Coronation Street Family Album — Season 1

Aired 2 December 2000 • 30 min

From the 60s to 80s, and from the 80s onwards, the cast tell us of some of there past memories through the years on the cobbles.

Aired 7 September 2003 • 30 min

We meet some of the biggest, baddest and brassiest of the Coronation Street barmaids. We go behind the scenes in the Rovers and find out what it is really like serving Newton & Ridleys for a living Corrie Barmaids

Aired 14 September 2003 • 30 min

Some things are better off in two's. Coronation Street's most popular characters have come with a side-kick. Double acts are the epitome of soaps. We look at the streets double acts from Stan and Hilda, Rita and Mavis, Bet and Alec, Jack and Vera through to Roy and Hailey and Emily and Norris.

Aired 21 September 2003 • 30 min

In this program we speak to The Street's blushing brides, go behind the scenes of some of the most extraordinary weddings and get the low down on the frocks from the man who designed Princess Di's wedding dress. Corrie Weddings

Aired 28 September 2003 • 30 min

For over 40 years we have laughed and cried with Coronation Street. We have celebrated the many births and marriages and grieved for over ninety deaths. This special takes a look at some of the saddest moments in British soap opera, and goes behind the scenes of the most talked about TV deaths in recent years. Corrie Deaths

Aired 7 October 2003 • 30 min

Coronation Street has been a hot bed of passion and deceit since its birth in 1960 – there's always a love cheat up to no good. We speak to the street's biggest love rats and go behind the scenes of the biggest story lines and take a look at the good, the bad and the smooth love cheats. For Example Sally & Kevin Webster Corrie Divorces

Aired 14 October 2003 • 30 min

For the past 43 years, Coronation Street has been Britain's favourite and best-loved soap. But it has also been a very dangerous place to live! In a street of just 10 houses, a couple of shops and a pub, there has been an outrageous level of crime and violence. Behind this law breaking are a ruthless band of characters, the Coronation Street villains.

Aired 21 October 2003 • 30 min

Who would have thought that Corrie's whining teenager - Tracy Barlow - would grow up into soapland's public enemy number 1? When the Street's ""girl next door"" returned, she was transformed into a beautiful man-eater, bedding a string of men, including her Grandmother's boyfriend. But she took wickedness to new levels with her deception of resident odd couple, Roy and Hayley.

Aired 28 October 2003 • 30 min

The couple that married for a bet, and staged a sham divorce now plan a remarriage on a scale only previously seen in Hollywood. We talk to Jonathan Wrather about his role in their divorce and Anne Kirkbride talks about the shock of a blood tie with the MacDonald clan.

Aired 7 November 2003 • 30 min

Tears, heartbreaks and love triangles - these street romeos are always central to the most powerful storylines. We take a look at the hunks of yesteryear… from macho mechanics to fashionable factory lads. Coronation Street has had more than its share of calendar boys and some have used their charms in pursuit of ill gotten gains. Through a riveting mix of archive, we'll see the snogs, the sex and the slaps and hear how they cope with the fame and the adoring fans. The characters that are included are Mike Baldwin, Charlie Stubbs, Ciaran McCarthy and Brian Tilsey.

Aired 14 November 2003 • 30 min

It takes a lot to beat Coronation Street when it comes to dysfunctional families... Blood is thicker than water but it's not stopped plenty being spilt on the famous Weatherfield cobbles. From teenage pregnancy to trouble with the in-laws; affairs with next door neighbours to a murderer being on the loose. Life can get very tricky for the families living on the Street. We meet the cast and crew of the UK's favourite soap who recall just how difficult it can be living with your nearest and dearest and we go behind the scenes to reveal all the backstage secrets.

Aired 21 November 2003 • 30 min

The cutting edge of Coronation Street fashion comes into focus as we take a look at the handbags and the gladrags that have graced the Weatherfield cobbles over the past 40 years. Ena's hairnet, Hilda's rollers, Bet's beehive, Deidre's glasses and Liz McDonald's minis are all here. We go behind the scenes in wardrobe with today's young cast and take a trip back in time with some of the Street's greatest fashion icons.

Aired 28 November 2003 • 30 min

Who is a member of Coronation Street's royal family, had a twin sister, lived his early life in Scotland, worked in the navy, had an insatiable appetite for wine, women and lies and of course had a baby son and two wives... all at the same time? The answer, Peter Barlow.

Aired 7 December 2003 • 30 min

Hillman Exposed rewinds to Richard Hillman's arrival on the street and remembers some of his most evil and deadly deeds including the murder of his ex-wife, Maxine Peacock and the kidnap of his children. We talk to the rest of the cast about the parts they played, and ask the writers, directors and producers how the evil Richard Hillman was conceived.

Aired 24 December 2003 • 30 min

A Look through the years of Christmas in Corrie.