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The Road to Coronation Street is a British drama first broadcast on BBC Four documenting the journey of Coronation Street, the UK's longest-running television soap opera, from conception to its first transmission in December 1960. Set mainly at Granada Studios, Manchester in 1960, the 75-minute-long programme follows the true story of Tony Warren, a struggling scriptwriter who creates a vision of a television programme depicting normal life in a Salford street of terraced houses.
Original Release
09/15/2010
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ann Aris | Nita Valerie |
Lynda Baron | Violet Carson |
Steven Berkoff | Sidney Bernstein |
David Dawson | Tony Warren |
Sophia Di Martino | Josie Scott |
Shaun Dooley | Derek Bennett |
Henry Goodman | Cecil Bernstein |
Michelle Holmes | Brenda |
Jane Horrocks | Margaret Morris |
Celia Imrie | Doris Speed |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ann Aris | Nita Valerie |
Lynda Baron | Violet Carson |
Steven Berkoff | Sidney Bernstein |
David Dawson | Tony Warren |
Sophia Di Martino | Josie Scott |
Shaun Dooley | Derek Bennett |
Henry Goodman | Cecil Bernstein |
Michelle Holmes | Brenda |
Jane Horrocks | Margaret Morris |
Celia Imrie | Doris Speed |
Christian McKay | Harry Elton |
Tara Moran | Edna Walker |
Phoebe Nicholls | Mrs Simpson |
Malcolm Raeburn | Board Member |
James Roache | William Roache |
John Thomson | Harry Kershaw |
Jessie Wallace | Pat Phoenix |
David Williams | Jack / Commissionaire |
William Atkinson | Granada Worker |
Derek Bennett | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kieran Roberts | Executive Producer |
Rebecca Hodgson | Producer |