ITV soap Coronation Street is set to resume filming following a two-and-a-half-month break enforced by the coronavirus pandemic.
The cast will be back at work today, but it will not be a complete return to normal and producers have outlined a list of coronavirus concessions.
Older members of the cast will not be back and kissing scenes have been banned during new scenes.
Cast and crew will have their temperatures checked on a daily basis during filming at Corrie’s studios in Trafford, Greater Manchester.
Cast “who are over the age of 70 or have an underlying health condition won’t be on set in the initial period of filming”, ITV has said.
These include William Roache (Ken Barlow), Barbara Knox (Rita Tanner) and Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer).
Those who fall into a clinically vulnerable category will “follow an individual risk assessment process, which will enable them to return to work if it is safe for them to do so”.
Filming on Coronation Street was halted in March, and the number of episodes to air will continue to be fewer than before the pandemic, at three a week initially.
Elsewhere, Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks will resume production in Liverpool this week, with a return to on-set recording planned for July.
