CORONATION STREET STATISTICS
Source: ITV Coronation Street
146 deaths (including 12 suicides, 24 murders, add onto that 13 pets!)
57 births (including one in a taxi, one in a lift, one in a cable car, three in the Rovers, one on a beach and one in the middle of the Nativity Play!)
131 weddings (although 36 did not go ahead/were not legal), with 8 pregnant brides and 5 bigamists (Arnold, Eve, Peter, Beth, Tim)
66 Rovers barmaids, 32 Rovers barmen, 12 Rovers licensees
28 women in Ken Barlow’s life
15 proposals for Rita
75 pets
1 train crash, 1 coach crash, 1 lorry crash, 1 tram crash, 1 minibus crash, 1 house collapse, 3 cars driven into the canal and 5 factory fires
26 trips to Blackpool
144 writers, 218 directors, 34 producers
4 royal visits
7 foreign location shoots
9 opening title sequences
5 spin-off video/DVD releases
Sold to 135 countries including; the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and South Africa
Winner of 10 BAFTAs, 27 National Television Awards and 116 British Soap Awards
Over 5000 actors have appeared on the show
Glenda Young
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