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Coronation Street is a British drama serial set in the north of England, chronicling the professional and private lives of the residents of a backstreet in Weatherfield, a fictional suburb of Greater Manchester. Created by Tony Warren and produced by Granada Television for ITV, it first transmitted on 9th December 1960 and is the longest running drama series in the world still in production.
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Added by David the Wavid13th May 1964: As a party in the Rovers to celebrate Frank Barlow's Premium Bonds win got underway, Martha Longhurst also had cause to celebrate as she planned her first trip abroad - to Spain with her daughter Lily's family. The party was marred somewhat by Frank lording it over everyone, bragging about his newfound wealth and his new car, a white zodiac. As Ena Sharples played the piano to lead the residents in a song in the public, Martha started havin pains in her chest and retreated to her usual haven, the snug. Moments later, she suffered a heart attack and died, her head coming to rest on the table. Her collapse was first noticed by Myra Booth, and Jack Walker went in to check on her. As others took notice, Ena stopped playing as Len Fairclough examined Martha and pronounced her dead, with astonishment in his voice.
- For more information see Episode 357 (13th May 1964).
achievement in British television history"
...that although the programme has featured six people have both appeared in and written for the programme, only one person - Noreen Kershaw - has both directed and acted in the show?
...that the programme has only had two episodes which have been Two-hander's?
...that five episodes have been made in colour which have only ever been broadcast in black and white in the UK?
...that two of the programme's producers have been seen on screen - Bill Podmore in a cameo role in Episode 1604 (31st May 1976) and Phil Collinson in the credited role of Bob Wright in Episode 4302 (19th November 1997)?
Added by Jtomlin1ukEdgar William Podmore was a director on Coronation Street in the 1960s who went on to have three spells as the programme's producer between 1976 and 1977, then from 1977 to 1982, and again between 1987 and 1988. He also served as the Street's Executive Producer from 1982 to 1987, and is largely considered to be the man responsible for the show's "Golden Age" in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill maintained a consistent element of comedy during his stints as producer, which enabled characters such as Stan Ogden, Hilda Ogden and Eddie Yeats to become popular and well-loved by longtime fans to this day. However, some of the cast nicknamed him "The Godfather" because of his occasional ruthlessness when it came to killing off characters such as Ernie Bishop and Renee Roberts. He also became somewhat unpopular with his co-workers for terminating the contract of Peter Adamson (Len Fairclough) after Peter had sold his story of his 1982 arrest for child molestation to a tabloid newspaper.
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Debbie Webster
Added by David the WavidAppeared: 11th June 1984 to 9th January 1985
Profile: Debbie Webster was born on 7th September 1968 and grew up in Weatherfield with Kevin and parents BIll and Alison. Debbie grew into a headstrong and independent young woman, partly due to Alison's death from beast cancer when Debbie was twelve years old. In June 1984, Bill bought 11 Coronation Street from Elsie Tanner, situated near the yard where he'd set up his joinery business. Bill hoped that Debbie's feistiness would translate to ambition but Debbie didn't like school and at exam time she got two CSE 4's and two 5's and one unclassified - all failure results. She intended to leave school without any qualifications but Bill insisted that she stay and resit her exams. Debbie made Bill see that he heaped too many responsibilities on her at home and that she wouldn't have time to commit to her studies, and so he agreed to let her leave school if she found a job. Bill didn't expect her to find one but she was taken on at Jim's Café almost right away.
Played by: Sue Devaney
New episodes of Coronation Street are broadcast in the following countries:
Australia
- New episodes: (UKTV) Mon-Thu 18.00; Fri 18.00 & 19.00
- Repeats on (UKTV) 00.00 & 09.30
- Classic eps: (7TWO) Mon-Fri 10.00, current pace: 2003
Canada
Ireland
- New episodes: simulcast with UK (TV3)
New Zealand
- New episodes: Tuesday & Thursday
- 19.30 & 20:00 (TV ONE)
United Kingdom
- New episodes:
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