Coronation Street’s Rovers Return may have to close its doors when the soap resumes filming.
Show bosses are said to be considering shutting the boozer for a period of time to reflect the current coronavirus pandemic, which has seen pubs close in real life.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "They’re hopeful they will be able to start work on new episodes soon, but one way of nodding to the lockdown is shutting the Rovers.
"They want to make sure they reflect the reality of the world watching."
Two weeks ago, Andy Whyment – who plays Kirk Sutherland – said ‘Coronation Street’ stars would have to return to filming by the middle of June to ensure the soap doesn’t go off air in the summer.
Speaking on Manchester United’s ‘MUTV Group Chat’ video, he added: "I think we’ve got until the beginning of July in the can. So we need to get back, hopefully, by the middle of June with a bit of luck.
"Otherwise it’s going to go off air. Hopefully we’ll get back.
"A lot of the airlines have said they’re going to start flying again mid-June, so, hopefully, if that’s going to happen then hopefully we should be able to get back to work with a bit of luck. Fingers crossed."
‘Corrie’ have reduced their weekly output from six episodes to three after filming was paused due to the coronavirus lockdown, and Andy admitted it was the "right thing to do" to stop shooting episodes.
He said: "We worked up until the Friday when Boris closed all the pubs and clubs, and we had the schedule up to the following Thursday.
"On the Sunday we had an email saying they were standing everyone down, which is fair enough.
"We were all saying we will carry on as long as we can, but I think work just felt that if all the pubs and clubs were shutting then it’s probably just the right thing for us to do to shut down."
Coronation Street to close Rovers Return to reflect coronavirus pandemic?
