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Petitions, Tony Blair, and picketing prisons: The infamous Deirdre Rachid affair

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Do you remember the uproar surrounding this 1998 Coronation Street episode? There are very few TV storylines that grab the attention of national newspapers, provoke the writing of dozens of petitions, and even cause the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to wade into the melee.

It may be a mainstay of British TV, and the pride and joy of Greater Manchester, but Corrie is still just a fictional programme.

But that didn't stop 1998 viewers going crazy when Deirdre Rachid, a long-time character on the show, was wrongfully jailed for fraud in one of Corrie's most controversial episodes. Read more: Where are they now?

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