The Road to Coronation Street

The Road to Coronation Street
GenreDrama
Written byDaran Little
Directed byCharles Sturridge
Music byAdrian Johnston
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes1
Production
ProducerRebecca Hodgson
Production locationsManchester, England
Running time75 minutes
Production companyITV Studios
Original release
NetworkBBC Four, BBC HD
Release16 September 2010 (2010-09-16)
Related
Coronation Street
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The Road to Coronation Street is a 2010 British drama first broadcast on BBC Four. It is a dramatisation of the creation of Coronation Street, the UK's longest-running television soap opera, from conception to its first transmission in December 1960. Set mainly at Granada Studios, Manchester in 1960, the 75-minute-long programme follows the true story of Tony Warren, a struggling scriptwriter who creates a vision of a television programme depicting normal life in a Salford street of terraced houses. The production first aired in October 2010, and was one of several programmes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street that year.