Coronation Street will air a storyline centred on male rape in an effort to highlight the “culture of silence” which surrounds it.
“We decided to cover the topic of male rape to help try and highlight the culture of silence that surrounds male sexual assault, and issues surrounding male mental health in general,” she said.
Craig added: “The day the story broke that Coronation Street were tackling male rape as a subject, there was a flurry of activity on social media and Survivors Manchester was being talked about.”
The ITV show’s producer Kate Oates said the soap hopes to highlight the “culture of silence” around male sexual assault.