Coronation Street icon Geoffrey Hinsliff, who played Don Brennan on the ITV cobbles from 1987 until 1997, has sadly passed away at the age of 87. with tributes pouring in.
Blanche Hunt: Good and bad in this room!
Blanche Hunt: This one - she were in prison! I nearly died of the shame.
Deirdre Barlow: Mother! Nobody needs to know that!
Blanche Hunt: He's had more affairs than Soft Mick!
Peter Barlow: I think you've had enough Blanche.
Blanche
Blanche Hunt (reading Kelly Crabtree's fortune): "Ah, I see that there will be fellas...many fellas...especially if you keep dressing like a tart."
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Congratulations to
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who this year, is celebrating 34 years since her first appearance on the cobbles. Jenny moved away from Weatherfield in 1991, returning in 1993 and returned in 2015.
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Remembering actor Bryan Mosley, who passed away 25 years ago today. Bryan portrayed Alf Roberts in Coronation Street from 1961 - 1999 and appeared in 1780 episodes.
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Liz McDonald: "No, this is for my job interview".
Tracy Barlow: "What job?"
Blanche Hunt: "Prostitute..."
Liz McDonald: "Blanche!"
Deirdre Rachid: "Mother!"
Blanche Hunt: "You were all thinking it. I just said it out loud".
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As of 2023, William Roache holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving actor in a television soap opera, having played Ken Barlow on Coronation Street since 1960.
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Remembering actress Doris Speed, who was born on this day 125 years ago. Doris portrayed Rovers Return landlady Annie Walker from 1960 - 1983.
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R.I.P Bill Kenright
Bill played Gordon Clegg in Coronation Street, on and off between 1968 and 2012. (With the exception of 2002 & 2004)
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Remembering actor Bryan Mosley, who passed away 25 years ago today. Bryan portrayed Alf Roberts in Coronation Street from 1961 - 1999 and appeared in 1780 episodes.
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Ken Barlow is 84 today. Played by William Roache OBE, since the very first episode of the soap opera on Friday 9th December 1960.
Happy Birthday Ken 🎉
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45 years on since her first appearance as the beloved Coronation Street matriarch, Sue Nicholls has signed a new contract for another year of drama.
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Tony Warren, the creator of Coronation Street, originally 'Florizel Street' was given a commission of 13 episodes in 1960. Nearly 60 years on, the programme is now the longest running serial drama in the world.
Archie Street was a terraced street in the Ordsall district of Salford which provided the design inspiration for the look of the fictional Coronation Street when the serial began in 1960.
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Annie Walker: If you wish to brawl like alley cats. Then, kindly brawl outside where you belong in the alley. Not in my house.
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Anne Kirkbride, appeared as Deirdre Barlow née Hunt, Langton & Rachid in 3346 episodes of Coronation Street in 1972 and from 1973 to 2014 as well as appearing in the spin-off video The Jubilee Years in 1985 and 10 internet episodes titled Ken & Deirdre's Bedtime Stories in 2011.
Barbara Knox MBE, is surprised by her good friend the late Paul O'Grady MBE. During the filming of Rita & Me back in 2014. To celebrate Barbara's 50 years on Coronation Street.
Now it's 60 years this year Congratulations Barbara 🎊
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5 original cast members still in Coronation Street, when the programme celebrated it's 18th Birthday in 1978:
William Roache, Doris Speed, Pat Phoenix, Jack Howarth & Violet Carson.
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Remembering all week.
Anne Kirkbride
21st June 1954 - 19th January 2015
Kirkbride was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the daughter of Jack, a cartoonist, and his wife, Enid (nee Kirkham). As a child, she showed a desire to perform. Aged seven, she disappeared while on holiday.....
You didn't know Ernie Bishop, I did.
He was a good man, a decent man.
And your boyfriend, killed him.
Remembering Deirdre Barlow & Anne Kirkbride all week.
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50 years ago today.....
29th July 1974
First appearance of Gail Potter. Later, Gail Tilsley/Platt/Hillman/McIntyre/Rodwell.
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Gail, one of the most iconic characters on the British soap opera Coronation Street, has had a dramatic journey since her