It was created by Tony Warren and first broadcast on the ITV network on Friday December 9, 1960.
Coronation Street (commonly nicknamed "Corrie", "Coro St" or "The Street") is set in a fictional street in the fictional industrial town of 'Weatherfield'.
Coronation Street can be seen in Britain on ITV1 on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. There is also an extra episode on Monday night at 8:30 p.m.
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