Coronation Street celebrated a half-century on the air in style this week, with an apparent attempt to cull half the cast
Coronation Street's 50th-anniversary episode is earning kudos from British TV critics, after the ambitious live TV broadcast drew nearly 15 million U.K. viewers at its peak Thursday evening.
The daunting instalment featured 65 cast members as well as about 300 crew members working behind the scenes.
Coronation Street's last live broadcast came a decade ago, when the show marked its 40th anniversary.
Corrie, as dubbed by fans, debuted Dec. 9, 1960 and was originally commissioned for just 13 episodes.
Corrie’s seamless 50th anniversary live episode will be preventing Barbara Windsor from getting her hands on the next round of soap awards – letting the brilliant Barbara Knox (Rita) take centre stage.
It hit the cobbled community hard, and it was sad hearing his voicemail message to wife Claire played on speakerphone in the Rovers.
Corrie can do sincerity as well as comedy, as shown when joker Graeme remembers Ashley.
