60th anniversary TV Guide

[cobbles]

A lot of the celebratory stuff is being buried over on ITV3 so here's the full run down of repeats/docs etc be shown this week to celebrate the 60th.


Sunday 6th December 2020

10.30pm The Road to Coronation Street (Rpt) (ITV)

Monday 7th December 2020

2.50pm / 3.20pm* - Classic Corrie continuation of normal run (ITV3)
7.30pm - Coronation Street first of 3 hour long specials. (ITV)
8.30pm - Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years - 60th anniversary retrospective clip documentary piece, 90 minutes (ITV)
10.00pm - Classic Coronation Street - 9th December 1960 (first episode) (ITV3)
10.35pm - Classic Coronation Street - 9th December 1970 (10th anniversary) (ITV3)

Tuesday 8th December 2020 (all ITV3)​

2.50pm / 3.20pm - Classic Corrie continuation of the normal run
10.00pm - Classic Coronation Street - 8th December 1980 (20th anniversary)
10.35pm - Classic Coronation Street - 10th December 1980 (20th anniversary)

Wednesday 9th December 2020
2.50pm / 3.20pm - Classic Corrie continuation of normal run (ITV3)
7.30pm - Coronation Street (2nd of 3 hour long specials)
9.00pm - Queens of The Street - retrospective clip doc celebrating streets female characters
10.00pm - Classic Corrie - 10th December 1990 (ITV3) (30th anniversary)
10.35pm - Classic Corrie - 12th December 1990 (ITV3) (30th anniversary)

Thursday 10th December 2020
2.50pm/3.20pm - Classic Corrie - continuation of normal run (ITV3)
10.00pm - Classic Corrie - 8th December 2000 (40th anniversary) (60m) (ITV3)

Friday 10th December 2020
2.50pm/3.20pm - Classic Corrie - continuation of normal run (50th anniversary) (ITV3)
7.30pm Coronation Street - last of 3 hour long specials
8.35pm - The Road to Coronation Street - the BBC drama (ITV3)
10.00pm - Classic Corrie - 9th December 2010 (50th anniversary) (ITV3)

Saturday 11th December 2020
7.20pm The Road to Coronation Street - again (ITV3)

*6am versions also available of that run for those early risers all week!

If there's any programmes I've missed do let me know, seems as though they could have done a bit more but we all know it's been a tough one for them. Would have liked to have seen more old corrie docs get TV showings rather than dumped on Britbox.

Speaking of Britbox.
The Catalogue on Britbox has had a hefty expansion recently so maybe worth checking out. Still far short of the treasure drove many of us long for but a load of new episodes and docs to check out (although some were shown on ITV earlier this year, so not great there)

 

[Barbara Fan]

Thanks for info @cobbles , I may not like Corrie now but really enjoyed it back in the late 70s, 80s and90s
Hope we get to see some classic Corrie couples and scenes
with Annie Walker, Bet Lynch, Alec Gilroy, Audrey and Alfie, Ken, deirdrie, Blanche, Elsie Tanner, Hilda, Stan, jack, Vera, Mike, Alma, Gail and co - back in the day when it was witty, funny, gritty and a great Northern drama

I have never seen the road to Coronation Street (or dont think I have) is it worth a look?
BF x

 

[Mel O'Drama]

I have never seen the road to Coronation Street (or dont think I have) is it worth a look?

I have it on DVD and loved it. It has a lot of familiar faces, a good helping of that Corrie humour and will probably make you want to watch the Sixties episodes starting with Episode One:

 

[cobbles]

Thanks for info @cobbles , I may not like Corrie now but really enjoyed it back in the late 70s, 80s and90s
Hope we get to see some classic Corrie couples and scenes
with Annie Walker, Bet Lynch, Alec Gilroy, Audrey and Alfie, Ken, deirdrie, Blanche, Elsie Tanner, Hilda, Stan, jack, Vera, Mike, Alma, Gail and co - back in the day when it was witty, funny, gritty and a great Northern drama

I have never seen the road to Coronation Street (or dont think I have) is it worth a look?
BF x

Yes, yes a million times! I was bemoaning it being repeated 3 times in the space of a week rather than the actual drama itself which is brilliant.

It's absolutely brilliant and well worth a watch if you haven't seen it - it's on britbox and amazon though (or was last I checked) so I'd probably watch it that way rather than on telly to avoid adverts as it was produced for BBC.

The comment about making you want to watch every episode above is spot on. Maybe one day, eh?

 

[Mel O'Drama]

it was produced for BBC.

It's slightly ironic, especially since it won a BAFTA. But it's also quite sweet that the Beeb held Corrie in enough regard to make it.

I seem to remember something about Dot Cotton planning to watch the 50th episode as well. I wonder if any other soap characters will reference the 60th.

 

[Ukdallasfan]

The Road to Coronation Street is fab! Jessie Wallace is a revelation as Pat Phoenix. Agree with all the comments- highly recommend it

 

[cobbles]

It's a shame they didn't go down the route of playing out some the older docs on ITV3 like The Unforgettable Elsie Tanner or Corrie Remembers Doris Speed, or maybe a few of This Is Your Lifes.