Newton and Ridley's

Just had a very interesting day working as an "Extra" on the set of Coronation Street, spent the whole day in the legendary "Rover's Return" filming a wedding reception. Of course it was Gail and Joe's wedding (Helen Worth and Reece Dinsdale). This should be aired around Christmas / New year. You have to look out for a dark green fleece, as I am sure my right arm will appear in at least one shot. As for the rest, who can tell.
As a matter of interest, the beer they pull from the pumps as Newton and Ridley's, is some form of shandy. Drinkable but only just - very, very sweet lemonady drink which goes flat in minutes, they have a lady who spends her whole time topping up people's pints so that they look like fresh beer.
An interesting day all in all. amazed to see how they actually get so many varied shot in such a small area. For stage crew members, the whole thing is a box set, all clipped together, so to get the cameras in any position, they simple take a wall out, or put a wall in to make the scene complete, and with special clips (a modern day variation of roping and cleating) a scene change can be done in seconds.
Lets drink a toast to the bride - fourth time lucky? - I think not................