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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 10:45 AM
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Happy 50th Birthday !!!!!!
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CORONATION STREET :party:


This December, Debbie Travis goes looking for the secret to Canada's love of Coronation Street as the longest-running drama on television celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Corrie Crazy: Canada Loves Coronation Street is a documentary about this cultural phenomenon. The longest-running drama on Canadian television turns 50 years old this year. Airing in Canada for almost 40 years, Coronation Street has attracted a legion of hardcore fans whose loyalty and devotion might seem strange to those who don't watch it. Even Snoop Dogg is a fan!

Canadian television host Debbie Travis, born and raised in the part of England where Coronation Street is set, has long been a fan herself. What she learns about the power of this little "soap opera" will interest and surprise everyone.

Corrie Crazy: Canada Loves Coronation Street airs December 9th at 8pm on CBC.


http://www.cbc.ca/holiday/2010/12/corrie-crazy-canada-loves-coronation-street.html



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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 10:50 AM
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1. I've never seen it, but they talk about it all the time on a London radio station I listen to.
Like it's a family member or something like that.

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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 10:52 AM
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2. We get Canadian TV in Michigan, so I watch it regularly......
..... and the funny thing is I despise soap operas. But I'm addicted to this one. ...... It's got to be all the working-class British colloquialisms.

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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-10 03:22 PM
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3. I was addicted to "Eastenders." Great shows from across the pond and
of course, Canada...
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mackerel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-10-10 02:14 AM
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4. I thought Coronation Street was a spin off of Eastenders.
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