I have accepted that a series which just showed the lives of ordinary people would be pretty boring, but it is a bit daft that inhabitants of Coronation Street are 56 times more likely to die a violent death than the average Briton. The conveyancing bit annoys me, as does the way serious crimes are tried within weeks, and nobody has any relatives outside the street to attend their weddings or funerals. Mothers are usually in Spain and Cyprus when their daughters get married, and don't seem able to fly back.
When a character dies, or moves away, they are rarely mentioned again.
Factory workers can afford to buy rounds in the pub, and Emily, the devout methodist, is partial to a sweet sherry.
On the plus side, the child actors become extremely accomplished (I wish the Archers team could use the same agents) and the humour is great. Some of the accents are a bit dodgy - I speak as somebody who grew up in Salford.
Young writers don't seem to check their facts - in Emmerdale Jack started out as a successful novelist living in Italy, who came back to run the farm when his father died, but in a later programme claimed to have been farming all his life. They also sold Emmerdale Farm but miraculously became owners again later on. These anomalies are annoying to faithful supporters.
