Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: List of past Coronation Street characters, Storylines of Coronation Street, Coronation Street timeline, List of Coronation Street residences, List of births, marriages, and deaths in Coronation Street, Rovers Return Inn, Weatherfield, Coronation Street home video releases, Coronation Street Live, East Street, Coronation Street sets, The Road to Coronation Street, Humour in Coronation Street, List of Coronation Street actors, Tony Warren, Coronation Street: Episode 1, Coronation Street: Out of Africa, List of Coronation Street producers, Corrie!, Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday, Joe Turner, Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas!, Newton and Ridley. Excerpt: Coronation Street is a long-running British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on Salford in North West England. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960. It is produced by Granada Television (now known as ITV Studios) and has been filmed at their Manchester Studios since its inception. It has since been shown in all regions of ITV almost throughout its existence. Since first being aired, it has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on commercial television, underpinning the success of its broadcaster ITV and its franchise Granada Television. On 17 September 2010, it became the world's longest-running TV soap opera currently in production. Ken Barlow in the first episode of Coronation Street.The first episode was aired on 9 December 1960 and was not initially a critical success; a columnist in the Daily Mirror claimed the series would only last three weeks. Granada Television commissioned only 13 episodes and some inside the company doubted the show would last its planned production run. Despite the negativity, viewers were immediately drawn to the serial, won over by Coronation Street's...