Coronation Street in 1989



1989 was Coronation Street's thirtieth year. Although it is mainly remembered by the public for the death-by-tram of villain Alan Bradley in Blackpool, production-wise more significant was the introduction of a third weekly episode, for broadcast on Fridays from Episode 2981 onwards.

The year saw an expansion of the series cast, with a new family, the McDonalds, and a new workplace setting, supermarket Bettabuys, which introduced Reg Holdsworth. Other storylines included the murder of Brian Tilsley and the demolition of the buildings on the opposite side of the street to make way for the three newer houses that are there today.

115 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1989, including Episode 3000.

Main cast

 * Tracy Barlow - Dawn Acton
 * Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
 * Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
 * Alec Gilroy - Roy Barraclough
 * Alma Sedgewick - Amanda Barrie
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
 * Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Alan Bradley - Mark Eden
 * Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Kimberley Taylor - Suzanne Hall
 * Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
 * Reg Holdsworth - Ken Morley
 * Tina Fowler - Michelle Holmes
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
 * Jim McDonald - Charles Lawson
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Jenny Bradley - Sally Ann Matthews
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Ivy Brennan - Lynne Perrie
 * Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
 * 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