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After lots of speculation we can now confirm there will definitely be a LIVE episode of Coronation Street as part of the show's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Our producers are currently planning for the extra special episode to be transmitted later this year.

Our press officer said: "Everyone is very excited, if not to say a little nervous, about the prospect of a live episode but we felt it was fitting to go out live to the nation to celebrate such a prestigious anniversary."

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Gonna be a big thing to do seeing as it will be set during the tram crash

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Typical response on the DS forums

"EastEnders did it first!"

Really? Corrie went out live for the first three months of it's life, then went live for the 40th, 10 years ago

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Yeah haha. If EE was in December and Corrie's was February, then Corrie would still have had one.

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lol not sure since Kim Crowther didn't want one, but if Phil was in charge back then, yep, there would have been one

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I wonder what it will revolve around? I'm betting it will be Jack Duckworth