Template:60Years 1961

 ~ 1961 ~ Location filming took place in Blackpool for Coronation Street's first outdoor shoot in May. The location sequences were filmed without dialogue and broadcast with an accompanying specially-commissioned arrangement of an incidental music soundtrack of I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside played on the piano. Location filming remained a rare occurrence for the next few years; when the characters returned to Blackpool in October, back projection was used for scenes on the coach and on the pier.

As its popularity rose, Coronation Street was taken more seriously by the Bernsteins and its second producer, Derek Granger, was moved onto the programme from his position as Granada's Head of Drama by Cecil Bernstein. Starting in the job with Episode 60, Granger was appointed to give the programme "a bit of a bounce". Over the following months, Granger moved the style of storytelling away from that laid down by Tony Warren - in which episodes were nearly standalone and comprised of long vignette-style scenes - and towards having stories unfold over the course of several episodes.  ''To celebrate 60 years of Coronation Street on television, we're going through the programme's entire history a year at a time. The full version of this article can be found here. Check back on 15th January for 1962!''