Coronation Street: 1970-1979 (DVD)

Coronation Street: The 1970s is a ten-disc DVD boxset featuring 80 Coronation Street episodes originally broadcast in the 1970s. The first of three boxsets released by Network DVD, each disc includes eight episodes from a specific year between 1970 and 1979.

The boxset was released on 25th July 2005, although each disc is also sold separately.

Summary
From the back of the DVD box:
 * A celebration of Britain's most famous and enduring television programme, featuring 80 landmark episodes from the 1970s, this is the very best of 'Coronation Street' from the decade that established it as a staple part of British television culture.


 * With many episodes unseen since their original broadcast this is an opportunity to revisit old friends and re-live some classic moments including:


 * The marriages of Elsie Tanner and Alan Howard, Brian and Gail Tilsley, Ernie and Emily Bishop and Len and Rita Fairclough.
 * The 1977 Silver Jubilee Street party.
 * The warehouse fire and the discovery of two bodies.
 * Hilda Ogden's seance.
 * The electrocution of Valerie Barlow.
 * And much more.

Content
The boxset contains ten individual DVD cases, each containing one disc (one for each year). Due to the archive nature of the series, the episodes vary in picture and sound quality. The episodes include the original Granada idents and advert break points. There are no special features or subtitles.

Disc 1 (1970)
Individual release: 25th July 2005.

Disc 2 (1971)
Individual release: 25th July 2005.

Disc 3 (1972)
Individual release: 19th September 2005.

Disc 4 (1973)
Individual release: 19th September 2005.

Disc 5 (1974)
Individual release: 7th November 2005.

Disc 6 (1975)
Individual release: 7th November 2005.

Disc 7 (1976)
Individual release: 16th January 2006

Disc 8 (1977)
Individual release: 16th January 2006

Disc 9 (1978)
Individual release: 6th March 2006

Disc 10 (1979)
Individual release: 6th March 2006