Crowd noise from Manchester United v Ipswich Town could disrupt Coronation

A number of the ITV soap’s stars including Kym Marsh, Michael Le Vell, Brooke Vincent and Les Dennis can be seen in the official photograph as well as Jack P. Shepherd, Tina O’Brien and Sean Ward who will feature heavily in the hour-long episode.

As well as all the live action, Corrie bosses have told fans to keep an eye out on social media too, as they’ll be sharing behind-the-scenes access and exclusive interviews with all the cast involved.

The fledgling broadcaster’s diet of populist fare, such as variety specials, big money quiz shows and its soap Coronation Street – which premiered in 1960 – helped the commercial channel grab its share of audience from the BBC.

However, Manchester United’s League Cup tie against Ipswich is due to kick off 15 minutes into the episode and it could spoil the party.

Samia Ghadie, who is on maternity leave, revealed her plans for the live ep when she posted on her Twitter page: “Thinking of my @itvcorrie family today!”

Sharp-eyed viewers spotted a clanger when Fiz’s newborn baby was referred to as a boy instead of a girl. Which is it, guys?

His fellow cast members provided solid support to help him through, but later in the same year at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Scott admitted it hadn’t been his finest acting moment.

Even in rehearsals I can feel the adrenaline pumping and I come off set shaking, so I can’t imagine what it’s going to feel like when we go live. “It was awful, it lasted for a month, waking up and saying ‘I know the line”.

In fairness, it probably won’t take a lot to derail the tricky episode.

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The cast of EastEnders also wished the soap good luck [BBC].

ITV will be broadcasting a live Coronation Street episode tomorrow (23 September) but with an added twist, interactivity is expected to be at an unprecedented level.