Coronation Street (1960)

00x42 Gail and Me: 40 Years on Coronation Street

Documentary tribute to Helen Worth, whose character Gail has been a major figure in Coronation Street since 1974. Forty years ago, Helen was brought in as a glamorous young character to freshen up the Street with Cheryl Murray, who played Suzie Birchall. Amanda Barrie, who played Alma Halliwell, meets up with Helen in the Street's cafe and actor Brian Capron, alias Gail's former husband - and serial killer Richard Hillman - returns to the cobbles to recall the storyline that rocked a nation. The programme tracks Gail's disastrous love life and marriages, examines her relationship with son from hell David and focuses on one of the Street's greatest rivalries - Gail and Eileen. Sue Nicholls reveals how Helen sends her a mother's day card every year, and there are contributions from other cast members past and present including Jack P Shepherd, Paula Lane, Sue Cleaver, Ben Price and Tina O'Brien, and crew Stuart Blackburn, Kieran Roberts and Martin Sterling. Narrated by Thelma Barlow.

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Mark Eden Mark Eden As: Alan Bradley
Eileen Derbyshire Eileen Derbyshire As: Emily Nugent / Emily Bishop
Anne Kirkbride Anne Kirkbride As: Deirdre Barlow
William Roache William Roache As: Ken Barlow
Beverley Callard Beverley Callard As: Liz McDonald
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Documentary tribute to Helen Worth, whose character Gail has been a major figure in Coronation Street since 1974. Forty years ago, Helen was brought in as a glamorous young character to freshen up the Street with Cheryl Murray, who played Suzie Birchall. Amanda Barrie, who played Alma Halliwell, meets up with Helen in the Street's cafe and actor Brian Capron, alias Gail's former husband - and serial killer Richard Hillman - returns to the cobbles to recall the storyline that rocked a nation. The programme tracks Gail's disastrous love life and marriages, examines her relationship with son from hell David and focuses on one of the Street's greatest rivalries - Gail and Eileen. Sue Nicholls reveals how Helen sends her a mother's day card every year, and there are contributions from other cast members past and present including Jack P Shepherd, Paula Lane, Sue Cleaver, Ben Price and Tina O'Brien, and crew Stuart Blackburn, Kieran Roberts and Martin Sterling. Narrated by Thelma Barlow.


Certification: TV-PG

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Aired: 09 June, 2014 at 8:00 pm

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom, Malaysia

Runtime: 25m

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Cast

Mark Eden

Mark Eden

Alan Bradley

Eileen Derbyshire

Eileen Derbyshire

Emily Nugent / Emily Bishop

Anne Kirkbride

Anne Kirkbride

Deirdre Barlow

William Roache

William Roache

Ken Barlow

Beverley Callard

Beverley Callard

Liz McDonald

Barbara Knox

Barbara Knox

Rita Sullivan

Helen Worth

Helen Worth

Gail Platt

Sue Nicholls

Sue Nicholls

Audrey Roberts

Mark Eden

Mark Eden

Alan Bradley

Julia Goulding

Julia Goulding

Shona Ramsey

Lorna Laidlaw

Lorna Laidlaw

Aggie Bailey

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