Coronation Street actors banned from Twitter on set

The cast of Britain’s longest-running and most popular soap opera, Coronation Street, have allegedly been told that they are not to use Twitter while on set. It’s said that a letter has been sent to each of the actors emphasising the importance of not giving away information about the soap on Twitter or other social networking sites. It is thought that a major storyline for later in the year was given away by a recent tweet from someone involved in the show.

A Sunday Mirror report says the letter reads:

“Please consider the set a mobile and tweet-free zone.”

Reports say that after that, the letter goes on to point out that comments and images on such sites are accessible to the public and that disciplinary action could be taken against actors who published anything that might lead to the soap being seen in a negative light.

Antony Cotton, who plays Sean Tully in the show, used Twitter to state that nobody was banned from the micro-blogging site. Other keen users are Shobna Gulati (Sunita Alahan), Craig Gazey (Graeme Proctor) and Katherine Kelly (Becky McDonald).