Coronation Street, Britain's and the world's longest-running soap opera, will introduce its first black family

The New York Times

The ITV soap has focused on working-class characters in Manchester, England since its debut in December 1960. But it's only now welcoming a black family, which some critics say should've happened much sooner. “Manchester has a large proportion of black residents, so it did feel sort of overdue we did this and represented modern Manchester a bit more accurately,” said Coronation Street's producer Ian MacLeod.