Coronation Street in 1973



1973 was Coronation Street's fourteenth year of production. Storylines included Alf Roberts being selected as the new Mayor of Weatherfield, newsagent the Kabin opening its doors and the beginning of the Rita/Mavis partnership. Deirdre Hunt became a regular character and Elsie and Alan Howard left the street, though Elsie would later return in 1976.

105 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1973.

Main cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Janet Reid - Judith Barker (September onwards)
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow (June onwards)
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Norma Ford - Diana Davies (until December)
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington (until May)
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Tricia Hopkins - Kathy Jones (September)
 * Deirdre Hunt - Anne Kirkbride (March onwards)
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix (until October)
 * Peter Barlow - Linus Roache (October)
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Edna Gee - Mavis Rogerson
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Vera Hopkins - Kathy Staff (September)
 * Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens