Coronation Street in 1968



1968 was Coronation Street's ninth year of broadcast on ITV. As well as the departures of David and Irma Barlow and Dennis Tanner and the arrivals of the Clegg and Fleming families, 1968 saw Lucille Hewitt and Gordon Clegg run away to get married, Elsie Tanner leaving husband Steve and Steve's subsequent murder, and the demolition of the Mission of Glad Tidings.

The character of Ena Sharples was absent from the programme from 14th February until 27th May as Violet Carson went on a three-month cruise and promotional tour to Australia.

103 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1968.

Main cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell (April onwards)
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson (until February, May onwards)
 * Linda Cheveski - Anne Cunningham (May)
 * Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Effie Spicer - Anne Dyson (June onwards)
 * Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough (until April)
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield (until May)
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Dickie Fleming - Nigel Humphreys (June onwards)
 * Myra Booth - Susan Jameson (January to February)
 * Gordon Clegg - Bill Kenwright (April onwards)
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie (until June)
 * Audrey Fleming - Gillian McCann (June onwards)
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * David Barlow - Alan Rothwell (until April)
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe (April onwards)
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens

Who Lives Where
Coronation Street residents Others
 * Rovers Return Inn - Jack and Annie Walker, Lucille Hewitt. Emily Nugent (from April onwards).
 * 1 Coronation Street - Albert Tatlock (until June).
 * 3 Coronation Street - Dickie and Audrey Fleming (June onwards).
 * 5 Coronation Street - Minnie Caldwell. Jenny Tanner (April to May). Ena Sharples (January to February and May to June).
 * 9 Coronation Street - Ken, Valerie, Peter and Susan Barlow (to June). Len Fairclough (June onwards). Ray Langton (July to December)
 * 11 Coronation Street - Elsie Tanner (February onwards). Dennis Tanner (until June). Jenny Tanner (May to June). Dot Greenhalgh (August to September).
 * 13 Coronation Street - Stan and Hilda Ogden
 * Corner Shop (No.15) - David and Irma Barlow (until April). Jill Morris (January). Maggie Clegg (April onwards). Les Clegg (April to June)
 * Corner Shop Flat (No.15a) - Emily Nugent (until April). Gordon Clegg (April onwards).
 * Vestry - Ena Sharples (until January, then demolished)
 * Maisonettes: No. 4 - Effie Spicer (June onwards). No. 6 - Ena Sharples (June onwards). No. 14 - Ken, Valerie, Peter and Susan Barlow (June onwards).
 * 15 Mawdsley Street - Len Fairclough (until June)
 * Fusiliers' Museum, Bury - Albert Tatlock (June onwards).