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In spite of rising popularity with viewers, Coronation Street was criticised by some for its outdated portrayal of the urban working-class, and its representation of a community that was a nostalgic fantasy.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

She returned to television in 2011, guest-starring as a judge on a June 2011 episode of Coronation Street and as aunt Annie in an episode of the children's TV show Scoop, titled " Come In Digby, Your Time's Up ".

Shobna Gulati ( born 7 August 1966 ) is a British actress, writer, and dancer of Indian origin, best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies, and Sunita Alahan in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009.

In 2010 he returned to Manchester and Coronation Street to direct the story of the making of its first episode The Road to Coronation Street it won both the RTS and BAFTA awards for Best Single Drama 2011 and a Gold Medal at the New York Film and TV Festival in Las Vegas.

Three years later, Alexander returned to Coronation Street as Hilda Ogden.

On this occasion, she never returned to Coronation Street.

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.

Jesse returned to Coronation Street in June, beginning a relationship with Eileen Grimshaw ( Sue Cleaver ).

Langley shot a small role in an Independent Online Film and returned to Coronation Street for a twelve episode guest stint.

In April 2011 Bruno returned to Coronation Street for a short storyline.

In 1997 he returned to television with an eight-month stint as Bernard McKenna in the ITV soap Coronation Street.

Elsie left to live in America with Steve, but soon returned to Coronation Street after they split up.

In 2003, she returned to Coronation Street as the long suffering mother of Steve McDonald, much-disapproving mother-in-law to Becky Granger and friend to Deirdre Barlow.

In March 2011, Liz returned to Coronation Street having left for a short break in November 2010.

As you can see Xpose was returned to 18: 30, while a Coronation Street omnibus was on a Sunday afternoon, however ultimately both ITV soaps were dropped from the schedule.

After several quiet years she returned to acting in the 1972 British television series Spyder's Web before accepting the role of Blanche Hunt in the top rated ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1974.

He returned to his Coronation Street role after rehabilitation.

The Rovers Return is the pub in Coronation Street, the British soap broadcast on ITV.

Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale are popularly known as the " flagship " soaps, as they are the highest rating programmes for ITV and the BBC respectively.

During the 1960s Coronation Street ’ s main rival was Crossroads, a daily serial that began in 1964 and was broadcast by ITV in the early evening.

In a January 2008 overhaul of the ITV network the Sunday episodes of Coronation Street and Emmerdale were moved out of their slots.

Gay scenes from Britain's ITV serial drama Coronation Street ( also based in the city ) were filmed around Canal Street.

That first series was aired in the same timeslot as Coronation Street on ITV, and consequently received relatively little attention.

On 16 December 2010, Granada announced it would move to the Orange Building in MediaCityUK alongside the University of Salford and a studio to produce the ITV flagship soap opera Coronation Street, would be built on the opposite bank of the ship canal on Trafford Wharf.

Most shows were presented from a large conservatory studio outside the Coronation Street studio which was later used for daytime ITV Play programming.

That same year Rossi and Parfitt made cameo appearances in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street in a storyline which involved them being sued by the notorious layabout Les Battersby, and performing live at his wedding as compensation.

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.

* Katherine Kelly ( 1980 – present ) Actress, plays Becky Granger in ITV soap opera Coronation Street

He has recently appeared as the undertaker Archie Shuttleworth in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street

TOTP was traditionally shown on a Thursday night, but was moved to a Friday starting on 14 June 1996, originally at 7 pm, but then shifted to 7. 30 pm, a change which placed the programme up against the hugely popular soap opera, Coronation Street, on ITV.

In February 2010, he appeared in the British soap ( broadcast on the ITV network ) Coronation Street playing the charming male escort Lewis Archer, who woos Audrey Roberts.

Increases in programme cost during 2008 included new sporting contracts with the GAA and UEFA, the first renewal of their contract with the British broadcaster ITV for shows such as The X Factor and Coronation Street, a small but significant increase in programmes commissioned from independent producers and their takeover of Channel 6 ( now 3e ).

Though less radical ( and certainly less well-known ) than Greene, he saw the BBC successfully through many significant events in British broadcasting: the surge in television viewership ( aided especially by the coverage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952 ); the introduction of the competing ITV service in 1955 ; the gradual modernisation of some old eccentric practices ( the aforementioned Fourteen-Day Rule and the Toddlers ' Truce closedown period in the early evening ).

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.

* The British actress Katherine Kelly, best known for her role as Becky McDonald in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, is the daughter of John Kelly, who originally hails from Castleisland.

As a writer, she began working for Granada Television in the 1980s, writing for their hugely popular soap opera Coronation Street, the most watched programme on the ITV network.