Series Premiere

Coronation Street - ITV - December 9, 1960

Melodrama

Running Time: 30 minutes

Written by Tony Warren

Produced by Stuart Latham

Directed by Derek Bennett

Stars:

William Roache as Ken Barlow

Alan Rothwell as David Barlow

Frank Pemberton as Frank Barlow

Noel Dyson as Ida Barlow

Patricia Phoenix as Elsie Tanner

Philip Lowrie as Dennis Tanner

Anne Cunningham as Linda Cheveski

Maudie Edwards as Elsie Lappin

Betty Alberge as Florrie Lindley

Violet Carson as Ena Sharples

Doris Speed as Annie Walker

Jack Howarth as Albert Tatlock

Arthur Leslie as Jack Walker & Doris Speed as Annie Walker.

Coronation Street original cast from 1960.

obsessed with this outfit, the duchess sure did know how to accessorise ✨💅

Farewell Coronation Street Icon Betty Williams (Turpin) aka Betty Driver

“I will miss her so much. Sweet dreams, duck.”