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Friday 9 December 2011

Happy 51st Anniversary, Corrie

Corrie's first episode aired 9th December 1960.  51 years later, it's still here and it's still going strong, with three original characters still appearing (that's Ken, Dennis and Emily). So happy anniversary, Coronation Street!
 
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6 comments:

down said...

emily isnt an original character, she didnt appear until 1961

Chewy said...

I know :P but I class her as one as she appeared in the first year of episodes (between 9th Dec '60 - 9th Dec '61) Seems a shame not to give her a mention for her sticking to the show for so long :P

Cat said...

I would class her as an original, she appeared in Episode 15!

Corriepedia said...

She actually first appeared in Episode 4 (21st December 1960) but played by a non-speaking extra and not Eileen Derbyshire and is therefore a creation of Tony Warren and thus, as Chewy says, an original character.

Tvor said...

I would agree. Miss Nugent was written by Warren. Eileen Derbyshire has been playing Emily for over 50 years. I'd say that counts!

Llifon said...

Happy birthday Corrie! To have 3 characters from the start in it is a great feat. Plus another 3 who've been in it for nearly 40 years. Wonderful show! :)

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