Soap fans will be delighted to hear that Coronation Street and Emmerdale are set to start filming again in June, according to reports.
29.04.2020 - 00:39 / breakingnews.ie
The BBC said it is hoping to resume filming on soaps including EastEnders “as soon as possible”.
On-site production of the broadcaster’s continuing dramas – including Casualty, Holby City and Doctors – was paused in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The BBC has been showing two episodes of EastEnders a week to make the already filmed shows last as long as possible.
Controller of BBC drama Piers Wenger said the soaps are “under a constant process of reassessment” and head of
Soap fans will be delighted to hear that Coronation Street and Emmerdale are set to start filming again in June, according to reports.
The makers of Coronation Street and Emmerdale are in the “final stages” of working on plans for the soaps to return to production, according to a spokeswoman for the programmes.
TV fans were devastated in March when it was announced that a rack of their favourite programmes had stopped production.
It has been almost two months since most soaps have had to put a halt in filming due to the current worldwide pandemic, including BBC’s Eastenders.
By Jake Kanter
EastEnders is set to resume filming by the end of June, a BBC boss has said.
Soap fans will be delighted to hear that the government has given the green light for film and TV crews to begin filming once more.The film production industry has ground to a halt owing to the lockdown which was imposed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic on 23 March. However, studios are in talks of reopening and working out ways that they can stick to the social distancing regulations so that cast members stay the mandatory two meters apart, say the government.
"We didn't want to just do it on a web call with six squares and people shooting from their kitchens and bedrooms"
Soap watchers have been anxiously waiting for the latest update on filming.
By Jake Kanter
The country is going back to work following a coronavirus lockdown