Love Corrie? Here’s how much of your life you’ll spending watching it

SOAP addicts, look away now… turns out that you’ve probably spent a YEAR of your life watching Coronation Street.

If you’re captivated by the Cobbles, calculations reveal that you’re likely to have devoted over five days a year to the popular soap.

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According to the average UK life expectancy, 80-years-old, a viewer who has been watching the household drama from the age of 16 has dedicated 345 days of their life to Corrie.

The many months spent watching characters sink pints in the Rovers Return could have actually been spent in your own local!

The soap opera, which has been running since 1960, has aired over 8,935 episodes.

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Here's a breakdown of the startling statistics...

• Viewers that tune into each of the five episodes a week dedicate around 5.4 days of each year to Corrie.

• If you were to avidly watch Coronation Street for 10 years, you’d spend a whopping 54 days in front of the box.

• Those who have loyally tuned in for 25 years have devoted 135 days of their lives to the popular soap.

• How many days have you spent watching Corrie? Multiply the number of years you've watched by 5.4 to find out.

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Sickened by the amount of time you’ve spent watching Corrie? It’s going to get even worse from 2017.

Fans are in for a treat after ITV confirmed that the popular ITV soap drama will give its loyal audience an extra episode per week.

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Even more Cobbles!

Coronation Street will air SIX times a week from next year

ITV’s Director of Television, Kevin Lygo, explained that the decision reflected the broadcaster’s commitment to high quality soap for its hugely loyal audience.

He said: “I am a life-long fan of Coronation Street and one of the first things I wanted to explore when I became Director of Television was taking the production to six episodes a week.”

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When these plans are rolled out, those who tune into every episode will be spending 6.5 days of their year watching Corrie.

This amounts to 65 days per year and a staggering 416 days in an average person’s lifetime.