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THE OFFICIAL COLOURING BOOK colour classic scenes from the show’s history hamlyn An Hachette UK Company www.hachette.co.uk First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Hamlyn, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ Contents www.octopusbooks.co.uk INTRODUCTION 5 RICHARD TRIES TO KILL THE PLATTS (2003) 52 Coronation Street is an ITV Studios Production SCHMEICHEL WANTS A PIZZA THE ACTION (2004) 54 CORONATION STREET OPENING 6 Copyright © ITV Studios Ltd 2016 DEV AND SUNITA’S WEDDING (2004) 56 Design and layout copyright © Octopus Publishing Group 2016 FIRST EPISODE (1960) 8 CRUEL CHARLIE STUBBS (2005) 58 Artwork copyright © KJA-Artists.com 2016 MINNIE, ENA AND MARTHA (1961) 10 THE SHOPS OF CORONATION STREET (2006) 60 CHRISTMAS AT THE ROVERS RETURN (1967) 12 Distributed in Canada by BY ’ECK, IT’S ECCLES! (2006) 62 Canadian Manda Group NEWTON AND RIDLEY 14 SHOWTIME AT THE ROVERS RETURN 664 Annette St. (2006) 64 BETTY AND ANNIE IN THE ROVERS RETURN (1975) 16 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6S 2C8 MIKE DIES IN KEN’S ARMS (2006) 66 HILDA OGDEN AND THE ‘MURIEL’ (1976) 18 LIFE’S GRIM FOR THE GRIMSHAWS (2007) 68 All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, THE CORONATION STREET OLYMPICS (1984) 20 electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and LLOYD FALLS FOR STEVE’S MUM (2009) 70 retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. THE ROVERS RETURN INN 22 TRAM CRASH! (2010) 72 BETTABUYS – TROUBLE IN STORE (1989) 24 ISBN 978 0 600 63463 8 GARY’S POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (2011) 74 THE LOVE BIRDS – MAVIS AND DEREK (1994) 26 PLATT FAMILY SECRETS (2011) 76 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library THE CORONATION STREET CAT 28 HAPPY FAMILIES? (2012) 78 STAR-CROSSED LOVERS (1994) 30 Printed and bound in China TOGETHER IN BLACKPOOL (2013) 80 BET GILROY LEAVES THE ROVERS RETURN (1995) 32 TROUBLESOME TONY (2014) 82 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 JACK AND VERA TAKE OVER THE ROVERS (1995) 34 TYRONE AND FIZ (2014) 84 Editorial Director: Trevor Davies BETTY AND MARMADUKE THE CAT (1995) 36 MICHELLE PROPOSES TO STEVE (2015) 86 Designer: Jaz Bahra FRED ELLIOTT, I SAY, FRED! (1995) 38 Editor: Natalie Bradley KIRK AND BETH’S 1980S WEDDING (2015) 88 KEVIN WEBSTER’S AFFAIR (1997) 40 Contributor: Glenda Young WILL SALLY BE JILTED? (2015) 90 Proofreader: Emma Hill THE BATTERSBYS ARRIVE (1997) 42 THE NAZIRS Senior Production Manager: Peter Hunt (2016) 92 FREE THE WEATHERFIELD ONE (1998) 44 BLACKMAIL IN THE BISTRO (2016) 94 Artworks created by: THE KABIN – RITA AND NORRIS (1999) 46 260 Danny @ KJA-Artists.com CORONATION STREET OPENING TITLES 48 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 96 132 Nick @ KJA-Artists.com GAIL MARRIES RICHARD HILLMAN (2002) 50 PICTURE CREDITS 96 INTRODUCTION Coronation Street first aired live at 7pm on Friday 9 Over the years, viewers and fans of the show have laughed, December 1960. It was created by a young scriptwriter cried and shared the highs and lows of the characters who called Tony Warren. Tony sat on top of a filing cabinet in have been brought to life in their living rooms. Coronation the office of Granada TV executive Harry Elton, and refused Street’s unique blend of heart-warming comedy, powerful to come down until Harry allowed him to write about what drama, fascinating characters and superb scriptwriting is he knew best – the North of England. Tony was told to get now shown in more than 40 countries around the world. down and return the next day with a programme. He had The award-winning show takes its rightful place in television already written two scripts based on life in an ordinary street history as the world’s longest-running drama serial. and he combined both scripts within 24 hours and presented his idea to Harry Elton about a new show called Florizel Through all of its years, Coronation Street has moved with the Street. The title was changed to Coronation Street after a times whilst retaining its unique sense of northern humour. Granada tea lady called Agnes said that Florizel sounded It is a show filled with pathos, tragedy, conflict and drama. like a disinfectant. However, at the heart of the drama, are ordinary people trying to overcome adversity. The strong women, feckless Back then, the television establishment feared that viewers men and families remain the focus of the show, following would not watch this new cutting-edge drama serial about the groundbreaking template set by Tony Warren decades the ordinary, day-to-day lives of working-class northerners. ago. It is as realistic and truthful as a television drama can A Granada TV executive feared if the show was transmitted be, it entertains and amuses and shows us characters we that advertisers would withdraw their advertising. And when can identify with and care about. The show remains on our the pilot episodes were shown, one television critic even screens because it feels like a friend. Very often viewers will went as far as to write: ‘The programme is doomed from the have formed an affection for it in their childhood or when outset… with its dreary signature tune and grim scenes of a they were going through a dramatic period in their life. row of terraced houses and smoking chimneys. For there is So when they return to it, it’s like returning to an old friend. little reality in this new serial, which apparently, we have to It’s there, it’s safe and it’s secure. suffer twice a week.’ The pictures in this wonderful book feature lots of How wrong the doubters were! Now, more than half a Coronation Street’s classic characters and storyline highlights century and over 9,000 episodes later, the television show since the very beginning through to the present day. Relive about the everyday lives of ordinary folk in a northern classic moments, unforgettable villains, favourite quotes town called Weatherfield has gone on to become the most and the best soap queens. We hope that you enjoy this trip successful and best-loved drama serial in the world. Not only down memory lane and that some of your favourite scenes that, Coronation Street changed the face of British television are included in our pick of the most explosive, amusing and and set the standard which other serial dramas now follow. heartfelt storylines from the history of the show. 4 5 Coronation Street opening From the very first episode on Friday 9 December 1960, Coronation Street’s opening titles have included the rooftops, chimney pots, cobbles and terraced streets of Weatherfield. Rovers Return landlady Annie Walker once declared the view to be of: ‘… blackened chimneys piercing the sultry sky like jagged teeth’. Sheer poetry! The original title sequence was filmed in Archie Street, Salford, which was demolished in 1971. The opening titles we currently see on screen were introduced in May 2010. Cue the familiar theme tune – turn the page and settle in for a nostalgic trip down memory lane… 6 First Episode (1960) Elsie Tanner, played by Pat Phoenix, was one of the original Coronation Street characters. She was the first siren of the Street, the show’s original tart with a heart. Elsie was a headstrong, passionate and wilful woman with an eye for the fellas, too. In 23 years on the Street, Elsie entertained 20 men and married 3 of them. Her golden rule was never to mess with another woman’s man, but the women on the Street still marked Elsie as a threat. Elsie’s flame-haired beauty was just a little too exotic for Weatherfield ways. In this scene, Elsie sits at a table in her living room and surveys her reflection in the mirror. ‘Eeh, Elsie. You’re just about ready for the knacker yard.’ 8 Minnie, Ena and Martha (1961) Minnie Caldwell, Ena Sharples and Martha Longhurst formed a formidable trio of Coronation Street’s older ladies. They liked to meet for a gossip and a glass of milk stout in the snug at the Rovers Return. Ena was the show’s original battleaxe, a harridan in a hairnet who often bullied her friend, the timid, cat-loving Minnie. Despite their waspish bickering, the three women remained friends until Martha passed away after suffering a heart attack in the snug in 1964. Musing on death, Ena once said: ‘I would just like to go the way me mother did. She just sat up, broke wind, and died.’ Left to right: Minnie Caldwell [Margot Bryant], Ena Sharples [Violet Carson] and Martha Longhurst [Lynne Carol]. 10 Christmas at the Rovers Return (1967) Weatherfield knows how to enjoy a festive knees-up. Proving that the Rovers Return has always known how to throw a great party, here is a group of the regulars enjoying a sing-along at Christmas 1967. With Ena Sharples playing the pub piano, many of the Coronation Street regulars are pictured in party mode. On the piano sits Elsie Tanner surrounded by Stan and Hilda Ogden, Emily Nugent and the Rovers’ landlord and landlady Jack and Annie Walker. Left to right: Lucille Hewitt [Jennifer Moss], Minnie Caldwell [Margot Bryant], Stan Ogden [Bernard Youens], Annie Walker [Doris Speed], Ena Sharples [Violet Carson], Emily Nugent [Eileen Derbyshire], Jerry Booth [Graham Haberfield], Jack Walker [Arthur Leslie], Hilda Ogden [Jean Alexander], Steve Tanner [Paul Maxwell] and Elsie Tanner [Patricia Phoenix]. 12 Newton and Ridley Newton and Ridley is the brewery which has been supplying beer to the Rovers Return since the programme began.