Tony Warren speaks about Corrie at gay debate

Tony Warren, Coronation Street's creator, spoke out at last week's Queer Up North event on the prejudice he faced as a gay man writing the soap in the 60s. There's an excellent interview with Tony in the Manchester Evening News where he reveals what it was like being openly gay before decriminalisation in 1967. Tony was speaking at a debate on whether Corrie is now the queerest soap along with Corrie writers Jonathan Harvey and Damon Rochefort, as well as Antony Cotton, who plays Sean Tully.

When asked if Corrie is now the queerest soap of them all, Tony said: "Maybe now, yes. But we lagged disgracefully behind for a long time. But now, we're hopefully queer enough."