* Julie Hesmondhalgh, actor, Hayley Cropper in the TV Soap Coronation Street

* Vicky Entwistle, actor, Janice Battersby in the TV Soap Coronation Street

He is best known for playing Dave Lister in the British science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, and Lloyd Mullaney in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street.

As well as starring in Coronation Street and occasional Red Dwarf series, Charles continues to host his Funk and Soul Show on BBC radio, and performs DJ sets at numerous clubs and festivals nationally.

During Back to Earth, Charles ' character, Lister, visits the set of Coronation Street where he meets the actor Craig Charles.

In 2005, Charles joined the principal cast of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running TV soap opera, playing philandering taxicab driver, Lloyd Mullaney.

In November 2011, Charles took time off from Coronation Street to film a new series of Red Dwarf, returning to filming on ' Corrie ' in April 2012.

In June 2006, newspaper allegations of crack cocaine use resulted in Charles being suspended from both Coronation Street and BBC Radio 6 Music.

Charles returned to hosting his 6 Music show from November 2006 and to filming Coronation Street from January 2007.

* Charles Lawson ( 1959 – ), actor ( plays Jim McDonald in Coronation Street )

Coronation Street is a British television soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford.

Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960.

Coronation Street is produced by ITV Granada Television under ITV Studios and shown in all ITV regions.

Ken Barlow ( Coronation Street ) | Ken Barlow in the first episode of Coronation Street.

The character was one of the few to have experienced life ' outside ' of Coronation Street, and in some ways predicts the growth of globalisation and the decline of similar communities.

" Roache was the only remaining member of the original cast until Dennis Tanner ( Philip Lowrie ) returned on 12 May 2011, and is currently the longest-serving actor in Coronation Street and in British and global soap overall.

In March 1961, Coronation Street reached No. 1 in the television ratings and remained there for the rest of the year.

In spite of rising popularity with viewers, Coronation Street was criticised by some for its outdated portrayal of the urban working-class, and its representation of a community that was a nostalgic fantasy.

For eleven weeks, between August and October 1979, industrial action forced Coronation Street and the whole of the ITV network ( apart from the Channel Islands ) off the air.

When ITV did return, its first evening schedule included a special " catch-up " edition of Coronation Street, in which storylines which would have taken place during the strike were explained away in the form of a narrative chat between Len Fairclough and Bet Lynch.

Coronation Street returned to ITV screens at a regular time late in 1979.

Coronation Street had little competition within its prime time slot, and certain critics suggested that the programme had grown complacent, moving away from socially viable storylines and again presenting a dated view of working-class life.

Coronation Street's stalwart cast slotted back into the programme alongside the newcomers, examining new relationships between characters of different ages and backgrounds: Eddie Yeats became the Ogdens ' lodger, Gail Potter and Suzie Birchall moved in with Elsie, Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs ) arrived in 1976 as the tough factory boss, and Annie Walker reigned at the Rovers with her trio of staff Bet Lynch, Betty Turpin and Fred Gee.

* Coronation Street character Betty Turpin ( portrayed by Betty Driver ) was famous for her version of the dish which was served in the fictional Rovers Return Inn.

* Betty Williams, a character from the British soap opera, Coronation Street

* Betty Williams ( Coronation Street ), a fictional character in the British TV soap opera

* Billy Williams ( Coronation Street ), fictional character of Coronation Street married to Betty Williams

* Betty Driver MBE, actress and author, most famous for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap Coronation Street, was once the landlady of Whaley Bridge's Cock Inn.

Elizabeth Mary " Betty " Driver, MBE ( 20 May 1920 – 15 October 2011 < ref > The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Times, 18 < sup > th </ sup > December 2011, page 64 </ ref >) was an English singer, actress and author, best known for her role as Betty Williams on the British soap opera, Coronation Street, appearing in more than 2, 800 episodes.

In 1969, she was persuaded to come out of retirement to play police officer's wife Betty Turpin on Coronation Street, a role she would play for over 40 years.

Elizabeth " Betty " Williams ( née Preston, previously Turpin ) is a long-standing fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by former music hall star Betty Driver.

Betty and her husband Cyril move to Coronation Street in June 1969, helping her sister Maggie to run the local corner shop following the breakup of Maggie's marriage to Les Clegg.

In his 1998 book The Women of Coronation Street, Daran Little describes Betty as an archetypal mother figure.

He compares her to one of Coronation Streets original characters Minnie Caldwell ( Margot Bryant ), as she is " warm and comforting [...] loves cats and has had her share of lodgers "; however, Little notes that " while Minnie wandered through life in a haze, Betty is sharp-witted, blessed with insight and wisdom ".

A Coronation Street insider reassured The Sun that Betty was not being written out of the show, however, stating: " She ’ ll be here for a long time to come – she ’ ll just be on the other side of the bar for a change ".

ITV describe Betty as a " lynchpin " of the soap opera, stating that: " She ’ s as much a part of Coronation Street as the cobble stones.

In 1999, when Betty was celebrating 30 years on-screen, Alison Boshoff of the Daily Mail praised the character's never changing style: " for 30 years, one favourite fixture of Coronation Street has remained exactly the same [...] barmaid Betty Turpin.

In 2007, Coronation Street bosses told The Sun newspaper that there were no plans to retire the character of Betty, despite actress Betty Driver being 87 at the time, the oldest cast member in the soap.

" Actor Rob James-Collier, who played Liam Connor in the soap, has deemed Betty to be one of Coronation Street < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s two best characters, alongside Jack Duckworth ( Bill Tarmey ).

Current licensees include Procter & Gamble ( Pampers diapers ), Fisher-Price, Nakajima USA, Build-A-Bear Workshop ( Build-An-Elmo, Build-A-Cookie Monster, And Build-A-Big Bird ), GUND, Hasbro ( Sesame Street Monopoly ), Wooly Willy, Betty Crocker ( Elmo Fruit Snacks ), C & D Visionary ( air freshners ) and Children's Apparel Network.

The Korat was introduced to the UK by Betty Munford of the High Street, Hungerford.

In March 2012, New York City co-named Broadway at the corner of West 165th Street, the corner in front of the Audubon Ballroom, Betty Shabazz Way.