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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 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.
WHERE CAN I FIND ON-LINE UPDATES FOR THE STREET?
http://www.corrie.net/updates/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
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/
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?
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:
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)
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!
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