Frequently
Asked Questions
Written by Glenda Young and Janice Gaffney
Maintained by Glenda Young. Please email me with any
comments, changes, updates etc.
Last updated Feb 2, 2008
Introduction
Where and when can
I watch the show ?
Where can I find
on-line updates for The Street ?
Where can I find
Coronation Street websites ?
Are there any IRC (Chat)
channels for Coronation Street ?
Can I visit the set of The
Street ?
Are there any Coronation
Street fan clubs ?
Are there any books
about Coronation Street ?
Are there any
academic references relating to Coronation Street?
What do they mean when
they say... ?
Where has this actor,
actress, character got to ?
How can I contact the
Coronation Street office at Granada Television?
INTRODUCTION
Coronation Street is a UK based drama series centred
around the imaginary town of Weatherfield, Manchester. It was first
shown at 7:00pm on 9 December 1960 and is the longest running TV
show in the UK. In 2005, it celebrates 45 years as the top soap opera
with an average of 20 million viewers per episode. It is filmed at
Granada Studios, Manchester.
WHERE AND
WHEN CAN I WATCH THE SHOW?
- In The UK
The programme is broadcast 5
times a week on ITV1. There are two episodes each Monday at 19.30
- 20.00 and 20.30 - 21.00 and one episode on Wednesday. There are
also two episodes each Friday at 19.30 - 20.00 and 20.30 - 21.00.
In Ireland
Coronation
Street is shown on TV3 at exactly the same time as on ITV, ie
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 19:30 with repeats shown
the next day at 4pm, with a one-hour episode on Tuesdays (the two
Monday episodes back to back). The Friday episode is repeated on
Saturday afternoon at 3.30pm. In addition the omnibus is on Sunday
lunchtime at 12.30.
Ireland can
pick up UTV (Ulster TV) and watch the repeats the following Wednesday,
In Canada
CS is carried
on CBC Mondays to Fridays from 7.00pm - 7:30 pm across the country
(8:00 pm - 8:30 pm in Newfoundland). The omnibus is on Sunday mornings,
from 7:30 am - 10:00 am. (8:00 am - 10:30 am in Newfoundland)
WTN no longer shows old espisodes.
In addition,
one of CBC's specialty cable channels, CBC Country Canda, airs
CS 'Classics' weekdays from 4-4.30pm and from 8-8.30pm.
For more information on the CBC schedule for CS please
visit http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/index.jsp?program=Coronation%20Street
In New Zealand
TV ONE:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 19.30 - 20.30
CS is approx. 11-12 months behind the UK episodes in New
Zealand.
In Australia
By cable providers Foxtel and Austar, screening
on the UK-TV channel Monday - Friday, 18:00 - 18:30, repeated next day
at 04:30, 08:00 & 13:00. (Friday's episode is repeated on Monday).
Currently showing episodes from 2001.
Also shown free to air in Melbourne and Sydney
on community station Channel 31, Mondays and Wednesdays, 09:00
- 09:30.
Currently showing episodes from July/Aug
2003 (notifed as at July 05)
In
the USA
Some
cable TV systems in the northern U.S.A., serving cities such as
Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle, and Burlington, carry CBC Television.
Two million Comcast Cable subscribers in the Seattle metro
area and Western Washington state can view Corrie on CBUT (CBC
Vancouver)
BUT (CBC Vancouver) carries Coronation Street at the following
times: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 7:30 - 8:00 pm, Sunday
(omnbus showing): 8:00 am - 10:00 am
In Sweden
TV4 Sweden
Monday-Friday 13:00-13:30 hrs (subject to
change)
Currently (May 1997) showing episodes from
1991
WHERE
CAN I FIND ON-LINE UPDATES FOR THE STREET?
http://www.corrie.net/updates/
Weekly updates by Glenda Young
Episode updates are written by various willing
volunteers.
Corrie.net also carries updates of Classic
Coronation Street (1976 onwards); WTN (1989 onwards) and has
a history of Coronation Street by year since 1960
To be included
on email lists to receive the episode and weekly updates automatically,
please look at:
http://www.corrie.net/updates/maillist.html
http://www.csvu.net
Visual episode updates for both the UK and
Canada, written by Mike Plowman.
Monthly Corrie updates written by Glenda
Young at The Union Jack website
WHERE CAN I FIND CORONATION
STREET WEB SITES?
corrie.net - Coronation
Street Fan's Site
Coro_street Homepage
All about the IRC channel
(chat-line) for Coronation Street fans
Coronation Street Weekly Updates website and blog
Coronation Street
Guest Book
Coronation Street Mailist
Coronation Street
Official Merchandise
Richard Peacock's Coronation Street page
Soap Heaven (gossip,
IRC channel, mailist, etc.)
Tina O'Brien
aka Sarah Platt
Jenny Platt web
forum aka Violet the barmaid
The Soap Show, internet radio soap
show
There's also a page about On-line Corrie fan get togethers
If you can add to this list of Corrie
websites, please email Glenda
ARE THERE ANY IRC (CHAT) CHANNELS
FOR CORONATION STREET?
There is a chat channel for Coronation Street
named #coro_street, on the Sorcerynet IRC network. It's been going
for nearly 5 years, and is busier than ever. The #coro_street
webpage is at http://www.stormloader.com/coronation/
CAN I VISIT THE
SET OF THE STREET?
Please note that the Granada Studios tour
is closed to the general public (last updated October 2005). If you find
out otherwise, do let me
know.
Granada Studio Tours stays shut
ONE of Manchester's leading tourist attractions
is to stay shut for the rest of year, leading to about 20
redundancies. The Granada Studios Tour, where visitors can walk
down Coronation Street, was once one of the top 10 visitor attractions
in Britain. But last December it closed temporarily for redevelopment,
making up to 200 people redundant.
Managers said it would
reopen this spring or summer. But today the remaining staff at
the Studios Tour, based in Quay Street, Manchester, were told its
future was undecided and more jobs will be lost. A spokeswoman for
Granada said a range of ideas was still being explored. One of the
plans is thought to be to build a dedicated Coronation Street theme
park and get rid of other attractions, like the Baker Street set.
While the future of the
TV and film industry theme park, which opened in 1988, is decided
it will still continue to operate its corporate hospitality
business. John Lee, former Pendle Tory MP and a former tourism
minister, today said he has had reservations about the future of
the Studios Tour, because everybody who wanted to visit it has already
been. "It is a small part now of the overall Granada empire,''
said Mr Lee, who is also chairman of the Association of Local
Visitor Attractions. "It was very successful and people got
a lot of pleasure out of it. But the problem with visitor attractions
on all scales is you have to keep providing something new,'' he
said. "One has to be investing and doing something new all the
time. And locally it will get worse with the Lowry and the Imperial
War Museum coming soon.''
Patrick Green, director
of the Museum of Science and Industry, a neighbour
of the Studios Tour, agreed with Mr Leem, saying he
believed the competition in Manchester for people's
leisure time is particularly intense. "We have got all
the visitor attractions... but we have also got things
like the Trafford Centre and the big commercial leisure developments
opening in Manchester, like the Printworks and Great Northern.
"A lot of people have recognised this is a big population
centre in the middle of Britain and they want to have a piece
of the action. But there is no doubt with that sort of competition
there will be casualties.''
ARE THERE ANY CORONATION STREET
FAN CLUBS?
Canadian National Fan Club
Contact: Joan McCLement, email joan.mcclement@sympatico.ca
For information on the World of Coronation
Street tour, go to http://www3.sympatico.ca/joan.mcclement
Other Canadian
Fan Clubs:
Victoria Coronation Street Social Club
Contact: c/o 762 Canterbury Road, Victoria, BC V8X 3E3
Meet once a month
Rovers
Hotpots
c/o K Jackson
#804 10175 109th Street
Edmonton, AB
CANADA T5J 3P2
Email: edmontonhotpots@hotmail.com
DownEast
Streeters Non-Profit Society
Contact Cheryl Lynn by email at info@downeaststreeters.ca
http://www.downeaststreeters.ca
UCCB Coronation Street Gang
Based at the University College of Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia
Webpage: http://etcom.uccb.ns.ca/coronation/ping.htm
Qualicum
Beach Coronation St. Club
President - Linda Cole
"Our Club is entering its 12th year of operation
and meets Sept through June on the 2nd Thur of each month and welcomes
visitors" (updated August 05).
Strathcona Streeties
President - Bill Roberts
649 Village Drive
Sherwood Park, AB
T8A 4K7
Coronation Street Friends
Eugenie Thomas
105, 6880 Buswell Street
Richmond, B.C.
V6Y 2Y7
Brantford Senior Streeters
Katherine Mary Gregory
609, 640 West Street
Brantford, Ontario
N3R 6M3
South Surrey-White Rock Fan Club
Email Anita Hyndman
1664 - 157 Street
Surrey, B.C.
V4A 4W3
Calgary Streetalkers
3611 - 1 Street N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
T2K 0W7
The Barmcakes
Mississauga, Ontario
Contact Joan McClement
ARE THERE ANY BOOKS ABOUT CORONATION STREET?
Note that this list is not a complete
list and probably the best way to find a full range of Coronation Street
books is at www.amazon.com Some of the older
books which may now be out of print are usually available on www.ebay.com
Access All Areas: Behind the Scenes at Coronation Street;
David Hanson & Roger Dixon; 0233997229
Around The Houses, Daran Little, 0752211749
Coronation Street Quiz Book, Graeme Kaye, 1852832916
Coronation Street, Jack Tinker, 1850512299
Coronation Street, Richard Dyer, 0851701108
Coronation Street: 25 Years, Graham Nown, 0706364058
Coronation Street: 30 Years, Graeme Kaye, 0852832924
Coronation Street: Celebrating 35 Years, Daran
Little 1852834641
Coronation Street: Early Days, H.V.Kershaw, 0727402684
Coronation Street: The Inside Story, Bill Podmore,
0356179710
Coronation Street Special book, 0862777914
Coronation Street At War; Daran Little; 0233997180
Coronation Street: The Way to Victory; Christine
Green, 0233998993
Forty Years of Coronation Street, Daran Little,
0233998063
Forty Years of Coronation Street: A Collection
of Memories, Judith Jones, Stephen Kelley; 0752223119
Life and Times at the Rovers Return, Daran Little,
1852834560
Life in the Street, Graeme Kaye
Real Soaps: Coronation Street;General Publications,
1903009057
Street Cred, Anthony Hayward, 1852836814
Street Talk -The Language of Coronation St, Jeffrey
Miller, 0887943128
The Women of Coronation Street; Daran Little; 0752224433
Weatherfield Life, Daran Little, 1852831863
Biographies
Knowledge is Power, My Life on Coronation Street,
Ken Morley 1857821521
Arthur Lowe - A Life, Stephen Lowe 1854592793
Arthur Lowe - Dad's Memory, Stephen Lowe 0753501708
All My Burning Bridges, Pat Phoenix, 0352398396
Johnny Briggs, the Autobiography; Johnny Briggs; 1857822064
How to Live the Life of Riley, Jack Duckworth
Ken and Me,William Roache, 0745176879
Ken and Me (different ISBN), William Roache, 0671850857
Secrets of the Street: Life as Ivy Tilsley, Lynne Perrie,
1857820983
The Importance of Being Percy, Bill Waddington, 1852831928
The Life and Loves of Elsie Tanner, Daran Little, 1852831774
The Ogdens of Number 13, Daran Little, 1852831782
The Other Side of the Street, Jean Alexander, 0745113230
The Street where I live, H.V.Kershaw, 0246117346
It's Not A Rehearsal: The Autobiography: Amanda Barrie
(Published by Headline, London, 2000
Books with ISBN 185283... are published
in the UK by Boxtree Ltd, Broadwall House, 21 Broadwall, LONDON
SE1 9PL Telephone: +44 (0)20 7928-9696
ARE THERE ANY ACADEMIC
REFERENCES RELATING TO CORONATION STREET?
This list of academic references
has been compiled by Glenda
Young . If you can add to this list or if you require
a more extensive listing for specific academic purposes, please
email me. I have researched and written on the representation
of femininities in Coronation Street at both BA and MA level.
I also suggest you search for Coronation
Street at Google Scholar.
Books:
Dyer, Richard. "Coronation
Street", BFI Monograph No. 13, London, 1981. ISBN: 85170
110 8 (Collection of essays on realism and convention, ideology,
representation, narrative etc.).
Geraghty, Christine. "Women
and Soap Opera", Polity Press, London, 1991. ISBN: 07456 05680
(A fascinating book, excellent reading for anyone interested
in how women are represented in popular television drama. Examination
of various soap operas. Whilst not exclusively concentrated
on Coronation Street, the programme is analysed extensively
along with Eastenders, Crossroads, Dallas and Dynasty).
Articles, Chapters
etc in books
ARTICLE: Audience
Reception: The Role of the Viewer in Retelling Romantic Drama AUTHOR:
Livingstone, Sonia M. IN: London School Economics & Political
Science, WC2A 2AE England PB: Chapter in MASS MEDIA AND SOCIETY,
Curran, James, & Gurevitch, Michael [Eds], London, England:
Edward Arnold, 1991, pp 285-306. IB: 034051759X
CHAPTER: Soap Opera
and Women AUTHOR: Richard Dyer, Terry Lovell, Jean McCrindle
FROM: Edinburgh International Television Festival 1977 - Official
Programme (Broadcast, 1977) IN: Studying Culture: an introductory
reader. Eds. Ann Gray, Jim McGuigan, Edward Arnold, 1993, pages
35-41.
ARTICLE: Language
about Women and Men: An Example from Popular Culture AUTHOR: Weatherall,-Ann
IN: Victoria U, Wellington New Zealand SO: Journal-of-Language-and-Social-Psychology;
1996, 15, 1, Mar, 59-75. JN: Journal-of-Language-and-Social-Psychology
IS: 0261-927X
ARTICLE: Interpreting a Television Narrative:
How Different Viewers See a Story AUTHOR: Livingstone,-Sonia-M.
IN: Dept Social Psychology London School Economics & Political
Science, Aldwych WC2A 2AE England SO: Journal-of-Communication;
1990, 40, 1, winter, 72-85. JN: Journal-of-Communication
ARTICLE: Realism, Naturalism and Television
Soap Opera AUTHOR: Longhurst,-Brian IN: Dept Social Policy
& Social Work U Edinburgh, EH8 9YL Scotland SO: Theory,-Culture-and-Society;
1987, 4, 4, Nov, 633-649. JN: Theory,-Culture-&-Society IS:
0263-2764
ARTICLE: Crime hits 'the street'. AUTHOR:
D. A. Wisemore Police Review 97 (14 Apr 89), p.756-7. ISSN: 03091414
ABSTRACT: Draws lessons in jurisprudence
from popular television series such as Coronation Street.
ARTICLE: From
the Soap Queen to the Aga-Saga: different discursive frameworks of familial
feminity in contemporary women's genres. AUTHOR: Liladhar, J. (2000)
in Journal of Gender Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1 pp.5-12. (This is a great one, a personal favourite of mine, perfect
for deconstructing the Bet Lynch stereotype)
WHAT DO THEY MEAN WHEN THEY
SAY... ?
ANSWERS TO THOSE TRULY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What's a ginnel
?
It's a narrow passage or lane between terraced
houses
Why did Jim
McDonald call Alec Gilroy "Sandy" ?
Sandy is short for Alexander
Why did
Fred Elliot ask for a "Scotch and threat" in the Rovers ?
He's asking for his whisky with just the slightest
hint (a threat) of water
What and
where is the Red Rec?
The Red Rec is short for the "Red Recreation Ground".
Recreation grounds can be anything from a bit of tarmac with a
children's play area (a few swings, roundabout, helter skelter,
etc) through to huge grassed areas where football (soccer) pitches
are marked out. In the case of the Weatherfield Red Rec, the 'Red'
comes from the surface which is either red shale or crushed bricks packed
down very tightly - but there is also a large grassed and woodland park
area.
What was the name of
Minnie Caldwell's cat?
Bobby
WHERE HAS THIS ACTOR, ACTRESS, CHARACTER GOT TO ?
First, try looking at the
actor and
character indexes
of the corrie.net website.
There may also be
gossip in the Weatherfield
Recorder pages of corrie.net.
If they don't help
try ratucs - the rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st
newsgroup. Someone there is normally able to help - with
any kind of Corrie query!
HOW CAN I CONTACT THE CORONATION
STREET OFFICE AT GRANADA TELEVISION?
The contact details
for Granada Media Manchester are available on the Granada
Media website
Compiled by Glenda
Young Please email me with changes and updates to this
FAQ, thanks!
