The BLOG from John Finch – from the original writing team on Corrie ‘The Street’
A piece from John’s autobiography CHAPTER TWENTY THREE – GROUP NORTH Group North was the name devised by Harry Kershaw for the small group of writers who kept Coronation Street on the screen in the very early days. It was a small group chosen mainly by Harry from Northern writers …
Listen to the Made in Manchester PodCast interview with John about the early days of Coronation Street https://www.distinctnostalgia.com/posts/corrie-at-60-we-speak-to-early-street-writer-john-finch
John was recently interviewed by ITV about his role as one of the founding writers for Coronation Street. John wrote 140 episodes of ‘The Street’ Read more about Johns time on ‘The Street here’>>
While developing his autobiography John Finch recalled how the worlds longest running drama nearly ended in its early years. This is a Blog in 2 parts: Part one See Part 2 here >> The building stands impressively new on a side street off Deansgate in Manchester. Specially designed for the …
