Coronation Street
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The need-to-know Coronation Street spoilers, storylines, news, previews and Corrie cast interviews and updates, all in one place on What's on TV. Don't miss our Emmerdale, Eastenders and Hollyoaks coverage too.
Coronation Street Spoilers
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Coronation Street spoilers: Ken Barlow finally gets through to Peter
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Coronation Street spoilers: The police question Debbie Webster
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Coronation Street spoilers: Aggie Bailey launches a tirade at Grace
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Coronation Street spoilers: Adam Barlow steps up to help Peter
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Coronation Street spoilers - Ray Crosby kills Abi?
Latest Corrie news
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Former Coronation Street star Kym Marsh addresses THOSE rumours about The Masked Singer
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Coronation Street spoilers - Faye Windass confesses all to Craig
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Coronation Street spoilers: Tim Metcalfe needs Adam’s help…
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Coronation Street spoilers - Abi Franklin vows to bring Ray down
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Coronation Street spoilers - Faye Windass is questioned by the police
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Coronation Street star to undergo big transformation for 'slow suicide' plot
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Coronation Street spoilers: Is this the end for Peter Barlow?
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Coronation Street spoilers: Carla Connor discovers Peter’s secret
Coronation Street cast
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Shelley King - things you didn't know about the Coronation Street star
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Ian Bartholomew - things you didn't know about the Coronation Street actor
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Julia Goulding - things you didn't know about the Coronation Street star
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Dolly-Rose Campbell - things you didn't know about the Coronation Street actress
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Alexandra Mardell - things you didn't know about the Coronation Street actress
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Coronation Street News
7 things you didn’t know about Coronation Street’s Georgia Taylor – AKA Toyah Battersby
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7 things you didn't know about Coronation Street star Chris Gascoyne - AKA Peter Barlow
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7 things you didn't know about Sue Nicholls - AKA Coronation Street legend Audrey Roberts
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What time is Coronation Street on?
Sometimes moved for big events, Coronation Street is usually shown on ITV on the following days at the following times:
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- Monday 7.30pm and 8.30pm
- Wednesday 7.30pm and 8.30pm
- Friday 7.30pm and 8.30pm
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During lockdown the soap is temporarily only going out three times a week:
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- Monday 7.30pm
- Wednesday 7.30pm
- Friday 7.30pm
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See our TV Guide to make sure you never miss an episode! Or check our TV tonight highlights for an edited list of what to watch on telly this evening.
Our Coronation Street coverage
What’s On TV gives you the latest Coronation Street spoilers, news stories and fan reactions. Plus our soap experts often gain exclusive inteviews with key Corrie cast members. We make sure that you’re always fully up to date on any cast changes, plot developments and Corrie spoilers!
We also create biographies of the soap’s key stars, including Georgia Taylor (who plays Toyah Battersby), Julia Goulding (Shona Ramsey) and many more.
You will never miss any Coronation Street spoilers, news and gossip with What’s On TV if you bookmark this page.
When did Coronation Street start?
Created by Tony Warren in 1960, Coronation Street is one of the longest running TV programmes of all time. It follows the ups and downs of life on a typical cobbled street of terraced houses in a fictional northern town called Weatherfield, located in Greater Manchester.
For the first episode of Coronation Street, creator Tony Warren drew from real life to create memorable characters, setting a template for the hit ITV show for the next five decades. There was the social-climbing publican Annie Walker (Doris Speed) and her hen-pecked husband, Jack (Arthur Leslie); the sultry suburban bombshell Elsie Tanner (played by the legendary Pat Phoenix), a character later incarnated in Bet Gilroy (Julie Goodyear) and Natalie Barnes (Denise Welch); and the Street’s busybody, battle-axe Ena Sharples (Violet Carson).
Why do people love Coronation Street?
Storylines on Coronation Street tend to follow the domestic dramas of everyday life, with the occasional major catastrophe thrown in for effect – for example, the fire at The Rovers Return which nearly killed Bet Gilroy; Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) murdering her boyfriend Charlie Stubbs; killer Richard Hillman driving the entire Platt family into the canal. And then there was Pat Phelan’s reign of terror!
Coronation Street is also notable for arguably being the funniest of the soaps. Who can forget Des Barnes hiding Derek Wilton’s garden gnomes? Or Reg and Maureen’s waterbed bursting?! More recently characters like Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) have provided lighter moments.
Since its creation, Coronation Street has become a British icon, with illustrious stars Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Trevor McDonald, Peter Kay, Maureen Lipman and even Prince Charles eager to appear in it.
Despite its distinct Mancunian accents and Northern humour, Coronation Street is also loved around the world and is screened in the Republic of Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.