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In spite of rising popularity with viewers, Coronation Street was criticised by some for its outdated portrayal of the urban working-class, and its representation of a community that was a nostalgic fantasy.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

Boris' first entrance seems almost a footnote to the splendor of the Coronation Scene, with its dazzling confusion of tonalities.

Between 1980 and 1989, Coronation Street underwent some of the biggest changes since its launch.

The arrival of Channel 4 and its edgy new soap opera Brookside in 1982 was one of the biggest changes for Coronation Street.

The episode where Alan met his death under the tram gave Coronation Street its highest ever viewing figures of 26. 9 million, and is still the 9th most watched UK broadcast of all time.

In 2007, several groundbreaking storylines took place on Coronation Street, such as Tracy Barlow murdering Charlie Stubbs and claiming it was self-defence, as well as the show featuring its second two hander with Tracy Barlow confessing to her mother Deirdre Barlow she had planned to kill Charlie all along.

On 17 September 2010 Coronation Street entered the Guinness World Records book as the world's longest-running television soap opera after the American soap opera As the World Turns had its final episode.

So EastEnders focuses on the tough and grim life in London's east end ; Coronation Street invokes Manchester and its characters exhibit the stereotypical characteristic of " Northern straight talking ".

In the 80s, German networks successfully added American daytime and primetime soap operas to their schedule before Das Erste introduced its first self-produced weekly soap with Lindenstraße, which was seen as a German counterpart to Coronation Street.

Over the last 50 years, since its establishment as the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu city has witnessed expansion, initially at a slow pace and rapidly after the country was opened up to the outside world in 1974 during the Coronation of the fourth King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck when international media were present, and which marked Bhutan's " debut appearance on the world stage.

Established in 2002, the CBC / Radio Canada merchandising business operates retail locations and cbcshop. ca, its educational sales department CBC Learning sells CBC content and media to educational institutions, CBC Merchandising also licenses brands such as Hockey Night in Canada and Coronation Street.

* Coronation Stone-Situated outside The Guildhall in Kingston, this ancient rock was the crowning point of some of England's early kings and is what gives Kingston its name

The other sophisticated tradition was the Persian carpet which reached its peak in the 16th and early 17th century in works like the Ardabil Carpet and Coronation Carpet ; during this century the Ottoman and Mughal courts also began to sponsor the making in their domains of large formal carpets, evidently with the involvement of designers used to the latest court style in the general Persian tradition.

Nine Granada programmes were listed in the BFI TV 100 in 2000 and some of its most notable programmes include Coronation Street, Seven Up !, The Royle Family, The Jewel in the Crown, Brideshead Revisited, World in Action, University Challenge and The Krypton Factor.

By the early 1960s Granada was established and its soap opera Coronation Street quickly became popular alongside inexpensive game shows Criss Cross Quiz and University Challenge.

Coronation Street became the longest running serial soap in 2010 when it celebrated its 50th anniversary and the ongoing Seven Up documentary series was voted the greatest documentary in a Channel 4 program by film makers.

D. R. Seenivasagam Park ( Coronation Park ), located in the heart of Ipoh ( New Town ), is known for its scenic beauty and recreational facilities.

Below the town is Coronation Park which has a man made lake as its centrepiece where rowing boats can be hired in summer.

She is also known for being one of very few actors to have appeared in both Coronation Street and its rival series EastEnders for the BBC ( in 2000 ).

On Christmas Eve 1950, Hamilton, along with three other student Scottish nationalists, removed the Stone of Scone from its place under the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey, London.