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

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Directors:

Neil Alderton
Michael Apted
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Writers:

Cyril Abraham (writer)
Jim Allen (writer)
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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)

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Series Directed by
Mervyn Cumming		(94 episodes, 1990-2001)
Daniel Wilson		(35 episodes, 2003-2005)
Tim Hopewell		(23 episodes, 2004-2006)
John Anderson		(12 episodes, 2000-2007)
Illy		(11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Piotr Szkopiak		(10 episodes, 2006)
Alan Wareing		(9 episodes, 2002-2007)
Michael Kerrigan		(8 episodes, 2006-2007)
Brian Mills		(7 episodes, 1990-2000)
Pip Short		(7 episodes, 2006-2007)
Terry Dyddgen-Jones		(5 episodes, 1997-2008)
Tony Prescott		(5 episodes, 2000-2007)
Ian Bevitt		(5 episodes, 2000-2005)
Stephen Moore		(5 episodes, 2007)
Howard Baker		(4 episodes, 1961-1969)
Eric Prytherch		(4 episodes, 1969-1972)
Ian White		(4 episodes, 1990)
Duncan Foster		(4 episodes, 2004-2006)
Mike Adams		(4 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jason Beresford		(4 episodes, 2008)
Pauline Shaw		(3 episodes, 1961-1965)
Les Chatfield		(3 episodes, 1967-1970)
Joe Boyer		(3 episodes, 1969-1973)
Will Brenton		(3 episodes, 1998)
Tessa Hoffe		(3 episodes, 2005-2006)
Sean Crotty		(3 episodes, 2006)
Michael Scott		(2 episodes, 1961)
Tim Jones		(2 episodes, 1968)
Quentin Lawrence		(2 episodes, 1974)
Spencer Campbell		(2 episodes, 1990)
Oliver Horsbrugh		(2 episodes, 1990)
Alan Marsden		(2 episodes, 1990)
John Darnell		(2 episodes, 1991)
Noreen Kershaw		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Tim Dowd		(2 episodes, 2000-2007)
Tracey Rooney		(2 episodes, 2003-2005)
Diana Patrick		(2 episodes, 2004)
Kay Patrick		(2 episodes, 2004)
Graeme Harper		(2 episodes, 2005)
June Howson		(1 episode, 1968-1990)
Colin Cant		(1 episode, 1972-1997)
Stephen Butcher		(1 episode, 1973-1999)
Mike Newell		(unknown episodes, 1966)
Eugene Ferguson		(unknown episodes, 1981-1996)
Paul Bernard		(unknown episodes, 1987)
Richard Holthouse		(unknown episodes, 1987)
Mary McMurray		(unknown episodes, 1987)
Richard Signy		(unknown episodes, 1990)
Sarah Harding		(unknown episodes, 1991)
Garth Tucker		(unknown episodes, 1997)
Haldane Duncan		(unknown episodes, 2000)
Jim Loach		(unknown episodes, 2000)
Anne Ross Muir		(unknown episodes, 2000)
Graham Wetherell		(unknown episodes, 2000)
Philip Wood		(unknown episodes, 2000)
Neil Alderton		(unknown episodes)
Michael Apted		(unknown episodes)
John Black		(unknown episodes)
Darrol Blake		(unknown episodes)
Gerald Blake		(unknown episodes)
Alan Bromly		(unknown episodes)
David Carson		(unknown episodes)
Julian Farino		(unknown episodes)
Nicholas Ferguson		(unknown episodes)
Alan Grint		(unknown episodes)
Roland Joffé		(unknown episodes)
David Kester		(unknown episodes)
Brian Lennane		(unknown episodes)
Craig Lines		(unknown episodes)
Kenny McBain		(unknown episodes)
Gerry Mill		(unknown episodes)
Laurence Moody		(unknown episodes)
John Llewellyn Moxey		(unknown episodes)
John Michael Phillips		(unknown episodes)
Matthew Robinson		(unknown episodes)
Tim Sullivan		(unknown episodes)
Baz Taylor		(unknown episodes)
Malcolm Taylor		(unknown episodes)
Tony Wharmby		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Stephen Mallatratt		(47 episodes, 1987-1999)
John Fay		(18 episodes, 2003-2007)
Mark Wadlow		(16 episodes, 1999-2007)
Bob Mason		(15 episodes, 1981-1987)
Jonathan Harvey		(15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Joe Turner		(14 episodes, 2001-2008)
Harry Driver		(11 episodes, 1961-1969)
Leslie Duxbury		(9 episodes, 1966-1991)
Catherine Hayes		(8 episodes, 1997-2006)
Adele Rose		(7 episodes, 1961-1991)
Tony Warren		(5 episodes, 1960-1969)
Malcolm Lynch		(5 episodes, 1969-1970)
Brian Finch		(5 episodes, 1970-1977)
Martin Allen		(5 episodes, 1997-2006)
H.V. Kershaw		(4 episodes, 1961-1988)
Susan Pleat		(4 episodes, 1967-1970)
Esther Rose		(4 episodes, 1969)
John Finch		(3 episodes, 1961-1970)
Jack Rosenthal		(3 episodes, 1961-1969)
Anthea Ingham		(3 episodes, 1969)
Peter Whalley		(3 episodes, 1980-2008)
Geoffrey Lancashire		(2 episodes, 1964-1971)
Julian Roach		(2 episodes, 1969-1975)
Julie Gearey		(2 episodes, 2001)
Vince Powell		(1 episode, 1961-1967)
John Pennington		(1 episode, 1961-1964)
Peter Eckersley		(1 episode, 1962-1969)
Tom Eliott		(1 episode, 1987-1991)
Phil Ford		(1 episode, 1997-2002)
Johnny Whyte		(unknown episodes, 1961-1962)
John Allridge		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Barbara Clegg		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Wyn Davies		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Michael Dines		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Douglas Enefer		(unknown episodes, 1961)
John O'Toole		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Allan Prior		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Dennis Spooner		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Joseph Taggart		(unknown episodes, 1961)
John Teddington		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Charles Vites		(unknown episodes, 1961)
Ray Dunbobbin		(unknown episodes, 1962-1963)
Robert Holles		(unknown episodes, 1962-1963)
Clifford Buttrey		(unknown episodes, 1962)
Alec Travis		(unknown episodes, 1962)
Keith Watson		(unknown episodes, 1962)
Barry Hill		(unknown episodes, 1970)
Paula Milne		(unknown episodes, 1976)
John Stevenson		(unknown episodes, 1976)
Frank Cottrell Boyce		(unknown episodes, 1991)
Patrea Smallacombe		(unknown episodes, 1992)
John Sullivan		(unknown episodes, 1997)
Sue Mooney		(unknown episodes, 2003)
Cyril Abraham		(unknown episodes)
Jim Allen		(unknown episodes)
Bernard Aspen		(unknown episodes)
Ken Blakeson		(unknown episodes)
Nazrin Choudhury		(unknown episodes)
Paul Cornell		(unknown episodes)
Gerry Davis		(unknown episodes)
Harry Duffin		(unknown episodes)
Kenneth Eastaugh		(unknown episodes)
Jim Hitchmough		(unknown episodes)
Matt Jones		(unknown episodes)
David Lane		(unknown episodes)
Elizabeth Malpas		(unknown episodes)
Kay McManus		(unknown episodes)
Kay Mellor		(unknown episodes)
Jim O'Hanlon		(unknown episodes)
Chris Parker		(unknown episodes)
Tony Perrin		(unknown episodes)
Janey Preger		(unknown episodes)
James Robson		(unknown episodes)
Ben Steed		(unknown episodes)
Peter Tonkinson		(unknown episodes)
Sally Wainwright		(unknown episodes)
Susan Wilkins		(unknown episodes)
Phil Woods		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Gavin Blyth	....	assistant producer (544 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kim Moore	....	producer (53 episodes, 2008)
Sue Pritchard	....	producer (42 episodes, 1994-1997)
H.V. Kershaw	....	executive producer / producer (12 episodes, 1962-1972)
Stuart Latham	....	producer (4 episodes, 1960-1961)
Eric Prytherch	....	producer / co-producer (4 episodes, 1972-1974)
Susi Hush	....	producer / co-producer (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Bill Podmore	....	producer (3 episodes, 1976-1987)
Derek Granger	....	producer (2 episodes, 1961)
Jack Rosenthal	....	producer (2 episodes, 1967)
Richard Doubleday	....	producer (2 episodes, 1968)
Carolyn Reynolds	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1991-2004)
Antony Wood	....	producer (2 episodes, 2004-2006)
Jane Macnaught	....	executive producer (1 episode, 1999-2002)
David Liddiment	....	executive producer (unknown episodes, 1988-1992)
Brian Park	....	producer (unknown episodes, 1997-1998)
Kay Patrick	....	associate producer (unknown episodes, 1997)
Kieran Roberts	....	producer (unknown episodes, 2001-2004)
Steve Frost	....	producer (unknown episodes, 2005)
Leslie Duxbury	....	producer (unknown episodes)
John G. Temple	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Mervyn Watson	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Eric Spear		(1 episode, 1996)

Series Film Editing by
Phill Lees		(15 episodes, 2008)
David Williams		(3 episodes, 2007)
Dave Deakin		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
James Bain		(1 episode, 1987-1995)
Janie Frazer		(1 episode, 2004)
Gennie Radcliffe		(1 episode, 2004)
June West		(unknown episodes, 1997-2003)
Judi Hayfield		(unknown episodes, 1997)

Series Production Design by
Denis Parkin		(7 episodes, 1960-1965)
Knowles Bentley		(4 episodes, 1967-1975)
Ed Buziak		(4 episodes, 1972-1974)
Peter Caldwell		(3 episodes, 1964)
Tim Farmer		(3 episodes, 1969)
Colin Rees		(2 episodes, 1968)
Roy Graham		(2 episodes, 1969-1987)
Eugene Ferguson		(2 episodes, 1970-1972)
Eric Deakins		(2 episodes, 1977)
Christopher Walker		(1 episode, 1996-1997)
Tim Wilding		(unknown episodes, 1987)
Chris Truelove		(unknown episodes, 1990)
Paul Rowan		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Winston Azzopardi	....	production manager: Malta (3 episodes, 2007)
Anne Wilkie-Millar	....	production manager (unknown episodes, 1997)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Andy Gradwell	....	third assistant director (6 episodes, 2006)
Philip Lewis	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Billie Williams	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Mike Fallon	....	production buyer (2 episodes, 1997)
Kay Brown	....	stand-by art director (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Tim Cockerill	....	sound editor (79 episodes, 2008-2009)
Phil Smith	....	film sound (3 episodes, 1969-1974)
Frank H. Griffiths	....	dubbing mixer (2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Malcolm Davies	....	production sound mixer: location (unknown episodes)
Helen McIlveen	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Graham Aikman	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Joss Gower	....	stunt driver (1 episode, 1999)
Steve Griffin	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Renny Krupinski	....	fight arranger (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ray Goode	....	film camera (3 episodes, 1969-1974)
Tony Blackmore	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 2008)
David Wood	....	film camera (2 episodes, 1969-1977)
Marc Tempest	....	key grip (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Don Kelly	....	film editor (2 episodes, 1969-1974)
Jon Felix	....	film editor (2 episodes, 1984)

Series Transportation Department
Buddy Hunter	....	transportation location captain (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Gareth Philips	....	series editor (491 episodes, 2004-2006)
Gavin Blyth	....	story associate / story editor (195 episodes, 2005-2006)
Faisal A. Qureshi	....	researcher (60 episodes, 2008)
Carly Ferguson	....	desk runner (34 episodes, 2004)
Leslie Duxbury	....	script editor (4 episodes, 1974-1977)
Malcolm Lynch	....	script editor (3 episodes, 1968-1972)
Oliver Crocker	....	production office runner (3 episodes, 2007)
H.V. Kershaw	....	serial editor (2 episodes, 1961)
Lyn Papadopoulos	....	story associate (2 episodes, 2003-2005)
Jon Older	....	floor manager (unknown episodes, 1980)
Tom Elliot	....	story associate / story editor (unknown episodes, 1990)
Paul Abbott	....	story editor (unknown episodes, 1991)
Jim Capper	....	location manager (unknown episodes, 1996-1998)
Gillian Cresswell	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1997)
Ann McManus	....	deputy story editor / story associate (unknown episodes, 1997)
David Millard	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1997)
Jim O'Hanlan	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1997)
Gareth Roberts	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1997)
Matthew Westwood	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1997)
Andrew Wightman	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1997)
Steve Hughes	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1998-2000)
Kathleen Beedles	....	story associate (unknown episodes, 1999-2001)
Angela Sinden	....	script editor (unknown episodes, 2006)
Josie Burne	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Di Burrows	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Graham Carlisle	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Tom Eliott	....	story editor (unknown episodes)
Darren Fairhurst	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Rupert Laight	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Elizabeth Malpas	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Jan McVerry	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Kim Moore	....	script editor (unknown episodes)
Brian B. Thompson	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Mariam Vossough	....	story associate (unknown episodes)
Jane Woodrow	....	story associate (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Therese Meek	....	in loving memory of (1 episode, 2009)

Production Companies

• Granada Television

Distributors

• Granada Sky Broadcasting (19??) (worldwide) (TV) (distributor)
• Independent Television (ITV) (1960-) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• Independent Television (ITV) (200?) (UK) (TV) (repeats)
• UKTV Gold (199?) (UK) (TV) (syndication)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (19??) (Canada) (TV)
• TCN Nine (1963-197?) (Australia) (TV) (Sydney area)
• GTV 9 (1963-197?) (Australia) (TV) (Melbourne area)
• NWS 9 (1963-197?) (Australia) (TV) (Adelaide area)
• Nine Network Australia (1994-1995) (UK) (TV)
• Arena (1996-????) (Australia) (TV)
• UK.TV (????-) (Australia) (TV)
• Vitaya (????) (Belgium) (TV)

Special Effects

• Red Frog (computer graphics)

Other Companies

• EuroKids & Adults International Casting and Model Agency  extras casting

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

Coronation Street Fantastic!

I love Coronation street and have been watching it forever..I would watch it with me mam if I stayed home from school due to illness.

I remember when I first started watching, it was in black and white. I miss the old characters like Ena Sharples and Uncle Albert.

I do not care for the Sarah storyline much. Maybe it's because I don't like Sarah. Her mother, Gail, is an old shrew.

I love Blanche Hunt, doesn't everyone have a Blanche Hunt in their neighborhoods?

And lovely Rita...she's my very favourite. What a brilliant actress and a shining star.

I love when Les Battersby refers to Norris as "Doris"!

I hope this show runs for another 42 years so I can watch it when I'm in the IL' nursing home.