Coronation Street in 1980



1980 was a landmark year for Coronation Street, featuring both its 20th anniversary and 2000th episode. Violet Carson made her final appearance as Ena Sharples. At the time she was expected to return, but ill health kept the actress away from the series.

Prominent storylines included the death of Renee Roberts in a traffic accident, the marriage of Emily Bishop and Arnold Swain, who later turned out to be a bigamist, and the birth of Nick Tilsley on New Year's Eve.

105 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1980.

Main cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Martin Cheveski - Jonathan Caplan
 * 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
 * Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Arnold Swain - George Waring
 * Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens