VIEWERS VIEWS

Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33027, 21 September 1972, Page 4

VIEWERS VIEWS

I Letters on television topics ar« | subject to the rule* applying to | general correspondence. CORONATION STRF.I I I It is clear that M. O'Neill I has never been in England. if he can stigmatise “Coronation Street” as “artificially ■acted.” The whole charm of Ithis long series lies in the absolute authenticity conIjveyed in its presentation Jack Walker, and his awful 'wife, tetchy little Tatlock. ; and pathetically simple Min- . nie Caldwell—to mention J only four—can be met at any 1 time anywhere in England, i land give' the screen an aura of day-to-day life. Personalis ' I don’t care a hoot tor Elsie •Tanner's (or any other) stage romance, though Patricia Phoenix is a fine actress, but the pawky humour. and J occasional displays of iwarm feeling are typical oi I my countrymen, and I like I the series for that reason — 11. TREW. i I would think that M. II O’Neill must be one of a : very small minority who i does not enjoy “Coronation i Street.” Personally the two ■ weekly episodes of it. to gether with “Task ForceSoftly Softly” more than > compensate for the $2O television licence. 1 cannot see 11 any sign of the “sick British'' •(working class mentioned in I his letter. I enjoy every : I minute of a glimpse into the ; I day-to-day life of a LanJcashire village. Perhaps it is ■•the letter of a “sick New Zealand viewer.”—FAN.