Coronation Street in 1987



1987 was Coronation Street's twenty-eighth year. It was the first in which a special episode was broadcast for Christmas Day, in this case for the final appearance of one of the series' most popular characters, Hilda Ogden. The episode was seen by over 26 million viewers.

The year also saw the birth of Sarah Louise Tilsley, the breakdown of Mike and Susan Baldwin's marriage and the wedding of Bet Lynch and Alec Gilroy.

105 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1987.

Main cast

 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Alan Bradley - Mark Eden
 * Bet Lynch/Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
 * Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
 * Gloria Todd - Sue Jenkins
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Jenny Bradley - Sally Ann Matthews
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Terry Duckworth - Nigel Pivaro
 * Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
 * Susan Baldwin - Wendy Jane Walker
 * Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
 * Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
 * Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth

Who lives where

 * 46b, St. Mary's Place - Mike Baldwin
 * 33 Hammond Road - Brian, Gail and Nicky Tilsley