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Coronation Street( 1960)

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Overview

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.

  1. Tony Warren

    Creator

Series Cast

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    William Roache

    Ken Barlow

Current Season

Season 66

2025 | 55 Episodes

Season 66 of Coronation Street premiered on Jan 01 2025

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A review by Peter McGinn

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Written by Peter McGinn on Sun Apr 05 2020
If I were rating the Coronation Street classic shows from the 60s to the early 90s, I would give it 10 stars. For the last 30 years, however, it would garner more like 5 or 6 stars. This drama started out being fairly realistic, with humor and drama in equal measure, and a cast you pretty much like from top to bottom, and which tried to represent the people of northern England, (Manchester and thereabouts). There were low expectations for the show, but it took off and made rock stars ut of the performers. Now Coronation Street has become more like U.S. soap operas. Some people say it is the...

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Facts

Status

Returning Series

Status

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • northern england
  • community
  • manchester
  • soap opera