The road to Coronation Street

DVD 2011

Marking the 50 year anniversary of Coronation Street, this is the dramatized story of how Britain's best-loved television series was created by young scriptwriter, Tony Warren, and how he had to convince Granada TV Studios executives that his series would be popular and commercially successful.

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Coronation Street (Television program) Drama

Granada Television Network, ltd. Drama

Television Production and direction Great Britain Drama

Warren, Tony, 1936-2016 Drama

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Uniform Title:

Road to Coronation Street (Television program)

Edition:

Widescreen

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Other Title:

Coronation Street (Television program)

Notes:

Bonus disc: Coronation Street, the beginning remastered (the very first episode of Coronation Street as broadcast on Dec. 9, 1960 (ca. 25 min., b&w))
Title from container
Originally broadcast in 2010
"Best of British."
Composer, Adrian Johnston
David Dawson, Steven Berkoff, Jane Horrocks, Celia Imrie, Shaun Dooley, Lynda Baron, Jessie Wallace, James Roache, Christian McKay, Ann Aris, Henry Goodman, Phoebe Nicholls
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation; Dolby digital

Control Number:

830021

UPC:

066805310591

Other Authors:

Aris, Ann
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd
Baron, Lynda, 1939-
Berkoff, Steven
Dawson, David, 1982-
Dooley, Shaun
Goodman, Henry
Hodgson, Rebecca
Horrocks, Jane, 1964-
Imrie, Celia, 1952-
Johnson, Adrian
Little, Daran
McKay, Christian, 1973-
Nicholls, Phoebe, 1958-
Roache, James
Sturridge, Charles
Wallace, Jessie, 1971-

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