Ex-Corrie star Nick Cochrane claims the soap has been ruined by American TV shows. The actor, who played Andy McDonald for seven years before being axed, reckons The Street was loved for its classic characters and comedy edge.But when TV channels started broadcasting big high action US dramas in the 1990s, he believes the show’s producers turned Weatherfield into a war zone.Nick, 46, said: “It was all about dynamic storylines and plane crashes or whatever and huge big storylines.
That had come from the States.“But in order to do that what you lost that connection with characters because they weren’t there long enough.“Hilda Ogden is a perfect example.
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