The acclaimed writer spoke about her thoughts on soap operas, cutting her teeth in the Coronation Street writers’ room and her future plans.
“I think obsessed with getting younger viewers and so making stories about younger people, and ignoring the fact that the key audience was kind of older than that.”
The writer added: “Coronation Street went out twice a week in, kind of, in its heyday, I think, in the 1980s and the early 90s. Reflecting on her time in the Coronation Street writing room, she admitted that she did not initially have the “confidence” to contribute to storylines as she was “terrified of getting laughed at”.
She added: “It wasn’t a nasty atmosphere, I’d heard all soaps were at the time, but it was very lively and often very funny but there was an edge to it.”The writer, 60, revealed that she had worried about the prospect of retirement but found she enjoyed taking six months off last year after finishing Happy Valley more than she thought she would.
It was announced on Thursday at the festival that the BBC has commissioned another drama series from Wainwright will see a “celebration of women of a certain age” who form a punk rock band called Hot Flush.
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