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

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Directors:

Neil Alderton
Michael Apted

Writers:

Cyril Abraham (writer)
Jim Allen (writer)

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:

Working Class | Soap | Manchester England | Street In Title | Soap Opera

Awards:

86 wins & 104 nominations

Cast

Helen Worth	...	Gail Platt / ... (873 episodes, 1974-2009)
Simon Gregson	...	Steve McDonald (844 episodes, 1989-2009)
William Roache	...	Ken Barlow / ... (818 episodes, 1960-2009)
Beverley Callard	...	Liz McDonald (743 episodes, 1989-2009)
Barbara Knox	...	Rita Sullivan / ... (740 episodes, 1964-2009)
Anne Kirkbride	...	Deirdre Barlow / ... (739 episodes, 1972-2009)
Sue Nicholls	...	Audrey Roberts / ... (721 episodes, 1979-2009)
Sally Whittaker	...	Sally Webster / ... (703 episodes, 1986-2009)
Michael Le Vell	...	Kevin Webster / ... (636 episodes, 1981-2009)
Eileen Derbyshire	...	Emily Bishop / ... (615 episodes, 1961-2009)
Jennie McAlpine	...	Fiz Brown (558 episodes, 2001-2009)
Antony Cotton	...	Sean Tully (546 episodes, 2003-2009)
William Tarmey	...	Jack Duckworth / ... (521 episodes, 1977-2009)
Ryan Thomas	...	Jason Grimshaw (501 episodes, 2000-2009)
Samia Smith	...	Maria Sutherland / ... (498 episodes, 2000-2009)
Sue Cleaver	...	Eileen Grimshaw (494 episodes, 2000-2009)
Jack P. Shepherd	...	David Platt (490 episodes, 2000-2009)
Elizabeth Dawn	...	Vera Duckworth / ... (455 episodes, 1972-2008)
Malcolm Hebden	...	Norris Cole / ... (429 episodes, 1974-2009)
Betty Driver	...	Betty Turpin / ... (428 episodes, 1969-2009)
Kym Marsh	...	Michelle Connor (421 episodes, 2006-2009)
Jane Danson	...	Leanne Battersby / ... (412 episodes, 1997-2009)
Vicky Entwistle	...	Janice Battersby (408 episodes, 1997-2009)
David Neilson	...	Roy Cropper (391 episodes, 1995-2009)
Maggie Jones	...	Blanche Hunt / ... (370 episodes, 1967-2009)
Johnny Briggs	...	Mike Baldwin / ... (369 episodes, 1974-2006)
Alan Halsall	...	Tyrone Dobbs (368 episodes, 1998-2009)
Tupele Dorgu	...	Kelly Crabtree (366 episodes, 2004-2009)
Jenny Platt	...	Violet Wilson (363 episodes, 2004-2008)
Katherine Kelly	...	Becky Granger (360 episodes, 2006-2009)
Steven Arnold	...	Ashley Peacock (360 episodes, 1995-2009)

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:PG | Canada:PG | UK:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Granada Studios, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Trivia:

The only time the series' theme tune has been significantly rearranged for transmission was in episode 1170 in April 1972, where Emily Nugent married Ernie Bishop. Steve Race provided a jazz interpretation of Eric Spear's music, which played the episode out over a shot of Albert Tatlock and Minnie Caldwell walking down the Street from the wedding reception. Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas! (1997) (V), a video-only soap-bubble, featured a suitably transatlantic cover courtesy of Mike Stock and Matt Aitken.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the episode, 22/11/2004, (where Dev's corner shops are blown up by Maya) Dev drives his Saab to the shop which is about to be blown up, he parks the car directly outside the shop. Also parked directly outside the shop is another car. As the shop blows up, the camera changes angle to show the blast and Dev's car has somehow disappeared, just leaving the other car in shot.

Quotes:

Rita Littlewood: Did you ever run away from home?
Norris Cole: No, I most certainly did not!
Rita Littlewood: That must have been a great disappointment to your mother!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Sex, Lies & Soaps: Appearance (#1.4)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

I am, I feel

British TV at it's Best

If you want to see British TV at it's best then look no further, This is a high class soap opera which has won many awards, The performances in this show sometimes outshine those that have won Oscars. The premise of the series is the following of lives in an old terraced street in Manchester. Each resident is different, it would be boring if they were. The Street is famous for it's comic humour, in the midst of a dramatic scene you are always guaranteed a laugh. It is a must see programme. It is the top rated programme in the UK.