Brenda Whittle as portrayed by Michelle Holmes in The Road to Coronation Street.
Brenda Whittle was the secretary of Harry Elton when he was an executive producer at Granada Television in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
The character was portrayed in the 2010 fiftieth anniversary drama by Michelle Holmes and credited as just "Brenda" though a commentator on The Guardian's website stated that she had been a girlfriend of his (and supplied her surname) but recorded that she had been neither "blonde nor brassy".
In the drama she is portrayed as being protective of her boss's time but later on to be supportive of Tony Warren in his drive to succeed in getting Coronation Street to the airwaves.