Joe Turner is a Welsh writer who started out in children's television, penning episodes of Children's Ward as well as the British Comedy Award-winning TV play My Dad's a Boring Nerd starring Alan Halsall and Julia Haworth. He continued as a writer on programmes such as Holby City, Casualty, Robin Hood (his episode featured Charles Dale in a guest slot), and Jack Rosenthal's London's Burning. His first Coronation Street episode was broadcast in March 1999 and he has become one of the series' most prolific writers, with 437 episodes to his credit, including one co-written with Mark Wadlow.
Episodes written by Joe Turner[]
1990s[]
1999 (14 episodes)
- Episode 4577 (15th March 1999)
- Episode 4618 (26th May 1999)
- Episode 4639 (2nd July 1999)
- Episode 4640 (4th July 1999)
- Episode 4667 (20th August 1999)
- Episode 4679 (10th September 1999)
- Episode 4691 (1st October 1999)
- Episode 4701 (18th October 1999)
- Episode 4704 (24th October 1999)
- Episode 4711 (5th November 1999)
- Episode 4717 (15th November 1999)
- Episode 4723 (26th November 1999)
- Episode 4732 (12th December 1999)
- Episode 4744 (31st December 1999)
2000s[]
2000 (19 episodes)
- Episode 4762 (31st January 2000)
- Episode 4775 (23rd February 2000)
- Episode 4779 (1st March 2000)
- Episode 4792 (24th March 2000)
- Episode 4824 (19th May 2000)
- Episode 4827 (24th May 2000)
- Episode 4839 (14th June 2000)
- Episode 4843 (21st June 2000)
- Episode 4855 (12th July 2000)
- Episode 4859 (19th July 2000)
- Episode 4867 (2nd August 2000)
- Episode 4880 (25th August 2000)
- Episode 4889 (10th September 2000)
- Episode 4890 (11th September 2000)
- Episode 4899 (27th September 2000)
- Episode 4909 (12th October 2000)
- Episode 4939 (30th November 2000)
- Episode 4947 (11th December 2000)
- Episode 4959 (31st December 2000)
2001 (21 episodes)
- Episode 4974 (26th January 2001)
- Episode 4976 (29th January 2001)
- Episode 4986 (14th February 2001)
- Episode 4997 (5th March 2001)
- Episode 5003 (16th March 2001)
- Episode 5015 (6th April 2001)
- Episode 5027 (27th April 2001)
- Episode 5034 (9th May 2001)
- Episode 5045 (28th May 2001)
- Episode 5057 (15th June 2001)
- Episode 5058 (17th June 2001)
- Episode 5075 (15th July 2001)
- Episode 5076 (16th July 2001)
- Episode 5087 (5th August 2001)
- Episode 5099 (26th August 2001)
- Episode 5109 (9th September 2001)
- Episode 5130 (12th October 2001)
- Episode 5145 (2nd November 2001)
- Episode 5155 (16th November 2001)
- Episode 5158 (21st November 2001)
- Episode 5183 (28th December 2001)
2002 (18 episodes)
- Episode 5194 (13th January 2002)
- Episode 5199 (21st January 2002)
- Episode 5203 (28th January 2002)
- Episode 5221 (26th February 2002)
- Episode 5235 (22nd March 2002)
- Episode 5244 (7th April 2002)
- Episode 5261 (5th May 2002)
- Episode 5262 (6th May 2002)
- Episode 5274 (27th May 2002)
- Episode 5289 (21st June 2002)
- Episode 5299 (7th July 2002)
- Episode 5335 (9th September 2002)
- Episode 5336 (9th September 2002)
- Episode 5340 (16th September 2002)
- Episode 5356 (7th October 2002)
- Episode 5375 (4th November 2002)
- Episode 5388 (25th November 2002)
- Episode 5401 (16th December 2002)
2003 (16 episodes)
- Episode 5417 (12th January 2003)
- Episode 5436 (7th February 2003)
- Episode 5445 (21st February 2003)
- Episode 5464 (19th March 2003)
- Episode 5477 (7th April 2003)
- Episode 5492 (28th April 2003)
- Episode 5507 (19th May 2003)
- Episode 5526 (15th June 2003)
- Episode 5527 (16th June 2003)
- Episode 5558 (10th August 2003)
- Episode 5570 (29th August 2003)
- Episode 5582 (15th September 2003)
- Episode 5614 (29th October 2003)
- Episode 5627 (17th November 2003)
- Episode 5655 (26th December 2003)
- Episode 5656 (28th December 2003)
2004 (16 episodes)
- Episode 5671 (18th January 2004)
- Episode 5691 (13th February 2004)
- Episode 5704 (1st March 2004)
- Episode 5719 (22nd March 2004)
- Episode 5726 (2nd April 2004)
- Episode 5727 (4th April 2004)
- Episode 5749 (3rd May 2004)
- Episode 5762 (21st May 2004)
- Episode 5770 (31st May 2004)
- Episode 5823 (15th August 2004)
- Episode 5824 (16th August 2004)
- Episode 5825 (16th August 2004)
- Episode 5843 (12th September 2004)
- Episode 5858 (1st October 2004)
- Episode 5903 (29th November 2004)
- Episode 5917 (19th December 2004)
2005 (17 episodes)
- Episode 5930 (2nd January 2005)
- Episode 5948 (26th January 2005)
- Episode 5967 (21st February 2005)
- Episode 5978 (9th March 2005)
- Episode 6000 (11th April 2005)
- Episode 6001 (11th April 2005)
- Episode 6022 (8th May 2005)
- Episode 6040 (1st June 2005)
- Episode 6049 (13th June 2005)
- Episode 6091 (12th August 2005)
- Episode 6104 (29th August 2005)
- Episode 6115 (14th September 2005)
- Episode 6130 (3rd October 2005)
- Episode 6146 (24th October 2005)
- Episode 6165 (21st November 2005)
- Episode 6191 (25th December 2005)
- Episode 6195 (30th December 2005)
2006 (14 episodes)
- Episode 6214 (25th January 2006)
- Episode 6233 (20th February 2006)
- Episode 6251 (19th March 2006)
- Episode 6256 (26th March 2006)
- Episode 6268 (10th April 2006)
- Episode 6298 (22nd May 2006)
- Episode 6316 (18th June 2006)
- Episode 6332/3 (10th July 2006)
- Episode 6366 (27th August 2006)
- Episode 6385 (22nd September 2006)
- Episode 6407 (23rd October 2006)
- Episode 6425 (15th November 2006)
- Episode 6432 (24th November 2006)
2007 (20 episodes)
- Episode 6470 (15th January 2007)
- Episode 6471 (15th January 2007)
- Episode 6475 (22nd January 2007)
- Episode 6504 (4th March 2007)
- Episode 6515 (19th March 2007)
- Episode 6516 (19th March 2007)
- Episode 6526 (2nd April 2007)
- Episode 6537 (18th April 2007)
- Episode 6569 (4th June 2007)
- Episode 6570 (4th June 2007)
- Episode 6579 (18th June 2007)
- Episode 6624 (20th August 2007)
- Episode 6625 (20th August 2007)
- Episode 6638 (9th September 2007)
- Episode 6669 (22nd October 2007)
- Episode 6670 (22nd October 2007)
- Episode 6675 (29th October 2007)
- Episode 6699 (3rd December 2007)
- Episode 6700 (3rd December 2007)
- Episode 6719 (30th December 2007)
2008 (13 episodes)
- Episode 6725 (7th January 2008)
- Episode 6736 (21st January 2008)
- Episode 6776 (17th March 2008)
- Episode 6789 (4th April 2008)
- Episode 6814 (9th May 2008)
- Episode 6833 (6th June 2008)
- Episode 6834 (6th June 2008)
- Episode 6863 (18th July 2008)
- Episode 6888 (22nd August 2008)
- Episode 6920 (6th October 2008)
- Episode 6932 (24th October 2008)
- Episode 6955 (26th November 2008)
- Episode 6972 (22nd December 2008)
2009 (20 episodes)
- Episode 6986 (9th January 2009)
- Episode 7005 (4th February 2009)
- Episode 7028 (9th March 2009)
- Episode 7044 (30th March 2009)
- Episode 7050 (10th April 2009)
- Episode 7051 (10th April 2009)
- Episode 7084 (25th May 2009)
- Episode 7113 (6th July 2009)
- Episode 7114 (6th July 2009)
- Episode 7141 (14th August 2009)
- Episode 7142 (14th August 2009)
- Episode 7143 (17th August 2009)
- Episode 7161 (14th September 2009)
- Episode 7162 (14th September 2009)
- Episode 7181 (9th October 2009)
- Episode 7196 (30th October 2009)
- Episode 7197 (30th October 2009)
- Episode 7210 (16th November 2009)
- Episode 7237/8 (25th December 2009)
2010s[]
2010 (18 episodes)
- Episode 7251 (14th January 2010)
- Episode 7267 (5th February 2010)
- Episode 7268 (5th February 2010)
- Episode 7275 (15th February 2010)
- Episode 7293 (12th March 2010)
- Episode 7304 (29th March 2010)
- Episode 7305 (29th March 2010)
- Episode 7322 (22nd April 2010)
- Episode 7356 (9th June 2010)
- Episode 7366 (20th June 2010)
- Episode 7368 (30th June 2010)
- Episode 7397 (6th August 2010)
- Episode 7409 (23rd August 2010)
- Episode 7421 (10th September 2010)
- Episode 7422 (10th September 2010)
- Episode 7443 (11th October 2010)
- Episode 7480 (1st December 2010)
- Episode 7484 (6th December 2010)
2011 (20 episodes)
- Episode 7508 (7th January 2011)
- Episode 7509 (7th January 2011)
- Episode 7529 (4th February 2011)
- Episode 7537 (17th February 2011)
- Episode 7564 (25th March 2011)
- Episode 7576 (11th April 2011)
- Episode 7593 (2nd May 2011)
- Episode 7616 (2nd June 2011)
- Episode 7633 (27th June 2011)
- Episode 7648 (18th July 2011)
- Episode 7661 (5th August 2011)
- Episode 7662 (5th August 2011)
- Episode 7684 (5th September 2011)
- Episode 7703 (30th September 2011)
- Episode 7704 (30th September 2011)
- Episode 7722 (26th October 2011)
- Episode 7735 (11th November 2011)
- Episode 7753 (8th December 2011)
- Episode 7759 (16th December 2011)
- Episode 7760 (16th December 2011)
2012 (17 episodes)
- Episode 7787 (26th January 2012)
- Episode 7816 (5th March 2012)
- Episode 7838 (6th April 2012)
- Episode 7839 (6th April 2012)
- Episode 7853 (27th April 2012)
- Episode 7854 (27th April 2012)
- Episode 7860 (7th May 2012)
- Episode 7882 (4th June 2012)
- Episode 7883 (4th June 2012)
- Episode 7899 (6th July 2012)
- Episode 7927 (6th August 2012)
- Episode 7946 (3rd September 2012)
- Episode 7947 (3rd September 2012)
- Episode 7964 (28th September 2012)
- Episode 7984 (29th October 2012)
- Episode 7996 (15th November 2012)
- Episode 8014 (10th December 2012)
2013 (20 episodes)
- Episode 8044 (21st January 2013)
- Episode 8045 (21st January 2013)
- Episode 8062 (15th February 2013)
- Episode 8078 (8th March 2013)
- Episode 8087/8 (24th March 2013)
- Episode 8106 (17th April 2013)
- Episode 8124 (13th May 2013)
- Episode 8125 (13th May 2013)
- Episode 8133 (24th May 2013)
- Episode 8151 (19th June 2013)
- Episode 8171 (17th July 2013)
- Episode 8184 (5th August 2013)
- Episode 8185 (5th August 2013)
- Episode 8207 (8th September 2013)
- Episode 8209 (9th September 2013)
- Episode 8229 (7th October 2013)
- Episode 8257 (17th November 2013)
- Episode 8274/5 (8th December 2013)
2014 (18 episodes)
- Episode 8307 (24th January 2014)
- Episode 8308 (24th January 2014)
- Episode 8314 (3rd February 2014)
- Episode 8324 (17th February 2014)
- Episode 8341 (12th March 2014)
- Episode 8354 (31st March 2014)
- Episode 8386 (14th May 2014)
- Episode 8399 (2nd June 2014)
- Episode 8400 (2nd June 2014)
- Episode 8423 (11th July 2014)
- Episode 8424 (11th July 2014)
- Episode 8443 (8th August 2014)
- Episode 8458 (29th August 2014)
- Episode 8459 (29th August 2014)
- Episode 8487 (10th October 2014)
- Episode 8489 (13th October 2014)
- Episode 8517 (21st November 2014)
- Episode 8539 (25th December 2014)
2015 (18 episodes)
- Episode 8558 (19th January 2015)
- Episode 8559 (21st January 2015)
- Episode 8567 (2nd February 2015)
- Episode 8597 (16th March 2015)
- Episode 8621 (20th April 2015)
- Episode 8641 (18th May 2015)
- Episode 8642 (18th May 2015)
- Episode 8648 (27th May 2015)
- Episode 8669 (26th June 2015)
- Episode 8681 (10th July 2015) (Co-written with Mark Wadlow)
- Episode 8709 (17th August 2015)
- Episode 8710 (17th August 2015)
- Episode 8731 (11th September 2015)
- Episode 8732 (11th September 2015)
- Episode 8741 (25th September 2015)
- Episode 8753 (19th October 2015)
- Episode 8754 (19th October 2015)
- Episode 8795 (16th December 2015)
2016 (22 episodes)
- Episode 8819 (18th January 2016)
- Episode 8820 (18th January 2016)
- Episode 8839 (15th February 2016)
- Episode 8840 (15th February 2016)
- Episode 8849 (29th February 2016)
- Episode 8869 (28th March 2016)
- Episode 8892 (29th April 2016)
- Episode 8893 (29th April 2016)
- Episode 8913 (25th May 2016)
- Episode 8929 (24th June 2016)
- Episode 8948 (18th July 2016)
- Episode 8963 (8th August 2016)
- Episode 8976 (26th August 2016)
- Episode 8977 (26th August 2016)
- Episode 8984 (5th September 2016)
- Episode 9011 (12th October 2016)
- Episode 9017 (21st October 2016)
- Episode 9018 (21st October 2016)
- Episode 9041 (23rd November 2016)
- Episode 9042 (24th November 2016)
- Episode 9066a (26th December 2016)
- Episode 9066b (26th December 2016)
2017 (17 episodes)
- Episode 9108 (24th February 2017)
- Episode 9109 (24th February 2017)
- Episode 9132 (31st March 2017)
- Episode 9133 (31st March 2017)
- Episode 9137 (7th April 2017)
- Episode 9138 (7th April 2017)
- Episode 9192 (23rd June 2017)
- Episode 9193 (23rd June 2017)
- Episode 9217 (28th July 2017)
- Episode 9218 (28th July 2017)
- Episode 9242 (3rd September 2017)
- Episode 9253 (20th September 2017)
- Episode 9254 (20th September 2017)
- Episode 9283 (25th October 2017)
- Episode 9284 (25th October 2017)
- Episode 9301 (17th November 2017)
- Episode 9302 (17th November 2017)
2018 (21 episodes)
- Episode 9345 (5th January 2018)
- Episode 9346 (5th January 2018)
- Episode 9375 (9th February 2018)
- Episode 9376 (9th February 2018)
- Episode 9403 (14th March 2018)
- Episode 9404 (14th March 2018)
- Episode 9421 (4th April 2018)
- Episode 9422 (4th April 2018)
- Episode 9455 (14th May 2018)
- Episode 9456 (14th May 2018)
- Episode 9494 (29th June 2018)
- Episode 9495 (29th June 2018)
- Episode 9532 (13th August 2018)
- Episode 9533 (13th August 2018)
- Episode 9556 (10th September 2018)
- Episode 9557 (10th September 2018)
- Episode 9582 (10th October 2018)
- Episode 9583 (10th October 2018)
- Episode 9602 (2nd November 2018)
- Episode 9603 (2nd November 2018)
- Episode 9626 (30th November 2018)
2019 (17 episodes)
- Episode 9656 (2nd January 2019)
- Episode 9657 (2nd January 2019)
- Episode 9674 (23rd January 2019)
- Episode 9675 (23rd January 2019)
- Episode 9720 (18th March 2019)
- Episode 9721 (18th March 2019)
- Episode 9760 (3rd May 2019)
- Episode 9761 (3rd May 2019)
- Episode 9772 (17th May 2019)
- Episode 9815 (8th July 2019)
- Episode 9841 (7th August 2019)
- Episode 9842 (7th August 2019)
- Episode 9883 (25th September 2019)
- Episode 9901 (21st October 2019)
- Episode 9928 (18th November 2019)
- Episode 9929 (18th November 2019)
- Episode 9959 (23rd December 2019)
2020s[]
2020 (9 episodes)
- Episode 9974 (8th January 2020)
- Episode 9975 (8th January 2020)
- Episode 9989 (24th January 2020)
- Episode 10029 (11th March 2020)
- Episode 10044 (3rd April 2020)
- Episode 10066 (25th May 2020)
- Episode 10092 (24th July 2020)
- Episode 10180 (27th November 2020)
- Episode 10203 (24th December 2020)
2021 (14 episodes)
- Episode 10244 (8th February 2021)
- Episode 10247/8 (12th February 2021)
- Episode 10294 (7th April 2021)
- Episode 10321 (10th May 2021)
- Episode 10333 (24th May 2021)
- Episode 10334 (24th May 2021)
- Episode 10360/1 (25th June 2021)
- Episode 10418 (1st September 2021)
- Episode 10444 (1st October 2021)
- Episode 10475 (5th November 2021)
- Episode 10482/3 (16th November 2021)
2022 (13 episodes)
- Episode 10527 (3rd January 2022)
- Episode 10544 (24th January 2022)
- Episode 10545 (24th January 2022)
- Episode 10576 (4th March 2022)
- Episode 10596 (25th March 2022)
- Episode 10634 (9th May 2022)
- Episode 10679/80 (1st July 2022)
- Episode 10705 (1st August 2022)
- Episode 10730 (29th August 2022)
- Episode 10737 (7th September 2022)
- Episode 10779 (26th October 2022)
- Episode 10804 (24th November 2022)
2023 (13 episodes)
- Episode 10860/1 (25th January 2023)
- Episode 10888 (27th February 2023)
- Episode 10905 (17th March 2023)
- Episode 10933 (19th April 2023)
- Episode 10949 (8th May 2023)
- Episode 10990 (26th June 2023)
- Episode 11010 (19th July 2023)
- Episode 11040 (23rd August 2023)
- Episode 11064 (19th September 2023)
- Episode 11083 (13th October 2023)
- Episode 11096 (25th October 2023)
- Episode 11126 (1st December 2023)
2024 (12 episodes)
- Episode 11162 (12th January 2024)
- Episode 11176 (29th January 2024)
- Episode 11202 (1st March 2024)
- Episode 11226/7 (29th March 2024)
- Episode 11258 (6th May 2024)
- Episode 11271 (20th May 2024)
- Episode 11313 (17th July 2024)
- Episode 11364 (16th September 2024)
- Episode 11374 (27th September 2024)
- Episode 11403/4 (1st November 2024)
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- Out of Africa (2008 - Co-written with Mark Wadlow)
- A Knight's Tale (2010 - Co-written with Mark Wadlow)