The Road to Coronation Street
| The Road to Coronation Street | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Daran Little |
| Directed by | Charles Sturridge |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Rebecca Hodgson |
| Location(s) | Manchester, England |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Four, BBC HD |
| Picture format | 1080i 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | 16 September 2010 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Coronation Street |
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The Road to Coronation Street is a British drama first broadcast on BBC Four documenting the journey 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 Road to Coronation Street was written by Daran Little, a long-time archivist on Coronation Street who became a scriptwriter. At the time, however, Little was a scriptwriter for Coronation Street's rival, EastEnders, broadcast on BBC One. Though Coronation Street is, and always has been, broadcast on ITV, a competing network, the idea of documenting the show on the anniversary of its half century running was picked up by its natural rival, the BBC. It has, however, been repeated several times on ITV3 and, on the occasion of Tony Warren's death, ITV.
Filming was taking place throughout July on location in Manchester, and were even filming in Granada Studios, where much of the episode is set. The drama was being filmed on the set next door to the real life Coronation Street set, who were also filming.
The role of Tony Warren, Coronation Street's creator and writer, was given to actor David Dawson.Coronation Street's producer, Canadian-born Harry Elton, was played by Christian McKay.Casting director Margaret Morris and her young assistant Josie Scott, who befriends Warren, were played by Jane Horrocks and Sophia Di Martino, respectively. Derek Bennett, the director, was portrayed by Shaun Dooley, while Sidney Bernstein was played by Steven Berkoff.
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