Martin Sterling (born 1962 in Manchester) was a storyliner on Coronation Street, working on the position between March 2005 and March 2008, from December 2008 to July 2019 and from January 2020 to September 2021 with 4108 episodes to his credit. He also contributed 6 of his own scripts to the programme in 2008 when he wasn't fulfilling storyliner duties. He wrote the video spots for Norris Cole's Twitter Page during the week of Peter Barlow's trial and the website content for Just Rosie in 2011. Aside from Tony Warren and Eric Spear he is the most credited member of the production staff of the programme in its history.
He became a professional writer in 1993 following a career in banking however prior to that he had achieved publishing success with a play in 1990 entitled A Test of Compassion and a book on saucy cinema entitled Keeping the British End Up. In addition to Coronation Street he has since published books on Eric Morecambe and James Bond. Journalistic pieces have appeared in The Times and Woman’s Weekly and, as a resident of Norfolk, he has been a regular voice on local radio for many years and national radio with spots on Gloria Hunniford’s Open House show.
Episodes written by Martin Sterling[]
2008 (6 episodes)
- Episode 6782 (26th March 2008)
- Episode 6812 (7th May 2008)
- Episode 6825 (26th May 2008)
- Episode 6874 (4th August 2008)
- Episode 6891 (25th August 2008)
- Episode 6897 (5th September 2008)
Episodes storylined by Martin Sterling[]
2000s[]
2005 (211 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 5986 (21st March 2005) and Episode 6195 (30th December 2005)
2006 (263 episodes)
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2007 (263 episodes)
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2008 (71 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 6723 (4th January 2008) and Episode 6779 (21st March 2008)
- All episodes between Episode 6968 (15th December 2008) and Episode 6980 (31st December 2008)
2009 (261 episodes)
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2010s[]
2010 (263 episodes)
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2011 (265 episodes)
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2012 (261 episodes)
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2013 (260 episodes)
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2014 (254 episodes)
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2015 (262 episodes)
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2016 (262 episodes)
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2017 (274 episodes)
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2018 (313 episodes)
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2019 (185 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 9654/5 (1st January 2019) and Episode 9836 (31st July 2019)
2020s[]
2020 (221 episodes)
- All episodes between Episode 9988 (24th January 2020) and Episode 10210 (31st December 2020)
2021 (219 episodes)
- All episodes from Episode 10211/2 (1st January 2021) to Episode 10429 (15th September 2021)