Coronation Street in 1970



1970 was the eleventh year of Coronation Street and the first year to be fully made in colour. It saw Bet Lynch begin her 25-year stint as a barmaid, and eventually landlady, in the Rovers Return, Elsie Tanner marry Alan Howard, Joe Donelli go mad in Number 5, the breakup of the Fleming marriage and David Barlow dying off-screen.

96 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1970, including the 1000th episode (which was technically the 999th episode). The show managed less than its usual output that year because of a strike at Granada.

Main Cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Emily Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Sandra Butler - Patricia Fuller
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
 * Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Dickie Fleming - Nigel Humphreys
 * Bernard Butler - Gordon Kaye
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Dave Smith - Reginald Marsh
 * Audrey Fleming - Gillian McCann
 * Cyril Turpin - William Moore
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Elsie Tanner/Howard - Patricia Phoenix
 * Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens

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