Overview
- Barbara Knox told the Corrie special 60 Unforgettable Years on Thursday that a 1974 all-female working trip to Majorca prompted male co-stars to stop speaking to the women.
- Knox said the actresses went to Spain to film beach scenes that were unusual for soap productions at the time and described the real-life experience as "dreadful."
- The Majorca group included long-standing cast members such as Jean Alexander, Eileen Derbyshire, Thelma Barlow, Anne Kirkbride, Doris Speed and Julie Goodyear who shot on the beach for the special episode.
- Knox has played Rita Tanner since 1964 and the anecdote was presented as nostalgic material in the anniversary special rather than as a new or ongoing dispute.
- The account highlights how production choices in the 1970s could create workplace friction and offers a window into past gender dynamics on a long-running programme that still airs on ITV and ITVX.