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'''[[Coronation Street in 1964|1964]] (6 episodes)'''
 
*[[Episode 322 (13th January 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 322 (13th January 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 332 (17th February 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 332 (17th February 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 333 (19th February 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 333 (19th February 1964)]]
*[[Episode 372 (6th July 1964)]]
 
 
*[[Episode 391 (9th September 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 391 (9th September 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 417 (9th December 1964)]]
 
*[[Episode 417 (9th December 1964)]]
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Tony also scripted Episode 372 which was due to be transmitted on Monday [[6th July]] but which was never recorded due to the [[1964 ITV Strike]].
 
'''[[Coronation Street in 1967|1967]] (7 episodes)'''
 
'''[[Coronation Street in 1967|1967]] (7 episodes)'''
 
*[[Episode 647 (27th February 1967)]]
 
*[[Episode 647 (27th February 1967)]]

Revision as of 19:08, 30 September 2010

Tony Warren

Tony Warren pictured with Doris Speed.

Swinton-born Tony Warren MBE (born 1936) is the script-writer who created Coronation Street. In his youth Tony had been a child actor, appearing on Children's Hour alongside Violet Carson. By the 1950s he was a staff script-writer working for Granada on the series Biggles, an assignment which he loathed.

Tony proposed a new series more suited to his interest and skills. This series, initially titled Florizel Street, was a redraft of a script he'd submitted to the BBC under the name Our Street. Initially commisioned for a thirteen week run, Warren undertook to write the first twelve episodes and continued to regularly write for the programme until 1969 and occasionally submit scripts until 1976. In total he wrote 71 episodes of the programme.

Since leaving the show he has continued to work as a writer, penning scripts and novels. There are two portraits of Tony in the National Portrait Gallery.

Tony's 1969 autobiography was titled I was Ena Sharples' Father.

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Episodes written by Tony Warren

1960s

1960 (7 episodes)

1961 (18 episodes)

1962 (15 episodes)

1963 (9 episodes)

1964 (6 episodes)

Tony also scripted Episode 372 which was due to be transmitted on Monday 6th July but which was never recorded due to the 1964 ITV Strike. 1967 (7 episodes)

1968 (3 episodes)

1969 (1 episode)

1970s

1975 (3 episodes)

1976 (1 episode)