Coronation Street in 1997

1997 was Coronation Street's thirty-eighth year.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Kevin Webster	Michael Le Vell	Full year	140	1099	17
2	Judy Mallett	Gaynor Faye	Full year	122	217	20
3	Sally Webster	Sally Whittaker	Full year	120	918	22
3	Jim McDonald	Charles Lawson	Full year	120	756	9
5	Vera Duckworth	Elizabeth Dawn	Full year	119	1482	1
6	Gary Mallett	Ian Mercer	Full year	117	205	28
7	Chris Collins	Matthew Marsden	From March	116	116	-
7	Alec Gilroy	Roy Barraclough	Full year	116	726	17
7	Rita Sullivan	Barbara Knox	Full year	116	1997	8
10	Fiona Middleton	Angela Griffin	Full year	114	416	13
11	Deirdre Rachid	Anne Kirkbride	Full year	111	1766	5
11	Samantha Failsworth	Tina Hobley	Full year	111	154	46
13	Ken Barlow	William Roache	Full year	108	2637	5
13	Gail Platt	Helen Worth	Full year	108	1702	22
15	Mike Baldwin	Johnny Briggs	Full year	101	1486	11
15	Jack Duckworth	William Tarmey	Full year	101	1321	4
15	Natalie Horrocks	Denise Welch	From February	101	101	-
18	Ashley Peacock	Steven Arnold	Full year	99	141	47
19	Angie Freeman	Deborah McAndrew	From March	98	333	65
20	Maxine Heavey	Tracy Shaw	Full year	96	206	34
21	Audrey Roberts	Sue Nicholls	Full year	95	1053	13
22	Emily Bishop	Eileen Derbyshire	Full year	87	2270	34
22	Maud Grimes	Elizabeth Bradley	Full year	87	337	26
24	Alma Baldwin	Amanda Barrie	Full year	86	820	13
24	Martin Platt	Sean Wilson	Full year	86	851	32
26	Des Barnes	Philip Middlemiss	Full year	83	674	16
27	Liz McDonald	Beverley Callard	Full year	82	779	2
28	Curly Watts	Kevin Kennedy	Full year	78	1078	17
29	Alan McKenna	Glenn Hugill	Until November	77	87	60
29	Mavis Wilton	Thelma Barlow	Until October	77	1787	11
31	Janice Lee/Battersby	Vicky Entwistle	From January	75	75	-
31	Fred Elliott	John Savident	Full year	75	139	41
33	Andy McDonald	Nicholas Cochrane	Until November	74	592	3
33	Maureen Holdsworth/Elliott	Sherrie Hewson	Until October	74	399	20
35	Bill Webster	Peter Armitage	Until October	73	292	7
36	Betty Williams	Betty Driver	Full year	73	2044	25
37	Steve McDonald	Simon Gregson	Full year	67	588	37
38	Roy Cropper	David Neilson	Full year	66	114	48
39	Les Battersby	Bruce Jones	From July	60	60	-
40	Rosie Webster	Emma Collinge	From February	59	319	57
41	Leanne Battersby	Jane Danson	From July	57	57	-
42	Percy Sugden	Bill Waddington	Until October	52	980	29
43	Toyah Battersby	Georgia Taylor	From July	51	51	-
44	Don Brennan	Geoff Hinsliff	Until May and September to October	48	734	9
44	Zoe Tattersall	Joanne Froggatt	From May	48	48	-
46	Tricia Armstrong	Tracy Brabin	Until May	47	193	24
47	Sophie Webster	Ashleigh Middleton and Emma Woodward	Full year	44	107	54
48	Katy Tattersall/Katy Mallett/Katie Mallett/Shannon Tattersall	Lucy Whipday	From August	36	36	-
49	Jamie Armstrong	Joseph Gilgun	Until May	24	107	42
50	Alf Roberts	Bryan Mosley	Until March and from November	23	1756	29
50	Sean Skinner	Terence Hillyer	Until May	23	103	51
50	Derek Wilton	Peter Baldwin	Until April	23	725	26
53	Nick Tilsley	Adam Rickitt	From October	21	568	58
54	Anne Malone	Eve Steele	Until February	19	80	39
55	Ida Clough	Helene Palmer	Full year	18	248	54
56	Becky Palmer	Emily Aston	Until March	16	51	50
56	Sarah Louise Platt	Lynsay King	January and from May	16	361	52
58	Claire Palmer	Maggie Norris	Until April	12	59	44
58	David Platt	Thomas Ormson	January and July to November	12	307	53
60	Tony Horrocks	Lee Warburton	Until February	10	77	37
60	Joyce Smedley	Anita Carey	Until February	10	71	33
62	Spider Nugent	Martin Hancock	From December	9	9	-
63	Daniel Osbourne	Lewis Harney	January and July to August	6	101	36
64	Billy Williams	Frank Mills	Until February	5	60	56
65	Norris Cole	Malcolm Hebden	April only	4	76	49
65	Terry Duckworth	Nigel Pivaro	April only	4	305	61
67	Denise Osbourne	Denise Black	January only	3	268	59
68	Tracy Barlow/Preston	Dawn Acton	December only	2	586	64
68	Lorraine Horrocks	Holly Newman	November only	2	2	-
70	Tommy Duckworth	Darryl Edwards	March only	1	121	61
70	Blanche Hunt	Maggie Jones	December only	1	101	66

Production

New broom sweeps clean

1997 marked one of the key turning points in Coronation Street history.

Brian Park - *Coronation Street*s "smiling axeman"

After being the producer since 1994, Sue Pritchard left the programme in January. Executive producer Carolyn Reynolds appointed Brian Park as Pritchard's replacement, in one of her last acts before departing the series herself. Park joined the Street at a crucial time. Since the introduction of the Sunday episode, it had continually rated lower than the rest of the week by several million viewers, dragging the programme's ratings average below that of EastEnders. The fall in ratings was concentrated in the London area, and as such Carlton and LWT threatened to move the programme out of peak viewing hours. Additionally, ITV was concerned about a PR bias against Coronation Street, with The Sun and The Mirror attacking the programme for being old-fashioned compared with EastEnders and Brookside. Granada instructed Park to target younger viewers in particular to redress an age imbalance in the Street's audience.

Having not been a regular viewer of Coronation Street since the 1960s, Park was sympathetic to the tabloid press' "fuddy-duddy" impression of it. Upon discovering that writers were reluctant to let go of characters despite not having any storylines for them, Park insisted that they get rid of them. On his first day in the job, he dismissed actors Peter Baldwin, Geoff Hinsliff, Lee Warburton, Emily Aston, Maggie Norris, Nicholas Cochrane, Peter Armitage, Frank Mills, Sherrie Hewson, Anita Carey, and Eve Steele from their parts. Baldwin's axing came as a particular shock to the cast due to his longevity in the role and the popularity of Derek and Mavis Wilton, but Park - who had the job of implementing a decision which in fact preceded his arrival - believed that it was the correct choice as Thelma Barlow had recently given her resignation after wrestling with the idea for the past two years, and it was felt that Derek wouldn't work without her. Derek died of a heart attack following a road rage incident six months before the end of Thelma Barlow's contract, giving viewers the opportunity to see Mavis react to his death and begin to adjust to widowhood. His funeral marked the last appearance of Malcolm Hebden in the recurring part of Derek's nemesis Norris Cole until he was brought back as a main cast member in 1999.

News of Coronation Street's biggest cast cull to date gained an immediate reaction from the press, with Daily Mirror columnist Victor Lewis-Smith describing Park as a "smiling axeman" terrorising the Street. The press attention played into ITV's hands, with Park giving interviews for The Guardian (and the Manchester Evening News) to explain what he wanted to achieve on the programme: "I'm going to fight tooth and nail not to become the TV equivalent of the heritage trail. I suppose the stately home analogy is correct. We have to keep it going into the next millennium, adapt it and attract younger viewers without losing the old ones and destroying what makes it singular."

Clearing the deadwood

By the time Park's first credited episode was shown on 16th March, viewers had already seen the last of several characters, some of whom were not given on-screen exits; Billy Williams was not seen again after 14th February, and died off-screen of a heart attack in November, Anne Malone left Weatherfield in February after trying to frame Samantha Failsworth for shoplifting, Claire and Becky Palmer left Des Barnes's life after Claire caught Des sans trousers outside No.7, and Tony Horrocks vanished soon after accidentally killing Joyce Smedley with his car.

Having considered quitting a number of times, Geoff Hinsliff felt no bitterness about his sacking. For Don Brennan's exit, the writers crafted a revenge plot which, while on the surface far-fetched, was consistent with the way the character had progressed since Ivy's death. Continuing to wallow in misery and self-pity, Don kidnapped Alma Baldwin in his taxi and tried to gain her sympathy after Mike sold him the garage which went bust under Don's management. The hour-long episode climaxed with a spectacular scene in which Don's cab plunged into the canal with him and Alma inside. After spending six months in Strangeways, Don re-appeared in October, where he escaped and returned to Coronation Street to kill Mike, only to meet a fiery end himself when he drove Mike's car into the viaduct. From this point onwards, stunt sequences such as this because a more regular staple in Coronation Street's storytelling arsenal.

The three remaining axed actors departed later in the year. Maureen Holdsworth ran off to Germany with Bill Webster in October, less than two weeks after marrying Fred Elliott, while Andy McDonald left to make a new life in Barcelona in November. October also marked Thelma Barlow's final appearance as Mavis, as she left Rita's side to run a B&B in Cartmel, as well as Bill Waddington as Percy Sugden. Waddington had complained to the press about the increase in "raunchy" storylines since Park took over and announced his intention to quit. Percy left the street in October to live in a flat at Mayfield Court retirement complex. Meanwhile, after three years playing Tricia Armstrong, Tracy Brabin quit the show. After giving birth to son Brad, Tricia and Jamie Armstrong left Weatherfield with Tricia's new partner Ray Thorpe.

The new generation

In their place came a horde of new characters, including a new family to take over No.5, which had been repossessed from Don Brennan and sold to the council while he was in prison. Les and Janice Battersby, and their teenager daughters Leanne and Toyah, arrived in the street in July. The Battersbys were a new creed of character; loud, obnoxious, thieving, and self-centred, they were referred to in the press as a "problem family", designed to upset the other street residents. For maximum impact, their early storylines showed them at their worst, with Les headbutting Curly Watts when a sleep-deprived Curly threw the girls' CD player out of the window. Anticipating accusations of dragging the programme downmarket (despite the idea for the family preceding him), Park told the Manchester Evening News: "People don't like innovation and change and they have selective memories - they thought the Ogdens were pretty rough at first - but the Battersbys follow in the Ogden's great tradition. After a while, familiarity breeds contempt." The first member of the family to appear was Janice, played by Vicky Entwistle, as a member of Mike Baldwin's workforce.

Other new characters included hunky mechanic Chris Collins played by Matthew Marsden, and Joanne Froggatt as troubled teen Zoe Tattersall. In February, Denise Welch joined the cast as Natalie Horrocks, mother of Tony, who replaced her son as Kevin Webster's partner at the garage. Welch was immediately brought to the forefront of the programme in a storyline which came about when Brian Park noticed that neither Kevin nor Sally Webster had ever had an affair; Park decided that Kevin would find himself in the arms of older woman Natalie. Sally Whittaker took maternity leave during the storyline; upon her return Sophie Webster was recast, with Emma Woodward replacing original actress Ashleigh Middleton.

Actors joining in the latter half of the year included Holly Newman as Natalie's niece Lorraine Brownlow, Martin Hancock as Emily Bishop's eco-warrior nephew and new lodger Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent, and Adam Rickitt as Nick Tilsley, who re-appeared on the programme for Don Brennan's funeral in October. Warren Jackson had planned to come back as Nick after completing his GCSEs, but Park took the opportunity to recast with someone more photogenic who could attract the elusive teen audience who watched Home and Away and Neighbours. Lastly, Deborah McAndrew was brought back full-time as Angie Freeman.

Bryan Mosley was absent for most of the year after suffering a major heart attack on 3rd February, shortly after recording his scenes for Episode 4159. He returned eight months later in Episode 4294. In consideration for Mosley's health, Alf's role was much reduced.

Structural changes

As well as shaking up the cast and characters, Park pushed for bolder and longer storylines, prioritising telling compelling storylines over the writing of individual scripts in order to weave more intricate plots. Story conferences were halved in length, with greater responsibility placed on the story associates which increased in number from three to five, with Ann McManus acting as story/script editor. Some writers were upset at this transfer of power away from them, and the team lost Tom Elliott, Julian Roach, Barry Hill and its longest-serving writer Adele Rose, all of whom were dismissed, Rose after disagreeing with Park on a storyline.

Two of Park's biggest changes harkened back to the show's past. The Rovers Return changed hands, with Jack and Vera Duckworth selling half of the pub to Alec Gilroy to settle a huge VAT bill, while, after Baldwin's Sportswear was gutted in a fire, Mike Baldwin went into business with Angie Freeman, opening lingerie factory Underworld in the empty unit in Coronation Street. Firman's Freezers continued to appear, with Park keen to maintain the amount of comedy in scripts.

A small change to the title sequence was made in Episode 4168 (30th March 1997). After a few years without a regular title caption (with the title instead appearing over various shots of activity in the street), the sequence was standardised, now ending with its fifth shot which showed a cat relaxing in the back yards (shown at the top of the page).

Viva Las Vegas

Following the success of 1995's direct-to-video spin-off entitled Coronation Street - The Feature Length Special, the experiment was repeated, with a different set of characters having an overseas adventure. Written by former story associate Russell T. Davies, Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas! focused on the Duckworths as they flew to Las Vegas to renew their wedding vows. Hairdressers Maxine Heavey and Fiona Middleton featured in a story of their own, as their attempts to find fun in Vegas often backfired. Neville Buswell - by 1997 working as a bank manager in Vegas - was tracked down and made a cameo appearance as his old character Ray Langton (although this was ignored when the character returned to the main show in 2005). The events of the special, as well as the set up within Coronation Street, took place in late May but the VHS wasn't released until 17th November of that year.

Viewing figures

In a crucial year for the programme, Coronation Street logged its lowest average of the decade, with an aggregated figure of 14.93 million viewers, representing a loss of 800,000 viewers from 1996. The drop is mostly due to the poor performance of the Sunday episode, introduced the previous November; the last three months of 1997 were up on the same months in 1996, while the biggest drops all occurred in the first half of the year. June was the only month outside the last quarter up on 1996, rising by 700,000 viewers.

The highest-rated episode of the year was Episode 4301 (17th November 1997), which gained an audience of 18.03 million viewers (again, an aggregated figure including the omnibus repeat). This was the lowest peak in any year since the omnibus began in 1989.

Meanwhile, Coronation Street's stranglehold on the charts continued, with 43 episodes reaching number one - a drop of only two episodes, while no episodes fell outside the top twenty for the sixth time of the decade.

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Writer	Director	Viewing Figures (With omnibus)	Chart Position
1	4118	Wednesday 1st January	Peter Whalley	Mervyn Cumming	15,210,000	6
2	4119	Friday 3rd January	Sally Wainwright	Mervyn Cumming	16,350,000	4
3	4120	Sunday 5th January	Barry Hill	Colin Cant	13,770,000	9
4	4121	Monday 6th January	John Stevenson	Colin Cant	17,660,000	2
5	4122	Wednesday 8th January	Peter Whalley	Colin Cant	17,700,000	1
6	4123	Friday 10th January	Peter Whalley	Colin Cant	16,830,000	5
7	4124	Sunday 12th January	Sally Wainwright	Noreen Kershaw	12,760,000	13
8	4125	Monday 13th January	Tom Elliott	Noreen Kershaw	17,660,000	1
9	4126	Wednesday 15th January	Peter Whalley	Noreen Kershaw	17,470,000	2
10	4127	Friday 17th January	Phil Woods	Noreen Kershaw	16,060,000	6
11	4128	Sunday 19th January	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	13,600,000	9
12	4129	Monday 20th January	John Stevenson	Brian Mills	17,560,000	1
13	4130	Wednesday 22nd January	Adele Rose	Brian Mills	17,280,000	2
14	4131	Friday 24th January	Patrea Smallacombe	Brian Mills	16,300,000	6
15	4132	Sunday 26th January	Sally Wainwright	Mervyn Cumming	13,970,000	7
16	4133	Monday 27th January	Catherine Hayes	Mervyn Cumming	17,050,000	2
17	4134	Wednesday 29th January	Martin Allen	Mervyn Cumming	17,390,000	1
18	4135	Friday 31st January	Julian Roach	Mervyn Cumming	16,270,000	6
19	4136	Sunday 2nd February	Peter Whalley	Garth Tucker	13,880,000	8
20	4137	Monday 3rd February	Patrea Smallacombe	Garth Tucker	17,090,000	3
21	4138	Wednesday 5th February	Martin Allen	Garth Tucker	17,430,000	1
22	4139	Friday 7th February	Tom Elliott	Garth Tucker	15,750,000	7
23	4140	Sunday 9th February	John Stevenson	Noreen Kershaw	13,450,000	9
24	4141	Monday 10th February	Phil Woods	Noreen Kershaw	17,300,000	2
25	4142	Wednesday 12th February	Adele Rose	Noreen Kershaw	16,060,000	5
26	4143	Friday 14th February	Julian Roach	Noreen Kershaw	16,320,000	4
27	4144	Sunday 16th February	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	14,170,000	8
28	4145	Monday 17th February	Patrea Smallacombe	Brian Mills	17,600,000	1
29	4146	Wednesday 19th February	Adele Rose	Brian Mills	17,590,000	2
30	4147	Friday 21st February	Tom Elliott	Brian Mills	15,730,000	6
31	4148	Sunday 23rd February	John Stevenson	Mervyn Cumming	13,970,000	9
32	4149	Monday 24th February	Catherine Hayes	Mervyn Cumming	17,880,000	2
33	4150	Wednesday 26th February	Phil Woods	Mervyn Cumming	16,990,000	3
34	4151	Friday 28th February	Sally Wainwright	Mervyn Cumming	15,440,000	7
35	4152	Sunday 2nd March	Sally Wainwright	Garth Tucker	13,670,000	8
36	4153	Monday 3rd March	Ken Blakeson	Garth Tucker	17,380,000	1
37	4154	Wednesday 5th March	Adele Rose	Garth Tucker	13,990,000	6
38	4155	Friday 7th March	Catherine Hayes	Garth Tucker	15,310,000	3
39	4156	Sunday 9th March	John Stevenson	Noreen Kershaw	13,240,000	8
40	4157	Monday 10th March	Julian Roach	Noreen Kershaw	17,500,000	1
41	4158	Wednesday 12th March	Tom Elliott	Noreen Kershaw	17,250,000	2
42	4159	Friday 14th March	Martin Allen	Noreen Kershaw	12,870,000	8
43	4160	Sunday 16th March	Patrea Smallacombe	Brian Mills	13,400,000	7
44	4161	Monday 17th March	Phil Woods	Brian Mills	16,820,000	1
45	4162	Wednesday 19th March	John Stevenson	Brian Mills	14,050,000	5
46	4163	Friday 21st March	Adele Rose	Brian Mills	14,470,000	4
47	4164	Sunday 23rd March	Peter Whalley	Laurence Moody	13,070,000	7
48	4165	Monday 24th March	Catherine Hayes	Laurence Moody	16,250,000	3
49	4166	Wednesday 26th March	Martin Allen	Laurence Moody	16,840,000	1
50	4167	Friday 28th March	John Stevenson	Laurence Moody	14,610,000	6
51	4168	Sunday 30th March	Tom Elliott	Garth Tucker	12,460,000	7
52	4169	Monday 31st March	Peter Whalley	Garth Tucker	14,010,000	7
53	4170	Wednesday 2nd April	Barry Hill	Garth Tucker	16,850,000	1
54	4171	Friday 4th April	Sally Wainwright	Garth Tucker	15,420,000	4
55	4172	Sunday 6th April	Ken Blakeson	Noreen Kershaw	11,700,000	15
56	4173	Monday 7th April	Phil Woods	Noreen Kershaw	16,370,000	1
57	4174	Wednesday 9th April	Adele Rose	Noreen Kershaw	15,540,000	2
58	4175	Friday 11th April	John Stevenson	Noreen Kershaw	14,330,000	5
59	4176	Sunday 13th April	Tom Elliott	Brian Mills	12,970,000	7
60	4177	Monday 14th April	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	16,520,000	3
61	4178	Wednesday 16th April	Ken Blakeson	Brian Mills	15,670,000	6
62	4179	Friday 18th April	Catherine Hayes	Kay Patrick	17,050,000	2
63	4180	Sunday 20th April	Adele Rose	Kay Patrick	15,810,000	5
64	4181	Monday 21st April	Patrea Smallacombe	Kay Patrick	17,400,000	1
65	4182	Wednesday 23rd April	Sally Wainwright	Laurence Moody	13,860,000	5
66	4183	Friday 25th April	John Stevenson	Kay Patrick	15,470,000	3
67	4184	Sunday 27th April	John Stevenson	Garth Tucker	13,690,000	6
68	4185	Monday 28th April	Adele Rose	Garth Tucker	16,450,000	2
69	4186	Wednesday 30th April	Tom Elliott	Garth Tucker	14,140,000	4
70	4187	Friday 2nd May	Phil Woods	Garth Tucker	12,600,000	6
71	4188	Sunday 4th May	Martin Allen	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	12,590,000	7
72	4189	Monday 5th May	Ken Blakeson	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	15,100,000	3
73	4190	Wednesday 7th May	Peter Whalley	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	16,500,000	1
74	4191	Friday 9th May	Peter Whalley	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	14,200,000	5
75	4192	Sunday 11th May	Martin Allen	Brian Mills	12,980,000	7
76	4193	Monday 12th May	Mark Wadlow	Brian Mills	15,790,000	1
77	4194	Wednesday 14th May	Tom Elliott	Brian Mills	13,550,000	6
78	4195	Friday 16th May	Phil Woods	Brian Mills	13,770,000	5
79	4196	Sunday 18th May	Ken Blakeson	Laurence Moody	11,920,000	7
80	4197	Monday 19th May	Patrea Smallacombe	Laurence Moody	15,300,000	2
81	4198	Wednesday 21st May	Catherine Hayes	Laurence Moody	15,760,000	1
82	4199	Friday 23rd May	John Stevenson	Laurence Moody	13,370,000	5
83	4200	Sunday 25th May	Adele Rose	Garth Tucker	10,180,000	10
84	4201	Monday 26th May	Ken Blakeson	Garth Tucker	12,650,000	2
85	4202	Wednesday 28th May	Paul Cornell	Garth Tucker	10,860,000	8
86	4203	Friday 30th May	Patrea Smallacombe	Garth Tucker	11,610,000	5
87	4204	Sunday 1st June	Catherine Hayes	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	11,440,000	6
88	4205	Monday 2nd June	Tom Elliott	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	14,540,000	1
89	4206	Wednesday 4th June	Peter Whalley	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	13,460,000	6
90	4207	Friday 6th June	Martin Allen	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	13,710,000	4
91	4208	Sunday 8th June	Mark Wadlow	Brian Mills	12,140,000	7
92	4209	Monday 9th June	Andy Armitage	Brian Mills	14,760,000	2
93	4210	Wednesday 11th June	John Stevenson	Brian Mills	14,910,000	1
94	4211	Friday 13th June	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	13,340,000	5
95	4212	Sunday 15th June	Maureen Chadwick	Laurence Moody	13,110,000	7
96	4213	Monday 16th June	Patrea Smallacombe	Laurence Moody	14,570,000	2
97	4214	Wednesday 18th June	Phil Woods	Laurence Moody	15,180,000	1
98	4215	Friday 20th June	Ken Blakeson	Laurence Moody	14,170,000	4
99	4216	Sunday 22nd June	Patrea Smallacombe	Garth Tucker	12,850,000	7
100	4217	Monday 23rd June	Ken Blakeson	Garth Tucker	15,290,000	1
101	4218	Wednesday 25th June	Adele Rose	Garth Tucker	15,100,000	2
102	4219	Friday 27th June	Mark Wadlow	Garth Tucker	14,780,000	3
103	4220	Sunday 29th June	Catherine Hayes	Lou Wakefield	13,920,000	5
104	4221	Monday 30th June	John Stevenson	Lou Wakefield	16,010,000	1
105	4222	Wednesday 2nd July	John Stevenson	Lou Wakefield	15,370,000	2
106	4223	Friday 4th July	Sally Wainwright	Lou Wakefield	13,410,000	5
107	4224	Sunday 6th July	Sally Wainwright	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	11,740,000	7
108	4225	Monday 7th July	John Stevenson	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	14,920,000	1
109	4226	Wednesday 9th July	Phil Woods	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	14,120,000	3
110	4227	Friday 11th July	Catherine Hayes	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	14,370,000	2
111	4228	Sunday 13th July	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	12,400,000	7
112	4229	Monday 14th July	Martin Allen	Brian Mills	15,560,000	1
113	4230	Wednesday 16th July	Ken Blakeson	Brian Mills	14,870,000	2
114	4231	Friday 18th July	Maureen Chadwick	Brian Mills	13,810,000	4
115	4232	Sunday 20th July	Patrea Smallacombe	Sue Dunderdale	10,830,000	10
116	4233	Monday 21st July	Peter Whalley	Sue Dunderdale	14,330,000	1
117	4234	Wednesday 23rd July	Adele Rose	Sue Dunderdale	13,980,000	2
118	4235	Friday 25th July	Sally Wainwright	Sue Dunderdale	13,010,000	3
119	4236	Sunday 27th July	Phil Woods	Laurence Moody	11,170,000	7
120	4237	Monday 28th July	Catherine Hayes	Laurence Moody	13,900,000	2
121	4238	Wednesday 30th July	Andy Armitage	Laurence Moody	14,160,000	1
122	4239	Friday 1st August	Maureen Chadwick	Laurence Moody	13,370,000	3
123	4240	Sunday 3rd August	Peter Whalley	Lou Wakefield	11,850,000	6
124	4241	Monday 4th August	Adele Rose	Lou Wakefield	14,420,000	1
125	4242	Wednesday 6th August	Maureen Chadwick	Lou Wakefield	14,220,000	2
126	4243	Friday 8th August	Catherine Hayes	Lou Wakefield	11,530,000	5
127	4244	Sunday 10th August	Mark Wadlow	June Howson	10,880,000	7
128	4245	Monday 11th August	Ken Blakeson	June Howson	14,050,000	2
129	4246	Wednesday 13th August	John Stevenson	June Howson	14,110,000	1
130	4247	Friday 15th August	Sally Wainwright	June Howson	12,070,000	3
131	4248	Sunday 17th August	Patrea Smallacombe	Brian Mills	10,970,000	7
132	4249	Monday 18th August	Ken Blakeson	Brian Mills	14,140,000	1
133	4250	Wednesday 20th August	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	13,670,000	2
134	4251	Friday 22nd August	Martin Allen	Brian Mills	12,120,000	6
135	4252	Sunday 24th August	Andy Armitage	Sue Dunderdale	12,500,000	4
136	4253	Monday 25th August	Sally Wainwright	Sue Dunderdale	12,380,000	8
137	4254	Wednesday 27th August	Mark Wadlow	Sue Dunderdale	14,200,000	1
138	4255	Friday 29th August	Catherine Hayes	Sue Dunderdale	13,600,000	5
139	4256	Sunday 31st August	Mark Wadlow	Laurence Moody	14,080,000	2
140	4257	Monday 1st September	Patrea Smallacombe	Laurence Moody	14,500,000	4
141	4258	Wednesday 3rd September	Maureen Chadwick	Laurence Moody	16,000,000	2
142	4259	Friday 5th September	Adele Rose	Laurence Moody	12,850,000	9
143	4260	Sunday 7th September	Peter Whalley	Lou Wakefield	12,420,000	11
144	4261	Monday 8th September	Andy Armitage	Lou Wakefield	15,050,000	1
145	4262	Wednesday 10th September	Sally Wainwright	Lou Wakefield	14,170,000	4
146	4263	Friday 12th September	Catherine Hayes	Lou Wakefield	14,370,000	3
147	4264	Sunday 14th September	Maureen Chadwick	Robert Khodadad	13,490,000	8
148	4265	Monday 15th September	Adele Rose	Robert Khodadad	15,380,000	1
149	4266	Wednesday 17th September	Peter Whalley	Robert Khodadad	12,820,000	8
150	4267	Friday 19th September	Patrea Smallacombe	Robert Khodadad	15,150,000	3
151	4268	Sunday 21st September	Sally Wainwright	Will Brenton	14,400,000	4
152	4269	Monday 22nd September	Catherine Hayes	Will Brenton	15,840,000	1
153	4270	Wednesday 24th September	Martin Allen	Will Brenton	15,730,000	3
154	4271	Friday 26th September	Phil Woods	Will Brenton	14,740,000	5
155	4272	Sunday 28th September	Peter Mills	Sue Dunderdale	14,750,000	4
156	4273	Monday 29th September	Ken Blakeson	Sue Dunderdale	16,130,000	1
157	4274	Wednesday 1st October	Phil Woods	Sue Dunderdale	13,590,000	7
158	4275	Friday 3rd October	Catherine Hayes	Sue Dunderdale	15,140,000	3
159	4276	Sunday 5th October	Maureen Chadwick	Mike Adams	14,950,000	4
160	4277	Monday 6th October	Martin Allen	Mike Adams	16,710,000	2
161	4278	Wednesday 8th October	John Stevenson	Mike Adams	17,350,000	1
162	4279	Friday 10th October	Peter Whalley	Mike Adams	16,140,000	5
163	4280	Sunday 12th October	Maureen Chadwick	June Howson	16,250,000	4
164	4281	Monday 13th October	Mark Wadlow	June Howson	16,930,000	2
165	4282	Wednesday 15th October	Adele Rose	June Howson	17,470,000	1
166	4283	Friday 17th October	Martin Allen	June Howson	15,360,000	5
167	4284	Sunday 19th October	John Stevenson	Robert Khodadad	15,630,000	4
168	4285	Monday 20th October	Peter Whalley	Robert Khodadad	17,400,000	1
169	4286	Wednesday 22nd October	Ken Blakeson	Robert Khodadad	12,810,000	8
170	4287	Friday 24th October	Phil Woods	Robert Khodadad	15,680,000	4
171	4288	Sunday 26th October	Adele Rose	Will Brenton	16,630,000	2
172	4289	Monday 27th October	Sally Wainwright	Will Brenton	17,390,000	1
173	4290	Wednesday 29th October	Andy Armitage	Will Brenton	17,040,000	2
174	4291	Friday 31st October	Catherine Hayes	Will Brenton	15,060,000	7
175	4292	Sunday 2nd November	Peter Whalley	Kay Patrick	15,810,000	4
176	4293	Monday 3rd November	Martin Allen	Kay Patrick	17,710,000	1
177	4294	Wednesday 5th November	Ken Blakeson	Kay Patrick	13,520,000	8
178	4295	Friday 7th November	Maureen Chadwick	Kay Patrick	17,500,000	2
179	4296	Sunday 9th November	Maureen Chadwick	Mike Adams	17,450,000	3
180	4297	Monday 10th November	Andy Armitage	Mike Adams	17,780,000	2
181	4298	Wednesday 12th November	Adele Rose	Mike Adams	17,720,000	3
182	4299	Friday 14th November	Martin Allen	Mike Adams	16,620,000	5
183	4300	Sunday 16th November	Ken Blakeson	Noreen Kershaw	16,100,000	6
184	4301	Monday 17th November	Peter Mills	Noreen Kershaw	18,030,000	1
185	4302	Wednesday 19th November	Mark Wadlow	Noreen Kershaw	17,510,000	3
186	4303	Friday 21st November	Sally Wainwright	Noreen Kershaw	15,410,000	6
187	4304	Sunday 23rd November	Jan McVerry	Robert Khodadad	16,790,000	4
188	4305	Monday 24th November	Catherine Hayes	Robert Khodadad	17,540,000	2
189	4306	Wednesday 26th November	Andy Armitage	Robert Khodadad	12,120,000	11
190	4307	Friday 28th November	Mark Wadlow	Robert Khodadad	15,860,000	4
191	4308	Sunday 30th November	Peter Whalley	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	16,750,000	3
192	4309	Monday 1st December	John Stevenson	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	17,880,000	1
193	4310	Wednesday 3rd December	Adele Rose	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	17,170,000	2
194	4311	Friday 5th December	Maureen Chadwick	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	15,580,000	6
195	4312	Sunday 7th December	Catherine Hayes	Kay Patrick	16,280,000	4
196	4313	Monday 8th December	Phil Ford	Kay Patrick	17,270,000	1
197	4314	Wednesday 10th December	John Stevenson	Kay Patrick	12,460,000	8
198	4315	Friday 12th December	Phil Woods	Kay Patrick	14,770,000	3
199	4316	Sunday 14th December	Peter Whalley	Mike Adams	15,560,000	2
200	4317	Monday 15th December	Ken Blakeson	Mike Adams	17,400,000	1
201	4318	Wednesday 17th December	Jan McVerry	June Howson	17,220,000	2
202	4319	Friday 19th December	Maureen Chadwick	June Howson	15,130,000	6
203	4320	Sunday 21st December	Sally Wainwright	Brian Mills	15,370,000	3
204	4321	Monday 22nd December	Peter Mills	Brian Mills	17,250,000	1
205	4322	Thursday 25th December	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	14,060,000	5
206	4323	Friday 26th December	Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	13,550,000	8
207	4324	Sunday 28th December	Martin Allen	Laurence Moody	13,890,000	6
208	4325	Monday 29th December	Jan McVerry	Laurence Moody	16,650,000	3
209	4326	Wednesday 31st December	John Stevenson	Laurence Moody	15,640,000	4

Storylines

To be added.

Who lives where

Coronation Street

Rovers Return Inn - Jack and Vera Duckworth. Tricia and Jamie Armstrong (January to May). Brad Armstrong (February to May).
1 Coronation Street - Ken Barlow.
2a Coronation Street - Fiona Middleton. Alan McKenna (May to November).
3 Coronation Street - Emily Bishop. Percy Sugden (until October). Spider Nugent (December onwards).
4 Coronation Street - Derek Wilton (until April). Mavis Wilton (until September). Fred Elliott (September to October). Maureen Elliott (September only). Ashley Peacock (from November). Maxine Heavey (November only). Zoe Tattersall (from November). Shannon Tattersall (from December).
5 Coronation Street - Don Brennan (until May). Ashley Peacock (until May). Les, Janice, Leanne and Toyah Battersby (all from July)
6 Coronation Street - Des Barnes (until March, then from June onwards). Claire and Becky Palmer (both until March). Angie Freeman (March to October). Chris Collins (April to October). Samantha Failsworth (October onwards).
7 Coronation Street - Curly Watts. Samantha Failsworth (until October). Angie Freeman (October onwards).
8 Coronation Street - Martin, Gail, Sarah Louise and David Platt. Nick Tilsley (October onwards).
9 Coronation Street - Gary and Judy Mallett. Zoe Tattersall (July to September). Shannon Tattersall (August to December).
10a Coronation Street - Rita Sullivan. Mavis Wilton (September to October).
11 Coronation Street - Jim McDonald. Andy McDonald (January to November). Steve McDonald (June to November).
12 Coronation Street - Alec Gilroy.
13 Coronation Street - Kevin Webster (until July and from December onwards). Sally, Rosie and Sophie Webster.
Corner Shop flat - Bill Webster (February to October). Chris Collins (October onwards).

Rosamund Street

Jim's Cafe flat - Roy Cropper (from February)

Victoria Street

17a Victoria Street - Deirdre Rachid (June to November).

Others

Chepstow Road - Deirdre Rachid (March to June)
5 Crimea Street - Deirdre Rachid (until March). Tricia and Jamie Armstrong (January only). Roy Cropper (until February). Bill Webster (until February).
2 Douglas Road - Maxine Heavey (until November, then from December onwards).
5 Grasmere Drive - Alf and Audrey Roberts.
37 Hillside Crescent - Billy Williams (until November). Betty Williams.
Mayfield Court - Maud Grimes. Percy Sugden (both from October onwards).
No. 4 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Mike and Alma Baldwin.
7 Nightingale Street - Maud Grimes and Maureen Holdsworth (both until September).
9 Oak Grove, Didsbury - Jon Lindsay and Deirdre Rachid (both from November onwards).
16 Orchard Close - Anne Malone. Andy McDonald (January only). Curly Watts (first part of January only).
170 Park Street - Liz McDonald.
23 Seymour Drive, Oakhill - Fred Elliott (until September and from November).
Unnamed hostel - Zoe Tattersall (September to November).

Awards and nominations

Bafta Awards

The Lew Grade Award for Significant and Popular Programme

TV Quick Awards

Best Newcomer: Tina Hobley (Winner)
Best Soap Actor: William Tarmey (Nominee)
Best Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)

National Television Awards

Most Popular Newcomer: Matthew Marsden (Winner), Tina Hobley (Nominee)

Mental Health Media Awards

Soap Opera Storyline: Don Brennan's mental breakdown (Nominee)

Royal Television Society (North West) Awards

Best Actress: Sally Whittaker (Nominee)
Best Actor: Michael Le Vell (Nominee)

Coronation Street in the 1990s
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