Coronation Street (1960)
- Genre
- soap opera
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 66 seasons, 11997 episodes
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 117 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
This is a long-running British soap opera set on a cobbled street in a fictional Manchester town. It follows the daily lives, relationships, and dramas of the local residents. The show has been a staple of British television since 1960.
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What happens
Coronation Street (colloquially referred to as Corrie) is a British television soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. The location was itself based on Salford, the hometown of the show's first screenwriter and creator, Tony Warren. Originally broadcast twice weekly, Coronation Street increased its runtime in later years, airing in five 30 minute slots per week since January 2026. Warren developed the concept for the series, which was initially rejected by Granada's founder Sidney Bernstein. Producer Harry Elton convinced Bernstein to commission 13 pilot episodes. The show has since become a significant part of British culture and underpinned the success of its producing Granada franchise. Currently produced by ITV Studios, the successor to Granada, the series is filmed at MediaCityUK and broadcast across all ITV regions and internationally. In 2010, Coronation Street was recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's longest-running television soap opera upon its 50th anniversary. Coronation Street was originally influenced by kitchen-sink realism and is known for portraying a working-class community with a blend of humour and strong, relatable characters. As of 2025, it averages approximately four million viewers per episode. The series aired its 10,000th episode on 7 February 2020 and marked its 60th anniversary later that year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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