In the latest View From My Sofa, Suranne Jones opens up to Radio Times about her years on Coronation Street , moving into producing and why she's now investigating witch trials in a new documentary. You can hear more from Suranne in the Radio Times Podcast , available now from your regular podcast provider. What’s the view from your sofa? We’ve got a big, green velvet sofa.
We’re going to change it because it’s too low. We bought it so we could slump but we actually can’t get up. My view is of my legs, my little boy’s legs, my husband’s legs covered in a blanket – and two dogs’ heads.
We’ve got bookshelves, wedding pictures and a couple of awards! What do you enjoy watching on TV? I watch stuff in the bath separately to the boys. At the moment, it’s a lot of shows about housewives, The Valley and Bake Off. I’ve been filming a big Netflix show and I’ve done a lot of research and reading, so when I’m relaxing, I want something mind-numbing.
Who controls the remote when you do watch together? We both have to be invested in it! On Saturday nights, we watch shows with my little boy – Gladiators , Britain’s Got Talent. It’s only since he’s turned eight that he wants to watch TV with us, have a curry and eat snacks! You started out in Coronation Street as Karen McDonald. As a girl who’d grown up in Greater Manchester, that must have been a brilliant role to land? All the northerners were punching the air when I signed the contract! It was really.
