Coronation Street in 1974



1974 was Coronation Street's fifteenth year of production. The year saw the introduction of a new family - the Hopkinses - and the first appearances of Vera Duckworth, Gail Potter, Blanche Hunt and Eddie Yeats. Departures included Maggie Clegg and Lucille Hewitt as well as Cyril Turpin, albeit offscreen, and Ena Sharples (temporarily).

103 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1974.

Main cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Janet Reid - Judith Barker
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Idris Hopkins - Richard Davies
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Megan Hopkins - Jessie Evans
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Tricia Hopkins - Kathy Jones
 * Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
 * Deirdre Hunt - Anne Kirkbride
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Edna Gee - Mavis Rogerson
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Vera Hopkins - Kathy Staff
 * Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
 * Gail Potter - Helen Worth
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens