Iain Macleod added : "Above all, we wanted to do justice to the stories of the many thousands of families who have to deal with diagnoses similar to Oliver's, be it a mitochondrial disorder or another life-limiting condition. "

heart Tuesday, May 19, 2020 3:26:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "The younger contingent think you should deal with it head on, and zero tolerance, where Ed and [his wife] Aggie have a slightly more 'keep your head held high and ignore it because you will never change these idiots' minds, lads' view. "

irishmirror Friday, May 15, 2020 11:50:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "The younger contingent think you should deal with it head on, and zero tolerance, where Ed and [his wife] Aggie have a slightly more 'keep your head held high and ignore it because you will never change these idiots' minds, lads' view. "

themirror Friday, May 15, 2020 11:30:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "They then move onto someone else so it's right we look back at Geoff's previous relationships and see he has done this before. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:27:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Geoff does not find it easy to, ultimately, have Yasmeen outside of this sphere of influence and that becomes quite significant as the legal proceedings unfold"

themirror Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "I think, typically, abusers of this type do not get better and I think it would possibly be a dangerous message to impart to our audience to say, 'Oh, actually these people can change.'"

themirror Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "Coronation Street has had many iconic double acts down the years. Indeed, it's a defining feature of the show. Image copyright PA Media Image caption Tracy and Steve McDonald's relationship has been anything but smooth Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sunita and Dev Alahan enjoyed an on-off relationship in the soap. "I hope fans will agree that the ones we've chosen, after much heated debate, are among the best of the bunch"

bbc Tuesday, May 12, 2020 3:29:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

hulldailymail Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:03:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "

cambridge-news Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:01:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

leicestermercury Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:00:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

bathchronicle Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:57:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "

icWales Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:55:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

exeterexpressandecho Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:51:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

derbytelegraph Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:50:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "

coventrytelegraph Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:42:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

gloucestercitizen Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:31:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. Oliver is rushed to the hospital once again. "

irishmirror Monday, May 11, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. "

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:59:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "This is a story about a family coming to terms with the most difficult news anyone can face and the ways in which this strengthens and shatters relationships in unpredictable ways. "

irishmirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:12:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. He was been asymptomatic but his diagnosis means he is going to have a seriously limited lifespan. "

irishmirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:12:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "This is a story about a family coming to terms with the most difficult news anyone can face and the ways in which this strengthens and shatters relationships in unpredictable ways. "

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:02:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. He was been asymptomatic but his diagnosis means he is going to have a seriously limited lifespan. "

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:02:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : “The scripts were generated though work-shopping with the actors. "I was acutely aware that as a middle-aged white man I don’t have any direct experiences of racism. It made sense to get the actors’ perceptions”

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 2:26:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod confirmed : "I can tell you for sure that it's not Ray or Scott – it's somebody we have yet to meet,"

themirror Friday, May 8, 2020 6:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod replied : "Interesting! I think the short answer is yes, in a way. That's certainly part of what we're writing in scripts. "

themirror Friday, May 8, 2020 6:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The Coronation Street that we love is the one that reflects modern Britain, albeit in a more heightened way sometimes. "

thevisitor Friday, May 8, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The Coronation Street that we love is the one that reflects modern Britain, albeit in a more heightened way sometimes. "

YorkshirePost Friday, May 8, 2020 10:33:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod confirmed : "What we thought when we considered the Geoff story was that we thought it was highly unlikely that this was the first time Geoff had exhibited these behaviours in a relationship. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:25:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod confirmed : "What we thought when we considered the Geoff story was that we thought it was highly unlikely that this was the first time Geoff had exhibited these behaviours in a relationship. "

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 8:40:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "People want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well. They don't want suddenly to be watching a different programme"

skynews Wednesday, May 6, 2020 8:52:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "People want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well. They don't want suddenly to be watching a different programme"

heart Wednesday, May 6, 2020 7:24:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "People want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well. They don't want suddenly to be watching a different programme"

skynews Wednesday, May 6, 2020 6:39:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "As you can imagine, Alya's very heavily involved but Sally comes to be quite pivotal and she, I think is fair to say, has never been Geoff's biggest fan. And she is among the first people to start to see what is going on behind closed doors over the road - or next door, as I should say. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "It will be there, you will be able to see evidence of it in the way people behave - hand washing protocols, the way businesses are run will be tweaked to put more takeaways and the like,"

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod pointed out : "Look at the reaction to the Geoff and Yasmeen story - that's as far as you can get from comedic story as you can probably get," "It's evidence that people want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well"

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The timelines have been shunted around as a result of the lockdown and things like that. But I think it's fair to imagine it will certainly be this year, we think. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The timelines have been shunted around as a result of the lockdown and things like that. But I think it's fair to imagine it will certainly be this year, we think. "

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "As you can imagine, Alya's very heavily involved but Sally comes to be quite pivotal and she, I think is fair to say, has never been Geoff's biggest fan. And she is among the first people to start to see what is going on behind closed doors over the road - or next door, as I should say. "

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "It will be there, you will be able to see evidence of it in the way people behave - hand washing protocols, the way businesses are run will be tweaked to put more takeaways and the like,"

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod pointed out : "Look at the reaction to the Geoff and Yasmeen story - that's as far as you can get from comedic story as you can probably get," "It's evidence that people want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well"

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "If they read the scripts and didn't think something was right we would get rid of it. "There is the potential to do as much harm as good if we do it wrongly. If the message we put out persuades people not to get help it would be catastrophic"

bbc Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:54:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "It is death by a thousand cuts. It gradually corrodes somebody's personality, their social life, isolates them from their friends in such a bespoke fashion," "Often they don't realise it is happening"

bbc Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:54:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

themirror Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:05:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

coventrytelegraph Tuesday, January 28, 2020 2:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was ‘doomed from the outset.’ "I am first and foremost a massive fan of the show and I watched this landmark episode with absolute glee. It is uniquely Corrie: funny, poignant and characterful - and a glorious homage to the comedic charabanc trips of times past, packed with strong female characters and sparkling dialogue. "It’s a really great exhibition of Coronation Street’s classic qualities as we start a new decade on the cobbles”

heart Monday, January 27, 2020 5:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

stokesentinel Monday, January 27, 2020 11:00:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

derbytelegraph Monday, January 27, 2020 10:47:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

gloucestercitizen Monday, January 27, 2020 10:43:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

icWales Monday, January 27, 2020 10:34:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

cambridge-news Monday, January 27, 2020 10:33:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

hulldailymail Monday, January 27, 2020 10:33:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

bathchronicle Monday, January 27, 2020 10:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

leicestermercury Monday, January 27, 2020 10:25:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Tyrone Dobbs ) : "Beyond new year, we have the final exciting chapter of the Tyrone, Fiz and Jade story"

themirror Sunday, January 5, 2020 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas"

irishmirror Tuesday, December 24, 2019 2:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas"

themirror Tuesday, December 24, 2019 1:39:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We’ve always done cosy Christmas’, but this year I thought let’s go for something really big, there’s a tonne of really high octane stuff in there”

heart Tuesday, December 10, 2019 3:16:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "There’s the interesting next chapter in the Daniel and Bethany story which is about Daniel’s grief. “Soaps can struggle to tell a realistic grief timeline – there comes a point where viewers find it dark and downbeat but I think we’ve found a clever way to realistically play out the next chapter of that. Daniel kisses Bethany (Image: Coronation Street/ITV) “In one of their heads it’s a romance but in the others it’s a lot more complicated. It’s a really interesting grief story where it’s not just about Daniel sitting alone in his flat, feeling lonely. It will ultimately form part of Lucy Fallon’s exit story"

tamworthherald Saturday, December 7, 2019 4:29:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "There’s the interesting next chapter in the Daniel and Bethany story which is about Daniel’s grief. “Soaps can struggle to tell a realistic grief timeline – there comes a point where viewers find it dark and downbeat but I think we’ve found a clever way to realistically play out the next chapter of that. Daniel kisses Bethany (Image: Coronation Street/ITV) “In one of their heads it’s a romance but in the others it’s a lot more complicated. It’s a really interesting grief story where it’s not just about Daniel sitting alone in his flat, feeling lonely. It will ultimately form part of Lucy Fallon’s exit story"

birminghammail Saturday, December 7, 2019 4:20:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. "

birminghammail Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

birminghammail Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

birminghammail Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. "

tamworthherald Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

tamworthherald Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

tamworthherald Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We’ve always done cosy Christmas’, but this year I thought let’s go for something really big, there’s a tonne of really high octane stuff in there”

heart Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:36:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about David Platt ) : "The events of Christmas Day precipitate a really heartbreaking and dead serious story for the Platts, more specifically for David and Shona. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "There's the interesting next chapter of the Bethany and Daniel story which, without putting too much of a finer point on it, is about Daniel's grief"

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. Gary Windass' redemption arc will be sparked over the events at Christmas Derek accuses Gary of ruining his life and steals a gun to kill him. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "There is a view that Coronation Street should embrace guns at its peril, most famously Ernie Bishop was killed with a shotgun many years ago so it's not as though it's the first time we've done anything of this scale. Shona and Davd will also be affected by this year's Christmas shooting. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about David Platt ) : "The events of Christmas Day precipitate a really heartbreaking and dead serious story for the Platts, more specifically for David and Shona. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "There's the interesting next chapter of the Bethany and Daniel story which, without putting too much of a finer point on it, is about Daniel's grief"

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. Gary Windass' redemption arc will be sparked over the events at Christmas Derek accuses Gary of ruining his life and steals a gun to kill him. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "There is a view that Coronation Street should embrace guns at its peril, most famously Ernie Bishop was killed with a shotgun many years ago so it's not as though it's the first time we've done anything of this scale. Shona and Davd will also be affected by this year's Christmas shooting. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The story going forward is about loneliness and isolation. "

themirror Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod told : "The reality is that for minority languages, any kind of media representation is very valuable,"

CBC Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:23:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "There are millions of Canadians who don't speak English and French and that doesn't make them any less Canadian," "I think if they want to tell those stories in their own languages, they should absolutely have the right to do that. Those stories are no less Canadian"

CBC Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:23:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Sinead Tinker ) : "More or less yes. When I started Katie and I spoke at length about what the right ending would be. Sinead's husband Daniel is by her side as she struggles on in pain. "

irishmirror Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:23:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "More or less yes. When I started Katie and I spoke at length about what the right ending would be. Sinead's husband Daniel is by her side as she struggles on in pain Read More "

themirror Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It felt like the respectful way of doing it, the most interesting way of doing it and the least "

heart Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:37:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It felt like the respectful way of doing it and the most interesting way of doing it and the least soapy way of doing it was to just be in there really and see the difficulties they both experience, see the moments of laughter that were still in there, the moments of warmth and just let it tell its own story and take its own time. "

birminghammail Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:37:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gemma Winter ) : "Gemma and Paul’s family background has always been fascinating to me - the inseparable bond of twins but with a huge fault-line down the middle, which we’ve hinted at but never explained. "

irishmirror Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gemma Winter ) : "Gemma and Paul’s family background has always been fascinating to me - the inseparable bond of twins but with a huge fault-line down the middle, which we’ve hinted at but never explained. "

themirror Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It’s common for people to think abusive behaviour has to be physical - but you can damage someone profoundly without laying a finger on them. "

irishmirror Wednesday, June 26, 2019 10:48:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It’s common for people to think abusive behaviour has to be physical - but you can damage someone profoundly without laying a finger on them. "

themirror Wednesday, June 26, 2019 10:38:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. "

icWales Monday, June 24, 2019 4:03:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Read More ) : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. Read More "

birminghammail Saturday, June 22, 2019 6:35:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Read More ) : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. Read More "

tamworthherald Saturday, June 22, 2019 5:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. "

irishmirror Saturday, June 22, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. "

themirror Saturday, June 22, 2019 9:36:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Lucy advised us at the start of this year that she would like to leave at the end of her current contract in 2020 to pursue other projects. "

heart Friday, May 3, 2019 6:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Lucy Fallon ) : "Lucy advised us at the start of this year that she would like to leave at the end of her current contract in 2020 to pursue other projects. "She is an amazing performer and has been at the centre of some huge stories for us during her time on the show"

bbc Friday, May 3, 2019 2:26:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Lucy Fallon ) : "Lucy advised us at the start of this year that she would like to leave at the end of her current contract in 2020 to pursue other projects. "

chroniclelive Friday, May 3, 2019 1:47:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "We are keen to highlight that slavery hides in plain sight – the salon which does your nails for a too-good-to-be-true price, the car wash which valets your hatchback for half the going rate… these could all be staffed by people who are being coerced, threatened and exploited. "

themirror Sunday, April 28, 2019 7:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Norris Cole ) : "Norris is not leaving the show, we just thought that given the circumstances that we find ourselves in, it made sense to put a family in number three. "

msn-uk Monday, April 22, 2019 2:06:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Norris Cole ) : "Norris is not leaving the show, we just thought that given the circumstances that we find ourselves in, it made sense to put a family in number three. "

tamworthherald Monday, April 22, 2019 1:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “I don’t really know. Manchester has a large proportion of black residents so it did feel overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately”

irishmirror Monday, April 8, 2019 10:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “I don’t really know. Manchester has a large proportion of black residents so it did feel overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately”

themirror Monday, April 8, 2019 10:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Manchester is a city which has a large proportion of black residents and Weatherfield is part of Manchester. It did feel sort of overdue that we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

msn-uk Sunday, April 7, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The north-west and Great Britain as a whole is a big melting pot of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities and the more representative we can make Corrie of Manchester and Britain the better really. "

tamworthherald Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "We wanted to look at a modern story about a young, gay man. It won't be your normal coming out story where we see James wrestling with his sexuality. "

tamworthherald Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about British ) : "They do, in a fairly British, polite way, rub the neighbours up the wrong way a little bit when they arrive and then Aggie takes offence at something one of her neighbours says and it becomes a little bit of a tit for tat war. It's the residents of number one, "

tamworthherald Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Manchester is a city which has a large proportion of black residents and Weatherfield is part of Manchester. It did feel sort of overdue that we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

hulldailymail Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The north-west and Great Britain as a whole is a big melting pot of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities and the more representative we can make Corrie of Manchester and Britain the better really... It's was a no-brainer"

bbc Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Short answer - I don't really know. "Manchester has a large proportion of black residents so it did feel sort of overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

bbc Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Manchester is a city which has a large proportion of black residents and Weatherfield is part of Manchester. It did feel sort of overdue that we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

msn-uk Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:34:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Short answer - I don't really know. Michael is played by CBeebies House presenter Ryan Russell, while James is played by musical theatre star Nathan Graham. Lorna Laidlaw, who starred in Doctors for eight years, will play Aggie - with Corrie producers revealing she is set to clash with the Barlows next door. MacLeod said: "

skynews Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "The North West and Great Britain as a whole is a big melting pot of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities and the more representative we can make Corrie of Manchester and Britain the better really. "

skynews Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Norris Cole ) : "Norris is not leaving the show, we just thought that given the circumstances that we find ourselves in, it made sense to put a family in number three. "

msn-uk Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:15:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We wanted to look at homophobia in sport, so that will be a component of the story but also we wanted to look at a modern story about a young gay man”

irishmirror Saturday, April 6, 2019 3:12:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We wanted to look at homophobia in sport, so that will be a component of the story but also we wanted to look at a modern story about a young gay man”

themirror Saturday, April 6, 2019 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, March 18, 2019 11:33:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, March 18, 2019 5:16:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Sunday, March 17, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:47:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “They will come pretty close to killing each other,”

msn-uk Friday, March 8, 2019 12:26:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, February 25, 2019 11:34:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "He's back for a short stint in a little sort of cameo return in the hope we can have him back permanently in the future. "

msn-uk Friday, February 8, 2019 8:41:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Friday, February 8, 2019 5:16:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, January 28, 2019 6:59:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:34:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained ( about Gemma Winter ) : "He's like a male Gemma with even fewer of the rough edges smoothed,"

themirror Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "All the Lewis and Audrey stuff is a launchpad for a massive family saga for the Platts that will draw in and pit against all of the members of the Platt family. Lewis and Audrey's storyline will spark a divide between the Platt family Read More "

themirror Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Carla Connor ) : "At that point the characters don't know that it was caused by someone else. So that will trigger a massive storyline for Carla"

themirror Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "In keeping with their characters, I don't think anybody is expecting dancing girls and show tunes,"

themirror Saturday, October 22, 2016 6:55:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Christmas is very Christmassy this year. We wanted it to be slightly fluffier, although that’s not to say it won’t have its own dramatic twists and turns”

huffingtonpost-uk-en Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

ABCnews Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

ABCnews Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

nzherald Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:13:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

nzherald Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:13:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

japantimes Sunday, August 21, 2016 10:57:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

japantimes Sunday, August 21, 2016 10:57:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

jamaicaobserver Friday, August 19, 2016 12:41:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

jamaicaobserver Friday, August 19, 2016 12:41:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

GulfDailyNews Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

ABCnews Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:19:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

seattletimes Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:08:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

seattletimes Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:08:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

nzherald Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:38:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

nzherald Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:38:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

ABCnews Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:05:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

ABCnews Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:05:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

startribune Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

startribune Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

therepublic Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

therepublic Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : “We try to downplay the ‘On Golden Pond’ connection and concentrate on the natural history and beauty of the area,”

bostonglobe Sunday, July 31, 2016 9:43:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "Above all, we wanted to do justice to the stories of the many thousands of families who have to deal with diagnoses similar to Oliver's, be it a mitochondrial disorder or another life-limiting condition. "

heart Tuesday, May 19, 2020 3:26:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "The younger contingent think you should deal with it head on, and zero tolerance, where Ed and [his wife] Aggie have a slightly more 'keep your head held high and ignore it because you will never change these idiots' minds, lads' view. "

irishmirror Friday, May 15, 2020 11:50:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "The younger contingent think you should deal with it head on, and zero tolerance, where Ed and [his wife] Aggie have a slightly more 'keep your head held high and ignore it because you will never change these idiots' minds, lads' view. "

themirror Friday, May 15, 2020 11:30:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "They then move onto someone else so it's right we look back at Geoff's previous relationships and see he has done this before. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:27:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Geoff does not find it easy to, ultimately, have Yasmeen outside of this sphere of influence and that becomes quite significant as the legal proceedings unfold"

themirror Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "I think, typically, abusers of this type do not get better and I think it would possibly be a dangerous message to impart to our audience to say, 'Oh, actually these people can change.'"

themirror Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "Coronation Street has had many iconic double acts down the years. Indeed, it's a defining feature of the show. Image copyright PA Media Image caption Tracy and Steve McDonald's relationship has been anything but smooth Image copyright PA Media Image caption Sunita and Dev Alahan enjoyed an on-off relationship in the soap. "I hope fans will agree that the ones we've chosen, after much heated debate, are among the best of the bunch"

bbc Tuesday, May 12, 2020 3:29:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

hulldailymail Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:03:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "

cambridge-news Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:01:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

leicestermercury Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:00:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

bathchronicle Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:57:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "

icWales Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:55:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

exeterexpressandecho Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:51:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

derbytelegraph Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:50:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. "

coventrytelegraph Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:42:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In our historic 60th year, it is an honour to have the show immortalised in this fashion. (Image: PA) "

gloucestercitizen Tuesday, May 12, 2020 8:31:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. Oliver is rushed to the hospital once again. "

irishmirror Monday, May 11, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. "

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:59:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "This is a story about a family coming to terms with the most difficult news anyone can face and the ways in which this strengthens and shatters relationships in unpredictable ways. "

irishmirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:12:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. He was been asymptomatic but his diagnosis means he is going to have a seriously limited lifespan. "

irishmirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:12:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "This is a story about a family coming to terms with the most difficult news anyone can face and the ways in which this strengthens and shatters relationships in unpredictable ways. "

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:02:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "In Oliver’s case it was latent from first then manifest in 3-4. There are 100s maybe thousands of strands so his case is different. He was been asymptomatic but his diagnosis means he is going to have a seriously limited lifespan. "

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 9:02:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : “The scripts were generated though work-shopping with the actors. "I was acutely aware that as a middle-aged white man I don’t have any direct experiences of racism. It made sense to get the actors’ perceptions”

themirror Monday, May 11, 2020 2:26:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod confirmed : "I can tell you for sure that it's not Ray or Scott – it's somebody we have yet to meet,"

themirror Friday, May 8, 2020 6:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod replied : "Interesting! I think the short answer is yes, in a way. That's certainly part of what we're writing in scripts. "

themirror Friday, May 8, 2020 6:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The Coronation Street that we love is the one that reflects modern Britain, albeit in a more heightened way sometimes. "

thevisitor Friday, May 8, 2020 11:02:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The Coronation Street that we love is the one that reflects modern Britain, albeit in a more heightened way sometimes. "

YorkshirePost Friday, May 8, 2020 10:33:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod confirmed : "What we thought when we considered the Geoff story was that we thought it was highly unlikely that this was the first time Geoff had exhibited these behaviours in a relationship. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 9:25:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod confirmed : "What we thought when we considered the Geoff story was that we thought it was highly unlikely that this was the first time Geoff had exhibited these behaviours in a relationship. "

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 8:40:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "People want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well. They don't want suddenly to be watching a different programme"

skynews Wednesday, May 6, 2020 8:52:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "People want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well. They don't want suddenly to be watching a different programme"

heart Wednesday, May 6, 2020 7:24:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "People want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well. They don't want suddenly to be watching a different programme"

skynews Wednesday, May 6, 2020 6:39:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "As you can imagine, Alya's very heavily involved but Sally comes to be quite pivotal and she, I think is fair to say, has never been Geoff's biggest fan. And she is among the first people to start to see what is going on behind closed doors over the road - or next door, as I should say. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "It will be there, you will be able to see evidence of it in the way people behave - hand washing protocols, the way businesses are run will be tweaked to put more takeaways and the like,"

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod pointed out : "Look at the reaction to the Geoff and Yasmeen story - that's as far as you can get from comedic story as you can probably get," "It's evidence that people want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well"

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The timelines have been shunted around as a result of the lockdown and things like that. But I think it's fair to imagine it will certainly be this year, we think. "

irishmirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 3:11:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The timelines have been shunted around as a result of the lockdown and things like that. But I think it's fair to imagine it will certainly be this year, we think. "

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "As you can imagine, Alya's very heavily involved but Sally comes to be quite pivotal and she, I think is fair to say, has never been Geoff's biggest fan. And she is among the first people to start to see what is going on behind closed doors over the road - or next door, as I should say. "

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "It will be there, you will be able to see evidence of it in the way people behave - hand washing protocols, the way businesses are run will be tweaked to put more takeaways and the like,"

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod pointed out : "Look at the reaction to the Geoff and Yasmeen story - that's as far as you can get from comedic story as you can probably get," "It's evidence that people want to watch drama and they want to watch the same hard-hitting stories that Corrie does so well"

themirror Wednesday, May 6, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "If they read the scripts and didn't think something was right we would get rid of it. "There is the potential to do as much harm as good if we do it wrongly. If the message we put out persuades people not to get help it would be catastrophic"

bbc Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:54:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "It is death by a thousand cuts. It gradually corrodes somebody's personality, their social life, isolates them from their friends in such a bespoke fashion," "Often they don't realise it is happening"

bbc Tuesday, May 5, 2020 2:54:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

themirror Wednesday, January 29, 2020 11:05:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

coventrytelegraph Tuesday, January 28, 2020 2:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was ‘doomed from the outset.’ "I am first and foremost a massive fan of the show and I watched this landmark episode with absolute glee. It is uniquely Corrie: funny, poignant and characterful - and a glorious homage to the comedic charabanc trips of times past, packed with strong female characters and sparkling dialogue. "It’s a really great exhibition of Coronation Street’s classic qualities as we start a new decade on the cobbles”

heart Monday, January 27, 2020 5:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

stokesentinel Monday, January 27, 2020 11:00:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

derbytelegraph Monday, January 27, 2020 10:47:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

gloucestercitizen Monday, January 27, 2020 10:43:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

icWales Monday, January 27, 2020 10:34:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

cambridge-news Monday, January 27, 2020 10:33:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

hulldailymail Monday, January 27, 2020 10:33:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

bathchronicle Monday, January 27, 2020 10:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was 'doomed from the outset.' "

leicestermercury Monday, January 27, 2020 10:25:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Tyrone Dobbs ) : "Beyond new year, we have the final exciting chapter of the Tyrone, Fiz and Jade story"

themirror Sunday, January 5, 2020 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas"

irishmirror Tuesday, December 24, 2019 2:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas"

themirror Tuesday, December 24, 2019 1:39:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We’ve always done cosy Christmas’, but this year I thought let’s go for something really big, there’s a tonne of really high octane stuff in there”

heart Tuesday, December 10, 2019 3:16:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "There’s the interesting next chapter in the Daniel and Bethany story which is about Daniel’s grief. “Soaps can struggle to tell a realistic grief timeline – there comes a point where viewers find it dark and downbeat but I think we’ve found a clever way to realistically play out the next chapter of that. Daniel kisses Bethany (Image: Coronation Street/ITV) “In one of their heads it’s a romance but in the others it’s a lot more complicated. It’s a really interesting grief story where it’s not just about Daniel sitting alone in his flat, feeling lonely. It will ultimately form part of Lucy Fallon’s exit story"

tamworthherald Saturday, December 7, 2019 4:29:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : "There’s the interesting next chapter in the Daniel and Bethany story which is about Daniel’s grief. “Soaps can struggle to tell a realistic grief timeline – there comes a point where viewers find it dark and downbeat but I think we’ve found a clever way to realistically play out the next chapter of that. Daniel kisses Bethany (Image: Coronation Street/ITV) “In one of their heads it’s a romance but in the others it’s a lot more complicated. It’s a really interesting grief story where it’s not just about Daniel sitting alone in his flat, feeling lonely. It will ultimately form part of Lucy Fallon’s exit story"

birminghammail Saturday, December 7, 2019 4:20:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. "

birminghammail Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

birminghammail Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

birminghammail Wednesday, December 4, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. "

tamworthherald Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

tamworthherald Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

tamworthherald Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:11:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We’ve always done cosy Christmas’, but this year I thought let’s go for something really big, there’s a tonne of really high octane stuff in there”

heart Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:36:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about David Platt ) : "The events of Christmas Day precipitate a really heartbreaking and dead serious story for the Platts, more specifically for David and Shona. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "There's the interesting next chapter of the Bethany and Daniel story which, without putting too much of a finer point on it, is about Daniel's grief"

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. Gary Windass' redemption arc will be sparked over the events at Christmas Derek accuses Gary of ruining his life and steals a gun to kill him. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "There is a view that Coronation Street should embrace guns at its peril, most famously Ernie Bishop was killed with a shotgun many years ago so it's not as though it's the first time we've done anything of this scale. Shona and Davd will also be affected by this year's Christmas shooting. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas. "

irishmirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:29:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about David Platt ) : "The events of Christmas Day precipitate a really heartbreaking and dead serious story for the Platts, more specifically for David and Shona. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "There's the interesting next chapter of the Bethany and Daniel story which, without putting too much of a finer point on it, is about Daniel's grief"

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "Christmas Day this year is big and exciting and a bit bonkers and in my long and varied career in soap, we've done cosy Christmasses and camp Christmasses and slightly crazy Christmasses and I thought, let's just go for something really big and cataclysmic for Christmas this year. Gary Windass' redemption arc will be sparked over the events at Christmas Derek accuses Gary of ruining his life and steals a gun to kill him. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gary Windass ) : "I think we're rediscovering a bit of what Gary Windass was when he came into the show,"

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Anything like that is a tough decision. Killing any character, whether it's Christmas or not, is a tough decision. I'm always fully conscious of the fact that these aren't just characters - there is an actor and a human being that plays that part. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Yeah she will but it's not a story about her being in physical peril, it's an emotional story for her around Christmas. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "There is a view that Coronation Street should embrace guns at its peril, most famously Ernie Bishop was killed with a shotgun many years ago so it's not as though it's the first time we've done anything of this scale. Shona and Davd will also be affected by this year's Christmas shooting. "

themirror Wednesday, December 4, 2019 3:30:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The story going forward is about loneliness and isolation. "

themirror Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod told : "The reality is that for minority languages, any kind of media representation is very valuable,"

CBC Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:23:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "There are millions of Canadians who don't speak English and French and that doesn't make them any less Canadian," "I think if they want to tell those stories in their own languages, they should absolutely have the right to do that. Those stories are no less Canadian"

CBC Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:23:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Sinead Tinker ) : "More or less yes. When I started Katie and I spoke at length about what the right ending would be. Sinead's husband Daniel is by her side as she struggles on in pain. "

irishmirror Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:23:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "More or less yes. When I started Katie and I spoke at length about what the right ending would be. Sinead's husband Daniel is by her side as she struggles on in pain Read More "

themirror Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It felt like the respectful way of doing it, the most interesting way of doing it and the least "

heart Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:37:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It felt like the respectful way of doing it and the most interesting way of doing it and the least soapy way of doing it was to just be in there really and see the difficulties they both experience, see the moments of laughter that were still in there, the moments of warmth and just let it tell its own story and take its own time. "

birminghammail Tuesday, October 15, 2019 9:37:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gemma Winter ) : "Gemma and Paul’s family background has always been fascinating to me - the inseparable bond of twins but with a huge fault-line down the middle, which we’ve hinted at but never explained. "

irishmirror Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Gemma Winter ) : "Gemma and Paul’s family background has always been fascinating to me - the inseparable bond of twins but with a huge fault-line down the middle, which we’ve hinted at but never explained. "

themirror Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It’s common for people to think abusive behaviour has to be physical - but you can damage someone profoundly without laying a finger on them. "

irishmirror Wednesday, June 26, 2019 10:48:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "It’s common for people to think abusive behaviour has to be physical - but you can damage someone profoundly without laying a finger on them. "

themirror Wednesday, June 26, 2019 10:38:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. "

icWales Monday, June 24, 2019 4:03:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Read More ) : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. Read More "

birminghammail Saturday, June 22, 2019 6:35:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Read More ) : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. Read More "

tamworthherald Saturday, June 22, 2019 5:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. "

irishmirror Saturday, June 22, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Many thousands of people feel trapped in relationships with someone who claims to love them but who is actually taking them apart piece by piece, isolating them from friends and family and locking them in an invisible prison of fear and insecurity. "

themirror Saturday, June 22, 2019 9:36:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Lucy advised us at the start of this year that she would like to leave at the end of her current contract in 2020 to pursue other projects. "

heart Friday, May 3, 2019 6:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Lucy Fallon ) : "Lucy advised us at the start of this year that she would like to leave at the end of her current contract in 2020 to pursue other projects. "She is an amazing performer and has been at the centre of some huge stories for us during her time on the show"

bbc Friday, May 3, 2019 2:26:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Lucy Fallon ) : "Lucy advised us at the start of this year that she would like to leave at the end of her current contract in 2020 to pursue other projects. "

chroniclelive Friday, May 3, 2019 1:47:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "We are keen to highlight that slavery hides in plain sight – the salon which does your nails for a too-good-to-be-true price, the car wash which valets your hatchback for half the going rate… these could all be staffed by people who are being coerced, threatened and exploited. "

themirror Sunday, April 28, 2019 7:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Norris Cole ) : "Norris is not leaving the show, we just thought that given the circumstances that we find ourselves in, it made sense to put a family in number three. "

msn-uk Monday, April 22, 2019 2:06:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Norris Cole ) : "Norris is not leaving the show, we just thought that given the circumstances that we find ourselves in, it made sense to put a family in number three. "

tamworthherald Monday, April 22, 2019 1:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “I don’t really know. Manchester has a large proportion of black residents so it did feel overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately”

irishmirror Monday, April 8, 2019 10:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “I don’t really know. Manchester has a large proportion of black residents so it did feel overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately”

themirror Monday, April 8, 2019 10:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Manchester is a city which has a large proportion of black residents and Weatherfield is part of Manchester. It did feel sort of overdue that we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

msn-uk Sunday, April 7, 2019 1:25:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The north-west and Great Britain as a whole is a big melting pot of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities and the more representative we can make Corrie of Manchester and Britain the better really. "

tamworthherald Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "We wanted to look at a modern story about a young, gay man. It won't be your normal coming out story where we see James wrestling with his sexuality. "

tamworthherald Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about British ) : "They do, in a fairly British, polite way, rub the neighbours up the wrong way a little bit when they arrive and then Aggie takes offence at something one of her neighbours says and it becomes a little bit of a tit for tat war. It's the residents of number one, "

tamworthherald Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Manchester is a city which has a large proportion of black residents and Weatherfield is part of Manchester. It did feel sort of overdue that we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

hulldailymail Saturday, April 6, 2019 6:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "The north-west and Great Britain as a whole is a big melting pot of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities and the more representative we can make Corrie of Manchester and Britain the better really... It's was a no-brainer"

bbc Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Short answer - I don't really know. "Manchester has a large proportion of black residents so it did feel sort of overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

bbc Saturday, April 6, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Manchester is a city which has a large proportion of black residents and Weatherfield is part of Manchester. It did feel sort of overdue that we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately"

msn-uk Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:34:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Short answer - I don't really know. Michael is played by CBeebies House presenter Ryan Russell, while James is played by musical theatre star Nathan Graham. Lorna Laidlaw, who starred in Doctors for eight years, will play Aggie - with Corrie producers revealing she is set to clash with the Barlows next door. MacLeod said: "

skynews Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "The North West and Great Britain as a whole is a big melting pot of people from different backgrounds and ethnicities and the more representative we can make Corrie of Manchester and Britain the better really. "

skynews Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Norris Cole ) : "Norris is not leaving the show, we just thought that given the circumstances that we find ourselves in, it made sense to put a family in number three. "

msn-uk Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:15:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We wanted to look at homophobia in sport, so that will be a component of the story but also we wanted to look at a modern story about a young gay man”

irishmirror Saturday, April 6, 2019 3:12:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “We wanted to look at homophobia in sport, so that will be a component of the story but also we wanted to look at a modern story about a young gay man”

themirror Saturday, April 6, 2019 2:27:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, March 18, 2019 11:33:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, March 18, 2019 5:16:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Sunday, March 17, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Tuesday, March 12, 2019 10:47:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “They will come pretty close to killing each other,”

msn-uk Friday, March 8, 2019 12:26:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, February 25, 2019 11:34:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod explained : "He's back for a short stint in a little sort of cameo return in the hope we can have him back permanently in the future. "

msn-uk Friday, February 8, 2019 8:41:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Friday, February 8, 2019 5:16:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Monday, January 28, 2019 6:59:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : “there won’t be a dry eye in the house”

msn-uk Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:34:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod explained ( about Gemma Winter ) : "He's like a male Gemma with even fewer of the rough edges smoothed,"

themirror Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "All the Lewis and Audrey stuff is a launchpad for a massive family saga for the Platts that will draw in and pit against all of the members of the Platt family. Lewis and Audrey's storyline will spark a divide between the Platt family Read More "

themirror Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said ( about Carla Connor ) : "At that point the characters don't know that it was caused by someone else. So that will trigger a massive storyline for Carla"

themirror Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:21:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod added : "In keeping with their characters, I don't think anybody is expecting dancing girls and show tunes,"

themirror Saturday, October 22, 2016 6:55:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Christmas is very Christmassy this year. We wanted it to be slightly fluffier, although that’s not to say it won’t have its own dramatic twists and turns”

huffingtonpost-uk-en Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:00:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

ABCnews Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

ABCnews Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:43:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

nzherald Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:13:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

nzherald Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:13:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

japantimes Sunday, August 21, 2016 10:57:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

japantimes Sunday, August 21, 2016 10:57:00 AM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

jamaicaobserver Friday, August 19, 2016 12:41:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

jamaicaobserver Friday, August 19, 2016 12:41:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

GulfDailyNews Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:03:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

ABCnews Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:19:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

seattletimes Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:08:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

seattletimes Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:08:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

nzherald Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:38:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

nzherald Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:38:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

ABCnews Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:05:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

ABCnews Thursday, August 18, 2016 8:05:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don't,"

startribune Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : "When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,"

startribune Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:58:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “Some of them make it to South America. A lot of them don’t,”

therepublic Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod said : “When they hit South America, they are kind of clueless,”

therepublic Thursday, August 18, 2016 7:57:00 PM EAT

Iain Macleod says : “We try to downplay the ‘On Golden Pond’ connection and concentrate on the natural history and beauty of the area,”

bostonglobe Sunday, July 31, 2016 9:43:00 AM EAT