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Coronation Street : Season 21
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Air date: 02 Jan '80 - 25 episodesCoronation Street is a British television soap opera first broadcast on Granada Television in 1960. It was soon syndicated on other ITV franchises. The programme concerns the lives of the residents of Coronation Street in Weatherfield, a fictional area of Salford, and centres around its terraced houses, cafe, corner shop, newsagents, textile factory and the Rovers Return pub. The programme was devised in 1960 by local scriptwriter Tony Warren at the recently formed Granada Television in Manchester. Warren's initial kitchen sink drama proposal was rejected by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for thirteen pilot episodes. It was first broadcast on 9 December 1960 and within six months had become the most-watched programme on British television. It has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of the Granada Television franchise and the broadcaster ITV. ...
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List of Episodes (25)
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Coronation Street (1960)
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1. 2nd January 1980
02 Jan '80The men return at 7.00am after spending the night with fifteen women at 32 Bessie Street. They go for an early morning "hair of the dog" in the Rovers and decide to tell everyone Alf tripped and fell and they all took him to hospital. As soon as they see their wives they crack and tell the truth. Ken lectures Susan about bringing Roy Stevenson back home. Elsie runs short of money. Fred tells Annie about Alf going to hospital and is annoyed that the others have confessed. Annie finds out the
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Coronation Street (1960)
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2. 7th January 1980
07 Jan '80Rita tells Len she wants a decent home to live in. Len tells her to make a list of alterations. Jim Sedgewick tells Emily and Gail he's bought the cafe off Joe Dawson. Susan returns to Glasgow. Elsie asks Mike for her old job back, promising she'll be reliable. He tells her that he does need someone to help him at the factory. Gail fears Sedgewick will sack her. Rita gives Len her required alterations for No.9, which include knocking the two rooms into one and a fitted kitchen. She accuses him
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Coronation Street (1960)
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3. 9th January 1980
09 Jan '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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4. 14th January 1980
14 Jan '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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5. 16th January 1980
16 Jan '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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6. 21st January 1980
21 Jan '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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7. 23rd January 1980
23 Jan '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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8. 28th January 1980
28 Jan '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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9. 30th January 1980
30 Jan '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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10. 4th February 1980
04 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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11. 6th February 1980
06 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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12. 11th February 1980
11 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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13. 13th February 1980
13 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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14. 18th February 1980
18 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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15. 20th February 1980
20 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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16. 25th February 1980
25 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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17. 27th February 1980
27 Feb '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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18. 3rd March 1980
03 Mar '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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19. 5th March 1980
05 Mar '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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20. 10th March 1980
10 Mar '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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21. 12th March 1980
12 Mar '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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22. 17th March 1980
17 Mar '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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23. 19th March 1980
19 Mar '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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24. 24th March 1980
24 Mar '80
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Coronation Street (1960)
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105. Wed Dec 31 1980
31 Dec '80
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