Coronation Street

Coronation Street is Britain's longest-running television soap opera, and the UK's consistently highest-rated show. It was created by Tony Warren and first broadcast on the ITV network on Friday December 9, 1960. The working title of the show was Florizel Street, but Agnes, a tea lady at Granada Television, Manchester, (where Coronation Street is produced) remarked that "Florizel" sounded too much like a disinfectant. Jubilee Street was another option considered.

Disasters on the Street

Coronation Street has seen more than its fair share of disasters. Since 1960 to 2005, there have been over ninety deaths, including (but not limited to) road incidents, murders, and various other mishaps. Some of the more memorable are:

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1960 - 2005

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• On December 31, 1960, May Hardman had a heart attack and passed away in her home.
• In 1967, Harry Hewitt had originally planned to return to Weatherfield for a wedding, but never made as his van broke down. The jack slipped when he was trying to mend it, and he was crushed when it fell on top of him.
• In 1971, Valerie Barlow was electrocuted in her home.
• Ernie Bishop was shot in a failed wages robbery on January 11, 1978.
• The Rovers is also notorious for its share of diasasters: March 7, 1979 saw a lorry crash into it, and a fire, which was the result of a fuse box explosion burned it down in 1986.
• Alan Bradley was hit and killed by a Blackpool tram in December 1989
• On February 12, 1993, Lisa Duckworth was hit and killed by a car.
• Don Brennan died after he crashed his car (which caught fire) into the viaduct.
• Dougie Ferguson died after taking a fall from a four-storey bannister.
• Richard Hillman murdered ex-Patricia with a shovel in 2002. He set fire to his mother-in-law's house, murdered Maxine Peacock with a crowbar in 2003, and died in a car incident on the same year.
• Martin Platt crashed his car, and was pulled out just in time before the vehicle exploded in a fireball just before Christmas 2003.
• On November 24, 2004, the corner shop on Coronation Street was blown up after Maya Sharma set fire to it.
• In 2005, Tommy Harris was murdered by his 18-year-old diabetic daughter, who later on died of a sugar overdose.