This was the golden time for Corrie. So many great characters
@DrMoorehen Жыл бұрын
No facebookies, just great acting
@nandsall94928 ай бұрын
what are the chances of 21 yes 21 great characters on the same show at the same time. Its like the past present and future all came together in a perfect alignment of the stars
@cliveeardley73552 ай бұрын
Totally agree
@loonylinda Жыл бұрын
Coronation street was at its zenith in the 70s..some great characters.
@glamdolly3011 ай бұрын
Agreed - the early 'eighties were fantastic too, up to Elsie Tanner's departure in early 1984.
@MissMarceline-wp6oq11 ай бұрын
@@glamdolly30I totally agree loved Corrie in the 70s and 80s when I was a kid. Corrie today is a joke so full dull full.
@welshlad64272 жыл бұрын
The golden period of the street. So many great characters ❤️🇬🇧
@elspethcoogan1499 Жыл бұрын
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.
@mikehudson88843 жыл бұрын
Suzie Birchalls first appearance. The friendship begins....Wonderful viewing...
@scottranger89092 жыл бұрын
She got on my wick lol
@pamib292 жыл бұрын
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 😊
@tinatina11042 ай бұрын
I wish the full series without any missing were on KZfaq
@michaelhoskins65799 ай бұрын
This was from the month i was born. My mum was in the maternity ward at the same time as Deirdre.
@stevenhighams41902 жыл бұрын
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.
@DrMoorehen Жыл бұрын
So glad to have found this channel! Xxx
@OliverClothesofff5 ай бұрын
Same here!
@luvhart3 жыл бұрын
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!
@bsaunders52715 ай бұрын
Understandably somewhat type cast as a nurse...
@_Meng_Lan5 ай бұрын
@@bsaunders5271and pigoen feeding lady, in nyc ... home alone 2 lost in new york
@lindarowe85503 жыл бұрын
Professional gun 66 you're the greatest. Every month sounds great.
@rickallen63783 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I've often wondered how I could see these old episodes.
@paulfrost88952 жыл бұрын
1977 to around 82-83 the height of my Corrie era ' at it 's best.
@nitad42033 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading....I love these Classic Episodes
@racerja31732 жыл бұрын
A young Deirdre Hunt she was pregnant with Tracey back in he day miss Anne Kirkbride
@professionalgun66743 жыл бұрын
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.
@mrsWELCOME0082 жыл бұрын
Someone like him needs to return now - Corrie is RUBBISH now. If it keeps carry on churning rubbish with bad actors with stupid storylines and having too many episodes - I would not be surprised if it's scrapped. The new producer is garbage, and he seems to laugh off the complaints of loyal viewers, who in my opinion is showing contempt. BTW, I loved the episode of Stan being 'Pub Cleaner' and the response of Annie - who in my opinion was THE BUSINESS. She, never over-acted and was a REAL Corrie Legend.
@lesliesanderson13002 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing these facts. What a history this show has.
@Kevin-1969 Жыл бұрын
Podmore brought in young lads as well, Terry, Kevin and Curly. Which was a good idea.
@Omnicient. Жыл бұрын
Mr Podmore retired from the series in 1988. After increasing the series falling ratings, as well as helping to make ITV hundreds of millions in profits, Granada tv awarded him with a... lawn mower. He thought women couldn't write as well as men which of course is the truth! though less so re American female writers! Once he moved on, Mervyn Watson and David Liddiment took control and bucked the series up no end, not only regarding scripts, as by this time writers were phoning it in; they improved the pace and had use of a larger studio and larger budget so new houses across the street were built and improved technically but once they left in 1992 the series started its downward spiral when the women took over as producers! So every other episode became Groundhog Day. Like most of its audience I stopped watching from 1993/94 onwards as it lost its magic but it was always self-consciously and theatrically acted; everything underlined in case audience didn't have intelligence and such shoddy production standards that only improved from the late 80s to 1992. I believe they're producing six episodes a week so there cannot logically be quality. I recall Mr Watson saying, after increasing from two to three episodes a week that, 'we can't make more than three a week'. Oh yes you can! It was watchable for its surrealism; e.g. Hilda put rollers in her hair in 1964 and they were still there in 1987. So many hit tv series were hits due to having little or no competition.
@Kevin-1969 Жыл бұрын
Hi, why was Kathy Jones written out, she was there before Suzie as Tricia, could she not have stayed on
@gearoid98352 жыл бұрын
54:30 Brenda Fricker. She and Ben Kingsley are the only actors who appeared in Coronation Street, that won an Oscar.
@paullynton-green6570 Жыл бұрын
There's no justice.
@ironknobsteelworks40632 жыл бұрын
Stan is a legend
@paullynton-green6570 Жыл бұрын
Bang on mate.
@jasbegs12583 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these gems - so interesting to see the intro of Suzi B and her friendship with Gail.
@lorraineydays5710 ай бұрын
Isn't that the same actress who played Deirdre's mum Blanche, in later years as well?
@johnwaterson61912 ай бұрын
Yes..same actress..she had aged a lot though.
@DFina-mp3se3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks from NYC, USA🥂
@itallia666 Жыл бұрын
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 🇬🇧👧
@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485 Жыл бұрын
Renee is one of the most underrated characters of all time. Much prefer her to Audrey!
@williamf45442 жыл бұрын
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
@sherylbarker94654 ай бұрын
That colour green suits Hilda, the scene right from the start
@joycebursey21833 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading these episodes from NL Canada.
@frazzleface7532 жыл бұрын
Suzie Birchall looks like she walked off the set of Prisoner Cell Block H 😂
@tracygrant7931 Жыл бұрын
She looks like one of the characters too, I think her name was rabbit or something
@upncmnh11 Жыл бұрын
@@tracygrant7931 Birchall
@londonlady227 Жыл бұрын
@@tracygrant7931Marlene 'Rabbit' Warren...a curly red head in a boiler suit.
@beneire6955 Жыл бұрын
She meant her character in cellblook H Not her own name
@londonlady227 Жыл бұрын
@@beneire6955 I just answered that. Keep up.
@glamdolly303 жыл бұрын
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
@tommytinklercomedy15523 жыл бұрын
@@professionalgun6674 I Would Love That
@jasbegs12583 жыл бұрын
@@professionalgun6674 Fantastic job- any earlier years prior to 1977?
@amyclarke413 жыл бұрын
hey up god i miss bet
@christinefougere Жыл бұрын
Hey I'm reading a Catherine Cookson book too right now. I've read most of her books, love them.
@junesymonds83403 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for these vids.im hooked, Great viewing, wonderful characters.🤩
@tinatina11042 ай бұрын
I wish the full series without any missing were on youtube
@claudemaassen2963 Жыл бұрын
Rumpole's clerk, looks much taller on Coronation Strreet than in Rumpole's chambers or Hornblower's ship.
@annoldham3018 Жыл бұрын
Yes. It's Henry the clerk from Rumpole of the Bailey! Well spotted. Thought he looked familiar.
@ddrose06 Жыл бұрын
It just hit me, who he was. He does look taller. He did one episode of The Darling Buds of May.
@karl.weaver3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, thank you!
@saxongreen783 ай бұрын
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.
@nicolataylor60112 жыл бұрын
Spiteful little Gail.. showing her true colours the minute she meets Suzy..Such a shame Gail wasn't binned of and Suzy stayed..
@ddrose06 Жыл бұрын
Hilda really does bring it on herself.
@shylinh59399 ай бұрын
She was a great character and she could be very kind hearted, but she could also be a trouble maker.
@kylie-mareebaldwin4672Ай бұрын
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.
@liamoification2 жыл бұрын
Going off Emily’s new outfit this must have been filmed in 1877 rather than 1977!
@bsaunders52712 жыл бұрын
Emily never exactly had her finger on the pulse of fashion.
@dianewalker46332 жыл бұрын
Ha ha..... funny😂
@joshirley23082 жыл бұрын
Looks like upstairs downstairs Lady Marjorie lol
@ddrose06 Жыл бұрын
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.
@annstewart96932 жыл бұрын
nurse was the bird lady from home alone movie
@Kiinell2 жыл бұрын
Maggie Jones was such an attractive lady back then. Quite a sort.
@londonlady227 Жыл бұрын
A kid 5 weeks early is always a worry....
@gilliangrant87643 жыл бұрын
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!
@bsaunders52713 жыл бұрын
Me too. Such a snappy misery of a man.
@susi-emily10 ай бұрын
I didn't ever see anything creepy in Ernest. He was a bit of a stuffy old woman, but pretty inoffensive. The only creep in this era of Corrie is Len Fairclough.
@algie-t2w15 күн бұрын
I've got the feeling that Vera's friend "Thelma" is transitioning into "Ivy Tilsley".
@theresapierce3934 Жыл бұрын
How did the DJ know Ernest was Mr. Bishop, he only heard Ken call him Ernie.
@PC-lu3zf3 жыл бұрын
Cool
@beneire6955 Жыл бұрын
45:56 bit cheeky Ray Langton picking up a child like that Try doing that nowadays
@londonlady227 Жыл бұрын
It would be construed as abuse.Child endangerment
@beneire695511 ай бұрын
I remember once I was going to school on my new releigh racer and a guy in a car passed about 1 foot from me I gave him the 2 finger salute The guy pulled over in front on me ,got out of his car and hit me a slap on the face I was nearly crying with the shock The year was 1978 I was 11 Didn’t even tell my Mam and Dad I’ll never forget it Was on Putland road in Bray Co.Wicklow Ireland 🇮🇪 if anyone is curious 😆
@moulinrouge57162 жыл бұрын
Sally in this episode as a boy, but later on when she comes back in corrie, apparently she had a girl 🤔
@MultiKs22 Жыл бұрын
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
@moaningpheromones7 ай бұрын
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.
@dlamiss Жыл бұрын
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
@kieranmeek71352 жыл бұрын
16th February 1978
@williamf45442 жыл бұрын
I sometimes wish i had washed me hair a bit less and went to more parties
@aflutteroffeminineconfusio19862 жыл бұрын
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.🙄
@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485 Жыл бұрын
She also felt like a failure for not being able to deliver Tracy prematurely. Thank god times have changed!
@jenlfpotter38704 ай бұрын
If Deirdre's baby had been me, she might have had another 7 to 8 weeks to wait for my entrance into the world. I was born late, probably just two weeks late rather than 3 weeks late, so the docs thought at the time, but I was still a good weight, only 7 lb 6 oz.
@gusjackson3658 Жыл бұрын
Ah Len. How far did the actor fall.
@gusjackson3658 Жыл бұрын
To me Susie never seemed to live up to the fem fatale image that they tried to give her. I couldn’t see it.
@chicagogyrl4846Ай бұрын
If I were Bette I would have cleaned up the house after work!
@chicagogyrl48462 ай бұрын
Looks to me that Emily thinks it’s 1877, not 1977!! 🤣😂
@fionamontgomery8105Ай бұрын
I thought the same she looked like she was in Upstairs Downstairs !
@scottranger89092 жыл бұрын
The birth of the devils spawn. Tracy Langton Barlow lol
@hollandwawasan12213 ай бұрын
Vernon Scripps Heartbeat
@paulhoye96802 жыл бұрын
I couldn't stand Baldwin.. vile.
@williamf45442 жыл бұрын
Agreed - vile and sleezy
@dianewalker46332 жыл бұрын
Emily can be a real fishwife. Poor Ernest.
@seansmith4452 жыл бұрын
Emily at this point is my least favourite character. Such a boring snob, though she did improve and become more comedic later on in the show
@racerja31732 жыл бұрын
Was Gail a problem child back in the day she never had any contact with her mother Audrey back then until 1979
@bsaunders52712 жыл бұрын
Ernest would have tested the patience of a Saint though, with his miserable, childish tantrums
@dianewalker46332 жыл бұрын
@@bsaunders5271 Being married to Emily he DOES have the patience of a saint. She's lovely with other people, but awful to him. He can't win, poor man.
@williamf45442 жыл бұрын
@@racerja3173 It was more a case of Audrey being a problem mother
@teenabrunk835 ай бұрын
Thelma and Ernie what a combo!!!
@jstewart35173 жыл бұрын
Were's the OFF button for the SUBTITLING for us that dont need it runs the picture thank you ❤
@bsaunders52713 жыл бұрын
CC in a box at the top of the screen.
@jstewart35173 жыл бұрын
@@bsaunders5271 thank you 🤗
@marieince14796 ай бұрын
couldn't stand Suzie .
@racerja31732 жыл бұрын
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.
@tracygrant7931 Жыл бұрын
And Richard Hillman 🤣🤣👨💻🔪
@racerja3173 Жыл бұрын
@@tracygrant7931 and Hillman too
@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485 Жыл бұрын
She married Brian twice, so that should be: Brian, Brian, Martin, Richard, Joe, and Michael. Blimey, 6 times.
@chicagogyrl48462 ай бұрын
They have a new character, and they name him Stanley. 🤣😂
@CherylReznor-sz8vh2 сағат бұрын
He was from years ago
@journeybymoonlight321610 ай бұрын
Could you upload the early 70's
@tracygrant7931 Жыл бұрын
Oh no! The birth of Tracey 😩😒
@lizward741310 ай бұрын
Brenda Fricker as the nursing sister!
@peaeater1Ай бұрын
Back then the only time grapes would pass our lips would be when in hospital. Deirdre must've been on the toilet for days!!
@andrewwatson49603 жыл бұрын
Will you do any 90s one's
@professionalgun66743 жыл бұрын
No
@EveEve53 жыл бұрын
@@professionalgun6674 Good.⭐
@mikehudson88843 жыл бұрын
@@professionalgun6674 I don't like them either....70s and early 80s any day!!!!!
@londonlady227 Жыл бұрын
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?
@TraceyMella2 ай бұрын
Is that bernard Manning?
@chicagogyrl48462 ай бұрын
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!! 😂🤣
@croccus03114 ай бұрын
OMG 50p per hour! 😄
@bansheewhiskeyАй бұрын
2:09:57 Albert Tatlock doesn't like Thin Lizzy.
@williamf45442 жыл бұрын
Oh wow Blenda Fliker
@chicagogyrl48462 ай бұрын
Why would you introduce your fiancée to your father, then not want him at the wedding??! What was the point??! 😂🤣
@chiswaring72462 жыл бұрын
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
@TheMeeja2 жыл бұрын
He was cleared of that.
@WillVenusASMR2 жыл бұрын
1:37:22 😆
@nygelsylvester4634 Жыл бұрын
1977 and Deirdre already a whining old boot
@kdlofty5 ай бұрын
Brenda Fricker! Lol.
@StCloud-ns7vt5 ай бұрын
Mavis is a floozy
@marieince32399 ай бұрын
Gail and suzy awful characters
@Susan.1958 Жыл бұрын
I never like susie birchal she was so common and all ME ME ME Trollope👎👎👎👎
@LeojoyHains4 ай бұрын
Yep agree with you
@nicolemelnyk152 Жыл бұрын
How did Vera get to be such a big mouth
@ladygrinningsoul9922 жыл бұрын
Suzy Birchal = horrible character
@cherylreznor1812 жыл бұрын
Duno who was worse her or trisha
@ladygrinningsoul9922 жыл бұрын
Reg holsworth must have been the worst!
@cherylreznor1812 жыл бұрын
@@ladygrinningsoul992 i liked his character he was funny. I just didnt like the actor after watching him on big brother xx
@memoir4you2 жыл бұрын
Suzy was a self centred lazy arse.
@mathewgeorge56 Жыл бұрын
I loved the green beans tea and coke green green tea beans and green tea beans beans tea beans with beans and coke and tea green green tea
@bsaunders52713 жыл бұрын
I cannot bear Stanley's fiancee Liz.
@professionalgun66743 жыл бұрын
Yeah she's a right little snob.
@bsaunders52713 жыл бұрын
She is!
@professionalgun66742 жыл бұрын
@@bsaunders5271 I've just now realized that I was calling the wrong woman a snob. I mixed up Stanley's lovely wife to be with the stuck-up little cow who was getting married to Betty's son.
@shivkptheorganist3809 Жыл бұрын
I liked Stanley's fiancée Liz. I thought she was quite sweet. I didn't like Len's son Stanley but I can understand why he mustn't be too keen on his dad. But yes, Gordan's wife-to-be was an absolute B word.
@stevenhighams4190 Жыл бұрын
@@shivkptheorganist3809 And just a few years later, he was sponging off Anthony Andrews in Morocco, and it was quite all right, he reckoned.
@marieince32394 ай бұрын
Gail and suzy horrible characters
@damianmcdonagh79088 ай бұрын
2:12:15
@seansmith4452 жыл бұрын
Hilda is downright evil.
@londonlady227 Жыл бұрын
Says who and whose army? 😠
@johnwaterson61912 ай бұрын
Your talking nonsense.
@JohnMolyneux-hl5sy10 ай бұрын
Great episodes. Great actors, so convincing. Absolutely hate Baldwin and Langton, such sexist pigs
@beneire6955 Жыл бұрын
48:32 went around “chinky takeout” Say that nowadays