Coronation Street in 1969



1969 was Coronation Street's ninth year of production. In keeping with most UK television programmes of the time, episodes started being made in colour in November of that year.

The year saw the first appearances of Betty and Cyril Turpin, Ernest Bishop and Alan Howard. Major storylines included a coach crash involving most of the street's residents, Minnie Caldwell going missing due to gambling debts, the Barlow twins going missing and Gordon Clegg calling off his wedding to Lucille Hewitt.

103 new episodes were broadcast on ITV in 1968.

Main Cast

 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Emily Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Effie Spicer - Anne Dyson
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Dot Greenhalgh - Joan Francis
 * Sandra Butler - Patricia Fuller
 * Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
 * Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Dickie Fleming - Nigel Humphreys
 * Bernard Butler - Gordon Kaye
 * Gordon Clegg - Bill Kenwright
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Dave Smith - Reginald Marsh
 * Audrey Fleming - Gillian McCann
 * Cyril Turpin - William Moore
 * Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Les Clegg - John Sharp
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens

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