00x04 The Road to Coronation Street
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Mark Eden | As: Alan Bradley | |
Eileen Derbyshire | As: Emily Nugent / Emily Bishop | |
Anne Kirkbride | As: Deirdre Barlow | |
William Roache | As: Ken Barlow | |
Beverley Callard | As: Liz McDonald |
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6.53pm. December 9th 1960. Granada Studios, Manchester. With minutes to go until the live transmission of Episode One, creator Tony Warren is being sick in the toilets, actress Pat Phoenix is missing and so is the cat from the opening shot .... The Road to Coronation Street is the epic story of one man's struggle to make a programme that no one wanted. Granada's formidable bosses Sidney Bernstein and his brother Cecil are not enthusiastic. But together with producer Harry Elton and director Derek Bennett, Tony takes up the battle. He wants cobbles, a pub, seven houses and a shop, but above all he wants northern actors. Led by casting director Margaret Morris and her young assistant Josie Scott, the hunt begins for the legendary cast - Doris Speed, Pat Phoenix, Violet Carson and William Roache. With a last minute change of title, Coronation Street is born.
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Mark Eden |
Alan Bradley |
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Eileen Derbyshire |
Emily Nugent / Emily Bishop |
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Anne Kirkbride |
Deirdre Barlow |
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William Roache |
Ken Barlow |
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Beverley Callard |
Liz McDonald |
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Barbara Knox |
Rita Sullivan |
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Helen Worth |
Gail Platt |
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Sue Nicholls |
Audrey Roberts |
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Mark Eden |
Alan Bradley |
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Julia Goulding |
Shona Ramsey |
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Lorna Laidlaw |
Aggie Bailey |
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