Forum:Coronation Street 50th Anniversary press pack

Ever so slightly old news now, but when I wrote about it Friday night my internet stalled on me just as I was ready to submit. Stupid internet!! I don't know if you are aware of the 100 page Press Packthat has been released but it's a great resource that I know will be useful here.

My favourite bit is the definitive Top 50 most appeared actors. On the face of it my previous prediction that 50 characters would have clocked up 1000 episodes by now was alomst correct - Jason Grimshaw became the 45th on Friday. alas though the list then drops rapidly and 50th place (Neville Buswell) only appeared in 805 episodes - so my prediction was way-off, afterall! Although Rita and Gail have swapped round, the members of the mock-up top 5 I did are (perhaps not surprisingly) unchanged - though Liz Dawn must have been in 5th place when she retired.

The only current actor who first appeared prior to 2000 missing from the list is Peter Armitage so we ought to be able to keep the "actors who have appeared in 1000+ episodes (or even 900+) episodes" list correct permanently. Perhaps if someone contacted the Press Office and asks nicely they might even confirm who has had between 800 and 804 appearances. We already know Arthur Leslie clocked up 801 so it would be nice to have the list from 800 episode onwards. If we were going to do 800+ on this site, or even always keep it as a top 50, we would need to get Anthony Cotton's appearances list done pronto as, by my reckoning (based on "what links here"), he has clocked up around 780 now (unfortunately!) so will probably make it before the end of the year. I don't think Peter Armitage is anywhere near 800 yet, do you? He'd only clocked up 219 by the end of 1996 so I should imagine he is still some way off. Was Helen Flannigan always credited in her early years? It might also be problematic trying to establish her count, if she wasn't.

I wish it had been a top 50 characters list. David and Sarah would both be much higher up the list, and with 701 to his name by the end of 1998, Nick has almost reached 1000 as well now.

One of the other best finds I think in the Press Pack is perhaps the Who Has Lived Where section - which looks very comprehensive and would I know fill in some gaps in our knowledge (well, content anyway!). There are also DOB's and load of great stuff for us.

Beware of errors. At one point it claims that the show started in 1961, while an interesting fact claims Ken had 25 women, which is one more than the complete list given elsewhere! It also appears to suggest Martin was living in 19B Rosamund Street while he was still living in 18A Victoria Street! There must be a mistake there somewhere?! I just went back to look for the 1961 error again. Whether the show started in 60 or 61 is actually irrelevant to the fact being given anyway - unless Hot Pot actually pre-dates Betty's arrival!? Another ammusing error is an asterisk by Martha's death - indicating it happenned off-screen! A bit of a confusing use of an asterisk for Roy and Hayley's first wedding too - while not a legal wedding maybe, it still went ahead! What are your views on Darren Barlow, Jayne Ogden, Dawn Yeats and Peter Clegg being listed as official Corrie births? And have we really not heard of any other babies born off-screen and never seen in the last 25 years? Not impossible I suppose but it just seems a little unlikely. Perhaps the point is that these four had their births announced very soon after they were born?? Oh and the Queen is not an HRH!

Well Friday night I wrote that I'd "rabbited quite enough now" (I printed the screen to make it easier to retype) and I've written even more this time lol (partly because of things I've since noticed/worked out) so I shall stop now! TellyFan 01:31, September 27, 2010 (UTC)