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CoronationStreet

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CoronationStreetisBritain'slongestrunningtelevisionsoapopera,andtheUK'sconsistentlyhighestratedshow.It
wascreatedbyTonyWarrenandfirstbroadcastontheITVnetworkonFridayDecember9,1960.Theworkingtitleof
theshowwasFlorizelStreet,butAgnes,atealadyatGranadaTelevision,Manchester,(whereCoronationStreetis
produced)remarkedthat"Florizel"soundedtoomuchlikeadisinfectant.JubileeStreetwasanotheroptionconsidered.
CoronationStreet(commonlynicknamedCorrie,andalsoCoroSt,CorraorevenCorruptionStreet)issetinafictional
streetinthefictionalindustrialtownofWeatherfieldwhichisbasedonSalford,nowpartofGreaterManchester(a
CoronationStreetdoesexistinSalford).ItsprincipalrivalsoapoperasareITV1'sEmmerdaleandBBC1'sEastEnders.
Theshow'siconicthememusic,abrassbandthrowbacktothesoundsofthe1940s,waswrittenbyEricSpearand
hasbeenonlyslightlymodifiedsincetheshow'sbeginning.
CoronationStreetcanbeseenonITV1onSunday,Monday,WednesdayandFridayat7:30p.m.Thereisalsoanextra
episodeonMondaynightat8:30p.m.
GranadaandITVexecutives,aswellasthepeopleinchargeofdistributingtheshowoverseas,havecalled(andstill
call,asof2006)CoronationStreettheworld'slongestrunningsoapopera.TheGuinnessBookofRecordsrecognises
AmericansoapoperaGuidingLightastheworld'slongestrunningsoapopera,withoverfiftyyearsontelevisionandan
extrafifteenonradio.
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1.CoronationStreetwasfirstbroadcastin1960.
True.
False.
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2.FlorizelStreetwasthefirsttitlethoughtfortheprogramme.
True.
False.
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3.SometimespeoplerefertotheshowasCorrie.
True.
False.
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4.TheprogrammecanbeseenonITV1.
True.
False.
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5.Itistheworld'slongestrunningsoapoperaaccordingtotheGuinnessBookofRecords.
True.
False.
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