Yate the Entertainer. Eating places in the centre include McDonald's, Boswells and Wetherspoons. During the 1980s and into the mid-1990s, the shopping centre hosted Yate’s annual festival. On opening day a celebrity launched the festival by releasing balloons and stayed to sign autographs. Celebrities have included Carole Lee Scott, in character as Grotbags (from Rod Hull and Emu's enemy), Timmy Mallett, Keith Chegwin, Ross Kemp ("EastEnders"<nowiki>'</nowiki> Grant Mitchell), Ken Morley ("Coronation Street"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Reg Holdsworth), David Neilson ("Coronation Street"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Roy Cropper), Beverley Callard ("Coronation Street"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Liz McDonald), Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog, and the Milky Bar Kid. The festival also brought
Ken and Deirdre's Bedtime Stories spinoff followed the success of exclusive online-only content which was introduced for "Coronation Street"'s 50th anniversary the month before. The series is made up of ten three-minute episodes. Ken and Deirdre's Bedtime Stories Ken and Deirdre's Bedtime Stories is an online spin off from the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". The episodes have been available on the "Coronation Street" website from 14 February 2011 and will be broadcast within ten weeks. The series featured the characters of Ken Barlow and his wife Deirdre Barlow talking in bed before going to sleep. In January 2011, "Coronation Street" producers confirmed that Ken