Template:10 August

10th August 1979: Industrial action within ITV results in the channel being off-air until 24th October. No episodes of Coronation Street are made or broadcast until the dispute is resolved. The strike by many of ITV's technical staff came about after the company rejected demands from unions for higher pay increases to keep up with rabid inflation rates of the late 1970s. The last episode of Coronation Street to be broadcast before the strike is Episode 1935. When the strike is resolved, ITV begins broadcasting again, with Julie Goodyear and Peter Adamson recording a special scene in-character reminding viewers of current storylines before the transmisson of the next episode, Episode 1937. The 11 weeks of the 1979 strike is the longest Coronation Street has been off-screen in the UK since it began in 1960.
 * For more information see 1979 ITV strike.