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Coming out storyline in Brit soap 'Coronation Street'

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saucycobblers:
Hi folks!

I came across this on YouTube yesterday and had to post it for all of you who haven't already seen it. Some wonderful person has posted the entirety of one of the best storylines of Brit soap 'Coronation Street'. It's gripping, sensitively handled and beautifully acted by the two young leads (Bruno Langley and Tina O'Brien) and deals with a teenager's coming out.

I don't want to say too much about the story and spoil it for new viewers, but basically it's set in Manchester in the UK, and concerns a very bright young 18 year old lad (Todd) who's decided to forego University in order to set up home with his 16 year old girlfriend (Sarah) and her young daughter by her first boyfriend. At this point in the story Sarah is pregnant with their child... and then her older brother Nick returns from his stint living in Canada.

Each part is less than 10 minutes long (the relevant scenes have been spliced together) and you really need to watch them in sequence to feel the full impact of the story. I challenge you not to be totally gripped by this...

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saucycobblers:
Do the bump! 8)

Kelda:
oooh! i might sit and watch this again!!!

saucycobblers:
You won't be disappointed Kelda! I was completely hooked and I already knew what happened in the end. Watching the edited version of the story made it an even more intense experience. Bruno Langley is such a superb actor, and I was moved to tears several times.

Let me know what you think!  :)

Andrew:
I did enjoy this, Nicky, thanks for putting it up, and I certainly don't watch any television series normally.  It does help to have it all put together into its own two-hour standalone story.  I got started one weeknight...and watched the whole thing in one sitting! ("I'll just take one more, they're so small...")  And last night...I watched half of them again!  Of course as a United Statesian I could have claimed I was taking a language course...and you have to review your language skills if you don't want to lose them.

There must have been a little more lead-in before the first section, more of the Todd and Sarah and her mother story?  One thing that I don't feel was adequately scripted was what led up to Todd's first kiss.  But it got better and better, and Karl's part was very well written and acted.  Todd's mum was excellent too, and the whole thing would almost have been worth it for her line, "Men!  You can't trust any of them.  You know, one man in a couple is bad enough, but the thought of two of them, one on either side, I just dread to think!" 

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