Coronation Street in 1979



1979 was Coronation Street's twentieth year of production. During the autumn, technical staff at ITV went on strike, which put the channel off air for over two months. As a result, only 83 new episodes of Coronation Street were broadcast, the fewest since 1960.

Storylines included Gail Potter and Brian Tilsley's wedding, a lorry crashing into the Rovers Return and the first appearances of Audrey Potter and Jack Duckworth.

Main cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
 * Fred Gee - Fred Feast
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
 * Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
 * Steve Fisher - Lawrence Mullin
 * Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
 * Audrey Potter - Sue Nicholls
 * Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Gail Potter/Tilsley - Helen Worth
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens