It seems that even politicians like to unwind with watching Emmerdale and Coronation Street! According to the Chief Executive of ITV, Carolyn McCall, the British government apparently wants the soaps back on the air as soon as possible.
Speaking to Broadcast magazine, Carolyn said: ‘ITV’s role is to inform people but also entertain and engage them – and that is vital at the moment.’ ‘The government is very keen for us to bring back the soaps as soon as we can while observing the social distancing measures,’ she added.
Filming on ITV’s two long-running soaps was suspended on 23 March amid the current healthcare crisis. Carolyn explained that the precautions at the time that the health of ITV’s employees, actors and loved ones was ‘of