Coronation Street in 2002

2002 was Coronation Street's forty-third year.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Shelley Unwin	Sally Lindsay	Full year	155	229	37
2	Gail Platt/Hillman	Helen Worth	Full year	152	2382	2
3	Richard Hillman	Brian Capron	Full year	139	182	56
4	Audrey Roberts	Sue Nicholls	Full year	135	1609	16
5	Steve McDonald	Simon Gregson	Full year	129	1079	20
6	Sarah Platt	Tina O'Brien	Full year	123	766	8
7	Ken Barlow	William Roache	Full year	115	3132	17
8	Dev Alahan	Jimmi Harkishin	Full year	112	289	24
9	Geena Gregory	Jennifer James	Until October	109	331	4
10	Karen McDonald	Suranne Jones	Full year	108	224	25
11	Fred Elliott	John Savident	Full year	105	631	15
12	Kevin Webster	Michael Le Vell	Full year	104	1582	28
13	Fiz Brown	Jennie McAlpine	Full year	102	158	46
14	Peter Barlow	Chris Gascoyne	Full year	99	268	11
14	Toyah Battersby	Georgia Taylor	Full year	99	594	5
14	Sally Webster	Sally Whittaker	Full year	99	1441	11
17	Les Battersby	Bruce Jones	Full year except for November	98	584	14
18	Deirdre Rachid	Anne Kirkbride	Full year	97	2228	31
19	Vikram Desai	Chris Bisson	Until December	95	330	28
20	Rita Sullivan	Barbara Knox	Full year	93	2507	20
21	Norris Cole	Malcolm Hebden	Full year	91	317	39
22	Eileen Grimshaw	Sue Cleaver	Full year	90	221	14
24	Janice Battersby	Vicky Entwistle	Full year	88	696	1
24	Blanche Hunt	Maggie Jones	Full year	88	309	53
25	Curly Watts	Kevin Kennedy	Full year	86	1487	32
25	Sunita Parekh	Shobna Gulati	Full year	86	135	52
27	Maria Sutherland	Samia Smith	February to August and from October	84	180	47
28	Tyrone Dobbs	Alan Halsall	Full year	83	400	9
29	Hayley Cropper	Julie Hesmondhalgh	From February	82	439	32
30	David Platt	Jack P. Shepherd	Full year	80	591	25
31	Kirk Sutherland	Andrew Whyment	From February	79	101	61
32	Maxine Peacock	Tracy Shaw	Full year except for February	78	656	27
33	Emma Watts	Angela Lonsdale	Full year except for February	77	201	41
34	Ashley Peacock	Steven Arnold	Full year	75	614	23
35	Bethany Platt	Amy & Emily Walton	Full year	73	174	54
36	Mike Baldwin	Johnny Briggs	Full year	72	2027	6
36	Martin Platt	Sean Wilson	Full year	72	1333	34
38	Roy Cropper	David Neilson	Full year	71	577	9
39	Vera Duckworth	Elizabeth Dawn	Full year	70	1967	17
40	Emily Bishop	Eileen Derbyshire	Full year	68	2582	56
41	Joe Carter	Jonathan Wrather	From May	65	65	-
42	Archie Shuttleworth	Roy Hudd	From February	62	62	-
43	Candice Stowe	Nikki Sanderson	Full year	61	178	42
43	Betty Williams	Betty Driver	Full year	61	2372	44
45	Jason Grimshaw	Ryan Thomas	Full year	60	146	30
45	Todd Grimshaw	Bruno Langley	Full year	60	136	34
47	Eve Elliott	Melanie Kilburn	Until May	55	117	43
48	Ben Watts	Stephen Collins	Full year except for February and August	54	57	66
49	Rosie Webster	Helen Flanagan	March to September and from November	53	552	49
50	Aidan Critchley	Dean Ashton	April to July, September to October and December	52	52	-
51	Doreen Heavey	Prunella Gee	From July	39	56	-
52	Sophie Webster	Emma Woodward	March to September and from November	36	318	51
53	Joshua Peacock	Brandon Jackson	April to September and November to December	34	34	-
54	Jack Duckworth	William Tarmey	Until July and from October	33	1682	39
55	Sam Kingston	Scott Wright	Until June	30	139	20
55	Bobbi Lewis	Naomi Ryan	Until April	30	134	45
57	Matt Ramsden	Stephen Beckett	Until April	25	127	19
58	Lucy Richards	Katy Carmichael	From September	22	22	-
59	Tommy Nelson	Thomas Craig	From November	22	22	-
60	Angela Nelson	Kathryn Hunt	From November	22	22	-
61	Duggie Ferguson	John Bowe	Until February	21	252	2
61	Charlie Ramsden	Clare McGlinn	Until April	21	103	34
63	Molly Hardcastle	Jacqueline Kington	Until May	20	80	47
64	Katy Nelson	Lucy-Jo Hudson	From November	17	17	-
65	Harry Flagg	Iain Rogerson	From September	15	15	-
66	Ciaran McCarthy	Keith Duffy	August and from December	12	12	-
66	Nick Tilsley	Adam Rickitt	July to August	12	732	-
66	Craig Nelson	Richard Fleeshman	From November	12	12	-
69	Mick Hopwood	Ian Gain	From October	9	9	-
70	Bet Lynch	Julie Goodyear	June only	8	1971	-
71	Tracy Preston	Kate Ford	From December	4	599	-
71	Patrick Tussel	Trevor Dwyer-Lynch	From December	4	4	-
73	Dennis Stringer	Charles Dale	January only	3	167	7
74	Gordon Clegg	Geoffrey Leesley	June only	2	98	-
74	Terry Duckworth	Nigel Pivaro	January only	2	342	62
76	Adam Barlow	Iain De Caestecker	February only	1	46	55

Production

Changing of the guard

Kieran Roberts, later Coronation Street's long-running executive producer, initially joined the programme as its producer in December 2001

Kieran Roberts had taken up the position of producer in December 2001, two months after the removal of Jane Macnaught as executive producer and six months after Roberts left Emmerdale, which he had produced for three years. Granada's drama controller Carolyn Reynolds had been responsible for the day-to-day running of Coronation Street in the immediate aftermath of Macnaught's departure and remained exec producer during Roberts's reign to enable a smooth transition. The duo were first credited in their roles with Episode 5229 on 11th March.

To lure back lapsed viewers, producers adopted a back-to-basics approach, playing to Coronation Street's traditional strengths such as comedy and avoiding the issue-led storylines favoured by Jane Macnaught. The changes began in the writers' room. Roberts believed that writers weren't being given enough freedom over scripts, resulting in the programme becoming too plot-driven, and ordered a change to lessen the influence of the storyliners. Meanwhile, Reynolds re-hired writers Ken Blakeson, Jan McVerry and John Stevenson, who had resigned after clashing with Macnaught in 2000, and in order to affect the desired stylistic changes to the programme, five of Macnaught's key writers - Mariam Vossough, Jo O'Keefe, Phil Ford, Julie Gearey and Susan Wilkins - left the team, allowing an influx of new talent in the form of Carmel Morgan, Debbie Oates, Stephen Russell, Chris Parker and John Fay.

The now customary cast cull followed. At a two-day story conference, Reynolds, Roberts and the writers discussed the future potential of each character and from those analyses it was decided to write out Duggie Ferguson, Bobbi Lewis, Evelyn Elliott, Molly Hardcastle, Sam Kingston, and Matt and Charlie Ramsden. The Ramsdens left in April, deciding to fight for their marriage and put Matt's tryst with Maxine Peacock behind them, despite the fact that Maxine's son Joshua could be Matt's and not Ashley's. Duggie was dramatically killed off during an argument with Richard Hillman at The Ridings, a house they were redeveloping into flats; Duggie leaned against a shoddy bannister which gave way, causing him to fall two flights to his death. Richard's never-ending financial problems continued for the rest of the year, with him taking ever more desperate actions - including murdering his ex-wife Patricia and trying to kill Audrey Roberts and Emily Bishop for their money - in order to provide for oblivious wife Gail and the children. Richard's storyline was a key factor in restoring Coronation Street's success and the programme's ratings rose the longer it went on.

The glorious past

In taking Coronation Street back to its roots, writers gave more screentime to the senior cast members, engendered a greater sense of community spirit, and included more allusions to the past - both the programme's and the characters'. In August, the residents marked the centenary of the Rovers Return, and in June, to mark Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee, the programme showed an episode in which the characters re-enacted an historical Weatherfield battle. In August, the 2002 Commonwealth Games, held in Manchester, was written into storylines, with Norris Cole working as a volunteer and Les Battersby putting up two Australian girls in exchange for a "Sydney Sandwich" (which turned out to be a real sandwich).

In April, Sally's Hardware in Victoria Street burned down, which led to Kevin and Sally Webster reconciling and re-marrying five years after they first split up. The hardware shop premises lay empty until 2005.

Julie Goodyear crashes out

Producers were eager to bring back a major character and in January, Julie Goodyear signed to return full-time as Bet Lynch after a seven-year absence from the main programme. On-screen, Bet visited to Coronation Street ostensibly to attend Betty Williams's retirement party at the Rovers but in actuality she was there to testify against her former lover, Phil Bennett, who had stolen money from her. The plan was for Fred Elliott to persuade Bet to run the Rovers for him, but Goodyear struggled with the hectic filming schedule and after recording eight episodes she took three weeks off, citing exhaustion. She never returned to filming. The storyline was re-written with Bet losing her court case and leaving Weatherfield off-screen, and Lillian Spencer, an Annie Walker-type character played by Maureen Lipman, taking over the pub in her place. Lillian was meant as a stop-gap character while writers decided the future of the Rovers and in July barmaid Shelley Unwin ascended to landlady. Following the high-profile failure of Goodyear's return, no other old cast members were brought back.

New and old faces

The first new character to arrive in 2002 was undertaker Archie Shuttleworth, played by comedian Roy Hudd. Other newcomers included Jonathan Wrather as ex-con Joe Carter, former boyband singer Keith Duffy as smooth-talking Ciaran McCarthy, and Iain Rogerson as cleaner Harry Flagg.

Betty's retirement storyline (although she subsequently returned to work) was also notable for featuring a brief appearance by a recast Gordon Clegg. Geoffrey Leesley played the role both in 2002 and 2004 in the absence of Bill Kenwright.

The Nelsons: Angela, Tommy, Katy and Craig

Cast changes in the latter half of the year included the full-time return of Prunella Gee as Maxine's mother Doreen Heavey, the arrivals of cabbie Patrick Tussel, PC Mick Hopwood and florist Lucy Richards, and the departures of Chris Bisson as Vikram Desai and Jennifer James as Geena Gregory. In November, the Nelson family moved into No.6. Comprised of dad Tommy, mum Angela, and teenagers Katy and Craig, the "Nelsons" were in fact the Harrises who had been placed in Weatherfield as part of a witness protection scheme. After their initial storyline played out, the Harrises reverted to their true surname and continued in the programme. The last new face of the year, first appearing on Christmas Day, was Kate Ford as a recast Tracy Preston. For her return - the first time Tracy had appeared regularly since 1995 - Tracy was turned into a more antagonistic character and man-eater.

Additionally, Adam Rickitt made a short return as Nick Tilsley at the time of Gail and Richard's wedding, and William Tarmey took time off between July and October to undergo a bypass operation.

Recording upgrades

With Episode 5191 on 7th January, Coronation Street was broadcast in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, which had become the industry standard. A new title sequence was introduced in the same episode. This sequence used CGI to integrate shots recorded on the outdoor set with others shot on location in Salford, allowing for Coronation Street to be shown surrounded by other terraced houses for the first time.

The end credits underwent a change with Episode 5370 on 28th October. Beginning with this episode, the credits switched to an ITV standardised full-screen with blue background, matching other ITV programmes of the time.

Coronation Street continued to experiment with showing five episodes per week; some weeks in the first third of the year had additional episodes on Tuesday, and up to July there were four instances of two episodes being shown on the same day. Beginning on 9th September, when a major storyline was playing two episodes would be shown on a Monday night, at 7.30pm and 8.30pm. These episodes had a single title sequence and combined end credits roll at the end of the second episode.

Viewing figures

Ratings chart for the year

The new system adopted by BARB whereby the ratings for each showing of an episode were counted separately makes it impossible to compare 2002's ratings with those from 2001, which include the omnibus' figures. However, while the year started with ratings 2.5 million down on 2001's aggregated figures, the gap narrowed as the year progressed, with October and November less than 200,000 viewers down on 2002 and December's ratings were up on the same month in 2001. Except for January-April (where the gaps are wider), all months were 2-3 million viewers down on 1990 which was the previous year to 2002 for which all first-showing ratings are available. The average for 2002 was 12.97 million viewers.

The highest-rated episode of the year was Episode 5383 on 17th November, which was a four-hander in which Audrey tries to convince Archie Shuttleworth that son-in-law Richard is trying to kill her. The episode drew an audience of 15.01 million viewers.

34 episodes reached number one in the ratings - a massive increase from the three episodes which did so in 2001. No episodes fell outside the top twenty.

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Part	Writer	Director	Viewing Figures	Chart Position
1	5186	Tuesday 1st January	1	Phil Ford	Colin Cant	11,970,000	8
2	5187	Tuesday 1st January	2	Phil Ford	Colin Cant	14,280,000	2
3	5188	Wednesday 2nd January		Julie Gearey	David Kester	13,900,000	3
4	5189	Friday 4th January		Daran Little	David Kester	13,530,000	5
5	5190	Sunday 6th January		Jayne Hollinson	David Kester	11,700,000	9
6	5191	Monday 7th January		Susan Wilkins Peter Whalley	Ian Bevitt	13,730,000	2
7	5192	Wednesday 9th January		Jo O'Keefe	Ian Bevitt	13,120,000	4
8	5193	Friday 11th January		Martin Allen	Ian Bevitt	12,530,000	6
9	5194	Sunday 13th January		Joe Turner	Ian Bevitt	11,320,000	8
10	5195	Monday 14th January		Jo O'Keefe	Philip Wood	13,940,000	2
11	5196	Wednesday 16th January		Susan Wilkins	Philip Wood	12,760,000	5
12	5197	Friday 18th January		Daran Little	Philip Wood	11,920,000	8
13	5198	Sunday 20th January		Peter Whalley	Philip Wood	12,270,000	6
14	5199	Monday 21st January		Joe Turner	Tony Prescott	13,900,000	1
15	5200	Wednesday 23rd January		Mark Wadlow	Tony Prescott	13,890,000	2
16	5201	Friday 25th January		David Lane	Tony Prescott	12,670,000	6
17	5202	Sunday 27th January		Catherine Hayes	Tracey Rooney	12,410,000	8
18	5203	Monday 28th January		Joe Turner	John Anderson	14,070,000	1
19	5204	Wednesday 30th January		Phil Ford	John Anderson	12,580,000	5
20	5205	Friday 1st February		Mariam Vossough	John Anderson	10,720,000	11
21	5206	Sunday 3rd February		Daran Little	John Anderson	12,240,000	6
22	5207/8	Monday 4th February		Jayne Hollinson Martin Allen	David Kester	13,640,000	1
23	5209	Wednesday 6th February		Julie Gearey	David Kester	12,060,000	8
24	5210	Friday 8th February		Peter Whalley	David Kester	12,660,000	6
25	5211	Sunday 10th February		David Lane	David Kester	12,060,000	8
26	5212	Monday 11th February		Julie Gearey	Ian Bevitt	13,620,000	1
27	5213	Wednesday 13th February		Mark Wadlow	Ian Bevitt	11,510,000	7
28	5214	Friday 15th February		Catherine Hayes	Ian Bevitt	12,510,000	4
29	5215	Sunday 17th February		Daran Little	Ian Bevitt	11,200,000	8
30	5216	Monday 18th February		Jo O'Keefe	Colin Cant	13,950,000	1
31	5217	Tuesday 19th February		Martin Allen	Colin Cant	10,110,000	12
32	5218	Friday 22nd February		David Lane	Colin Cant	12,380,000	4
33	5219	Sunday 24th February		Peter Whalley	Colin Cant	13,490,000	3
34	5220	Monday 25th February		Daran Little	Tony Prescott	13,330,000	1
35	5221	Tuesday 26th February		Joe Turner	Tracey Rooney	9,770,000	11
36	5222	Friday 1st March		Mariam Vossough	Tracey Rooney	12,110,000	6
37	5223	Sunday 3rd March		Mark Wadlow	Tracey Rooney	12,640,000	3
38	5224	Monday 4th March		Jayne Hollinson	John Anderson	13,040,000	2
39	5225	Tuesday 5th March		David Lane	John Anderson	9,960,000	9
40	5226	Wednesday 6th March		Peter Whalley	John Anderson	11,730,000	5
41	5227	Friday 8th March		Susan Wilkins	John Anderson	11,350,000	6
42	5228	Sunday 10th March		Phil Ford	John Anderson	11,090,000	8
43	5229	Monday 11th March		Phil Ford	David Kester	12,980,000	1
44	5230	Tuesday 12th March		Julie Gearey	David Kester	9,670,000	11
45	5231	Friday 15th March		Martin Allen	David Kester	11,150,000	6
46	5232	Sunday 17th March		Peter Whalley	David Kester	10,820,000	7
47	5233	Monday 18th March		Jo O'Keefe	Ian Bevitt	12,940,000	1
48	5234	Tuesday 19th March		Catherine Hayes	Ian Bevitt	9,430,000	10
49	5235	Friday 22nd March		Joe Turner	Ian Bevitt	11,350,000	4
50	5236	Sunday 24th March		Daran Little	Ian Bevitt	10,310,000	7
51	5237	Monday 25th March		Daran Little	Tony Prescott	13,040,000	1
52	5238	Wednesday 27th March		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	11,620,000	4
53	5239	Friday 29th March		Martin Allen	Tony Prescott	11,190,000	6
54	5240	Sunday 31st March		David Lane	Tony Prescott	10,910,000	8
55	5241	Monday 1st April		Ken Blakeson	Tracey Rooney	11,500,000	3
56	5242	Tuesday 2nd April		Mariam Vossough	Tracey Rooney	10,410,000	7
57	5243	Friday 5th April		Peter Mills	Tracey Rooney	10,960,000	6
58	5244	Sunday 7th April		Joe Turner	Tracey Rooney	11,420,000	4
59	5245	Monday 8th April		Mark Wadlow	John Anderson	12,840,000	1
60	5246	Tuesday 9th April		John Stevenson	John Anderson	10,220,000	8
61	5247	Friday 12th April		Jayne Hollinson	John Anderson	12,190,000	2
62	5248	Sunday 14th April		Susan Wilkins	John Anderson	10,520,000	6
63	5249	Monday 15th April		Susan Wilkins	David Kester	12,650,000	2
64	5250	Tuesday 16th April		Phil Ford	David Kester	10,990,000	9
65	5251	Wednesday 17th April		David Lane	David Kester	12,380,000	3
66	5252	Friday 19th April		Catherine Hayes	David Kester	11,400,000	7
67	5253	Sunday 21st April		Martin Allen	David Kester	11,260,000	8
68	5254	Monday 22nd April		Ken Blakeson	Ian Bevitt	13,450,000	1
69	5255	Tuesday 23rd April		John Stevenson	Ian Bevitt	9,920,000	10
70	5256	Friday 26th April		Jayne Hollinson	Ian Bevitt	11,470,000	5
71	5257	Sunday 28th April		Daran Little	Ian Bevitt	11,280,000	6
72	5258	Monday 29th April	1	Jan McVerry	Tony Prescott	12,640,000	1
73	5259	Monday 29th April	2	Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	10,900,000	4
74	5260	Friday 3rd May		Julie Gearey	Tony Prescott	11,030,000	3
75	5261	Sunday 5th May		Joe Turner	Tony Prescott	10,000,000	9
76	5262	Monday 6th May		Joe Turner	Tracey Rooney	12,470,000	1
77	5263	Wednesday 8th May		Peter Whalley	Tracey Rooney	11,200,000	5
78	5264	Friday 10th May		Ken Blakeson	Tracey Rooney	10,770,000	7
79	5265	Sunday 12th May		Julie Gearey	Tracey Rooney	10,770,000	7
80	5266	Monday 13th May		Phil Ford	Eugene Ferguson	13,220,000	1
81	5267	Tuesday 14th May		Catherine Hayes	Eugene Ferguson	9,550,000	11
82	5268	Friday 17th May		Daran Little	Eugene Ferguson John Anderson	10,890,000	6
83	5269	Sunday 19th May		Jan McVerry	John Anderson Eugene Ferguson	10,900,000	5
84	5270	Monday 20th May		Martin Allen	Eugene Ferguson John Anderson	11,760,000	4
85	5271	Wednesday 22nd May		John Stevenson	John Anderson Eugene Ferguson	11,450,000	7
86	5272	Friday 24th May		Mark Wadlow	Eugene Ferguson John Anderson	10,820,000	8
87	5273	Sunday 26th May		Peter Mills	John Anderson Eugene Ferguson	11,460,000	6
88	5274	Monday 27th May		Joe Turner	David Kester	11,990,000	4
89	5275	Wednesday 29th May		John Fay	David Kester	10,970,000	6
90	5276	Friday 31st May		David Lane	David Kester	9,620,000	8
91	5277	Sunday 2nd June		Mark Wadlow	David Kester	9,260,000	9
92	5278	Monday 3rd June		Martin Allen	Ian Bevitt	8,190,000	17
93	5279	Wednesday 5th June		Jayne Hollinson	Ian Bevitt	11,800,000	3
94	5280	Friday 7th June		Julie Gearey	Ian Bevitt	10,710,000	6
95	5281	Sunday 9th June		Catherine Hayes	Ian Bevitt	11,490,000	4
96	5282	Monday 10th June	1	John Stevenson	Tony Prescott	12,790,000	1
97	5283	Monday 10th June	2	John Stevenson	Tony Prescott	11,630,000	6
98	5284	Wednesday 12th June		Daran Little	Tony Prescott	11,320,000	8
99	5285	Friday 14th June		Peter Whalley	Tony Prescott	10,860,000	9
100	5286	Sunday 16th June		Ken Blakeson	Tony Prescott	9,910,000	11
101	5287	Monday 17th June		David Lane	Tracey Rooney	11,490,000	2
102	5288	Wednesday 19th June		Jan McVerry	Tracey Rooney	10,720,000	6
103	5289	Friday 21st June		Joe Turner	Tracey Rooney	10,440,000	8
104	5290	Sunday 23rd June		Jayne Hollinson	Tracey Rooney	10,170,000	9
105	5291	Monday 24th June		Chris Parker	John Anderson	10,320,000	5
106	5292	Wednesday 26th June		Mark Wadlow	John Anderson	11,140,000	4
107	5293	Friday 28th June		Peter Whalley	John Anderson	9,830,000	9
108	5294	Sunday 30th June		Peter Mills	John Anderson	11,690,000	1
109	5295	Monday 1st July	1	John Stevenson	Diana Patrick	11,540,000	4
110	5296	Monday 1st July	2	Daran Little	Diana Patrick	10,440,000	9
111	5297	Wednesday 3rd July		Ken Blakeson Jan McVerry	Diana Patrick	11,440,000	5
112	5298	Friday 5th July		Catherine Hayes	Diana Patrick	11,700,000	3
113	5299	Sunday 7th July		Joe Turner	Ian Bevitt	11,060,000	6
114	5300	Monday 8th July		Peter Whalley	Ian Bevitt	11,880,000	3
115	5301	Wednesday 10th July		Daran Little	Ian Bevitt	11,490,000	4
116	5302	Friday 12th July		Julie Gearey	Ian Bevitt	10,250,000	6
117	5303	Sunday 14th July		David Lane	Tony Prescott	9,140,000	9
118	5304	Monday 15th July		John Fay	Tony Prescott	12,140,000	1
119	5305	Wednesday 17th July		John Stevenson	Tony Prescott	11,480,000	4
120	5306	Friday 19th July		Martin Allen	Tony Prescott	10,790,000	5
121	5307	Sunday 21st July		Catherine Hayes	Alan Wareing	9,130,000	8
122	5308	Monday 22nd July		Mark Wadlow	Alan Wareing	12,610,000	1
123	5309	Friday 26th July		Peter Mills	Alan Wareing	9,880,000	6
124	5310	Sunday 28th July		Jan McVerry	Alan Wareing	11,510,000	4
125	5311	Monday 29th July		Martin Allen	Duncan Foster	11,310,000	2
126	5312	Wednesday 31st July		Ken Blakeson	Duncan Foster	11,580,000	1
127	5313	Friday 2nd August		Peter Mills	Duncan Foster	10,970,000	4
128	5314	Sunday 4th August		David Lane	Duncan Foster	10,930,000	5
129	5315	Monday 5th August		Julie Gearey	David Kester	12,390,000	1
130	5316	Wednesday 7th August		Jan McVerry	David Kester	11,120,000	3
131	5317	Friday 9th August		Chris Parker	David Kester	10,440,000	6
132	5318	Sunday 11th August		John Fay	David Kester	10,480,000	5
133	5319	Monday 12th August		Peter Whalley	Ian Bevitt	12,040,000	1
134	5320	Wednesday 14th August		Peter Whalley	Ian Bevitt	10,440,000	4
135	5321	Friday 16th August		Jayne Hollinson	Ian Bevitt	10,090,000	7
136	5322	Sunday 18th August		Daran Little	Ian Bevitt	10,290,000	5
137	5323	Monday 19th August		Mark Wadlow	Tracey Rooney	11,940,000	1
138	5324	Wednesday 21st August		Mark Wadlow	Tracey Rooney	11,590,000	3
139	5325	Friday 23rd August		John Stevenson	Tracey Rooney	10,550,000	5
140	5326	Sunday 25th August		John Stevenson	Tracey Rooney	9,050,000	7
141	5327	Monday 26th August		Peter Whalley	Alan Wareing	10,000,000	8
142	5328	Wednesday 28th August		Julie Gearey	Alan Wareing	10,810,000	3
143	5329	Friday 30th August		Ken Blakeson	Alan Wareing	11,230,000	2
144	5330	Sunday 1st September		Jayne Hollinson	Alan Wareing	10,430,000	4
145	5331	Monday 2nd September		Catherine Hayes	Duncan Foster	10,130,000	9
146	5332	Wednesday 4th September		Peter Mills	Duncan Foster	11,690,000	3
147	5333	Friday 6th September		John Stevenson	Duncan Foster	11,260,000	6
148	5334	Sunday 8th September		David Lane	Duncan Foster	11,210,000	7
149	5335	Monday 9th September	1	Joe Turner	David Kester	12,980,000	2
150	5336	Monday 9th September	2	Joe Turner	David Kester	11,250,000	6
151	5337	Wednesday 11th September		John Fay	David Kester	11,400,000	5
152	5338	Friday 13th September		John Fay	David Kester	10,750,000	8
153	5339	Sunday 15th September		Mark Wadlow	David Kester	11,060,000	7
154	5340	Monday 16th September	1	Joe Turner	Tim O'Mara	12,910,000	1
155	5341	Monday 16th September	2	Martin Allen	Tim O'Mara	11,390,000	6
156	5342	Wednesday 18th September		John Stevenson	Tim O'Mara	11,810,000	3
157	5343	Friday 20th September		Peter Mills	Tim O'Mara	10,950,000	8
158	5344	Sunday 22nd September		Jayne Hollinson	Tim O'Mara	11,120,000	7
159	5345	Monday 23rd September	1	Daran Little	Pip Short	12,630,000	1
160	5346	Monday 23rd September	2	Daran Little	Pip Short	11,630,000	4
161	5347	Wednesday 25th September		Catherine Hayes	Pip Short	12,050,000	2
162	5348	Friday 27th September		David Lane	Pip Short	11,240,000	8
163	5349	Sunday 29th September		David Lane	Pip Short	8,640,000	13
164	5350	Monday 30th September	1	Ken Blakeson	Alan Wareing	12,800,000	1
165	5351	Monday 30th September	2	Ken Blakeson	Alan Wareing	11,590,000	7
166	5352	Wednesday 2nd October		Julie Gearey	Alan Wareing	11,930,000	5
167	5353	Friday 4th October		Chris Parker	Alan Wareing	11,410,000	8
168	5354	Sunday 6th October		John Fay	Alan Wareing	12,080,000	3
169	5355	Monday 7th October	1	John Fay	Eugene Ferguson	12,980,000	2
170	5356	Monday 7th October	2	Joe Turner	Eugene Ferguson	11,750,000	8
171	5357	Wednesday 9th October		Peter Mills	Eugene Ferguson	13,000,000	1
172	5358	Friday 11th October		Ken Blakeson	Eugene Ferguson	11,960,000	6
173	5359	Sunday 13th October		Stephen Russell	Eugene Ferguson	11,580,000	9
174	5360	Monday 14th October	1	Peter Whalley	Tracey Rooney	13,290,000	1
175	5361	Monday 14th October	2	Peter Whalley	Tracey Rooney	11,770,000	8
176	5362	Friday 18th October		Mark Wadlow	Tracey Rooney	12,560,000	3
177	5363	Sunday 20th October		Jayne Hollinson	Tracey Rooney	11,970,000	6
178	5364	Monday 21st October	1	Jan McVerry	Tim O'Mara	14,040,000	2
179	5365	Monday 21st October	2	Jan McVerry	Tim O'Mara	14,060,000	1
180	5366	Wednesday 23rd October		David Lane	Tim O'Mara	13,470,000	3
181	5367	Friday 25th October		Daran Little	Tim O'Mara	13,330,000	5
182	5368	Sunday 27th October		Martin Allen	Tim O'Mara	13,190,000	6
183	5369	Monday 28th October	1	Martin Allen	John Anderson	14,840,000	1
184	5370	Monday 28th October	2	Jayne Hollinson	John Anderson	14,270,000	2
185	5371	Wednesday 30th October		Chris Parker	John Anderson	13,270,000	5
186	5372	Friday 1st November		Daran Little	John Anderson	13,190,000	6
187	5373	Sunday 3rd November		Julie Gearey	John Anderson	12,060,000	8
188	5374	Monday 4th November	1	Mark Wadlow	Ian Bevitt	13,870,000	2
189	5375	Monday 4th November	2	Joe Turner	Ian Bevitt	12,270,000	8
190	5376	Wednesday 6th November		Catherine Hayes	Ian Bevitt	13,770,000	3
191	5377	Friday 8th November		David Lane	Ian Bevitt	13,160,000	6
192	5378	Sunday 10th November		Debbie Oates	Ian Bevitt	13,560,000	4
193	5379	Monday 11th November	1	Peter Whalley	Tim Dowd	14,470,000	2
194	5380	Monday 11th November	2	Ken Blakeson	Tim Dowd	14,410,000	3
195	5381	Wednesday 13th November		Jan McVerry	Tim Dowd	13,640,000	5
196	5382	Friday 15th November		John Stevenson	Tim Dowd	12,360,000	8
197	5383	Sunday 17th November		John Fay	Tim Dowd	15,010,000	1
198	5384	Monday 18th November		Peter Mills	Colin Cant	14,030,000	3
199	5385	Wednesday 20th November		John Fay	Colin Cant	14,320,000	1
200	5386	Friday 22nd November		Martin Allen	Colin Cant	13,440,000	5
201	5387	Sunday 24th November		Stephen Russell	Colin Cant	13,790,000	4
202	5388	Monday 25th November		Joe Turner	Tracey Rooney	14,120,000	1
203	5389	Wednesday 27th November		Mark Wadlow	Tracey Rooney	13,450,000	3
204	5390	Friday 29th November		Peter Whalley	Tracey Rooney	12,770,000	5
205	5391	Sunday 1st December		Chris Parker	Tracey Rooney	13,170,000	4
206	5392	Monday 2nd December		David Lane	Eugene Ferguson	12,860,000	5
207	5393	Wednesday 4th December		Julie Gearey	Eugene Ferguson	13,280,000	2
208	5394	Friday 6th December		Daran Little	Eugene Ferguson	12,290,000	7
209	5395	Sunday 8th December		John Stevenson	Eugene Ferguson	13,470,000	1
210	5396	Monday 9th December	1	John Stevenson	John Anderson	14,740,000	1
211	5397	Monday 9th December	2	John Stevenson	John Anderson	14,470,000	2
212	5398	Wednesday 11th December		Peter Mills	John Anderson	13,880,000	3
213	5399	Friday 13th December		John Fay	John Anderson	12,730,000	7
214	5400	Sunday 15th December		Jayne Hollinson	John Anderson	13,870,000	4
215	5401	Monday 16th December		Joe Turner	Ian Bevitt	13,100,000	3
216	5402	Wednesday 18th December		Martin Allen	Ian Bevitt	13,220,000	2
217	5403	Friday 20th December		Carmel Morgan	Ian Bevitt	12,180,000	8
218	5404	Sunday 22nd December		Debbie Oates	Ian Bevitt	12,740,000	5
219	5405	Monday 23rd December		David Lane	Tim Dowd	12,460,000	10
220	5406	Wednesday 25th December		Peter Whalley	Tim Dowd	14,180,000	3
221	5407	Friday 27th December		Daran Little	Tim Dowd	14,150,000	4
222	5408	Sunday 29th December		Catherine Hayes	Tim Dowd	11,920,000	11
223	5409	Monday 30th December		Catherine Hayes	David Kester	14,190,000	2

Storylines

To be added.

Who lives where

Coronation Street

• Rovers Return Inn - Fred Elliott (from January). Eve Elliott (January to April). Geena Gregory (May to October). Lillian, Danielle and Timothy Spencer (all July only).
• 1 Coronation Street - Ken Barlow. Deirdre Rachid. Blanche Hunt. Tracy Preston (from December).
• 2a Coronation Street - Bobbi Lewis (until April). Maria Sutherland. Toyah Battersby (from June). Fiz Brown (from August).
• 3 Coronation Street - Emily Bishop. Norris Cole.
• 4 Coronation Street - Ashley and Maxine Peacock. Joshua Peacock (from April). Doreen Heavey (from July).
• 5 Coronation Street - Les Battersby. Toyah Battersby (until February). Kirk Sutherland (from June).
• 6 Coronation Street - Matt Ramsden (until March). Charlie Ramsden (until April). Tommy Nelson. Angela Nelson. Katy Nelson. Craig Nelson (all from November).
• 7 Coronation Street - Curly Watts. Emma Watts. Ben Watts.
• 8 Coronation Street - Gail Platt/Hillman. Sarah Platt. David Platt. Bethany Platt. Richard Hillman (from February). Nick Tilsley (July and August).
• 9 Coronation Street - Jack Duckworth. Vera Duckworth. Tyrone Dobbs.
• 10a Coronation Street - Rita Sullivan.
• 11 Coronation Street - Eileen Grimshaw. Jason Grimshaw. Todd Grimshaw.
• 12 Coronation Street - Steve McDonald and Karen McDonald. Janice Battersby (part of February only)
• 13 Coronation Street - Sally Webster. Rosie Webster. Sophie Webster. Kevin Webster (from August).
• Corner Shop flat - Sunita Parekh.

Victoria Street

• 14a Victoria Street - Duggie Ferguson (January to February). Janice Battersby (from February). Toyah Battersby (February to June).
• 15a Victoria Street - Vikram Desai (until December). Sam Kingston (mid-January to June).
• 16a Victoria Street - Roy Cropper. Hayley Cropper. Ciaran McCarthy (from December).
• 17 Victoria Street - Kevin Webster (until August). Molly Hardcastle (until May). Martin Platt (April to July).
• 18a Victoria Street - Martin Platt (January to April and July onwards).
• 19a Victoria Street - Peter Barlow. Shelley Unwin (from February). Ciaran McCarthy (August only).

Others

• 23a Balaclava Terrace - Sam Kingston (until mid-January).
• Chapman Street - Janice Battersby. Dennis Stringer (both January only).
• 5 Grasmere Drive - Audrey Roberts (until November).
• 37 Hillside Crescent - Betty Williams
• No. 4 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Mike Baldwin
• No. 6 Montreal House, Weatherfield Quays - Dev Alahan. Geena Gregory (until April).
• Nightingale Terrace - Harry Flagg
• 5 Tile Street - Archie Shuttleworth.

Awards and nominations

BAFTA
Ceremony held on 21st April 2002

• Best Soap and Continuing Drama: Coronation Street (Nominee)

British Soap Awards
Ceremony televised on 22nd May 2002

• Best Comedy Performance: Malcolm Hebden (Winner)

Inside Soap Awards
Ceremony held on 30th September 2002

• Best Soap: Coronation Street (Nominee)
• Best Bad Boy: Brian Capron (Winner)
• Best Bitch: Suranne Jones (Winner)
• Funniest Performance: Malcolm Hebden (Winner)
• Outstanding Achievement: William Tarmey and Elizabeth Dawn

National Television Awards
Ceremony held on 15th October 2002

• Most Popular Serial Drama: Coronation Street (Nominee)
• Best Newcomer: Brian Capron (Nominee)

Television and Radio Industries Club ("TRIC") Awards
Ceremony held on 12th March 2002

• Soap of the Year: Coronation Street (Nominee)