The Road to Coronation Street | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Daran Little |
Directed by | Charles Sturridge |
Music by | Adrian Johnston |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Producer | Rebecca Hodgson |
Production locations | Manchester, England |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Production company | ITV Studios |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Four, BBC HD |
Release | 16 September 2010 |
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.