"Coronation Street" (1960) TV series 1960-????

Directors:

Neil Alderton
Darrol Blake

Writers:

Cyril Abraham (writer)
Martin Allen (1997)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

9 December 1960 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The UK's longest-running TV soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working class people in Manchester, England.

Plot Keywords:

Soap | Working Class | Manchester England | Famous Opening Theme | Gray

Awards:

88 wins & 104 nominations

Cast

Helen Worth	...	Gail Platt / ... (939 episodes, 1974-2009)
Simon Gregson	...	Steve McDonald (903 episodes, 1989-2009)
William Roache	...	Ken Barlow / ... (881 episodes, 1960-2009)
Anne Kirkbride	...	Deirdre Barlow / ... (800 episodes, 1972-2009)
Beverley Callard	...	Liz McDonald (792 episodes, 1989-2009)
Sally Whittaker	...	Sally Webster / ... (775 episodes, 1986-2009)
Barbara Knox	...	Rita Sullivan / ... (775 episodes, 1964-2009)
Sue Nicholls	...	Audrey Roberts / ... (766 episodes, 1979-2009)
Michael Le Vell	...	Kevin Webster / ... (715 episodes, 1981-2009)
Eileen Derbyshire	...	Emily Bishop / ... (674 episodes, 1961-2009)
Jennie McAlpine	...	Fiz Brown / ... (613 episodes, 2001-2009)
Antony Cotton	...	Sean Tully (593 episodes, 2003-2009)
Samia Smith	...	Maria Sutherland / ... (565 episodes, 2000-2009)
William Tarmey	...	Jack Duckworth / ... (558 episodes, 1977-2009)
Sue Cleaver	...	Eileen Grimshaw / ... (542 episodes, 1994-2009)
Ryan Thomas	...	Jason Grimshaw (538 episodes, 2000-2009)
Jack P. Shepherd	...	David Platt (535 episodes, 2000-2009)
Malcolm Hebden	...	Norris Cole / ... (488 episodes, 1974-2009)
Elizabeth Dawn	...	Vera Duckworth / ... (472 episodes, 1972-2008)
Kym Marsh	...	Michelle Connor (466 episodes, 2006-2009)
Betty Driver	...	Betty Turpin / ... (464 episodes, 1969-2009)
Vicky Entwistle	...	Janice Battersby (455 episodes, 1997-2009)
Jane Danson	...	Leanne Battersby / ... (453 episodes, 1997-2009)
David Neilson	...	Roy Cropper (444 episodes, 1995-2009)
Alan Halsall	...	Tyrone Dobbs (436 episodes, 1998-2009)
Steven Arnold	...	Ashley Peacock (408 episodes, 1995-2009)
Maggie Jones	...	Blanche Hunt / ... (408 episodes, 1967-2009)
Katherine Kelly	...	Becky Granger / ... (402 episodes, 2006-2009)
Tupele Dorgu	...	Kelly Crabtree (401 episodes, 2004-2009)
Johnny Briggs	...	Mike Baldwin / ... (395 episodes, 1974-2006)
Julia Haworth	...	Claire Peacock / ... (393 episodes, 2003-2009)
Helen Flanagan	...	Rosie Webster (380 episodes, 2000-2009)
Craig Charles	...	Lloyd Mullaney (378 episodes, 2005-2009)

Also Known As:

Corrie (UK) (informal title)
Florizel Street (UK) (working title)
The Street (UK) (informal title)
Where No Bird Sings (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (1960-1969 and 1970-1971) | Color (1969-1970 and 1971-)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (1960-1989) | Stereo (1990-)

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Canada:PG | UK:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Granada Studios, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Trivia:

An off-air still from the then-current opening titles appears on the cover of The Jam's 1980 album "Sound Affects".

Goofs:

Continuity: In the episode after Katie kills Tommy, the expression on Tommy's face keeps changing throughout the episode.

Quotes:

Mina Parekh: That's very clever to have a little sewing kit in your bag.
Maya Sharma: Yes, well, you never know when you might want to stitch someone up.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Just a Minute: (#4.17)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

I am, I feel

A good, appealing show - that lost its ultimate, intriguing 'superbitch' - Tracy Barlow

Those who watched this soap-opera 45+ years ago will be stunned at the tension, gay relationships (not that they are at all harmful), the catfights, the swearing and the dark, dramatic events that occur; events that are totally shocking and unexpected but that's what draws in viewers, isn't it? I know back in the 1960s/70s/early 80s it was a whole lot calmer but this is the turn of the 21st Century and - I know things shouldn't have to change so quickly - but dramatic darkness and lifelike betrayal is the main appeal as far as television is concerned. Last month saw Kate Ford leave the soap who played Coronation Street's biggest super-bitch Tracy Barlow; though I was mildly fed up at how this ultimate troublemaker was no longer to be featured in Corrie, I know she deserved it all - she was locked up in prison and this imprisonment is to go on for at least the next 15 years! 15 YEARS!!! What a long time! And by that time, baby Amy will be a teenager so, logically speaking, she won't see her own daughter's childhood! Mind you, while I don't take any pleasure in a majority of things she said and did, I do actually agree with her mean remarks and, yes, even her many manipulative tricks to an extent. Browse through each harsh quote and you'll see just how much I agree with her harshness;

ON CLAIRE PEACOCK: "Uh Claire, you are such a freak!" (She's got a point, I suppose), "See ya later, 4-eyed freak!" (Still got a point but I wouldn't have said THAT to Mrs Peacock), "Goggles" (I wouldn't have said THAT to Claire either but, for god's sake Mrs Peacock, you DO look pretty ridiculous in those horrible glasses) ON SHELLEY UNWIN: "Fat Slag", "Hippopotumus" (Definitely not; Tracy blamed Shelley for having an affair with the wicked Charlie Stubbs when it was all his fault), "you arrogant bitch" (on the same matter, NO! I stick up for poor Shelley completely) ON KAREN McDONALD: "Baron Karen" (that was in 2004 when Karen was gutted to find that she couldn't have babies and though that is a rather mean thing to say, Karen, too, was being mean at the time; a spoilt, psychotic and selfish bitch), "it would be hard showing the baby under all that lard" (again, Tracy had a right to vent her fury upon a horrible woman). It's a fantastic soap-opera that I know I'll gladly want to watch as long as it's still on the telly. It's over 40 years old, you know.