Late last year I made an arrangement with the publishers of the very popular "Coronation Street Special" series of magazines to bring another issue into Canada for 2008.For confidential commercial reasons the magazine was re-branded as "TV Today". Despite the name change it is the same 48 glossy colour pages dedicated to interviews with the stars of Coronation Street.
Just a little piece of background information for you to digest: Coronation Street is the longest running TV soap opera in the world. A pilot episode ran on 9th December 1960 and the show has been in constant production since then.
Incidentally, William Roache, who plays Corrie's Ken Barlow is the only actor who has been a part of the show since the day it first went to air.
Myths About TV Today
But back to the magazine. A number of myths have sprung up about this year's magazine which I would like to dispel right here and now.
Myth #1: TV Today is a UK TV listings publication. This is dead wrong. The mythmongers are confusing TV Today with the UK's "TV Times" magazine.
Myth #2: TV Today - Coronation Street Special is full of "spoilers". As we are all painfully aware, the Canadian version of Corrie is running about 9 months behind the UK version. Some Corrie fans just don't want to know what is going to happen on the show ahead of time. Well relax, TV Today is not about what's happening on the show, just interesting stuff about the actors.
Myth #3: TV Today is the same as the old "Coronation Street" magazine. False again. There used to be an excellent monthly magazine titled "Coronation Street" but it ceased publication several years ago.
Facts About TV Today
- TV Today was written and edited in the UK for Canadian Corrie fans. The magazine was even printed in Canada.
- The headline star this year is Steven Arnold who plays Corrie's Ashley Peacock but there are great features on other past and present stars of the show too.
- TV Today was originally distributed exclusively by Blighty's Tuck Store but copies are now also available at some of the better British stores throughout Canada. If your local Britstore doesn't carry it, ask them why not!
- TV Today's cover price is CDN$6.99 in stores.
- The mail order price is CDN$9.95 including taxes and postage to any address in Canada (we have sent copies to every province in Canada; we now need orders from the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut to complete our "all of Canada" quest).
- TV Today is available by mail order to the United States; the price is CDN$11.95 including shipping.
- TV Today is available to any address ouside North America for CDN$14.95.
If you Google "TV Today" you'll find some rave reviews from Corrie fans all around the world. Blighty's would like to thank all those people who have provided backlinks to our website.
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