1975 was Coronation Street's sixteenth year.
Main characters
Ranking | Character | Played by | Duration | Number of Episodes | Running total | Previous year's ranking |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Len Fairclough | Peter Adamson | Full year | 84 | 1204 | 2 |
1 | Ray Langton | Neville Buswell | Full year | 84 | 581 | 5 |
1 | Bet Lynch | Julie Goodyear | Full year | 83 | 419 | 3 |
4 | Betty Turpin | Betty Driver | Full year | 82 | 495 | 1 |
5 | Rita Littlewood | Barbara Mullaney | Full year | 77 | 272 | 4 |
6 | Hilda Ogden | Jean Alexander | Full year | 71 | 790 | 14 |
7 | Deirdre Hunt/Langton | Anne Kirkbride | Full year | 70 | 170 | 10 |
8 | Ken Barlow | William Roache | Full year | 68 | 1033 | 8 |
9 | Annie Walker | Doris Speed | Full year | 67 | 1205 | 5 |
10 | Alf Roberts | Bryan Mosley | Full year | 66 | 330 | 12 |
11 | Ernest Bishop | Stephen Hancock | Full year | 62 | 291 | 14 |
12 | Blanche Hunt | Maggie Jones | Full year | 61 | 73 | 27 |
13 | Tricia Hopkins | Kathy Jones | Full year | 60 | 93 | 23 |
14 | Emily Bishop | Eileen Derbyshire | Full year | 57 | 855 | 11 |
14 | Jerry Booth | Graham Haberfield | Until October | 57 | 652 | 7 |
16 | Stan Ogden | Bernard Youens | Until November | 56 | 757 | 13 |
17 | Minnie Caldwell | Margot Bryant | Full year | 54 | 983 | 16 |
17 | Mavis Riley | Thelma Barlow | Full year | 54 | 143 | 16 |
19 | Albert Tatlock | Jack Howarth | Full year | 51 | 916 | 18 |
20 | Ena Sharples | Violet Carson | From March | 40 | 992 | 26 |
20 | Eddie Yeats | Geoffrey Hughes | January and March to September | 40 | 42 | 32 |
22 | Gail Potter | Helen Worth | Full year | 37 | 47 | 28 |
23 | Billy Walker | Kenneth Farrington | Until May | 28 | 325 | 8 |
24 | Gordon Clegg | Bill Kenwright | January to February and October to November | 9 | 91 | 29 |
25 | Janet Barlow | Judith Barker | January to February and September | 8 | 68 | 24 |
26 | Ivy Tilsley | Lynne Perrie | April and September to October | 7 | 35 | 29 |
27 | Idris Hopkins | Richard Davies | Until February | 6 | 44 | 20 |
27 | Vera Hopkins | Kathy Staff | Until February | 6 | 29 | 24 |
27 | Granny Hopkins | Jessie Evans | Until February | 6 | 42 | 21 |
30 | Peter Barlow | Linus Roache | April only | 4 | 29 | 35 |
30 | Alec Gilroy | Roy Barraclough | April to May | 4 | 6 | - |
32 | Fred Gee | Fred Feast | September to October | 3 | 3 | - |
33 | Maggie Cooke | Irene Sutcliffe | January only | 2 | 415 | 19 |
33 | Concepta Regan | Doreen Keogh | December only | 2 | 320 | - |
Production
1975 marked the middle part of Susi Hush's two-year stewardship of the programme. Eric Prytherch and Leslie Duxbury produced episodes 1506 and 1507, and episodes 1528 to 1534 respectively; Hush was producer for the rest of the year.
Coronation Street's 15th anniversary was marked by an ambitious storyline in which the Mark Brittain Warehouse was accidentally set alight, starting an inferno which claimed the life of Edna Gee and caused the Street to be evacuated. Episode 1536, set in the aftermath of the fire, was the first script written by Tony Warren since 1969. The storyline saw the first fleeting appearance of Edna's husband Fred, played by Fred Feast, who would return full-time the following year. The warehouse was subsequently closed permanently.
Having failed to meet expectations, the Hopkins family were written out at the end of the Gordon Clegg parentage storyline, with only Kathy Jones kept on. Tricia Hopkins maintained a large role, particularly in comedic storylines alongside Helen Worth's Gail Potter. Other cast comings and goings included Geoffrey Hughes reprising Eddie Yeats for a longer stint following his successful debut, and the exit of Billy Walker following Kenneth Farrington's resignation. As plans for Billy and Deirdre Hunt's wedding were an an advanced stage when the actor quit, the plans were altered so that Deirdre would marry Ray Langton instead.
On 17th October, Graham Haberfield passed away at the young age of 34, suffering a fatal heart attack as a result of a liver condition. Out of respect to Haberfield's loved ones, Jerry Booth was killed off without fanfare in Episode 1546.
A new title sequence was introduced in Episode 1500 in June. This sequence would be the shortest-lived in the programme's history, but it is notable for being the first to contain images shot on the set itself.
Due to a strike by the ACTT union in May and June, three episodes of Coronation Street went unrecorded. These episodes had already been assigned production codes, and therefore are included in Granada's episode numbering. An episode was also dropped later in the year on Monday 22nd December, when a Christmas-themed clip show later known by the title Annie and Betty's Coronation Street Memories was shown in Coronation Street's slot.
Viewing figures
The average rating fell slightly from 1974's figure to 15.46 million viewers, a drop of 100,000 viewers. Five months rose year-on-year, mostly in the first half of the year, although none of the climbs or falls exceeded a million viewers.
The highest rated episode of the year was Episode 1464 on 29th January, which was seen in 8.75 million homes (translating to 19.25 million viewers). This was the highest peak in a year since 1970. In the weekly viewing charts, five episodes reached the top spot, while five episodes failed to make the top twenty.
Episodes
# | Ep. No. |
Date | Writer | Director | Viewing Figures (homes/ viewers) |
Chart Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1456 | Wednesday 1st January | H.V. Kershaw | June Wyndham Davies | 7,450,000 16,390,000 |
6 |
2 | 1457 | Monday 6th January | Kay McManus | June Wyndham Davies | 7,550,000 16,610,000 |
9 |
3 | 1458 | Wednesday 8th January | Brian Finch | Brian Mills | 7,850,000 17,270,000 |
6 |
4 | 1459 | Monday 13th January | Julian Roach | Brian Mills | 7,600,000 16,720,000 |
9 |
5 | 1460 | Wednesday 15th January | Leslie Duxbury | Oliver Horsbrugh | 7,900,000 17,380,000 |
6 |
6 | 1461 | Monday 20th January | Adele Rose | Oliver Horsbrugh | 7,800,000 17,160,000 |
9 |
7 | 1462 | Wednesday 22nd January | Leslie Duxbury | Ken Grieve | 8,300,000 18,260,000 |
3 |
8 | 1463 | Monday 27th January | Barry Hill | Ken Grieve | 7,900,000 17,380,000 |
8 |
9 | 1464 | Wednesday 29th January | Julian Roach | Brian Mills | 8,750,000 19,250,000 |
3 |
10 | 1465 | Monday 3rd February | Brian Finch | Brian Mills | 8,000,000 17,600,000 |
8 |
11 | 1466 | Wednesday 5th February | Adele Rose | Keith Hack | 8,300,000 18,260,000 |
4 |
12 | 1467 | Monday 10th February | H.V. Kershaw | Keith Hack | 7,900,000 17,380,000 |
6 |
13 | 1468 | Wednesday 12th February | Leo Knowles | Ken Grieve | 8,250,000 18,150,000 |
3 |
14 | 1469 | Monday 17th February | Brian Finch | Ken Grieve | 7,900,000 17,380,000 |
5 |
15 | 1470 | Wednesday 19th February | Julian Roach | Peter Plummer | 7,750,000 17,050,000 |
7 |
16 | 1471 | Monday 24th February | Leslie Duxbury | Peter Plummer | 7,700,000 16,940,000 |
6 |
17 | 1472 | Wednesday 26th February | H.V. Kershaw | Keith Hack | 8,400,000 18,480,000 |
2 |
18 | 1473 | Monday 3rd March | Janey Preger | Keith Hack | 7,650,000 16,830,000 |
7 |
19 | 1474 | Wednesday 5th March | Leslie Duxbury | Ken Grieve | 7,500,000 16,500,000 |
9 |
20 | 1475 | Monday 10th March | Leo Knowles | Ken Grieve | 7,600,000 16,720,000 |
10 |
21 | 1476 | Wednesday 12th March | Brian Finch | Quentin Lawrence | 8,000,000 17,600,000 |
4 |
22 | 1477 | Monday 17th March | H.V. Kershaw | Quentin Lawrence | 7,550,000 16,610,000 |
7 |
23 | 1478 | Wednesday 19th March | Julian Roach | Keith Hack | 8,250,000 18,150,000 |
4 |
24 | 1479 | Monday 24th March | Adele Rose | Keith Hack | 7,600,000 16,720,000 |
4 |
25 | 1480 | Wednesday 26th March | H.V. Kershaw | Ken Grieve | 7,650,000 16,830,000 |
3 |
26 | 1481 | Monday 31st March | Adele Rose | Ken Grieve | 6,086,000 13,389,200 |
17 |
27 | 1482 | Wednesday 2nd April | Julian Roach | June Wyndham Davies | 7,921,000 17,426,200 |
4 |
28 | 1483 | Monday 7th April | H.V. Kershaw | June Wyndham Davies | 7,657,000 16,845,400 |
9 |
29 | 1484 | Wednesday 9th April | Leslie Duxbury | Keith Hack | 7,641,000 16,810,200 |
n/k |
30 | 1485 | Monday 14th April | Barry Hill | Keith Hack | 7,192,000 15,822,400 |
11 |
31 | 1486 | Wednesday 16th April | Kay McManus | Ken Grieve | 7,628,000 16,781,600 |
4 |
32 | 1487 | Monday 21st April | Leo Knowles | Ken Grieve | 7,251,000 15,952,200 |
6 |
33 | 1488 | Wednesday 23rd April | H.V. Kershaw | June Wyndham Davies | 7,100,000 15,620,000 |
10 |
34 | 1489 | Monday 28th April | Adele Rose | June Wyndham Davies | 7,331,000 16,128,200 |
9 |
35 | 1490 | Wednesday 30th April | Leslie Duxbury | Bill Podmore | 7,665,000 16,863,000 |
4 |
36 | 1491 | Monday 5th May | Julian Roach | Bill Podmore | 6,946,000 15,281,200 |
13 |
37 | 1492 | Wednesday 7th May | Julian Roach | Colin Cant | 8,336,000 18,339,200 |
4 |
38 | 1493 | Monday 12th May | H.V. Kershaw | Colin Cant | 7,409,000 16,299,800 |
7 |
39 | 1494 | Wednesday 14th May | Leslie Duxbury | June Wyndham Davies | 7,188,000 15,813,600 |
11 |
40 | 1495 | Monday 19th May | Tim Aspinall | June Wyndham Davies | 6,174,000 13,582,800 |
n/k |
41 | 1496 | Wednesday 21st May | Adele Rose | Eric Prytherch | 6,661,000 14,654,200 |
18 |
42 | 1497 | Monday 2nd June | Brian Finch | Eric Prytherch | 6,298,000 13,855,600 |
10 |
43 | 1498 | Wednesday 4th June | Brian Finch | Derek Lister | 6,533,000 14,372,600 |
4 |
44 | 1499 | Monday 9th June | Leo Knowles | Derek Lister | 5,926,000 13,037,200 |
9 |
45 | 1500 | Wednesday 11th June | H.V. Kershaw | Ken Grieve | 6,196,000 13,631,200 |
6 |
46 | 1501 | Monday 16th June | Leslie Duxbury | Richard Everitt | 6,493,000 14,284,600 |
9 |
47 | 1502 | Wednesday 18th June | Julian Roach | Keith Hack | 6,718,000 14,779,600 |
7 |
Episodes 1503, 1504 and 1505 were never recorded due to the 1975 ITV strike | ||||||
48 | 1506 | Monday 23rd June | Julian Roach | Oliver Horsbrugh | 6,484,000 14,264,800 |
4 |
49 | 1507 | Wednesday 25th June | Kay McManus | Oliver Horsbrugh | 6,163,000 13,558,600 |
11 |
50 | 1508 | Monday 30th June | Leo Knowles | Ronald Fouracre | 6,200,000 13,640,000 |
6 |
51 | 1509 | Wednesday 2nd July | Leslie Duxbury | Ronald Fouracre | 6,150,000 13,530,000 |
8 |
52 | 1510 | Monday 7th July | Julian Roach | Derek Lister | 6,650,000 14,630,000 |
3 |
53 | 1511 | Wednesday 9th July | Leslie Duxbury | Derek Lister | 6,850,000 15,070,000 |
1 |
54 | 1512 | Monday 14th July | Adele Rose | Keith Hack | 6,900,000 15,180,000 |
1 |
55 | 1513 | Wednesday 16th July | Barry Hill | Keith Hack | 6,150,000 13,530,000 |
5 |
56 | 1514 | Monday 21st July | H.V. Kershaw | Ken Grieve | 6,300,000 13,860,000 |
7 |
57 | 1515 | Wednesday 23rd July | Brian Finch | Ken Grieve | 6,600,000 14,520,000 |
3 |
58 | 1516 | Monday 28th July | Brian Finch | Derek Lister | 5,593,000 12,304,600 |
8 |
59 | 1517 | Wednesday 30th July | Adele Rose | Derek Lister | 5,572,000 12,258,400 |
9 |
60 | 1518 | Monday 4th August | Leslie Duxbury | June Howson | 5,656,000 12,443,200 |
9 |
61 | 1519 | Wednesday 6th August | H.V. Kershaw | June Howson | 6,088,000 13,393,600 |
5 |
62 | 1520 | Monday 11th August | Julian Roach | Ken Grieve | 5,802,000 12,764,400 |
11 |
63 | 1521 | Wednesday 13th August | Kay McManus | Ken Grieve | 5,704,000 12,548,800 |
n/k |
64 | 1522 | Monday 18th August | Janey Preger | Derek Lister Keith Hack |
6,498,000 14,295,600 |
6 |
65 | 1523 | Wednesday 20th August | Brian Finch | Derek Lister | 6,581,000 14,478,200 |
3 |
66 | 1524 | Monday 25th August | H.V. Kershaw | Richard Stroud | 5,290,000 11,638,000 |
12 |
67 | 1525 | Wednesday 27th August | H.V. Kershaw | Richard Stroud | 5,435,000 11,957,000 |
10 |
68 | 1526 | Monday 1st September | Adele Rose | Ken Grieve | 5,750,000 12,650,000 |
20 |
69 | 1527 | Wednesday 3rd September | Leslie Duxbury | Ken Grieve | 5,900,000 12,980,000 |
17 |
70 | 1528 | Monday 8th September | Brian Finch | Derek Lister | 6,200,000 13,640,000 |
17 |
71 | 1529 | Wednesday 10th September | Leslie Duxbury | Derek Lister | 6,000,000 13,200,000 |
20 |
72 | 1530 | Monday 15th September | H.V. Kershaw | Richard Stroud | 6,350,000 13,970,000 |
15 |
73 | 1531 | Wednesday 17th September | Julian Roach | Richard Stroud | 6,000,000 13,200,000 |
19 |
74 | 1532 | Monday 22nd September | Leo Knowles | Brian Mills | 6,450,000 14,190,000 |
15 |
75 | 1533 | Wednesday 24th September | Adele Rose | Brian Mills | 6,200,000 13,640,000 |
20 |
76 | 1534 | Monday 29th September | Tim Aspinall | Ken Grieve | 6,545,000 14,399,000 |
17 |
77 | 1535 | Wednesday 1st October | Leslie Duxbury | Ken Grieve | 6,279,000 13,813,800 |
n/k |
78 | 1536 | Monday 6th October | Tony Warren | Richard Stroud | 6,985,000 15,367,000 |
12 |
79 | 1537 | Wednesday 8th October | Julian Roach | Richard Stroud | 6,348,000 13,965,600 |
19 |
80 | 1538 | Monday 13th October | Kay McManus | June Wyndham Davies | 7,286,000 16,029,200 |
12 |
81 | 1539 | Wednesday 15th October | H.V. Kershaw | June Wyndham Davies | 6,333,000 13,932,600 |
20 |
82 | 1540 | Monday 20th October | Julian Roach | Stephen Butcher | 7,267,000 15,987,400 |
10 |
83 | 1541 | Wednesday 22nd October | Julian Roach | Stephen Butcher | 6,287,000 13,831,400 |
n/k |
84 | 1542 | Monday 27th October | H.V. Kershaw | Richard Stroud | 7,500,000 16,500,000 |
11 |
85 | 1543 | Wednesday 29th October | Tim Aspinall | Richard Stroud | 7,350,000 16,170,000 |
14 |
86 | 1544 | Monday 3rd November | Kay McManus | Brian Mills | 7,550,000 16,610,000 |
7 |
87 | 1545 | Wednesday 5th November | Leslie Duxbury | Brian Mills | 6,800,000 14,960,000 |
13 |
88 | 1546 | Monday 10th November | Barry Hill | Derek Lister | 7,450,000 16,390,000 |
13 |
89 | 1547 | Wednesday 12th November | Brian Finch | Derek Lister | 7,700,000 16,940,000 |
10 |
90 | 1548 | Monday 17th November | H.V. Kershaw | Richard Stroud | 7,650,000 16,830,000 |
11 |
For reasons unknown, Episode 1549 was never recorded | ||||||
91 | 1550 | Wednesday 19th November | Adele Rose | Laurence Moody | 7,650,000 16,830,000 |
11 |
92 | 1551 | Monday 24th November | Leslie Duxbury | Laurence Moody | 7,600,000 16,720,000 |
10 |
93 | 1552 | Wednesday 26th November | Adele Rose | Derek Lister | 7,550,000 16,610,000 |
11 |
94 | 1553 | Monday 1st December | Julian Roach | Derek Lister | 7,550,000 16,610,000 |
11 |
95 | 1554 | Wednesday 3rd December | H.V. Kershaw | Richard Stroud | 7,650,000 16,830,000 |
8 |
96 | 1555 | Monday 8th December | Tony Warren | Richard Stroud | 7,300,000 16,060,000 |
13 |
97 | 1556 | Wednesday 10th December | Leslie Duxbury | Laurence Moody | 7,800,000 17,160,000 |
6 |
98 | 1557 | Monday 15th December | Brian Finch | Laurence Moody | 7,400,000 16,280,000 |
14 |
99 | 1558 | Wednesday 17th December | Brian Finch | Derek Lister | 7,850,000 17,270,000 |
7 |
100 | 1559 | Wednesday 24th December | Julian Roach | Derek Lister | 6,150,000 13,530,000 |
11 |
101 | 1560 | Monday 29th December | Tony Warren | Richard Stroud | 7,700,000 16,940,000 |
2 |
102 | 1561 | Wednesday 31st December | H.V. Kershaw | Richard Stroud | 6,300,000 13,860,000 |
15 |
Storylines
Who lives where
Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Annie Walker. Billy Walker (until May).
- 1 Coronation Street - Albert Tatlock.
- 3 Coronation Street - Ernest and Emily Bishop.
- 5 Coronation Street - Minnie Caldwell. Eddie Yeats (January and March until July). Ena Sharples (March until April and September until October).
- 9 Coronation Street - Len Fairclough. Ray Langton (until July) and Jerry Booth (until November). Eddie Yeats (from July to September).
- 11 Coronation Street - Ken Barlow.
- 13 Coronation Street - Stan and Hilda Ogden
- Corner Shop (No.15) - Idris, Vera and Megan Hopkins (until April).
- Corner Shop flat (No.15a) - Tricia Hopkins. Gail Potter (from April).
- Community Centre flat - Ena Sharples (from October)
- 20 Victoria Street - Blanche Hunt and Deirdre Langton. Ray Langton (from July)
- 44 Victoria Street - Bet Lynch
Others
Coronation Street in the 1970s |
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