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 March 17,
2012
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. Catch
ups are available at various times on ITV2.
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
Coronation Street is screened 3 days a week
in New Zealand - Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7.30 – 8.30pm on
TV
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?
Got
Kindle? Get Corrie weekly updates from 1995 onwards, 17 years in 17
ebooks - find
out more here.
Coronation Street
Blog
Weekly updates by Glenda
Young http://www.corrie.net/updates/
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
Monthly Corrie updates written by Glenda
Young at The Union Jack
website
WHERE CAN I FIND CORONATION STREET WEB
SITES?
Official Coronation Street Website at
ITV
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 currently
closed to the general public (last updated October 2005). If you find out
otherwise, do let me
know.
However, it was reported in the UK national press on Monday
13 October, 2008 that the Street set could be re-opened to coincide with
Corrie's 50th anniversary in 2010. The quote below comes from an article from The
Guardian. "ITV is also planning to
reopen the Coronation Street set in Manchester to the public with
behind-the-scenes tours."
Canadian fans:
The World of Coronation Street Tour is located in Toronto, Canada and
runs trips to the Coronation Street set every September. The tour visits
various outdoor locations in the Manchester area, a private group dinner with a
Coronation Street Star as well as a coveted visit to Granada Studios. The
website is http://www.kemptvilletravel.com or
the tour exclusive website is http://www.coronationstreettour.com.
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:
Comox Valley Coronation Street Fan Club C/O Louise
DeArmond 22 - 1180 Braidwood Road Courtenay BC V9N 3R9 We meet the first Sunday of each month
at Best Western Westerly Hotel in
Courtenay in Comox. Registration is from 2:15 to 2:45; the gathering begins
at 2:45 to 3:45 pm.
Cost $3 for coffee/tea or
ice water. We are 40 strong and growing! Everyone welcome. If
you require more information please email: cvcorriefanclub@shaw.ca See our Facebook page - Coronation
Street Fan Club (Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, BC)
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
- Marilyn Lambert, mailto:westwynd@shaw.ca or phone 250 752
5771. "We are now in our 17th year and still going
strong."s
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 25765 40th Ave
Langley BC, V4W 1W3
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
NEW! Coronation Street: The Complete Saga
is a novel written by Katherine Hardy. Our very own Coronation Street updater
Glenda Young was recently commissioned to update the book with events from
the cobbles from 2003 to date. The book is released in August 2008 and you can
order it from
Amazon here.
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!
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