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 ~ 1969 ~ The era of colour television began at ITV and BBC1 on Saturday 15th November. Granada was one of four regions to launch their full colour service on that date, and the first episode of Coronation Street which viewers saw in colour - at least, the 1% of the population with colour sets - was Episode 928 on Monday 17th November.

The programme's transition to colour had begun a few weeks earlier, with Episode 923 on 29th October. This episode - shot almost entirely on location at the Lake District and containing the climactic coach crash - was made in black and white but according to some sources, this occurred because the correct film stock couldn't be located, and executive producer H.V. Kershaw intended it to be made in colour. Whatever the case, Episode 924, set mostly in hospital after the crash, was the first episode made with colour cameras. However, only the studio recording was in colour; two film inserts were in monochrome, as was the title sequence. The next three episodes were made in the same way and were transmitted by the IBA in colour as test transmissions. By Episode 928, the entire programme was being made and shown on the aforementioned four channels in colour, and the new title sequence debuted a week later in Episode 930.

 ''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 11th March for 1970!''