This was the golden time for Corrie. So many great characters

Coronation street was at its zenith in the 70s..some great characters.

The golden period of the street. So many great characters ❤️🇬🇧

Annie: “I don’t think this is the time or place to discuss your emoluments” Hilda: “Don’t go chucking your big words at me, I eat them up for breakfast” Wonderful script and skilfully delivered by Doris Speed and Jean Alexander.

Suzie Birchalls first appearance. The friendship begins....Wonderful viewing...

Just realised that the guy talking to Ray at the hospital is Joe from the The Royle Family (Peter Martin)& Mary Healy who played Thelma James from the factory in 1977 then again in 1990 Yvonne Pendlebury who was Victors (almost carbon copy of Mavis) new wife was Philomena in The Royle Family! It’s also crazy how many characters come back over the years as different characters sometimes only months apart! Also how many times the same names for different characters have been used! 🙂I’m really enjoying these episodes thank you 😊

I wish the full series without any missing were on KZfaq

This was from the month i was born. My mum was in the maternity ward at the same time as Deirdre.

I love this era. Better continuity, characters staying true to themselves, working-class people actually shown to have at least a basic intelligence, people occasionally living and working away from the street itself, no neighbour-shagging to the point where everyone has slept with everyone else... We could have done with more Marie Stanton, though. The rivalry with Bet was great and she could at least stand up to Bet when she got into bullying mode. Bet was great, but I think she was pretty awful to that new barmaid a little later on, who really didn't deserve that.

So glad to have found this channel! Xxx

I’ve just noticed...the nurse in the ward looking after Deirdre is Oscar winning actress Brenda Fricker!!! She was also Meghan Roach on Casuality. Well fancy that!

Professional gun 66 you're the greatest. Every month sounds great.

Thanks so much. I've often wondered how I could see these old episodes.

Thanks for uploading....I love these Classic Episodes

After being appointed the programme's producer in 1976, Bill Podmore carried on for a second year. Two former producers, June Howson and Leslie Duxbury, stood in for Podmore for episodes 1738 to 1739 and 1744 to 1747, respectively. Podmore then remained in the role until Episode 2269, broadcast on 29th December 1982 - the longest run of any producer to date. Although Podmore is mostly remembered for his comedic storylines, his tenure occasionally veered into darker territory. In February, the first suicide of a main character occurred when Janet Barlow took her own life after failing to affect a reconciliation with Ken. As Janet and Ken were still married, Judith Barker was approached about reprising her character for a final time in order to close off that chapter of Ken's life. Unlike the planned suicide of Sheila Birtles in 1963, this storyline does not appear to have stirred up any controversy. Len Fairclough and Rita Littlewood's wedding in April broke 20 million viewers, making it the most-watched episode of the decade. The culmination of a five-year courtship, the occasion was marked by a special TV Times souvenir magazine entitled There’s a Wedding in the Street. The magazine is notable as it contained a wedding album of colour photos taken several weeks before the film shoot at All Saint's Church on Barton Road, Stretford. The cast effectively performed the ceremony twice so that the magazine would have time to go to press before the episode aired. This caused a problem when, on the day they were set to film the wedding scenes, Patricia Phoenix called in sick. The result was that Elsie Howard had to be painstakingly removed from all of TV Times's photos. Alongside the programme's on-screen celebration of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, almost all of the main cast appeared in a skit written by John Stevenson in a Jubilee variety show at Manchester's Palace Theatre. A major location shoot took place in the Peak District for a storyline in which Ken Barlow was injured during a walking holiday with son Peter. The Royal Air Force Service and the Buxton Mountain Rescue Team assisted the production team during filming, for which they received a credit in the transmitted episodes. Peter was aged up by several years as Joseph McKenna took over the part, the only actor to play him with a Scottish accent. Three new younger characters were introduced. One was Tracy Langton, daughter of Ray and Deirdre. Tracy was the first baby born in Coronation Street since 1965, and actress Christabel Finch the first child in the cast since the Barlows twins were written out in 1971. Unlike the twins whose appearances in the late 1960s were kept to a minimum, a conscious decision was made to feature Tracy as much as possible. Blanche Hunt returned for the birth, with Maggie Jones making further appearances in the summer. The other arrivals were Suzie Birchall and Steve Fisher, who along with Gail Potter made up the programme's trio of teenagers. Gail and Suzie, who both lodged with Elsie Howard, worked together at Sylvia's Separates which became The Western Front, a modern boutique owned by Mike Baldwin. Derek Wilton, Billy Walker and Alan Howard also featured. With 14 appearances across five months, Derek was cemented as the main man in Mavis Riley's life. The occasion of Kenneth Farrington's return was the 40th anniversary of Annie Walker becoming landlady of the Rovers Return. The same episode saw Deirdre Langton molested under the viaduct by a mystery attacker. Alan Howard's appearance was a vocal cameo where his voice was heard as Elsie Howard read a letter from her estranged husband. This was Alan Browning's final contribution to the programme as the characters were divorced in 1978. A minor change was made to the title sequence with Episode 1768 on 26th December. Following the refurbishment of the Rovers exterior, the final shot was re-filmed to reflect this fact.

54:30 Brenda Fricker. She and Ben Kingsley are the only actors who appeared in Coronation Street, that won an Oscar.

Stan is a legend

Thanks for these gems - so interesting to see the intro of Suzi B and her friendship with Gail.

Isn't that the same actress who played Deirdre's mum Blanche, in later years as well?

Many thanks from NYC, USA🥂

I just love Renee fr the Corner Shop, her face lights up & theres a rather magical glowing quality I catch myself smiling broadly ever time she appears on the screen. Thank you 🇬🇧👧

Its funny to think back and realise in your earliest memories of your mother she was only twenty something and yet even when your almost three times that age she always seems older than you in your memory

That colour green suits Hilda, the scene right from the start

Thank you for uploading these episodes from NL Canada.

Suzie Birchall looks like she walked off the set of Prisoner Cell Block H 😂

HURRAH! Thanks s much for this chuck! I'm keeping everything crossed you might do more of these fabulous, feature-length 1977 uploads this week... Here's hoping! XXX

hey up god i miss bet

Hey I'm reading a Catherine Cookson book too right now. I've read most of her books, love them.

Thank you so much for these vids.im hooked, Great viewing, wonderful characters.🤩

I wish the full series without any missing were on youtube

Rumpole's clerk, looks much taller on Coronation Strreet than in Rumpole's chambers or Hornblower's ship.

Great stuff, thank you!

One thing about Deirdre - the way she bloody carries on, Ray actually garners a bit of sympathy for a change...what an albatross she is.

Spiteful little Gail.. showing her true colours the minute she meets Suzy..Such a shame Gail wasn't binned of and Suzy stayed..

Hilda really does bring it on herself.

Greetings from Australia. These Corrie episodes were the best. Are you poorly? Oh give over. I could murder a cup of tea. No danger, I'll put kettle on.

Going off Emily’s new outfit this must have been filmed in 1877 rather than 1977!

It just hit me. Len"s son, the actor Jonathan Coy, was a regular in Rumpole of the Bailey. He did one episode in The Darling Buds of May.

nurse was the bird lady from home alone movie

Maggie Jones was such an attractive lady back then. Quite a sort.

A kid 5 weeks early is always a worry....

The way Emily talks so fondly about Ernest after his death is actually quite strange because to me he comes across as a bit of a creep!

I've got the feeling that Vera's friend "Thelma" is transitioning into "Ivy Tilsley".

How did the DJ know Ernest was Mr. Bishop, he only heard Ken call him Ernie.

Cool

45:56 bit cheeky Ray Langton picking up a child like that Try doing that nowadays

Sally in this episode as a boy, but later on when she comes back in corrie, apparently she had a girl 🤔

LIZ stan wife to be, she was in Emmerdale farm as jane Harker married to frank Blakeley before she left in 1974 then 3 years later her voice is different in this role as liz

The dreary Deirdre never-ending boring saga month with a few light relief filler scenes. In real life I actually was born at this time, without the ceaseless drivel shown here.

Paul shane featured. believe when he played a different character in one episode a couple of years later that got him the job as Ted Bovis in HI DE HI

16th February 1978

I sometimes wish i had washed me hair a bit less and went to more parties

So Deidre still has 5 weeks till the baby is due but she's upset it hasn't arrived yet! Who wants their baby arriving 5 weeks early and then carries on because it hasn't.. Good grief.🙄

Ah Len. How far did the actor fall.

To me Susie never seemed to live up to the fem fatale image that they tried to give her. I couldn’t see it.

If I were Bette I would have cleaned up the house after work!

Looks to me that Emily thinks it’s 1877, not 1977!! 🤣😂

The birth of the devils spawn. Tracy Langton Barlow lol

Vernon Scripps Heartbeat

I couldn't stand Baldwin.. vile.

Emily can be a real fishwife. Poor Ernest.

Thelma and Ernie what a combo!!!

Were's the OFF button for the SUBTITLING for us that dont need it runs the picture thank you ❤

couldn't stand Suzie .

Wow a young Gail back in the day before she had Nick, Sarah and David and would go on to Marry Brian Tilsley, Martin Platt, Joe Macintyre and Michael Rodwell.

They have a new character, and they name him Stanley. 🤣😂

Could you upload the early 70's

Oh no! The birth of Tracey 😩😒

Brenda Fricker as the nursing sister!

Back then the only time grapes would pass our lips would be when in hospital. Deirdre must've been on the toilet for days!!

Will you do any 90s one's

That Stanley, son of Len, had severe trauma issues. Yes Len was violent towards him and his ex wife..so why did Stanley turn up in the first place?

Is that bernard Manning?

I didn’t know Diedre was married. Her husband didn’t have a ring on! And she just was married to Billy! 1 year later, he was gone! Then she got divorced from other husband, then was carting on with Ken!! 😂🤣

OMG 50p per hour! 😄

2:09:57 Albert Tatlock doesn't like Thin Lizzy.

Oh wow Blenda Fliker

Why would you introduce your fiancée to your father, then not want him at the wedding??! What was the point??! 😂🤣

LEN;I WAS TRYING TO GET OUR STANLEY INTO THE BUISNESS BUT HE DIDNT WANT TO GIVE SWIMMING LESSONS TO LITTLE GIRLS AT WEATHERFIELD BATHS

1:37:22 😆

1977 and Deirdre already a whining old boot

Brenda Fricker! Lol.

Mavis is a floozy

Gail and suzy awful characters

I never like susie birchal she was so common and all ME ME ME Trollope👎👎👎👎

How did Vera get to be such a big mouth

Suzy Birchal = horrible character

I cannot bear Stanley's fiancee Liz.

Gail and suzy horrible characters

2:12:15

Hilda is downright evil.

Great episodes. Great actors, so convincing. Absolutely hate Baldwin and Langton, such sexist pigs

48:32 went around “chinky takeout” Say that nowadays