The BBC has said it is planning to launch a 'Northern soap' which could rival Coronation Street and Emmerdale. Bosses have said that funds will be invested in "two new long-running network drama series over the next three years." One of these will be from the north of England and the other from part of the UK other than England..
They say it will be part of more than 100 new and returning drama and comedy titles will reflect the lives and communities of audiences outside London, including at least 20 that will portray Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
It's part of the corporation's biggest transformation in decades which they revealed on Thursday (March 18), entitled "Across the UK".
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