In a weird and wacky PR stunt, Coronation Street will become the first ever TV soap to feature on Google Street View.

To celebrate the re-launch of the show’s website, producers of the popular series have thrown open doors for the Google Street View car, making it the first TV soap ever to do so.

Today the Street View car, which features specially designed camera equipment atop its roof, drove down famous cobbled the street to take the images. However the putting together of these images can take months, so the footage won’t be available to see for a few months yet.

An ITV spokesperson said: “Thanks to Street View, fans will be able to have a good nose around the set in a way that would have been unimaginable almost 50 years ago when the show first aired. “

Google added: “This is the first ever TV soap to be photographed for Street View and we’re thrilled that soon fans up and down the country will be able to imagine themselves heading down the street to enjoy a pint in the Rovers.”

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if the cameras had caught Rita snogging Roy, or Blanche thieving from Dev’s? It wouldn’t be the first time someone had been caught out by this new technology!