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.

From 1999 to 2001, Jane MacNaught was Coronation Street's executive producer, and received harsh criticism from both viewers and critics.

In 2002, one of Coronation Street's best-known storylines began, which culminated in 2003.

The character is one of the longest-serving in British soap, coming third behind Ken Barlow and Emily Bishop in a 1998 survey assessing character episode appearances in Coronation Street's history.

Coronation Street's handling of transsexual issues, the uncertainty of whether her partner would accept her transsexuality and the inability of transsexual people to adopt children or marry, has been praised by transgendered groups.

In December 2011 Coronation Street's Brue Jones performed at the Centre as Captain Hook and Mr Darling in the pantomime, Peter Pan

* Coronation Street's Sue Nicholls-RTÉ Guide profile

In November 2010 she gave a rare interview on Paul O ' Grady Live on ITV1, and then in the next month appeared in a number of shows related to Coronation Street's 50th Anniversary.

A spin-off series, Bracken was launched around Pat Barry ( Gabriel Byrne ), and which featured Irish actor Niall Toibin, Mick Lally and former Coronation Street actor Joe Lynch ( who had played a lover of the Street's Elsie Tanner ).

Famous residents have included world snooker champion Alex Higgins, Lancashire cricket players Johnny Briggs and Clive Lloyd, Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud, Coronation Street's Simon Gregson, Manchester City players Paul Dickov and Derek Jeffries and 1990s band Northern Uproar.

Brooks received a National Television Award nomination in 2000 for Most Popular Newcomer but lost out to Coronation Street's Tina O ' Brien.

She is considered somewhat of an icon in soap history and regarded as one of Coronation Street's greatest ever characters.

She came third in the poll, behind EastEnders Den Watts ( 17 %) and Coronation Street's Ken Barlow ( 15 %).

The Ogdens, Hilda and her husband Stan ( Bernard Youens ) – or " the Oggies " as they were affectionately dubbed – have been hailed as one of Coronation Street's favourite couples.

It remains the highest-rated episode in Coronation Street's history.

However, in 2005, actress Jean Alexander ruled out ever returning to the role of Hilda Ogden, due to Coronation Street's overemphasis on sex and " who's sleeping with whom ".

" Alexander reportedly declined to return as Hilda as part of Coronation Street's 50th anniversary celebrations in December 2010.

Hayley Patterson is introduced in 1998, and her relationship with Roy turns out to be one of the more controversial storylines in Coronation Street's history, as it is later revealed that Hayley is a pre-op transsexual woman, originally born male.

Actor David Neilson has complimented the storyline, describing the writing as " absolutely beautiful ", and Roy and Hayley are now considered to be one of Coronation Street's " classic " couples.

Furze finished third in the competition, after being beaten for a place in the final by Emmerdale's Hayley Tamaddon and Coronation Street's Antony Cotton.

In February 2007, it was reported that Leanne would become Coronation Street's first ever prostitute following Danson's on-screen return from maternity leave.

( ISBN 189892600X ), the D-Day memories of Coronation Street's Bill Waddington published in 1994.

This was the show that included his most famous impression, as Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth in two-handers with Mavis Riley ( played by Les Dennis ).

She was generally well received by critics, described as a national institution and one of Coronation Street's best loved characters, an old-fashioned spinster.

He is best known as the creator of Coronation Street, an award-winning soap opera and one of the longest-running television programmes in the United Kingdom.

Coronation Streets creator, Tony Warren had originally planned the character of Dennis to be rather gritty and a real " bad boy ", but actor Philip Lowrie's charm and knack for comedy led to Dennis becoming much more lighthearted.

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

Harry Kershaw was the script editor for Coronation Street when the programme began in 1960, working alongside Tony Warren.

* Tony Gordon, fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street

She was mentioned in Coronation Street on 31 July 2009 when Maria asked a stressed Tony " Who are you?

Vernon Kay and Coronation Street star William Roache were the contestants, accompanied by professional darts players Eric Bristow and Andy Fordham, while Tony Green reprised his role as co-host.

Cope's appearance in Coronation Street led to the recording of a novelty pop single Hands Off, Stop Mucking About with Tony Hatch.

In 2008 Cope's Coronation Street character Jed Stone returned to the ITV soap after 42 years ' absence, appearing as part of a storyline involving property developer Tony Gordon.

Shown are Jason Grimshaw | Jason, Steve McDonald ( Coronation Street ) | Steve, Lloyd Mullaney | Lloyd, Dev Alahan | Dev and Kirk Sutherland | Kirk mourning Liam Connor, killed in a hit and run planned by Tony Gordon.

In 2004, Coronation Street retconned the Baldwin family when Mike's nephew Danny Baldwin and his wife Frankie moved to the area from Essex, with their two sons Jamie and Warren.

Patrick Stoddart of The Times wrote: " The millions who watch Coronation Street – and who will continue to do so despite Lord Rees-Mogg – know real life when they see it ... in the most confident and accomplished soap opera television has ever seen ".

Having first met the band when asked by ITV to look after their visit on Coronation Street ( he also worked on Emmerdale ) St. Paul wrote the script specifically with the band in mind.

Mena wrote La Coronaçión ( or Calamicleos, The Coronation, 1438 ) and dedicated it to Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana ( marquis of Santillana ), in response to the latter ’ s 1438 victory on the frontier between Muslim and Christian Spain, which resulted in the taking of Huelma.

Jack Morris Rosenthal CBE ( 8 September 1931-29 May 2004 ) was an English playwright, who wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.

At Granada Television, he wrote a spin off series from Coronation Street for the character, Leonard Swindley, played by Arthur Lowe called Pardon the Expression and created two comedy series The Dustbinmen and The Lovers starring Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox.

Whereas Pope Paul's Romano Pontifici Eligendo explicitly required that the new pope be crowned, the new Apostolic Constitution wrote more ambiguously of the inauguration of the pontificate without spelling out specifically by name whether than inaugurating ( i. e., formal ceremonial beginning of ) the pontificate involves either the old enthronement ceremony, the Papal Coronation or the version used since 1978, the Papal Inauguration.

She also wrote for the anthology drama series Dramarama, before in 1988 co-creating the long-running children's drama Children's Ward with her Coronation Street colleague Paul Abbott.

* George Frideric Handel – Zadok the Priest ( one of the four Coronation Anthems he wrote in 1727 )

He also wrote for the soap operas Coronation Street and United !.

In 1972, she married her third husband, Alan Downer, who wrote scripts for Coronation Street and Emmerdale Farm on television and Waggoner's Walk on radio.

The soap opera Coronation Street wrote an elaborate Jubilee parade into the storyline, having Rovers ' Return Inn manageress Annie Walker dress up in elaborate costume as Elizabeth I. Ken Barlow and " Uncle Albert " played Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing respectively.

In addition to Coronation Street, he wrote many episodes of the soap opera Brookside, as well as its spin-off Damon and Debbie.