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

User Rating:

6.2/10   

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:

Manchester England | Working Class | Soap | Family Relationships | Manic Depression

Awards:

88 wins & 104 nominations

Cast

Helen Worth	...	Gail Platt / ... (925 episodes, 1974-2009)
Simon Gregson	...	Steve McDonald (886 episodes, 1989-2009)
William Roache	...	Ken Barlow / ... (867 episodes, 1960-2009)
Anne Kirkbride	...	Deirdre Barlow / ... (787 episodes, 1972-2009)
Beverley Callard	...	Liz McDonald (780 episodes, 1989-2009)
Barbara Knox	...	Rita Sullivan / ... (771 episodes, 1964-2009)
Sue Nicholls	...	Audrey Roberts / ... (759 episodes, 1979-2009)
Sally Whittaker	...	Sally Webster / ... (756 episodes, 1986-2009)
Michael Le Vell	...	Kevin Webster / ... (696 episodes, 1981-2009)
Eileen Derbyshire	...	Emily Bishop / ... (670 episodes, 1961-2009)
Jennie McAlpine	...	Fiz Brown / ... (597 episodes, 2001-2009)
Antony Cotton	...	Sean Tully (585 episodes, 2003-2009)
William Tarmey	...	Jack Duckworth / ... (550 episodes, 1977-2009)
Samia Smith	...	Maria Sutherland / ... (547 episodes, 2000-2009)
Ryan Thomas	...	Jason Grimshaw (533 episodes, 2000-2009)
Sue Cleaver	...	Eileen Grimshaw / ... (532 episodes, 1994-2009)
Jack P. Shepherd	...	David Platt (526 episodes, 2000-2009)
Malcolm Hebden	...	Norris Cole / ... (477 episodes, 1974-2009)
Elizabeth Dawn	...	Vera Duckworth / ... (468 episodes, 1972-2008)
Kym Marsh	...	Michelle Connor (458 episodes, 2006-2009)
Betty Driver	...	Betty Turpin / ... (458 episodes, 1969-2009)
Vicky Entwistle	...	Janice Battersby (442 episodes, 1997-2009)
Jane Danson	...	Leanne Battersby / ... (441 episodes, 1997-2009)
David Neilson	...	Roy Cropper (422 episodes, 1995-2009)
Alan Halsall	...	Tyrone Dobbs (417 episodes, 1998-2009)
Maggie Jones	...	Blanche Hunt / ... (401 episodes, 1967-2009)
Steven Arnold	...	Ashley Peacock (400 episodes, 1995-2009)
Tupele Dorgu	...	Kelly Crabtree (394 episodes, 2004-2009)
Johnny Briggs	...	Mike Baldwin / ... (392 episodes, 1974-2006)
Katherine Kelly	...	Becky Granger / ... (389 episodes, 2006-2009)
Julia Haworth	...	Claire Peacock / ... (382 episodes, 2003-2009)

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

Colour:

Black and White (1960-1969 and 1970-1971) | Colour (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:

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:

Norris Cole: [after seeing his ex wife] It were like seeing a vicar in a tracksuit, unnerving.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Thick of It: (#1.5)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

I am, I feel

Worrying slide into pantomime

Coronation Street has always had the edge over Eastenders in terms of its ability to marry comedy and tragedy, often in the same storyline. With Eastenders apparently in terminal decline, Corrie seemingly had the world at its feet, but there have been signs in recent months that the writers have seriously lost the plot. After the rather wonderful guest appearance by Sir Ian McKellen, which included his inspired exit scene, the producers seem to have opted for a series of increasingly bizarre and pantomime like comedy sub-plots. The Street has always had its share of broad, northern characters, but the latest introductions tend to be one-dimensional Dickensian grotesques, like the gurning Cilla, the roly-poly baker Diggory Compton and the so-camp-he's-off-the-scale Shaun. Hopefully these will develop depth as they progress as for example the character of Les Battersby has done over the years, but there seem to be too many of these cartoon-like characters at the moment. The nadir of this recent trend came with the ridiculously contrived fight between Fred Elliot's son Ashley and the son of a rival butcher, who turned out to be Ashley's doppleganger even down to his strangulated voice. Inevitably the boxing match between them was overshadowed by a full-scale comedy brawl involving the supporters of the two men which would not have been out of place in a Laurel and Hardy film or an episode of the Benny Hill show. There is danger of a serious mismatch between the serious plot lines, like the plight of agoraphobic Shelley and the slapstick elsewhere.