The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
- Won 10 BAFTA Awards
- 243 wins & 286 nominations total
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- TriviaAs of 2024, only one member of the original cast from the debut episode remains: William Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since December 1960. William Roache is the longest-serving actor in the history of television serials. The previous record-holder was Don Hastings, who played Bob Hughes on the American soap opera As the World Turns (1956), from October 1960, bettering Roache's achievement by two months. He lost his record when that series ended in September 2010.
- GoofsThe night before Steve and Karen's wedding after Steve decides to let his mum invite Ken and Deidre, she walks out the front door, straight past the Barlows. Then, after they finish their dialog about Tracy, she comes out of the toilet.
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Eileen Grimshaw: Tracy Barlow! I mean, even her initials are a killer disease!
- ConnectionsEdited from Coronation Street: First Dry Run (1960)
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A shadow of it's former self
There was a time, when I used to look forward to watching Coronation Street, but those days are no more. There are a number of reasons for the decline in the show, to understand them you have to seperate the show into two eras - before and after Eastenders!
The soap was significantly different before February 1985 - the year that Eastenders began. The characters were likable and you warmed to them, the stoylines were almost an issue free environment. In order to compete with the new kid on the block, the establshed characters, and their storylines became darker. New, more realistic characters were introduced, in the begining they worked quite well. We are talking about the period from 1989 to the early nineties.
The episodes increased from twice a week, to the six we have in the modern era. The quality of the writing and acting has fallen dramatically. Many of the modern storylines are issue led, which can make for tedious viewing. I can't tell whether I am watching Eastenders or Brookside sometimes!. The show has become a shadow of it's former self,
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