Scarlett.
19-08-2012, 10:34 PM
Corrie's boss is set to quit by the end of the year… and he wants to go out with a bang that will rock Street fans.
Controversial executive producer Phil Collinson is considering plans to blow up the Rovers in a dramatic swansong to his time on the ITV1 soap, said an insider.
And it’s left many cast members fearful they may be killed off in his final sensational plotline.
“Blowing up the Rovers would be the most dramatic thing to happen on the Street,” a source said yesterday. “Phil thinks millions of extra viewers would tune in. But it means everyone on in the show is looking over their shoulder wondering if they’ll be inside when the pub goes up in smoke.”
Collinson revealed in February that he planned to quit by “the middle of next year”. But Corrie sources have told the Sunday Mirror he will move on earlier than planned as part of a shake-up by ITV bosses. “A lot of the cast are wondering what the future holds,” said our insider.
Collinson, 43, has been renowned for explosive storylines since arriving on the cobbles in 2009. He wrote a live 50th anniversary episode in December 2010 which featured a tram crash that killed off two characters.
Viewers have also been enthralled by the John Snape murders and Frank Foster’s controversial rape of fiancée Carla Connor.
And in May Corrie beat *EastEnders to win a Best Drama Bafta. But the cast have been worried by the amount of gay plotlines introduced by Collinson, who is gay himself.
A Street spokesman yesterday declined to comment on when *Collinson would go.
Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-street-boss-phil-collinson-1268263)
To be honest, I kinda hope this is true, the Rovers needs a massive overhaul, the interior doesnt match the exterior. Also I think the best of Phil Collinson's storylines have been and gone.
Controversial executive producer Phil Collinson is considering plans to blow up the Rovers in a dramatic swansong to his time on the ITV1 soap, said an insider.
And it’s left many cast members fearful they may be killed off in his final sensational plotline.
“Blowing up the Rovers would be the most dramatic thing to happen on the Street,” a source said yesterday. “Phil thinks millions of extra viewers would tune in. But it means everyone on in the show is looking over their shoulder wondering if they’ll be inside when the pub goes up in smoke.”
Collinson revealed in February that he planned to quit by “the middle of next year”. But Corrie sources have told the Sunday Mirror he will move on earlier than planned as part of a shake-up by ITV bosses. “A lot of the cast are wondering what the future holds,” said our insider.
Collinson, 43, has been renowned for explosive storylines since arriving on the cobbles in 2009. He wrote a live 50th anniversary episode in December 2010 which featured a tram crash that killed off two characters.
Viewers have also been enthralled by the John Snape murders and Frank Foster’s controversial rape of fiancée Carla Connor.
And in May Corrie beat *EastEnders to win a Best Drama Bafta. But the cast have been worried by the amount of gay plotlines introduced by Collinson, who is gay himself.
A Street spokesman yesterday declined to comment on when *Collinson would go.
Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/coronation-street-boss-phil-collinson-1268263)
To be honest, I kinda hope this is true, the Rovers needs a massive overhaul, the interior doesnt match the exterior. Also I think the best of Phil Collinson's storylines have been and gone.