Changes: Coronation Street in 2000

Revision as of 14:08, 31 July 2021

2000 was Coronation Street's forty-first year.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Gail Platt	Helen Worth	Full year	144	2105	2
2	Janice Battersby	Vicky Entwistle	Full year	143	481	2
3	Natalie Barnes	Denise Welch	Until December	137	490	6
4	Martin Platt	Sean Wilson	Full year	131	1184	15
5	Linda Sykes/Baldwin	Jacqueline Pirie	Full year	122	260	9
6	Sarah Louise Platt	Tina O'Brien	Full year	120	536	45
7	Mike Baldwin	Johnny Briggs	Full year	115	1841	5
8	Steve McDonald	Simon Gregson	Full year	110	858	35
9	Jim McDonald	Charles Lawson	Until December	108	1069	29
10	Tyrone Dobbs	Alan Halsall	Full year	107	213	28
11	Duggie Ferguson	John Bowe	Full year except for June and July	103	107	63
12	Geena Gregory	Jennifer James	From February	99	99	-
13	Toyah Battersby	Georgia Taylor	Full year	98	379	14
13	Vera Duckworth	Elizabeth Dawn	Full year	98	1801	20
15	Hayley Cropper	Julie Hesmondhalgh	Full year except for February	96	275	22
16	Deirdre Rachid	Anne Kirkbride	Full year	95	2049	22
17	Ken Barlow	William Roache	Full year except for April	94	2923	25
18	Audrey Roberts	Sue Nicholls	Full year	93	1376	8
19	Les Battersby	Bruce Jones	Full year except for May and June	92	386	16
20	Roy Cropper	David Neilson	Full year	90	401	30
21	Fred Elliott	John Savident	Full year	88	430	11
21	Rita Sullivan	Barbara Knox	Full year	88	2320	10
23	Vinny Sorrell	James Gaddas	Until November	87	145	38
24	Vikram Desai	Chris Bisson	Until July and September to November	78	150	34
25	Dev Alahan	Jimmi Harkishin	Full year except for July	76	86	57
26	David Platt	Thomas Ormson and Jack P. Shepherd	Full year	75	424	47
27	Debs Brownlow	Gabrielle Glaister	February to June and August to November	74	74	-
28	Norris Cole	Malcolm Hebden	Full year except for April	73	158	59
29	Leanne Battersby	Jane Danson	Until August	72	406	1
29	Curly Watts	Kevin Kennedy	Full year	72	1318	25
29	Sally Webster	Sally Whittaker	Full year	72	1242	7
32	Maxine Peacock	Tracy Shaw	Full year except for June	68	491	12
32	Mark Redman	Paul Fox	Until July and September	68	151	52
32	Kevin Webster	Michael Le Vell	Full year except for July	68	1392	19
35	Gwen Loveday/Davies	Annie Hulley	Until June	67	91	50
35	Ashley Peacock	Steven Arnold	Full year except for June	67	448	2
37	Jack Duckworth	William Tarmey	Full year	65	1580	21
38	Danny Hargreaves	Richard Standing	Full year except for August	63	117	41
39	Betty Williams	Betty Driver	Full year	59	2251	33
40	Emma Taylor/Watts	Angela Lonsdale	From April	57	57	-
41	Bethany Platt	Amy & Emily Walton and Mia Cookson	From June	54	54	-
42	Dennis Stringer	Charles Dale	February and from July	52	52	-
43	Candice Stowe	Nikki Sanderson	Full year	50	55	62
44	Alma Baldwin/Halliwell	Amanda Barrie	Full year except for June	49	1082	16
45	Emily Bishop	Eileen Derbyshire	Full year except for May	47	2469	32
46	Bobbi Lewis	Naomi Ryan	March to June and from August	46	46	-
46	Gary Mallett	Ian Mercer	Until October	46	424	31
48	Blanche Hunt	Maggie Jones	Full year except for February	42	173	48
48	Maria Sutherland	Samia Smith	From May	42	42	-
50	Liz McDonald	Beverley Callard	From October	39	910	-
51	Anthony Stephens	John Quayle	From July	35	35	-
52	Alison Wakefield/Webster	Naomi Radcliffe	January to March and May to June	33	133	25
53	Eileen Grimshaw	Sue Cleaver	From May	32	32	-
54	Karen Phillips	Suranne Jones	June to October and from December	28	28	-
55	Spider Nugent	Martin Hancock	January and April to July	23	230	16
56	Nita Desai	Rebecca Sarker	Until May	22	122	24
57	Edna Miller	Joan Kempson	June to November	20	21	-
58	Rosie Webster	Helen Flanagan	January, March to June, August to September and November to December	20	450	37
59	Becky Mallett	Megan Foster and Elizabeth Mackie	February, March, May and July to October	19	73	42
59	Billy Mallett	Lewis Ablett	February, March, May and July to October	19	70	44
61	Sophie Webster	Emma Woodward	January, March to June, August and November to December	18	235	39
62	Tommy Duckworth	Joseph Aston	July and August	17	138	-
63	Sam Kingston	Scott Wright	From June	16	16	-
64	Peter Barlow	Chris Gascoyne	From December	14	68	-
65	Andrea Clayton	Caroline O'Neill	November and December	11	40	-
66	Andy McDonald	Nicholas Cochrane	November and December	8	600	-
67	Paul Clayton	Lee Booth	November and December	7	7	-
67	Tom Ferguson	Tom Wisdom	January only	7	58	42
67	Matt Ramsden	Stephen Beckett	From November	7	7	-
70	Charlie Ramsden	Clare McGlinn	From November	6	6	-
71	Terry Duckworth	Nigel Pivaro	November and December	5	323	55
71	Molly Hardcastle	Jacqueline Kington	From November	5	5	-
73	Raquel Watts	Sarah Lancashire	January only	2	532	-
74	Evelyn Sykes	Melanie Kilburn	October only	1	1	-
74	Jason Grimshaw	Ryan Thomas	From December	1	1	-
74	Kirk Sutherland	Andrew Whyment	October only	1	1	-

Production

Jane Macnaught

2000 gail and sarah — Sarah Louise's teenage pregnancy was one of the biggest storylines of the year

For the first time since 1996, a single producer oversaw Coronation Street for an entire year. Like Brian Park, Jane Macnaught worked with no executive producer over her, and in November she assumed that title herself. Macnaught had no drama show-running experience when she took charge but had a clear vision for the programme. Under her, the programme began featuring more issue-driven plots, and the amount of violent storylines increased. To maintain a high profile all year round, event episodes such as weddings, crimes, revelations and deaths were shown regularly at a rate of one per month.

Much of the violence centred around the character of drug dealer and gangster Jez Quigley, played by Lee Boardman. After early plots including setting up a robbery of the Rovers Return in the New Year's Day episode, and getting Leanne Battersby addicted to cocaine, Jez was unveiled as Tony Horrocks's killer. Jez was charged with the murder but found not guilty, after which he had Steve McDonald beaten and left for dead as payback for grassing him up. The storyline reached a climax when Jez, hospitalised after being set upon by Jim, made his way to Steve's bed to finish the job only to rupture his spleen and die himself. The storyline heralded Charles Lawson's departure from the series after 11 years, with Jim confessing to beating Jez and receiving an eight-year custodial sentence for manslaughter. Writers decided to drop the character as they felt that he had reached the end of his shelf-life in light of Beverley Callard's departure. Callard and Nicholas Cochrane returned briefly later in the year for Lawson's final episodes, which saw Jim and Liz remarry.

The grittier depiction of violence was also seen in October's Freshco siege storyline. In the story, various characters were trapped inside Freshco by armed robbers, resulting in the police storming the supermarket and shooting one of the robbers, who was revealed to be Linda Baldwin's brother Dean Sykes. Two episodes were shown on one day, with most of the action taking place in the latter hour-long instalment which aired post-watershed at 10.00pm. Melanie Kilburn made an appearance as Linda's mother Eve, a role she reprised the following year. After this, Freshco was retired as a recurring location, ending a tradition which had begun with Bettabuy in 1989.

A notable example of Macnaught's predilection for issue-based storylines was Sarah Platt's teenage pregnancy. In February, 13-year-old Sarah was revealed to be five months pregnant, and in June gave birth to baby Bethany, played by twins Amy and Emily Walton. In doing the storyline, Coronation Street was criticised by the National Viewers and Listeners Association for turning teenage pregnancy into entertainment, but the storyline was otherwise well received and won Best Storyline at the British Soap Awards.

Macnaught proved a controversial figure in the writers' room and early in the year John Stevenson, Jan McVerry and Ken Blakeson left the team, returning in 2002 after she had vacated her position.

Cast departures

Seven actors resigned over the course of the year. Having only introduced Natalie Barnes's sister Debs Brownlow in February, writers dropped the character after Denise Welch and James Gaddas, who played Rovers landlady Natalie and her boyfriend Vinny Sorrell, both quit. Natalie left Weatherfield in the last episode of the year, a month after Vinny and Debs had a fling and ran off together. With no obvious replacement for Natalie at the Rovers, Beverley Callard was offered a new contract, with Liz becoming landlady. Callard was back for Jim's storyline but with the actress uninterested in returning full-time, Duggie Ferguson took over the establishment in a business partnership with Mike Baldwin and Fred Elliott.

Naomi Radcliffe quit after 18 months as Alison Wakefield. Alison ran into the path of a lorry following the death of her newborn son Jake Webster from a Group B Strep infection, ending a new chapter of Kevin's life in a double tragedy.

Unhappy with his reduced role since the death of his screen wife, Ian Mercer decided to leave after five years as Gary Mallett. Gary moved in with his girlfriend Paula Shipley in Blackpool, taking twins Billy and Becky with him. Gary's departure was used as an opportunity to return Jack and Vera Duckworth to their old home of 9 Coronation Street, which had been the Malletts' abode since 1995 when the Duckworths took over the Rovers.

The other departees were Martin Hancock, Jane Danson and Paul Fox. In their cases, the door was left open, although only Danson subsequently came back full-time; Spider Nugent went travelling in India after quitting his job at the DSS, Leanne fled to Amsterdam to get away from Jez Quigley, and Mark Redman was thrown out by father Mike after his affair with Linda was exposed on Mike and Linda's wedding day.

These resignations were coupled with the now-standard round of axings. Most of these were characters introduced the year before by David Hanson: Tom Wisdom as Tom Ferguson departed in January, Rebecca Sarker as Nita Desai in May, and Annie Hulley as Gwen Davies in June, while Rosie Webster and David Platt changed heads, now played by Helen Flanagan and Jack P. Shepherd respectively.

Arrivals and set changes

The set extension into Victoria Street was completed in April, bringing three new businesses to the show: Sally Webster and Danny Hargreaves's hardware shop D & S Hardware, Elliott & Son butcher shop, and taxi firm Street Cars. Street Cars was owned by Steve McDonald and Vikram Desai, with Sue Cleaver making her debut appearance as switch operator Eileen Grimshaw in May. Eileen proved a popular addition to the cast, and her son Jason was introduced on Christmas Day.

Rosamund Street was also built up, with a doctor's surgery opening in the old Graffiti Club building in November. The programme's first professional couple was introduced in the form of Dr. Matt Ramsden GP and his teacher wife Charlie, who moved into No.6, while Molly Hardcastle was introduced as a practice nurse and Gail Platt became the centre's receptionist.

Other new characters included Samia Ghadie as Maria Sutherland, a kennel maid who stole Tyrone Dobbs's heart, Andrew Whyment as her dimwitted brother Kirk, Jennifer James as new Rovers barmaid Geena Gregory, Suranne Jones and Naomi Ryan as Underworld machinists Karen Phillips and Bobbi Lewis, Angela Lonsdale as Emma Taylor, a police officer girlfriend (and, by the end of the year, wife) of Curly Watts, Charles Dale as biker Dennis Stringer, Scott Wright as stripper Sam Kingston, and John Quayle as bookshop owner Anthony Stephens. Meanwhile, Joan Kempson returned full-time as pessimistic cleaner Edna Miller, and Chris Gascoyne became the seventh actor to play Peter Barlow, who made his first appearance since 1986 when he became a regular for the first time since 1971.

40th anniversary

40th anniversary logo

Coronation Street's 40th anniversary year began with the surprise return of Sarah Lancashire as Raquel Watts. Raquel was first glimpsed at the end of the New Year's Day episode, which saw the residents celebrate the Millennium with a street fancy dress party. The following instalment was a 45-minute two-hander - the programme's first - which saw Raquel return to Weatherfield to tell Curly that they had a daughter, Alice, and to ask for a divorce to marry her French partner Armand de Beaux. The episode was written by Raquel's creator John Stevenson who felt that her 1996 departure had left the couple with unfinished business.

Lancashire made no further appearances as Raquel but Alice was seen later in the year when Curly, Emma, Fred, Audrey, Ashley and Maxine went to stay at Raquel's chateau in the wake of the Freshco siege. Filming took place in Paris for three episodes which, in a first for Coronation Street, featured no scenes set in the UK.

Prince Charles 2000 — Prince Charles visited the street as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations.

For its actual anniversary in December, producers decided to broadcast an hour-long live episode of Coronation Street, the first episode not pre-recorded since 3rd February 1961. The main storyline saw the residents campaign to stop the council replacing the cobbles with tarmac, with their efforts resulting in Northern Heritage granting a preservation order for them. The episode featured guest appearances by Noddy Holder, Sir Trevor McDonald (as himself) and, in a pre-recorded segment, Prince Charles. The episode also saw Vera Duckworth have a brush with death after donating a kidney to her sick grandson Paul Clayton. Nigel Pivaro made another of his semi-annual returns to the role of Terry for the storyline, while the characters of Andrea and Connie Clayton appeared for the first time since 1985 (although only Andrea was played by the original actress).

Viewing figures

The (aggregated) ratings average suffered its biggest drop in a single year since 1993, to a figure of 14.54 million viewers, representing a drop of over a million viewers from 1999. For the third time in its history, every month fell year-on-year from the year before, with the biggest drops occurring in March and May which were down by almost two million viewers.

The programme's chart performance was also down on 1999, with 21 episodes reaching number one (four fewer than the year before).

The highest-rated episode was Episode 4746 on 3rd January, which gained an audience of 19.06 million viewers (including omnibus repeat). The episode took place immediately after the Curly and Raquel two-hander.

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Part	Writer	Director	Viewing Figures (With omnibus)	Chart Position
1	4745	Saturday 1st January		Peter Mills	David Kester	15,820,000	9
2	4745a	Sunday 2nd January		John Stevenson	Brian Mills	18,170,000	6
3	4746	Monday 3rd January		John Stevenson	Michael Kerrigan	19,060,000	4
4	4747	Wednesday 5th January		Phil Woods	Michael Kerrigan	18,280,000	5
5	4748	Friday 7th January		Stephen Bennett	Michael Kerrigan	16,060,000	6
6	4749	Sunday 9th January		Martin Allen	Garth Tucker	15,120,000	7
7	4750	Monday 10th January		Catherine Hayes	Garth Tucker	17,490,000	4
8	4751	Wednesday 12th January		David Lane	Garth Tucker	17,570,000	3
9	4752	Friday 14th January		Mark Wadlow	Garth Tucker	16,150,000	6
10	4753	Sunday 16th January		Julie Gearey	Graham Wetherell	16,020,000	7
11	4754	Monday 17th January		Peter Mills	Graham Wetherell	17,590,000	3
12	4755	Wednesday 19th January		Catherine Hayes	Graham Wetherell	18,080,000	2
13	4756	Friday 21st January		Peter Whalley	Graham Wetherell	15,580,000	7
14	4757	Sunday 23rd January		Ken Blakeson	Tony Prescott	17,580,000	4
15	4758	Monday 24th January		Stephen Bennett	Tony Prescott	17,860,000	2
16	4759	Wednesday 26th January		Phil Woods	Tony Prescott	17,150,000	4
17	4760	Friday 28th January		John Stevenson	Tony Prescott	16,070,000	6
18	4761	Sunday 30th January		Stephen Bennett	Colin Cant	15,480,000	7
19	4762	Monday 31st January		Joe Turner	Colin Cant	17,800,000	3
20	4763	Wednesday 2nd February		Ken Blakeson	Colin Cant	17,100,000	5
21	4764	Friday 4th February		Peter Whalley	Colin Cant	16,460,000	6
22	4765	Sunday 6th February		Susan Wilkins	Tim Dowd	17,340,000	4
23	4766	Monday 7th February		Phil Ford	Tim Dowd	17,810,000	3
24	4767	Wednesday 9th February		Phil Woods	Tim Dowd	17,360,000	4
25	4768	Friday 11th February		Mark Wadlow	Tim Dowd	15,220,000	7
26	4769	Sunday 13th February		Peter Whalley	Garth Tucker	16,280,000	6
27	4770	Monday 14th February		Peter Mills	Garth Tucker	17,380,000	1
28	4771	Wednesday 16th February		Julie Gearey	Garth Tucker	16,980,000	4
29	4772	Friday 18th February		Ken Blakeson	Garth Tucker	17,050,000	2
30	4773	Sunday 20th February		John Stevenson	John Anderson	16,940,000	6
31	4774	Monday 21st February		Mark Wadlow	John Anderson	17,760,000	4
32	4775	Wednesday 23rd February		Joe Turner	John Anderson	17,690,000	5
33	4776	Friday 25th February		Phil Ford	John Anderson	16,400,000	6
34	4777	Sunday 27th February		Mark Wadlow	Tony Prescott	14,600,000	7
35	4778	Monday 28th February		Martin Allen	Tony Prescott	17,620,000	2
36	4779	Wednesday 1st March		Joe Turner	Tony Prescott	18,120,000	1
37	4780	Friday 3rd March		Susan Wilkins	Tony Prescott	15,420,000	7
38	4781	Sunday 5th March		Catherine Hayes	David Kester	16,100,000	6
39	4782	Monday 6th March		Phil Woods	David Kester	17,090,000	1
40	4783	Wednesday 8th March		Stephen Bennett	David Kester	13,200,000	7
41	4784	Friday 10th March		John Stevenson	David Kester	15,390,000	6
42	4785	Sunday 12th March		Catherine Hayes	Tim Dowd	16,010,000	4
43	4786	Monday 13th March		Peter Mills	Tim Dowd	17,260,000	1
44	4787	Wednesday 15th March		Julie Gearey	Tim Dowd	12,230,000	7
45	4788	Friday 17th March		Martin Allen	Tim Dowd	14,430,000	6
46	4789	Sunday 19th March		David Lane	Brian Mills	16,190,000	2
47	4790	Monday 20th March		Stephen Bennett	Brian Mills	17,150,000	1
48	4791	Wednesday 22nd March		Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	12,210,000	12
49	4792	Friday 24th March		Joe Turner	Brian Mills	15,090,000	6
50	4793	Sunday 26th March		Stephen Bennett	John Anderson	15,080,000	7
51	4794	Monday 27th March		Catherine Hayes	John Anderson	16,550,000	1
52	4795	Wednesday 29th March		Susan Wilkins	John Anderson	15,790,000	3
53	4796	Friday 31st March		David Lane	John Anderson	13,180,000	8
54	4797	Sunday 2nd April		Martin Allen	Tony Prescott	15,550,000	4
55	4798	Monday 3rd April		Phil Ford	Tony Prescott	16,530,000	1
56	4799	Wednesday 5th April		Peter Mills	Tony Prescott	14,130,000	5
57	4800	Friday 7th April		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	13,710,000	6
58	4801	Sunday 9th April		Julie Gearey	David Kester	14,420,000	4
59	4802	Monday 10th April		John Stevenson	David Kester	15,310,000	4
60	4803	Wednesday 12th April		David Lane	David Kester	15,830,000	1
61	4804	Friday 14th April		Stephen Bennett	David Kester	13,930,000	7
62	4805	Sunday 16th April		Phil Ford	Tim Dowd	14,040,000	6
63	4806	Monday 17th April		Martin Allen	Tim Dowd	15,910,000	1
64	4807	Wednesday 19th April		Phil Woods	Tim Dowd	13,410,000	6
65	4808	Friday 21st April		Mark Wadlow	Tim Dowd	14,290,000	4
66	4809	Sunday 23rd April		Susan Wilkins	Brian Mills	11,830,000	7
67	4810	Monday 24th April		Mark Wadlow	Brian Mills	14,740,000	4
68	4811	Wednesday 26th April		Catherine Hayes	Brian Mills	14,880,000	2
69	4812	Friday 28th April		Phil Ford	Brian Mills	13,050,000	6
70	4813	Sunday 30th April		John Stevenson	John Anderson	12,750,000	7
71	4814	Monday 1st May		Peter Whalley	John Anderson	14,600,000	1
72	4815	Wednesday 3rd May		Ken Blakeson	John Anderson	11,140,000	8
73	4816	Friday 5th May		Phil Woods	John Anderson	13,350,000	6
74	4817	Sunday 7th May		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	13,650,000	5
75	4818	Monday 8th May		John Stevenson	Tony Prescott	14,320,000	1
76	4819	Wednesday 10th May		Phil Ford	Tony Prescott	12,860,000	6
77	4820	Friday 12th May		Ken Blakeson	Tony Prescott	13,170,000	4
78	4821	Sunday 14th May		Peter Mills	David Kester	12,420,000	7
79	4822	Monday 15th May		Julie Gearey	David Kester	13,900,000	5
80	4823	Wednesday 17th May		Phil Woods	David Kester	14,320,000	3
81	4824	Friday 19th May		Joe Turner	David Kester	13,580,000	7
82	4825	Sunday 21st May		Peter Whalley	Graham Wetherell	13,890,000	6
83	4826	Monday 22nd May		Julie Gearey	Graham Wetherell	14,220,000	4
84	4827	Wednesday 24th May		Joe Turner	Graham Wetherell	10,670,000	8
85	4828	Friday 26th May		Jan McVerry	Graham Wetherell	13,550,000	5
86	4829	Sunday 28th May		John Stevenson	Brian Mills	12,970,000	6
87	4830	Monday 29th May		Peter Mills	Brian Mills	11,690,000	7
88	4831	Wednesday 31st May		Martin Allen	Brian Mills	15,060,000	1
89	4832	Friday 2nd June		Phil Ford	Brian Mills	14,320,000	4
90	4833	Sunday 4th June		John Stevenson	John Anderson	14,780,000	2
91	4834	Monday 5th June		Julie Gearey	John Anderson	16,400,000	2
92	4835	Wednesday 7th June		Jan McVerry	John Anderson	17,210,000	1
93	4836	Friday 9th June		Catherine Hayes	John Anderson	14,490,000	6
94	4837	Sunday 11th June		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	14,370,000	7
95	4838	Monday 12th June		Peter Mills	Tony Prescott	15,110,000	1
96	4839	Wednesday 14th June		Joe Turner	Tony Prescott	14,800,000	3
97	4840	Friday 16th June		Mark Wadlow	Tony Prescott	11,700,000	6
98	4841	Sunday 18th June		David Lane	Philip Wood	11,870,000	5
99	4842	Monday 19th June		Peter Whalley	Philip Wood	11,900,000	6
100	4843	Wednesday 21st June		Joe Turner	Philip Wood	11,360,000	7
101	4844	Friday 23rd June		Mark Wadlow	Philip Wood	12,990,000	3
102	4845	Sunday 25th June		Stephen Bennett	Graham Wetherell	12,580,000	5
103	4846	Monday 26th June		Martin Allen	Graham Wetherell	13,470,000	4
104	4847	Wednesday 28th June		John Stevenson	Graham Wetherell	12,300,000	7
105	4848	Friday 30th June		Ken Blakeson	Graham Wetherell	12,850,000	6
106	4849	Sunday 2nd July		David Lane	David Kester Ian Bevitt	13,360,000	5
107	4850	Monday 3rd July		Phil Ford	David Kester Ian Bevitt	13,260,000	4
108	4851	Wednesday 5th July		Susan Wilkins	David Kester Ian Bevitt	15,200,000	1
109	4852	Friday 7th July		Julie Gearey	David Kester Ian Bevitt	12,980,000	5
110	4853	Sunday 9th July		Peter Whalley	David Kester Ian Bevitt	12,790,000	6
111	4854	Monday 10th July		Mark Wadlow	David Kester Ian Bevitt	16,140,000	1
112	4855	Wednesday 12th July		Joe Turner	David Kester Ian Bevitt	14,880,000	3
113	4856	Friday 14th July		Peter Mills	David Kester Ian Bevitt	13,520,000	6
114	4857	Sunday 16th July		Catherine Hayes	Brian Mills	12,150,000	7
115	4858	Monday 17th July		Peter Whalley	Brian Mills	13,970,000	2
116	4859	Wednesday 19th July		Joe Turner	Brian Mills	13,340,000	5
117	4860	Friday 21st July		Phil Woods	Brian Mills	11,830,000	7
118	4861	Sunday 23rd July		Martin Allen	Colin Cant	13,310,000	6
119	4862	Monday 24th July		Phil Ford	Colin Cant	14,930,000	2
120	4863	Wednesday 26th July		Mark Wadlow	Jim Loach	13,180,000	5
121	4864	Friday 28th July		Susan Wilkins	Colin Cant	13,060,000	6
122	4865	Sunday 30th July		Phil Woods	John Anderson	10,560,000	7
123	4866	Monday 31st July		Martin Allen	John Anderson	13,770,000	3
124	4867	Wednesday 2nd August		Joe Turner	John Anderson	13,320,000	5
125	4868	Friday 4th August		David Lane	John Anderson	12,460,000	6
126	4869	Sunday 6th August		Phil Ford	Graham Wetherell	11,630,000	7
127	4870	Monday 7th August		Susan Wilkins	Graham Wetherell	14,420,000	3
128	4871	Wednesday 9th August		Catherine Hayes	Graham Wetherell	13,950,000	5
129	4872	Friday 11th August		Peter Whalley	Graham Wetherell	12,170,000	6
130	4873	Sunday 13th August		Phil Ford	David Kester	11,980,000	7
131	4874	Monday 14th August		Martin Allen	David Kester	14,480,000	2
132	4875	Wednesday 16th August		Peter Whalley	David Kester	13,360,000	4
133	4876	Friday 18th August		Phil Woods	David Kester	12,440,000	6
134	4877	Sunday 20th August		David Lane	Ian Bevitt	12,220,000	7
135	4878	Monday 21st August		Mark Wadlow	Ian Bevitt	14,360,000	1
136	4879	Wednesday 23rd August		Julie Gearey	Ian Bevitt	13,210,000	4
137	4880	Friday 25th August		Joe Turner	Ian Bevitt	12,440,000	6
138	4881	Sunday 27th August		Peter Mills	Colin Cant	11,080,000	7
139	4882	Monday 28th August		Peter Whalley	Colin Cant	11,840,000	5
140	4883	Wednesday 30th August		David Lane	Jim Loach	13,330,000	1
141	4884	Friday 1st September		Phil Ford	Jim Loach	12,290,000	3
142	4885	Sunday 3rd September		Catherine Hayes	Anne Ross Muir	11,520,000	7
143	4886	Monday 4th September		Martin Allen	Anne Ross Muir	14,060,000	5
144	4887	Wednesday 6th September		Julie Gearey	Anne Ross Muir	14,290,000	4
145	4888	Friday 8th September		Susan Wilkins	Anne Ross Muir	13,400,000	6
146	4889	Sunday 10th September		Joe Turner	Tony Prescott	15,840,000	2
147	4890	Monday 11th September		Joe Turner	Tony Prescott	15,870,000	1
148	4891	Wednesday 13th September		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	11,460,000	8
149	4892	Friday 15th September		Peter Mills	Tony Prescott	14,590,000	3
150	4893	Sunday 17th September		Catherine Hayes	Graham Wetherell	14,600,000	2
151	4894	Monday 18th September		Susan Wilkins	Graham Wetherell	14,830,000	2
152	4895	Wednesday 20th September		Phil Woods	Graham Wetherell	11,360,000	9
153	4896	Friday 22nd September		Mark Wadlow	Graham Wetherell	12,650,000	6
154	4897	Sunday 24th September		Julie Gearey	Graham Wetherell	14,610,000	3
155	4898	Monday 25th September		Susan Wilkins	Ian Bevitt	14,720,000	3
156	4899	Wednesday 27th September		Joe Turner	Ian Bevitt	11,540,000	9
157	4900	Friday 29th September		Peter Whalley	Ian Bevitt	11,930,000	8
158	4901	Sunday 1st October		Phil Woods	Ian Bevitt	14,760,000	2
159	4902	Monday 2nd October		David Lane	Jim Loach	15,740,000	1
160	4903	Wednesday 4th October		Phil Ford	Jim Loach	14,930,000	6
161	4904	Friday 6th October		Peter Mills	Jim Loach	13,500,000	7
162	4905	Sunday 8th October		Julie Gearey	Jim Loach	14,950,000	5
163	4906	Monday 9th October		Julie Gearey	Haldane Duncan	16,760,000	1
164	4907	Wednesday 11th October	1	Jo O'Keefe	Haldane Duncan	15,900,000	2
165	4908	Wednesday 11th October	2	Mark Wadlow	John Anderson	14,030,000	9
166	4909	Thursday 12th October		Joe Turner	John Anderson	14,740,000	6
167	4910	Friday 13th October		Susan Wilkins	Haldane Duncan	14,060,000	8
168	4911	Sunday 15th October		Phil Ford	Haldane Duncan	15,730,000	3
169	4912	Monday 16th October		Phil Woods	Tony Prescott	16,300,000	2
170	4913	Wednesday 18th October		Mariam Vossough	Tony Prescott	12,040,000	8
171	4914	Friday 20th October		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	13,680,000	6
172	4915	Sunday 22nd October		David Lane	Tony Prescott	14,120,000	5
173	4916	Monday 23rd October		Nick Doughty	Philip Wood	16,310,000	3
174	4917	Wednesday 25th October		Susan Wilkins	Graham Wetherell	11,460,000	9
175	4918	Friday 27th October		Catherine Hayes	Philip Wood	13,460,000	7
176	4919	Sunday 29th October		Julie Gearey	Graham Wetherell	15,550,000	4
177	4920	Monday 30th October		Peter Whalley	Philip Wood	16,670,000	4
178	4921	Wednesday 1st November		Mark Wadlow	Graham Wetherell	15,330,000	6
179	4922	Friday 3rd November		David Lane	Philip Wood	14,530,000	7
180	4923	Sunday 5th November		Phil Ford	Philip Wood	14,480,000	8
181	4924	Monday 6th November		Jo O'Keefe	Brian Mills	17,370,000	3
182	4925	Wednesday 8th November		Martin Allen	Brian Mills	12,400,000	9
183	4926	Friday 10th November		Mark Wadlow	Brian Mills	14,070,000	6
184	4927	Sunday 12th November		Julie Gearey	Brian Mills	14,870,000	5
185	4928	Monday 13th November		Wendy Lee	Jim Loach	16,810,000	3
186	4929	Wednesday 15th November		Mariam Vossough	Jim Loach	15,110,000	6
187	4930	Friday 17th November		David Lane	Jim Loach	12,980,000	9
188	4931	Sunday 19th November		David Lane	Jim Loach	15,240,000	5
189	4932	Monday 20th November		Peter Mills	John Anderson	16,540,000	3
190	4933	Wednesday 22nd November		Martin Allen	John Anderson	12,040,000	10
191	4934	Friday 24th November		Nick Doughty	John Anderson	13,720,000	9
192	4935	Sunday 26th November		David Lane	John Anderson	14,780,000	6
193	4936	Monday 27th November		Mark Wadlow	Tony Prescott	16,710,000	3
194	4937	Tuesday 28th November		Jo O'Keefe	Tony Prescott	13,850,000	8
195	4938	Wednesday 29th November		Phil Ford	Tony Prescott	15,490,000	4
196	4939	Thursday 30th November		Joe Turner	Tony Prescott	13,100,000	10
197	4940	Friday 1st December		Julie Gearey	Graham Wetherell	13,870,000	7
198	4941	Saturday 2nd December		Peter Whalley	Graham Wetherell	12,810,000	11
199	4942	Sunday 3rd December		Mariam Vossough	Graham Wetherell	15,190,000	5
200	4943	Monday 4th December		Mariam Vossough	Colin Cant	16,550,000	4
201	4944	Wednesday 6th December		Peter Whalley	Colin Cant	12,360,000	8
202	4945	Friday 8th December		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	16,680,000	3
203	4946	Sunday 10th December		Phil Ford	Colin Cant	15,390,000	6
204	4947	Monday 11th December		Joe Turner	Brian Mills	15,560,000	4
205	4948	Wednesday 13th December		Jo O'Keefe	Brian Mills	15,610,000	3
206	4949	Friday 15th December		Julie Gearey	Brian Mills	13,590,000	6
207	4950	Sunday 17th December		David Lane	Brian Mills	12,370,000	7
208	4951	Monday 18th December		Wendy Lee	Jim Loach	16,710,000	3
209	4952	Wednesday 20th December		Susan Wilkins	Jim Loach	15,270,000	5
210	4953	Friday 22nd December		Mark Wadlow	Jim Loach	13,650,000	7
211	4954	Sunday 24th December		Peter Mills	Jim Loach	14,070,000	6
212	4955	Monday 25th December		Julie Gearey	John Anderson	15,950,000	4
213	4956	Tuesday 26th December		Phil Ford	John Anderson	13,190,000	8
214	4957	Wednesday 27th December		David Lane	Noreen Kershaw	14,860,000	5
215	4958	Friday 29th December		Mariam Vossough	Noreen Kershaw	14,520,000	7
216	4959	Sunday 31st December		Joe Turner	Noreen Kershaw	12,910,000	9

Storylines

To be added.

Who lives where

Coronation Street

Rovers Return Inn - Natalie Barnes. Leanne Battersby (until August). Vinny Sorrell (until November). Toyah Battersby (from September onwards).
1 Coronation Street - Ken Barlow. Deirdre Rachid. Blanche Hunt (from January onwards). Peter Barlow (December only).
2a Coronation Street - Tom Ferguson (January only). Geena Gregory. Bobbi Lewis (both from May onwards).
3 Coronation Street - Emily Bishop. Norris Cole (from July onwards).
4 Coronation Street - Ashley Peacock. Maxine Peacock.
5 Coronation Street - Les Battersby. Janice Battersby. Dennis Stringer (from July onwards).
6 Coronation Street - Debs Brownlow (February to November). Duggie Ferguson (October only). Matt Ramsden. Charlie Ramsden (both from December onwards).
7 Coronation Street - Curly Watts. Emma Taylor (from August onwards).
8 Coronation Street - Martin Platt (until October). Gail Platt. Sarah Platt. David Platt. Bethany Platt (from June onwards).
9 Coronation Street - Gary Mallett. Billy Mallett. Becky Mallett (all until October). Jack Duckworth. Vera Duckworth. Tyrone Dobbs (all from October onwards).
10a Coronation Street - Rita Sullivan.
11 Coronation Street - Jim McDonald (until September). Steve McDonald (until March). Gwen Davies (March to June). Liz McDonald (from October onwards).
12 Coronation Street - Mark Redman (January to June). Empty thereafter.
13 Coronation Street - Sally Webster. Rosie Webster. Sophie Webster. Danny Hargreaves (from March onwards).
15a Coronation Street - Nita Desai (until February). Dev Alahan (February to December). Peter Barlow (from December onwards).

Victoria Street

14a Victoria Street - Vacant
15a Victoria Street - Steve McDonald. Vikram Desai (both from May onwards).
16a Victoria Street - Roy Cropper. Hayley Cropper.
17a Victoria Street - Kevin Webster. Alison Wakefield/Webster (until June).
18a Victoria Street - Martin Platt (from October onwards).
19a Victoria Street - Vacant

Others

Flat 3, 6 Arnica Street - Spider Nugent (until July). Toyah Battersby (until September).
23a Balaclava Terrace - Sam Kingston.
5 Grasmere Drive - Audrey Roberts. Alma Baldwin/Halliwell.
37 Hillside Crescent - Betty Williams.
No. 4 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Mike Baldwin. Linda Sykes/Baldwin.
No. 6 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Dev Alahan (from December onwards).
Park Road B&B - Jack Duckworth. Vera Duckworth. Tyrone Dobbs (all until October). Norris Cole (until July). Maria Sutherland (August to October).
23 Seymour Drive, Oakhill - Fred Elliott.
4 The Brambles, Oakhill - Duggie Ferguson (until September).

Awards and nominations

National Television Awards

Most Popular Serial Drama: Coronation Street (Winner)
Most Popular Newcomer: Tina O'Brien (Winner)

Coronation Street in the 2000s
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