A barely conscious Carla is rescued by Leanne. Leanne went back inside to rescue Amy, followed by Kal. The residents are horrified when they find a gas canister on fire. Amy and Leanne make it out safely but Kal is killed after the balcony of the flat explodes. A stray piece from the flaming debris then causes a second explosion at the nearby builders' yard, ignited by a batch of flammable chemicals. This blast hits Maddie as she walks past the yard, and she later dies from her injuries. Carla becomes addicted to a gambling habit and is a mess.
She takes Tracy to a cliff and tries to commit suicide but Tracy confesses. On the morning of 1 March , Coronation Street creator, Tony Warren , died, aged 79, after a "short illness" as confirmed by Coronation Street's Twitter account. Tributes were paid by cast members, past and present. In October , David Platt attempted to get revenge on his wife Kylie's killer Clayton Hibbs by crashing his car into the prison van that killer Clayton was in. In a bid to protect him from himself, Gail and Nick lock him in the cellar of the Bistro.
However he fakes his own death and manages to escape his makeshift prison cell. He runs to the garage, where his car is being repaired and drives off in it much to his family's horror. However, while driving the car, he sees his daughter Lily in the road and swerves the car and flips over in it. Gary Windass attempted to save Lily but they both ended up trapped under it.
When the two are pulled out, the car suddenly catches fire and left Anna Windass with severely injured legs after catching fire due to it spreading. The attacker was revealed in May to be Daniel.
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Daniel was offered a place at Oxford University. However, Sinead falls pregnant with his child and he decides to stay in Weatherfield to look after them. When Ken learns of this, he persuades Sinead to get an abortion.
When Sinead reveals to Daniel about the abortion, he breaks up with Sinead and attacks Ken that night. Daniel is not arrested as Ken tells the police that he tripped and no one pushed him. Since , Coronation Street has featured many characters whose popularity with viewers and critics has differed greatly. Ena was the street's busybody, battle-axe and self-proclaimed moral voice.
Coronation Street became known for the portrayal of strong female characters, [72] including original cast characters like Ena, Annie and Elsie, and Hilda Ogden Jean Alexander , who first appeared in ; who became household names during the s. Ken Barlow William Roache entered the storyline as a young radical, reflecting the youth of s Britain, where figures like the Beatles , the Rolling Stones and the model Twiggy were to reshape the concept of youthful rebellion.
Though the rest of the original Barlow family were killed off before the end of the s, Ken, who for 27 years was the only character from the first episode remaining, has remained the constant link throughout the entire series. In , Dennis Tanner Philip Lowrie , another character from the first episode, returned to Coronation Street after a year absence. Since , Ken Barlow has been the show's only remaining original character. Emily Bishop Eileen Derbyshire had appeared in the series since late-January , when the show was just weeks old, and was the show's longest-serving female character before she departed on 1 January Rita Tanner Barbara Knox appeared on the show for one episode in December , before returning as a full time cast member in January She is currently the second longest serving original cast member on the show.
Stan and Hilda Ogden were introduced in , with Hilda becoming one of the most famous British soap opera characters of all time. Hilda Ogden's departure on Christmas Day , remains the highest-rated episode of Coronation Street ever, with nearly 27,, viewers. Stan Ogden had been killed off in following the death of actor Bernard Youens after a long illness which had restricted his appearances towards the end.
Bet Lynch Julie Goodyear first appeared in , before becoming a regular in , and went on to become one of the most famous Corrie characters. The character briefly returned in June Coronation Street and its characters often rely heavily on archetypes, with the characterisation of some of its current and recent cast based loosely on past characters.
The show's former archivist and scriptwriter Daran Little disagreed with the characterisation of the show as a collection of stereotypes. If later characters are stereotypes, it's because they are from the same original mould. It is the hundreds of programmes that have followed which have copied Coronation Street. Over the show's history, Coronation Street has highlighted a wide range of different social issues, including rape , cancer , HIV , incest , hoarding , stillbirth , murder , suicide , arson , hit-and-run , miscarriage , adultery , euthanasia , homosexuality , depression , epilepsy , osteoporosis , childhood cancer , domestic violence , post traumatic stress disorder , teenage pregnancy , gambling addiction , widowers moving onto other relationships, ehlers—danlos syndrome , brain aneurysm , drink driving , bipolar disorder , multiple sclerosis , alzheimer's disease , families terrorised by thugs, financial problems, parental abuse , identity theft , bereavement , terminal illness , post-natal depression , abortion , perjury , adoption , premature birth , fostering , surrogacy , prostitution , sexual exploitation , child grooming and revenge porn.
The series was transmitted in black and white for the majority of the s. Preparations were made to film episode , to be transmitted Wednesday 29 October , in colour. This instalment featured the street's residents on a coach trip to the Lake District. In the end, suitable colour film stock for the cameras could not be found and the footage was shot in black and white. The following episode, transmitted Monday 3 November, was videotaped in colour but featured black and white film inserts and title sequence.
Like BBC1 , the ITV network was officially broadcast in black and white at this point though programmes were actually broadcast in colour as early as July that year for colour transmission testing and adjustment so the episode was seen by most in black and white. Daran Little, for many years the official programme archivist, claims that the first episode to be transmitted in colour was episode shown on 24 November In October a technicians' dispute turned into a work-to-rule when sound staff were denied a pay rise given to camera staff the year before for working with colour recording equipment.
The terms of the work-to-rule were that staff refused to work with the new equipment though the old black and white equipment had been disposed of by then and therefore programmes were recorded and transmitted in black and white, including Coronation Street [82] The dispute was resolved in early and the last black and white episode was broadcast on 8 February Episode , originally broadcast on 7 January , was the first to be broadcast in Coronation Street was the last British soap to make the switch to The first transmission in this format was episode on 31 May with a new set of titles and re-recorded theme tune.
Coronation Street's creator, Tony Warren , wrote the first 13 episodes of the programme in , and continued to write for the programme intermittently until Harry Kershaw [85] was the script editor for Coronation Street when the programme began in , working alongside Tony Warren. Kershaw was also a script writer for the programme and the show's producer between and He remains the only person, along with John Finch, to have held the three posts of script editor, writer and producer.
Kershaw continued to write for the programme until his retirement in January Adele Rose was the longest-serving Coronation Street writer, completing scripts between and She also created Byker Grove. Bill Podmore was the show's longest serving producer. By the time he stepped down in he had completed 13 years at the production helm. Nicknamed the "godfather" by the tabloid press, [87] he was renowned for his tough, uncompromising style and was feared by both crew and cast alike.
He is probably most famous for sacking Peter Adamson , the show's Len Fairclough, in Kieran Roberts currently, as of [update] , executively produces the show, with former Emmerdale producer Stuart Blackburn as the series producer. Blackburn was cut from his job in September , with the then-series producer of Emmerdale , Kate Oates , replacing him.
Michael Apted , best known for the Up! This period of his career marked the first of his many collaborations with writer Jack Rosenthal. Rosenthal, noted for such television plays as Bar Mitzvah Boy , began his career on the show, writing over episodes between and The show's theme music , a cornet piece, accompanied by a brass band plus clarinet and double bass, reminiscent of northern band music, was written by Eric Spear. The identity of the trumpeter was not public knowledge until , when jazz musician and journalist Ron Simmonds revealed that it was the Surrey musician Ronnie Hunt. He added, "an attempt was made in later years to re-record that solo, using Stan Roderick, but it sounded too good, and they reverted to the old one.
Browning conceded that Hunt recorded the original in , but believed that his own re-recording in [97] or had been used since that date. ITV then confirmed to the Mail that a second version had been recorded in the s, but was only used for a very short while before reverting to Hunt's recording.
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In the s the same version was converted to stereo. After taking a break in a local pub, Hunt achieved the desired mournful sound by playing very close to the microphone. A new, completely re-recorded version of the theme tune replaced the original when the series started broadcasting in HD on 31 May It accompanied a new montage-style credits sequence featuring images of Manchester and Weatherfield.
On 31 March , it was revealed on the YouTube channel of Corrie that some of the soap's cast would sing a specially-written lyric, of which will be added to the new theme song that will be played, as of the first episode of the evening of Monday, 3 April , but it turned out to be an April Fools joke. Coronation Street rates as one of the most watched programmes on UK television for every day it is aired. The episode that aired on 2 January , where Bet Lynch Julie Goodyear finds out she has got the job as manager of the Rovers Return, is the highest-rated single episode in the show's history, attracting The show attracted its highest-ever combined rating of The Rovers Return Inn is the main meeting place for the show's characters.
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In , a permanent full-street set was built in the Granada backlot , an area between Quay Street and Liverpool Road in Manchester. Between and , the Granada Studios Tour allowed members of the public to visit the set. The exterior set was extended and updated in Most interior scenes are shot in the adjoining purpose-built studio. In , Victoria Court , an apartment building full of luxury flats, was started on Victoria Street.
In , production moved to a new site at Trafford Wharf, a former dock area about two miles to the east, part of the MediaCityUK complex. It took two years from start to finish to recreate the iconic Street. The houses were built to almost full scale after previously being three-quarter size.
On 5 April , the staff began to allow booked public visits to the old Quay Street set. An advert, with a voiceover from Victoria Wood , appeared on TV to advertise the tour. On 12 March , the extension of the Victoria Street set was officially unveiled. The new set features a garden, featuring a memorial bench paying tribute to the 22 victims of the Manchester Arena bombing , including Coronation Street super fan Martyn Hett.
As part of a product placement deal between three companies and ITV Studios , new additions include a Tram stop station which is named Weatherfield North with Transport for Greater Manchester Metrolink branding, and shop front facades of Costa Coffee and the Weatherfield branded Co-op Food store interior scenes have been screened and exterior scenes at the new set first aired on 20 April Tours commenced on weekends from 26 May onwards.
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Aside from Granada, the programme originally appeared on the following stations of the ITV network: As the ITV network grew over the next few years, the programme was transmitted by these new stations on these dates onward: Westward Television from episode 40 on 1 May , Border Television from episode 76 on 4 September , Grampian Television from episode 84 on 2 October , Channel Television from episode on 3 September and Teledu Cymru north and west Wales from episode on 17 September At this point, the ITV network became complete and the programme was broadcast almost continuously across the country at 7: From episode on Friday 20 October at 7: Additional episodes have been broadcast during the weekly schedule of ITV at certain times, notably in when, between 22 and 26 November, eight episodes were shown.
Older episodes had been broadcast by satellite and cable channel Granada Plus from launch in The first episodes shown were from episode originally transmitted on Monday 5 April onwards. Originally listed and promoted as Classic Coronation Street , the "classic" was dropped in early , at which stage the episodes were from late By the time of the channel's closure in , the repeats had reached February The latest episode shown in these specials was from In addition, on 27 and 28 December , several Christmas Day editions of the show were broadcast. From 23 July Coronation Street started to be broadcast in five instalments a week, at 7: The Thursday episode replaced the former Wednesday show.
In May it moved to Sunday mornings until August when it returned to Saturdays. In January it moved back to Sunday mornings usually broadcasting at around 9. However, as of 22 October the omnibus moved back to Saturday mornings at 9. On 30 June it was confirmed that Coronation Street would return to its traditional 7: Two classic episodes were retransmitted between Mondays to Fridays at 2: The first episodes shown were from episode originally transmitted on Wednesday 15 January onwards.
It briefly returned to the Nine Network in a daytime slot during — In Coronation Street is shown on weeknights at 6: As of November , episodes are one week behind of the UK. Until , episodes were shown in Canada approximately 10 months after they aired in Britain; however, beginning in the fall of , the CBC began showing two episodes every weekday, in order to catch up with the ITV showings, at 6: By May , the CBC was only two weeks behind Britain, so the show was reduced to a single showing weeknights at 6: In , CBC moved the weekday airings from their daytime slot to prime time.
If it didn't come back, something would happen on Parliament Hill. The show is Virgin Media One's most watched programme with an average of , people watching each night. The broadcaster relies on a live feed of the soap from the ITV network in London. If there was a breaking newsflash e.
An omnibus is also shown on weekends. The show was first aired in , beginning with episodes from Ireland eventually caught up with the current UK episodes in Because TV One has never upgraded to showing the equivalent of five or six episodes per week, New Zealand continues to fall further and further behind with episodes, and is 23 months behind Britain as of 28 March During the weekday nights of the week ending 11 April and previous weeks, Coronation Street was the least watched programme on TV One in the 7: The move proved unpopular with fans, [] and the series was quickly moved into its present prime-time slot within weeks.
Episodes , , and were screened on 16 May These were originally aired in the UK between 4 and 11 June On 10 May it was announced that the current episodes would be moved to 1 p. Monday-Friday titled 'Catch-up Episodes' and for primetime Wednesday-Friday express episodes would be airing in New Zealand a week behind The United Kingdom titled ' Episodes' these changes would be taking place from 11 June In the United States, Coronation Street is available by broadcast or cable only in northern markets where CBC coverage from Canada overlaps the border or is available on local cable systems.
Beginning in , episodes were available in the United States through Amazon. On 15 January , online distributor Hulu began airing episodes of the show, posting a new episode daily, two weeks after their original airdates. It used to be shown on BFBS1. Several classic episodes were released on VHS video in the s and s in different sets, while a number of specially recorded feature-length episodes were released exclusively to video see Coronation Street VHS and DVD releases.
The Street , a magazine dedicated to the show, was launched in Edited by Bill Hill, the magazine contained a summary of recent storylines, interviews, articles about classic episodes, and stories that occurred from before The format was initially A5 size , expanding to A4 from the seventh issue. During the time when the studio tour was operating, a huge amount of branded merchandise was available from an on-site shop—everything from soap, to tea-towels, to model houses. These items gradually became scarce as the tours complex was wound down.
Although there were large numbers produced, these items are becoming collectable by fans. On 25 June a video game of the show was released on Nintendo DS. Players take the role of a detective as they work through a brand new storyline and befriend the various characters from the street, including Ken Barlow , Norris Cole , Maria Connor and Blanche Hunt. In , to commemorate the programme's 35th anniversary, a CD called The Coronation Street Album was released, featuring cover versions of modern songs and standards by contemporary cast members.
An album featuring songs sung by some of the cast was released for the show's 50th anniversary.
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Granada launched one spin-off in , Pardon the Expression , following the story of clothing store manager Leonard Swindley Arthur Lowe after he left Weatherfield. Swindley's management experience was tested when he was appointed assistant manager at a fictional department store , Dobson and Hawks. Granada produced two series of the spin-off, which ended in It ran for just one series of six episodes before it was cancelled. From to Granada TV produced a sitcom called The Brothers McGregor featuring a pair of half-brothers one black, one white who had appeared in a single episode of Coronation Street as old friends of Eddie Yeats and guests at his wedding.
The original actors were unavailable so the characters were recast with Paul Barber and Philip Whitchurch. The show ran for 26 episodes over four series. In , a sister series, Albion Market was launched. It ran for one year, with episodes produced. In , several actors from the show appeared on The Jeremy Kyle Show as their soap characters: David Platt Jack P.
In the fictional, semi-improvised scenario, David accused Nick his brother and Tina his ex-girlfriend of sleeping together. The episode concluded with Norris learning the error of his ways and dancing on the cobbles. The original plan for this feature was to have included Jack Duckworth , along with Vera, but actor Bill Tarmey died before filming commenced. In the end a recording of his voice was played. Family Album was several documentaries about various families living on the street.
Most of these were broadcast on the same day as the character's final scenes in the series. Stars on the Street was aired around Christmas It featured actors from the soap talking about the famous guest stars who had appeared in the series including people who were in it before they were famous. In December , ITV made a few special programmes to mark the 50th anniversary. On 7 and 9 December a countdown on the greatest Corrie moments, Coronation Street: The Big 50 with three teams from the soap and a celebrity team answering questions about Coronation Street and other soaps.
Over the years Coronation Street has released several straight-to-video films. Unlike other soaps which often used straight-to-video films to cover more contentious plot lines that may not be allowed by the broadcaster, Coronation Street has largely used these films to reset their characters in other locations.
In , Coronation Street: The Cruise also known as Coronation Street: ITV heavily promoted the programme as a direct-to-video exclusive but broadcast a brief version of it on 24 March In , following the controversial cruise spin-off, Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday , was released.
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The feature-length comedy drama followed Roy , Hayley and Becky as they travelled to Romania for the wedding of a face from their past. On 1 November , Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale was released. Reg Holdsworth and Curly Watts returned in the film. Rosie gets a job there and she takes Jason with her. Brian Capron also guest starred as an assumed relative of Richard Hillman. He rises out of a lake with a comedic "wink to the audience" after Hillman drowned in A feature length film is planned for a release in order to tie with the show's 60th anniversary.
On 21 December , a web-based miniseries ran on ITV.
William Roache and Anne Kirkbride starred as Ken and Deirdre in a series of ten three-minute internet 'webisodes'. In , an internet based spin-off starring Helen Flanagan as Rosie Webster followed her on her quest to be a supermodel. On 3 February , another web-based miniseries ran on ITV. It showed what Steve and Lloyd get up to during the late nights in their Streetcar cab office.
The first episode shows Steve and Lloyd making a cup of tea with " The Stripper " playing in the background, referencing Morecambe and Wise's Breakfast Sketch. The second episode involves the pair having a biscuit dunking competition. The British rock band Queen produced a single " I Want to Break Free " in which reached number 3 position in UK charts and which is largely known for its music video for which all the band members dressed in women's clothes, which parodied the characters and is considered as a homage to the show.
Although Lynch was a blonde in the soap opera, Mercury thought he would look too silly as a blonde and chose a dark wig. May plays another, more relaxed housewife based on Hilda Ogden. Cadbury was the first sponsor of Coronation Street beginning in July In late , Cadbury did not renew their contract, but agreed to sponsor the show until Coronation Street found a new sponsor. Harveys' sponsorship began on 30 September A Knights Tale , a Harveys truck can be seen driving past Mary Taylor's motor-home to further promote the brand. On 11 April , it was announced that Harveys had decided not to renew their contract and ceased sponsorship in December The first producer was Stuart Latham , from December to July In the s and s, most producers did stints of about one year.
From until Summer the soap was produced by Kim Crowther, who was replaced by Phil Collinson producer of Doctor Who from to Collinson left the job in , with Stuart Blackburn replacing him. Set in the fictitious Weatherfield, at the heart of the under belly of Salford, Greater Manchester.
Coronation Street began on the 9th December Over forty years later and over 5, episodes on, this serial is still going. It currently airs 5 times a week, usually 30 minutes in length - one episode Sundays, two episodes Mondays, one episode Wednesdays and one episode Fridays. More and more a 6th episode is being added with either a double helping on Fridays or a triple helping on Mondays. However it is not the UK's longest running Drama serial soap , that honour belongs to The Archers - A radio serial that began in Coronation Street began as a twice weekly programmel.
Until it was shown generally Mondays and Wednesdays. Since , the series became thrice weekly with an additional episode airing on Fridays. Gradually and particularly from around , extra special episodes were added and in a fifth episode was added on a regular basis. Tina Dingle Mailing List. Receive site Updates direct to your mailbox Also available at this mailing list is news and gossip about Coronation Stree t and Emmerdale.
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