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Sounds like the opening might have just been for this year

We are preparing for the biggest stunt we have ever staged here at Corrie, as our show's 50th anniversary approaches.

Disaster will strike on the cobbles as the viaduct near the Kabin collapses sending a tram careering off the bridge and onto the Street.

Coronation Street will never be the same again as much-loved people are killed and injured and the community is left reeling by the devastating effects of the tragedy.

To ensure the crash is as sensational as possible, special effects experts are being brought in.

Our producers are keeping the exact details of the special week of episodes, building up to the anniversary on 9 December, under wraps, even going to the lengths of issuing alternative scripts.

Not even our cast and crew know which residents will die and the drama will continue into 2011 as the people of Weatherfield come to terms with the tragedy and the dramatic twists and turns that follow.

Our Corrie producer Phil Collinson said: “As we celebrate the show reaching such an incredible milestone it feels fitting that we will be screening an event of this magnitude which will affect the lives of all the residents of Coronation Street. We’ll be using all the wonders of modern television production to bring you a disaster that will rock the lives of everyone in Weatherfield. At the heart of the drama though will be ordinary people on an ordinary street battling adversity – the template for the programme created by Tony Warren 50 years ago.”

The image of the tram going across the viaduct at the Corner Shop end of the street has been an integral part of the opening titles of Corrie for the past 9 years.