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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.

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~ 2011 ~

Mediacity studios building begins — William Roache and Michelle Keegan kick off construction of *Coronation Street'*s new home

Planning permission for the new studios at MediaCityUK was approved by Trafford Council in February. Building work then commenced in September. Actors William Roache and Michelle Keegan took part in a ceremony to mark the start of construction. The current outdoor set also saw some cosmetic changes as the Corner Shop and The Kabin were rebuilt following the tram crash. Due to the logistics of shooting the live episode in between later ones, it wasn't until February that the affected buildings were seen properly and the shops re-opened.

Philip Lowrie, one of Coronation Street's original cast members, had recently taken part in the 50th anniversary tie-in programmes. Afterwards, his agent interested Phil Collinson in resurrecting the character of Dennis Tanner, the programme's original bad boy. Dennis was brought back in May as a homeless man who received help from his old acquaintance, Rita Sullivan. Lowrie's return to the role after a 43-year gap was a TV record which was recognised by Guinness with an award that September. Dennis's presence in the Street also prompted writers to address the fate of his mother Elsie, who was last seen in 1984. Tony Warren wrote an ending for the character he created, describing her death in a car crash several years earlier which was related to Rita by Dennis.

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 tomorrow for 2012!

Josie Clarke

Josie Clarke was a short-term Coronation Street resident who moved into No.5 with Don Brennan after his marriage to Ivy ended. In 1996, Josie and Don were scammed into buying MVB Motors at an inflated price by Mike Baldwin, who employed Josie as office manager at his factory Baldwin's Sportswear. When the garage went into receivership due to Don's poor business decisions, Don turned against Josie, causing her to leave him. Away from Don, Josie's life improved and as of 1997 she was married to a doctor.

Previous featured characters: Evelyn Plummer; Jacob Hay; Zoe Tattersall; Ivy Brennan; Oliver Battersby; Summer Spellman.

...that Anthony Schaeffer holds the current record of most roles in the programme with fifteen credited to date?
...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?

"By 'eck you don't get much do you?! And there's leaves, leaves on me plate! The chef must have left the back door open, and they've blown over it, leaves!!"
Eric Gartside complaining about a restaurant's nouvelle cuisine

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19 April — Les Battersby shows his pleasure at having contributed to Hayley Patterson's happiness

19th April 1999: On the eve of her wedding to Roy Cropper, Hayley Patterson was despondent that none of her friends seemed bothered about a hen night but she was delighted when the girls took her round to 5 Coronation Street and unveiled a party with plenty of food and drink to consume and - a special gift - a train specially made in Underworld to go with her wedding dress. Far less happy when he returned home after the party was Les Battersby who found that his house had been used as a venue for "that freak" but that was nothing compared to when Janice gleefully told him that she had sold his prized record collection to pay for the party. Les swore vengeance...