Coronation Street

CORONATION STREET. British soap opera created by Granada TV and shown on ITV since 1960. As of April 2015 there have been 8628 episodes. The programme centres on Coronation Street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on Salford with its terraced houses / café / corner shop / newsagents / textile factory and The Rovers Return Pub. Within six months of the show's first broadcast, it had become the most-watched programme on British television and is now a significant part of British culture.