CORONATION Street and Emmerdale will allow "shagging to go on" but sex scenes will be "like the 1930s", say ITV bosses. The Sun revealed the popular soaps have implemented a 'no snogging' rule on set after the spread of the deadly coronavirus this year.
But ITV's boss of continuing drama insisted it won't spoil the fun - even if actors aren't allowed to rip each others' clothes off or even kiss.
John Whiston said: "We may have to go back to the way in which these things were filmed in 1930s Hollywood. "With candles blown out and doors shutting at bedtime to ensure the cast are socially-distancing.
It may be a more polite world for a while. "Our parallel world in which people shag, kill, are mean and tender to each other must go on. (But).