December 10th, 2010 by Sarah. No comments Brian Capron, who of course played Richard Hillman on Corrie, has heaped praise on the cast and crew for how well last night’s live episode went. While appearing on This Morning today, Brian said, “I thought it was absolutely superb… “So many incidents, plot twists and superb production values. “The planning that must’ve gone into it was terrific.” And when asked if soaps only stage live episodes as “publicity stunts” Brian replied, “I think that’s what people say… “But my angle on it is that, amazingly enough, when you do a normal recording, the best take is nearly always the first take. “Often you have to go again because of something technical, but when you do the second take, you sometimes just don’t have that freshness and energy… “I thought they were obviously all up for it last night; they had that extra edge. “Also, in a way, it’s rather nice to do your first performance and know it’s going to go straight out.” And rather scary I would...