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Coronation Street 'planning' its first HIV storyline for Seb Franklin
The Terrence Higgins Trust is apparently being consulted.
Following its success with the Bethany Platt grooming and award-winning Michelle Connor baby loss storylines this year, Coronation Street looks set to tackle another important issue.
The ITV show is working on a groundbreaking storyline that will see Seb Franklin (as played by Harry Visinoni) diagnosed with HIV in hopes of raising awareness about the issue, according to The Sun.
Seb will apparently learn that he is HIV+ in scenes to air in October, leaving him, girlfriend Faye Windass (Ellie Leach) and their close friends and family having to come to terms with this news.
Coronation Street has reportedly consulted with the Terrence Higgins Trust, one of the UK's best-known sexual health advocacy and charity groups, to ensure that its depiction of an HIV+ person is authentic.
A spokesperson for Coronation Street is declining to comment on the reported storyline at this stage. This would be the first time that Coronation Street has directly tackled HIV for a major character.
Current Corrie producer Kate Oates also previously explored the issue of HIV through the character Val Pollard during her years running fellow ITV soap Emmerdale.
The Terrence Higgins Trust is apparently being consulted.
Following its success with the Bethany Platt grooming and award-winning Michelle Connor baby loss storylines this year, Coronation Street looks set to tackle another important issue.
The ITV show is working on a groundbreaking storyline that will see Seb Franklin (as played by Harry Visinoni) diagnosed with HIV in hopes of raising awareness about the issue, according to The Sun.
Seb will apparently learn that he is HIV+ in scenes to air in October, leaving him, girlfriend Faye Windass (Ellie Leach) and their close friends and family having to come to terms with this news.
Coronation Street has reportedly consulted with the Terrence Higgins Trust, one of the UK's best-known sexual health advocacy and charity groups, to ensure that its depiction of an HIV+ person is authentic.
A spokesperson for Coronation Street is declining to comment on the reported storyline at this stage. This would be the first time that Coronation Street has directly tackled HIV for a major character.
Current Corrie producer Kate Oates also previously explored the issue of HIV through the character Val Pollard during her years running fellow ITV soap Emmerdale.
