Coronation Street 60th - Corrie's soap firsts

CORONATION STREET SOAP FIRSTS

First anniversary live episode - for the 40th anniversary on 8th Dec 2000 ( EastEnders, The Bill and Emmerdale have now followed suit)

First foreign location filming - Majorca in 1974

First home video spin-off - The QE2 Cruise in 1995

First soap opera performer to be BAFTA-nominated – Jean Alexander (Hilda Ogden) in 1988

First storyline to make front page news – Mike/Deirdre affair in 1983

First regular transsexual character – Hayley Patterson in 1998

First product placement in soap – Nationwide cash machine in 2011

First widescreen episode - transmitted in 2002

First high-definition episode - filmed in 2010

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