Coronation Street in 1971



Coronation Street's twelfth year of production was 1971, and saw major storylines such as Valerie Barlow's death, Janet Reid and Alan Howard having a brief fling, Ernest Bishop and Emily Nugent getting engaged and the opening of a new Community Centre.

Future major characters Ivy Tilsley and Mavis Riley were first seen in 1971.

104 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1971.

Main Cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Janet Reid - Judith Barker
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Emily Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Dave Smith - Reginald Marsh
 * Cyril Turpin - William Moore
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
 * Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Edna Gee - Mavis Rogerson
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens

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