancer, took an overdose of drugs and died peacefully in the arms of her husband Roy. Whilst some critics praised the storyline for its sensitive handling of terminal illness and death, others said it risked encouraging suicides as anti-euthanasia group ‘Care Not Killing’ said the program was "in great danger of normalizing an occurrence that is actually very rare indeed."ITV said in a statement that "Coronation Street regularly features storylines that concern sensitive medical and social issues and it was recognized that Hayley becoming terminally ill would have a profound resonance for our audience." Conventional of soap opera, ITV provided a relevant telephone helpline for its audience, calls for the suicide helpline tripled after the broadcast of Hayley’s death suggestive of the fact that soap opera presents a realistic representation of British life whilst also providing emotional relief and support for its