Coronation Street stars walk Manchester Pride parade - after soap "first"
26.08.2023 - 15:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The Manchester Pride celebrations rolled off the cobbles of Weatherfield on Friday night and onto the streets of the city on Saturday as cast and crew of the soap joined the huge parade celebrating LGBTQ+ life in the city.
Corrie stars and ITV crew were among the thousands of participants in this year's parade that snaked across the city.
Soap fans saw a host of characters on the ITV show celebrating Pride in the Rover's Return on Friday night's episode in a first for the soap. Corrie character Paul Foreman even brought three famous drag queens back to Weatherfield to continue the Pride celebrations in the soap pub which was decked out with rainbow flags.
Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features
But on Saturday it was the real life Manchester Pride celebrations for a host of Corrie's famous faces - who joined the parade alongside ITV colleagues.
That included Jane Hazelgrove, who plays Bernie, and Dolly-Rose Campbell, who plays Gemma, who were both seen in their Pride outfits on Friday's episode.
In another first for the soap, it's the first time cast and crew have walked in the Pride parade, rather than head on board a float motor vehicle.
ITV has made the decision to opt for walking in future events to be as green as possible and cut down on emissions.
And Dolly made a spectacular start to the parade for the ITV entry - by running across Liverpool Road and down Deansgate with a huge rainbow flag.
Also joining the walk was Jodie Prenger, fresh from hosting Corrie's Pride celebrations at the Rovers Return seen on Friday night.
Jodie wore a bright purple and black patterned dress with glitter make-up and fluttered a special rainbow fan as she joined the parade.
T