Neil Alderton has directed 134 episodes of Coronation Street from July 2004 to July 2007, and from August 2016 onwards, including three episodes co-credited with John Anderson and Nickie Lister. He won the chance to work on Granada drama productions as part of a talent initiative put forward by the company in 2004 whereby the winners would be mentored for a year by an experienced director with a view to working on Coronation Street and Emmerdale. The other winning candidates who eventually worked on the programme were Sean Crotty, Mark McKillop, Pip Banyard and Dayle Evans-Kar.
Episodes directed by Neil Alderton[]
2000s[]
2004 (12 episodes)
- Episode 5802 (16th July 2004)
- Episode 5803 (18th July 2004)
- Episode 5844 (13th September 2004)
- Episode 5845 (13th September 2004)
- Episode 5846 (15th September 2004)
- Episode 5847 (17th September 2004)
- Episode 5848 (19th September 2004)
- Episode 5913 (13th December 2004)
- Episode 5914 (13th December 2004)
- Episode 5915 (15th December 2004)
- Episode 5916 (17th December 2004)
- Episode 5917 (19th December 2004)
2005 (21 episodes)
- Episode 5996 (4th April 2005)
- Episode 5997 (4th April 2005)
- Episode 5998 (6th April 2005)
- Episode 5999 (8th April 2005)
- Episode 5999a (10th April 2005)
- Episode 6000 (11th April 2005)
- Episode 6028 (16th May 2005)
- Episode 6029 (16th May 2005)
- Episode 6030 (18th May 2005)
- Episode 6031 (20th May 2005)
- Episode 6032 (22nd May 2005)
- Episode 6063 (4th July 2005)
- Episode 6064 (4th July 2005)
- Episode 6065 (6th July 2005)
- Episode 6066 (8th July 2005)
- Episode 6067 (10th July 2005)
- Episode 6098 (22nd August 2005)
- Episode 6099 (22nd August 2005)
- Episode 6100 (24th August 2005)
- Episode 6101/2 (28th August 2005)
2006 (10 episodes)
- Episode 6217 (30th January 2006)
- Episode 6218 (30th January 2006)
- Episode 6219 (1st February 2006)
- Episode 6220 (3rd February 2006)
- Episode 6221 (5th February 2006)
- Episode 6297 (22nd May 2006)
- Episode 6298 (22nd May 2006)
- Episode 6299 (24th May 2006)
- Episode 6300 (26th May 2006)
- Episode 6301 (28th May 2006)
2007 (10 episodes)
- Episode 6525 (2nd April 2007)
- Episode 6526 (2nd April 2007)
- Episode 6527 (4th April 2007)
- Episode 6528 (6th April 2007)
- Episode 6529 (8th April 2007)
- Episode 6599 (16th July 2007)
- Episode 6600 (16th July 2007)
- Episode 6601 (18th July 2007)
- Episode 6602 (20th July 2007)
- Episode 6603 (22nd July 2007)
2010s[]
2016 (10 episodes)
- Episode 8973 (22nd August 2016)
- Episode 8974 (22nd August 2016)
- Episode 8975 (24th August 2016)
- Episode 8976 (26th August 2016)
- Episode 8977 (26th August 2016)
- Episode 9009 (10th October 2016)
- Episode 9010 (10th October 2016)
- Episode 9011 (12th October 2016)
- Episode 9012 (14th October 2016)
- Episode 9013 (14th October 2016)
2017 (5 episodes)
- Episode 9303 (20th November 2017)
- Episode 9304 (20th November 2017)
- Episode 9305 (22nd November 2017)
- Episode 9306 (22nd November 2017)
- Episode 9307 (23rd November 2017)
2018 (9 episodes)
- Episode 9349 (10th January 2018)
- Episode 9350 (10th January 2018)
- Episode 9351 (12th January 2018)
- Episode 9352 (12th January 2018)
- Episode 9648/9 (25th December 2018)
- Episode 9650 (26th December 2018)
- Episode 9651 (28th December 2018)
- Episode 9652 (28th December 2018)
2019 (9 episodes)
- Episode 9707 (4th March 2019)
- Episode 9708 (4th March 2019)
- Episode 9711 (7th March 2019)
- Episode 9758 (1st May 2019)
- Episode 9759 (1st May 2019)
- Episode 9760 (3rd May 2019)
- Episode 9761 (3rd May 2019)
- Episode 9762 (6th May 2019)
- Episode 9763 (6th May 2019)
2020s[]
2020 (10 episodes)
- Episode 10137/8 (9th October 2020)
- Episode 10139 (12th October 2020)
- Episode 10140 (12th October 2020)
- Episode 10142 (14th October 2020)
- Episode 10184 (2nd December 2020)
- Episode 10185 (4th December 2020)
- Episode 10187/8 (7th December 2020) (Co-credited with John Anderson and Nickie Lister)
- Episode 10189/90 (9th December 2020) (Co-credited with John Anderson and Nickie Lister)
- Episode 10191/2 (11th December 2020) (Co-credited with John Anderson and Nickie Lister)
2021 (12 episodes)
- Episode 10243 (8th February 2021)
- Episode 10244 (8th February 2021)
- Episode 10245 (10th February 2021)
- Episode 10246 (10th February 2021)
- Episode 10446 (4th October 2021)
- Episode 10447 (4th October 2021)
- Episode 10448 (6th October 2021)
- Episode 10449 (6th October 2021)
- Episode 10498 (3rd December 2021)
- Episode 10499 (3rd December 2021)
- Episode 10500 (6th December 2021)
- Episode 10501 (6th December 2021)
2022 (10 episodes)
- Episode 10765/6 (10th October 2022)
- Episode 10767/8 (12th October 2022)
- Episode 10769/70 (14th October 2022)
- Episode 10823/4 (16th December 2022)
- Episode 10825/6 (19th December 2022)
2023 (4 episodes)
2024 (12 episodes)