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+ | *[[1961]] - The [[Equity actors' strike]] began. This reduced the total cast down to just thirteen characters at one point but ensured the popularity of the programme as it was [[ITV]]'s only drama still being produced. The strike was called off on [[3rd April]] [[1962]]. |
*[[2004]] - [[Granada Plus]] abruptly ceases transmission at 4:30pm (with no prior notice given to viewers), bringing the run of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' episodes under the ''[[Classic Coronation Street]] ''banner to a sudden end. |
*[[2004]] - [[Granada Plus]] abruptly ceases transmission at 4:30pm (with no prior notice given to viewers), bringing the run of ''[[Coronation Street]]'' episodes under the ''[[Classic Coronation Street]] ''banner to a sudden end. |
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*[[2010]] - Release of ''[[Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale]]'', the fifth of the programme's "straight to video/DVD" productions. |
*[[2010]] - Release of ''[[Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale]]'', the fifth of the programme's "straight to video/DVD" productions. |
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Revision as of 09:17, 1 November 2018
Events
Coronation Street history
- 1965 - Lucille Hewitt starts work as a researcher at Marshall's Cotton Mill.
- 1991 - Don Brennan begins an affair with Julie Dewhurst.
- 1999 - Sharon Gaskell and Ian Bentley get married. Last appearance of Maud Grimes.
- 2000 - Having accepted Fred Elliott's marriage proposal, Audrey Roberts realises she doesn't want to marry him and turns him down. Curly Watts proposes to Emma Taylor in Paris, she accepts.
- 2010 - Steve McDonald pays Kylie Turner £20,000 so that she will hand her son Max over to him and wife Becky.
- 2013 - Faye Windass delays her Halloween party on the orders of her "best friend" Grace Piper.
- 2017 - Rita Tanner is given the all-clear after her brain tumour operation.
Real world
- 1961 - The Equity actors' strike began. This reduced the total cast down to just thirteen characters at one point but ensured the popularity of the programme as it was ITV's only drama still being produced. The strike was called off on 3rd April 1962.
- 2004 - Granada Plus abruptly ceases transmission at 4:30pm (with no prior notice given to viewers), bringing the run of Coronation Street episodes under the Classic Coronation Street banner to a sudden end.
- 2010 - Release of Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale, the fifth of the programme's "straight to video/DVD" productions.
- 2015 - Stephen Hancock (Ernest Bishop) died.
Episodes
Episodes were broadcast on 1st November on the following years:
- 1960s - 1961, 1965, 1967
- 1970s - 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978
- 1980s - 1982, 1989
- 1990s - 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999
- 2000s - 2000, 2002, 2004 (I) (II), 2006
- 2010s - 2010 (I) (II), 2013 (I) (II), 2017 (I) (II)
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