Coronation Street Celebrates 10,000th Episode With An Hour-Long Special

Coronation Street’s episode this coming February 7 marks its 10,000th episode. The sudser wants to celebrate this amazing landmark by scheduling an hour-long special, which starts at 7:30 pm.

In a previous interview, Corrie’s boss Iain MacLeod hinted that he has something exciting things brewing for the anniversary special.

“It’s an astonishing landmark. And at the start of the year, we have our 10,000th episode that we are intending to mark with something ‘classic Corrie’ that has a comedic and character-driven vibe,” he said.

He expects the 60th anniversary to be “something more explosive.”

“The expectation from the audience now with anniversaries isn’t necessarily death and destruction, but that a spectacle is attached to it,” he explained.

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The hour-long special includes scenes involving an ambulance in Blackpool? Recently, paparazzi photos showed Mary Taylor (Patti Clare), Sean Tully (Antony Cotton), Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews), Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) and Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) were seen filming scenes for the sudser.

“We have some fairly novel ideas that we are exploring at the moment, so that should be exciting,” MacLeod said.

40th and 50th Anniversary Celebration

During the show’s 40th-anniversary episode, there was a live act and a pre-recorded segment of Prince Charles visiting Manchester and meeting with Audrey Roberts.

When the show celebrated its 50th anniversary, the special episodes revolving around a tram crash was shown for one week, and it wrapped up with a 60-minute live broadcast. During this time, two characters were killed off, Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold) and Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns). Jennie McAlpine also made history as she became the first actress to act out a birth lives on a soap opera.

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Coronation Street Spoilers For The Week of January 27

Tensions run high next week on the cobbles. “Coronation Street” spoilers reveal that Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) will make a shocking confession after Bertie is rushed to the hospital. As Daniel gets the heat from putting Bertie’s life at risk, he finds his much-needed support from Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon).

Daniel will appreciate Bethany’s efforts especially when he learns that she spent the night at the hospital to watch over Bertie. The two are growing closer but some people don’t like it.

Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) warns Bethany to be careful and tells her that she can never take the place of Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn). Later in the week, Daniel puts Bethany in an uncomfortable situation. Daniel will let his emotions get the better of him. While in his flat, he leans forward to kiss Bethany, confusing her for Sinead, and asking her to stay with him.

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