Coronation Street and Emmerdale appoint new producers
Gregson, 40, has played the six-time married pub landlord since 1989 and past year won a gong at the British Soap Awards for best comedy performance.
“To work on a show with such pedigree, such brilliant characters and storytelling, and with such a talented team already in place is a dream for anyone in my line of work and I can’t wait to get cracking”.
Meanwhile, producer Stuart Blackburn’s exit from the soap is said to have “boost morale” after he became unpopular with the cast and crew.
Emmerdale remained steady with its latest hour-long episode, averaging 5.55m (29.9%) from 7pm on ITV and 180k (0.9%) on +1 as Chrissie faced court over the helicopter crash.
“She will identify what is missing and bring in a new family to the Street”.
Oates has produced Emmerdale since January 2013. We’ve met every challenge along the way and I can’t praise the cast, crew and writers highly enough for rising to the occasion with each storyline.
He will remain at the helm for the live episode on Wednesday, which celebrates ITV’s 60th birthday.
“I’ve loved every minute of producing Coronation Street”.
Coronation Street remained ahead in the soap ratings on Thursday (September 17) as the tables started to turn on Callum, overnight figures show.
A friend told the Mirror: “There is no one more passionate about soaps than Kate, she will throw herself into the new job and Corrie will really benefit from her new ideas”. She previously worked as Coronation Street’s assistant producer following a stint as Emmerdale’s story editor.
“Taking the reins of a programme in such rude health is both highly exciting and a mouth-watering challenge, and I could not be more delighted to be tasked with taking Emmerdale forward”, he said.
Oh, and did we mention Carla Connor actress Alison King is taking a twelve-month sabbatical at the end of the year, after producers convinced her not to quit?
Stuart Blackburn, current producer at Corrie will oversee next Tuesday’s live episode, where viewers will see the culmination of the extremely tense Platt family/Callum plotline. “Stuart’s characters did not work and he seemed obsessed with big-name comebacks”.