Storylines of Coronation Street bar area, the Select, and the Snug into one larger bar making the interior set match the size of the outdoor set more closely. It has stayed the same layout ever since, but its wallpaper and fittings were updated in 2008. In 2002-03, "Coronation Street" featured storyline of Richard Hillman (Brian Capron), who entered as a relative of the late Alma Halliwell (Amanda Barrie). Initially the character was seen offering financial advice to residents and buying the house of Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire), in an arrangement where she would have the right to live in it for her lifetime, but
Screening of soap operas in Australia formerly broadcast "Shortland Street" at 5.00 pm weekdays, and repeated the following morning at 9:30 am. Episodes were almost three years behind current New Zealand episodes. As of August 2015, 7TWO no longer broadcasts "Shortland Street". The show first aired in Australia on SBS TV between 1994–1995. It then aired on BBC UKTV from 1997 until 2000. "Shortland Street" also aired on ABC1 between 2010–2011, weekdays at 4:30 am. "Coronation Street" is a British soap opera that first aired in Australia in 1963 on TCN-9 Sydney, GTV-9 Melbourne and NWS-9 Adelaide. By 1966, "Coronation Street" was more popular in Australia