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Coronation Street

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TV Series

The Resume

    (December 9, 1960- )
    British soap opera set in a working class area of Manchester
    Airs on ITV
    Known informally as 'Corrie' and 'The Street'
    Cast members include:
    William Roache as Ken Barlow (1960- )
    Violet Carson as Ena Sharples (1960-80)
    Pat Phoenix as Elsie Tanner (1960-73,1976-84)
    Doris Speed as Annie Walker (1960-83)
    Jack Howarth as Albert Tatlock (1960-84)
    Jean Alexander as Hilda Ogden (1964-87)
    Bernard Youens as Stan Ogden (1964-84)
    Barbara Knox as Rita Fairclough Sullivan (1964- )
    Julie Goodyear as Bet Lynch (1966-2003)
    William Tarmey as Jack Duckworth (1974- )
    Elizabeth Dawn as Vera Duckworth (1974-2008)

Why Coronation Street might be annoying:

    It was originally called 'Florizel Street' until producers at Granada Television complained that it sounded like a disinfectant.
    After the first episode, the 'Daily Mirror' declared, 'The programme is doomed from the outset.... For there is little reality in this new serial, which apparently, we have to suffer twice a week.'
    It recycled the same archetypes for its characters, such as Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch as the 'tart with a heart.'
    The chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Council criticized the show's low representation of ethnic minorities (1992).
    In a survey by the Manchester Evening News, Bet Lynch's beehive was named worst haircut in soap history (2007).

Why Coronation Street might not be annoying:

    It popularized Northern English dialect on TV.
    In its 80s prime, it regularly attracted 20+ million viewers.
    The episode in which villain Alan Bradley was killed by a tram (1989) remained on the list of ten largest British TV audiences as of the end of 2009.
    It won three BAFTA Awards for best continuing series (2003-05).
    It was described by the Times of London as 'the most confident and accomplished soap opera television has ever seen.' (1993)

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 38 Votes: 71.05% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 34 Votes: 94.12% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 43 Votes: 81.40% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 89 Votes: 35.96% Annoying