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Coronation Street is a British soap opera which chronicles the lives of the residents of a backstreet terrace in Weatherfield, a fictional town in the north of England. Created by Tony Warren and produced by Granada Television and then ITV plc for the country's main commercial network, it was first transmitted on 9th December 1960 and is the world's longest-running television drama series.

A face from the past for Elsie Tanner...
18th February 1970: While dropping off a box of grocerys at Len Fairclough's, Elsie Tanner received the shock of her life - her old paramour Bill Gregory was back and was staying with him. The two hadn't met for eight years since Elsie discovered that he was married and his separated wife Phyllis came back to try and give their marriage another chance. Many things had happened to Bill in the interim: he had gone into partnership running a bar in the Algarve and, after another two year separation, Phyllis had died. Now Bill was keen to not waste further time and asked an incredulous Elsie to be his wife.
- For more information see Episode 955 (18th February 1970).

Mavis Wilton

Mavis Wilton in 1988
Mavis Wilton is Rita Tanner's close friend and former assistant at The Kabin and wife of the late Derek Wilton. Mavis initially joined the Kabin in 1973 after spending two years at the Mark Brittain Warehouse as a clerk. Following a temporary move with her parents to Grange-over-Sands, she was re-hired at the Kabin and balanced her work there with nursing her bed-ridden auntie Edie Platt. Mavis finally escaped her overbearing relative in 1977 when she moved into The Kabin flat, where she led a quiet life with her pet budgie Harriet. Mavis was to remain at the Kabin for over two decades, chiefly thanks to her strong friendship with the newsagent's manageress Rita Littlewood. Confident and glamorous, Rita took the shy spinster under her wing and a bond was formed. The 24 years they worked behind the counter together weren't without their lows; a born fusspot, Mavis often tested Rita's patience with her indecisiveness while Rita frequently took Mavis's loyalty for granted. Mavis longed to break out of her shell and in 1997 she retired to Cartmel to run a bed and breakfast.
Previous featured characters: Billy Walker; David Barlow; Maggie Cooke; Steph Barnes; Jackie Ingram; Phil Jennings.

...that the first episode of the programme ever transmitted that did not feature any of the original cast members from 1960 was Episode 1428 (23rd September 1974)?
...that Stanley Wood, who wrote Episode 1237 (22nd November 1972), was the father of comedian Victoria Wood?
...that in Episode 1183 (17th May 1972), the character of Rita Bates gave her maiden name as "Foster" and not the later-established "Littlewood"?
...that although the character of Armistead Caldwell had died in 1935, his voice was heard in Episode 1256 (29th January 1973)?
...that the first ever repeat of an episode of Coronation Street was on Friday 10th February 1961 when strike action prevented the transmission of that night's edition and Episode 1 was shown in its place?

"Natalie Barnes is that hard-faced, if she fell on the pavement she'd crack a flag."
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Vera Duckworth |
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Coronation Street transmission patterns by country:
Africa, the Middle East and Asia
- New episodes: Weekdays 4.10pm - UK Time (ITV Choice)
- Current Pace: Two days behind UK broadcast
Australia
- New episodes: Monday-Friday 9.00am and 7:20pm (UKTV)
- Current Pace: Two weeks behind UK broadcast
Canada
- New episodes: Monday to Friday 7.30pm (CBC)
- Omnibus: Sunday 8.00am
- Current Pace: Two weeks behind UK broadcast
Ireland
- New episodes: simulcast with UK (UTV Ireland)
- Weekly episodes repeated on Sunday afternoons
New Zealand
- New episodes: Wednesday through Friday after 9.00pm (TV ONE)
- Current Pace: One week behind behind UK broadcast
- Catch-up (episodes from 2016 to 2018) - weekdays at 1.00pm
United Kingdom


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