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What is the Coronation Street accent?
Manchester’s most famous soap opera Coronation Street has, despite being based in the city (a fictionalised version of Salford), less pronounced Mancunian accents than other TV shows set in the area. Several of the show’s cast members do speak with pronounced Mancunian accents in the series.
Is Coronation Street a real street?
The architecture of Coronation Street was based on Archie Street, Ordsall, an area of Salford which has long been demolished. Archie Street appeared in the programme’s original opening credits.
What is Coronation Street storyline?
The killing of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered for being a goth is to form the basis of a new Coronation Street storyline. Two teenage boys were jailed for life for the murder of Sophie Lancaster in 2007.
When did Coronation Street start?
1960
The first episode of Coronation Street was transmitted live on Friday 9 December 1960 at 7.00 pm, almost exactly six years after Nineteen Eighty-Four was first broadcast. In the intervening six years, however, much had changed in British television.
How many accents are there in the UK?
In reality, there are almost 40 different dialects in the UK that sound totally different from each other, and in many cases use different spellings and word structure. In fact, there’s pretty much one accent per county.
Who lives in the houses on Coronation Street?
11 Coronation Street was the longstanding home of the Tanner family and later Alf and Audrey Roberts, and the Webster and McDonald families. Currently, the house is the home of Eileen and Patrick Phelan, as well as Eileen’s son Todd Grimshaw, Todd’s partner Billy Mayhew, and lodger Shona Ramsey.
Is Coronation Street a good show?
Coronation Street is one of the best soaps in the world. Great storylines and Superb Acting have made it going strong for 40 years. Dennis-Janice-Les love triangle. All of it is superb.
Why is it called Coronation Street?
It was first dubbed ‘Florizel Street’, one legend goes that the soap’s name was changed to Coronation Street after Granada’s tea lady, Agnes, lambasted ‘Florizel Street’, saying it sounded like disinfectant.
How many episodes are there of Coronation Street?
10,230
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