Coronation Street: Stories That Gripped The Nation - Season 1
Season 1
This 8 x 30 new clip-based series narrated by Jason Manford, looks back over 60 years of Coronation Street with each episode carefully curated from the archives to bring alive a theme via specially selected highlights.
Episodes
Stories That Gripped The Nation
Coronation Street has always connected with its audience, made headlines and broken new ground in television drama. We look back at pivotal storylines that captured the public's imagination.
Weddings
A celebration of the best and most dramatic weddings in Weatherfield. There have been 130 weddings over the decades and viewers will get to see some of the most dramatic, shocking and heart-warming.
Villains
Jason Manford narrates an edition that trawls the archives of the soap to look back at some of the most notorious baddies to ever walk the streets of Weatherfield, featuring the likes of Richard Hillman, Charlie Stubbs, Maya Sharma and Pat Phelan.
Partnerships
Comedian Jason Manford narrates a look at the classic pairings and comedy double acts from the soap that have kept viewers entertained through the decades, including Stan and Hilda Ogden, Fred Elliott and Ashley Peacock, and Steve McDonald and Lloyd Mullaney.
Scandals
Comedian Jason Manford narrates a look back at the soap's scandalous storylines, with illicit affairs, teenage pregnancy and bigamy having all have rocked the street over the years. Among the stories featured are Sarah Louise Platt's teenage pregnancy and the Baldwin family's tangled affairs.
Battleaxes
The soap was founded on its dominating matriarchs and strong northern working-class woman and this edition celebrates the best of them - including the likes of Ena Sharples, Ivy Tilsley, Vera Duckworth, Blanche Hunt and Evelyn Plummer.
High Days and Holidays
Jason Manford narrates a look at memorable days out and holidays from the soap's archives, revisiting the first episode filmed entirely on location in 1967 and a coach trip to Windermere in 1969 that ended in disaster. Plus, romantic flings of Bet, Rita and Mavis on a girl's holiday to Majorca in 1974.
Famous Faces
A celebration of some of the many famous faces that have graced the street over the years, including Sir Ian McKellen, Joanna Lumley and comedy legend Peter Kay. We also look at actors who have crossed the soap divide appearing in both Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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