Why is there no middle class "Corrie" or "East Enders"?

The answer's fairly obvious. The middle classes don't lead violent, crime ridden lives. Angst brought on by bad budgetary control, and little hinterland to soak up life's verisimilitudes bugger the working classes. "Corrie"'s cast don't have Flaubert to fall back on when they're caught with their pants down. East Enders, had they be au fait with Dickens and his portrayal of the slum classes in the East End wouldn't get so uppity when the bailiff called.

"Working class" life as imagined by middle class producers and TV execs is full of action and little else. Ya bird's up the duff - sorted with a barney outside the Queen Vic and a cosy chat with the archetypal East End tart with a good heart. Frankly, if Lionel Bart were alive today he' d be a script writer for East Enders. Imagine instead of that "De, De,De,De,De,De, Dum" we'd have "Consider yourself our mates" or " Oliver" as the intro to 30 minutes of"working class" toil and strife

The working classes are all grime and misery. Not so the middle classes. We (I'm staunchly that) have humour. The middle classes are funny, in a not so humorous manner. All the greatest comedic characters are deluded. Hancock, Manwearing, Fawlty, Harold Steptoe and Del Boy inhabit a world that is constantly being undermined by reality. Then there are the "soft" comedies: "Keeping Up Appearances"; " On Foot in the Grave"; "Duty Free"and of course "A Fine Romance". These we appreciate as well written, with class actors allowing us to laugh at ourselves. But in the end all they do is pass half an hour or so.

Grit and comedy has shifted on line. Twitter and You Tube provide endless hours of fun, laughter and misery recording ordinary people's lives. I don't say that we can say "goodbye" to working class sit com. "Corrie" has rediscovered its comedic theme and is a joy. "East Enders" never was so clever and is still the go to place for wrist slashing.