Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a popular British soap opera which began on ITV Granada on 09 December 1963. The show chronicles the lives of the residents who live in and around the fictional street located near Manchester. As well as terraced houses, the street also has a 'corner shop' and a pub, The Rovers Return.

The programme aired on Monday and Wednesday early evenings for many years, although now also airs on Fridays. Each programme is typically around 25 mins long with a commercial break.

On 17 September 2010, it became the world's longest-running television soap opera.

Characters/actors

 * Betty Turpin (Betty Driver, d.2011)
 * Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander, d.2016)
 * Stan Ogden (Bernard Youens, d.1984)
 * Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix, d.1986)
 * Ken Barlow (William Roache)
 * Rita Littlewood (Barbara Knox)
 * Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire)
 * Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride, d.2015)
 * Raquel Watts (Sarah Lancashire)

8th anniversary (1968)
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