Coronation Street in 1984



1984 was Coronation Street's twenty-fifth year. It was a year blighted by the deaths of two long-term cast members, Bernard Youens and Jack Howarth. With the departure of Patricia Phoenix as Elsie Tanner in the new year, this left William Roache (Ken Barlow) the only original cast member still performing in the show.

With so many central characters departing, the series sruggled to reinvent itself with new characters, such as the Webster family, by shifting the focus to other veteran stars, and bringing back a few favourites from the past to fill the hole.

105 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1984.

Main cast

 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Bill Webster - Peter Armitage
 * Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Sharon Gaskell - Tracie Bennett
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Linda Cheveski - Anne Cunningham
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Debbie Webster - Sue Devaney
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Fred Gee - Fred Feast
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
 * Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Terry Duckworth - Nigel Pivaro
 * Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Phyllis Pearce - Jill Summers
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
 * Percy Sugden - Bill Waddington
 * Gail Tilsley - Helen Worth
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens

Who lives where

 * 46b, St. Mary's Place - Mike Baldwin