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60 Years of Coronation Street

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60 Years of Coronation Street is a comprehensive tribute to Britain's longest-running and most beloved soap opera. Celebrating six decades since its inception, the book offers a detailed year-by-year timeline featuring key storylines, major production milestones, and a wealth of striking photography. Readers will find in-depth sections on memorable characters, notable actors, royal visits, and significant events such as births, marriages, and murders. Exclusive interviews with actors, producers, and staff enhance the rich narrative, while special features explore the show's creator, Tony Warren, with rare images and archival material. Unique gatefold pages reveal the evolving set design and family trees unravel the intricate relationships among major characters like the Barlows and the Platts.
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This book is an ideal gift for dedicated fans of Coronation Street and those interested in British television history. Its exhaustive detail and engaging presentation will particularly appeal to readers who enjoy humour and nostalgic celebrity culture.

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An official and comprehensive celebration of 60 years of Britain's favourite soap.

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Everything you need to know about Britain's longest-running and most popular soap is found here in this impressive book.

Celebrating 60 years since the show's creation, this book is an exhaustive, compelling and entertaining history packed full of features and long forgotten imagery. It takes you through every year in a unique timeline that highlights key plot lines and significant production events, together with an impressive amount of photography. You'll discover features on characters, famous actors, royal visits, births, deaths, marriages and murders, together with interviews with key actors, producers and production staff.

A special section on the show's creator, Tony Warren, shows how the programme evolved from page to screen and is illustrated with rare imagery and artefacts from his own archive. There are even special gatefold pages that open out, showing how the set has developed over the years, and family trees of the major characters so you can see the complex web of relations for the likes of the Barlows and the Platts.

60 Years of Coronation Street will be the ultimate celebration of a show that's shaped British television and prove to be the 'must-have' gift for every Corrie fan.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780600635932

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 October 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hamlyn

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 1362g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Abigail Kemp (Author)

Abigail Kemp is a journalist and freelance writer who has worked in Manchester for more than 20 years. She was once part of the Publicity Office for Coronation Street as well as writing the script for Coronation Street The Tour. In her exhaustive research into writing this book, Abigail has spoken to all the key members of the cast and crew, both current and former, as well as delving into the Tony Warren archive to uncover every detail of the show's inception.

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