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The Guardian - UK
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Coronation Street's concrete plans

Coronation Street Salford site
Coronation Street's site in Salford ... in need of soap

One day all this will be cobbles. Yes, Monkey fans, this will be the new site of the Coronation Street set at Salford's MediaCity. Granted, at the moment it looks like a slab of overgrown concrete but this will be the hub of ITV1's flagship soap when it moves in 2012 from its current site in central Manchester. Corrie fans – and the TV editors of the Sun, Mirror and News of the World – may be interested to know that the new site is currently overlooked by nearby apartments. And the offices of the BBC's new headquarters. Monkey suggests EastEnders' producer Bryan Kirkwood invests in a pair of binoculars.

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