Yesterday it was acknowledged in parliament. Everyone was glued to us! Ryan Russell (Michael Bailey 2019-present): When I look back I could recognise a lot of black faces on EastEnders. ... Deirdre had some big plots including the yet-to-be-aired Jon Lindsay / free the Weatherfield One plot. David Mitchell was just 23 when he drowned his girlfriend Kathleen McKenzie, 28 by tying her arms and legs together and holding her head under the water in a half-filled bath. Marriage, divorce, marriage again, jail time, court cases, fights and affairs - Ken and Deirdre Barlow have done it all. The fear was all real, but I owed it to viewers. Iain MacLeod (researcher, writer 2006-2013; series producer 2018-present): It was a very frank debate, and has been a catalyst for meaningful and fairly sizeable shifts that will be coming soon. Iran To Rebrand Itself As Lovers' Paradise. Abbott, who declines to name the leak, was a wide-eyed 24-year-old when he got a script-editing job on the Street, years before he created Touching Evil, State of Play and Shameless. Anne transformed Deirdre from a 17-year-old making a one-off appearance in Weatherfield, to one of TV’s most-loved characters. 8% 3 votes. But I don’t think I appreciated at the time how huge it was. You’d have Jean Alexander [who played Hilda Ogden] and Betty Driver [Betty Williams] quilting coat hangers for charity in the green room. 21% 8 votes. Norfolk Tools Date Back To 1938. Fred Elliott 1994 – 2006. I’ve got to learn me lines.’. He was shocked, as visitors weren't treated that way in Morocco. We should carry on focusing on character and story and being relevant to what’s going on outside people’s front windows. Meanwhile, in 2001, a homicidal businessman delivered Weatherfield’s next dose of stop-everything drama. Alec Gilroy 1972 – 1998. Two years later Tracy was born but a leopard doesn't change its spots and the marriage ended, in 1978, after Ray's affair with waitress Janice Stubbs. Kenneth "Ken" Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by William Roache.Ken was created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation Street's original characters. Above, Anne Kirkbride and William Roache as Ken and Deirdre Barlow. Helen Worth (Gail Platt 1974-present): It was a time of change. I remember the canal stunt because I couldn’t swim. Snoop To Pimp Out Deirdre Barlow. Acting is a bit like jumping off a cliff. Antony Cotton: When Sean burst on to the street there wasn’t a character like him. Now they all work so hard they don’t even have time to sit – they just lean if they get a break. Deirdre's affair with Mike Baldwin proved to be the turning point in the history of soap, as it was the first time a storyline became front page news. Alastair Campbell: I wouldn’t claim it as my finest hour, but I knew from my days on the Mirror just how big Corrie was. I remember a few months later we were going to Blackpool to film part of an episode. He’d tell me stories of how hard it was as a young gay man in Manchester in the early days, so I know that for him to be able to place characters like this into normal life on the show made him so proud. Anne Reid [who played Barlow’s first wife, Valerie] and I were told we had six months. He devoured plays in Manchester Central Library and, aged 15, hitchhiked to London to write cabaret and routines for strippers. During her 43 years on the soap. His first experience of British hospitality was being detained at customs at Manchester Airport. Clive told us during a visit to the set in 2015: “She loved them to pieces. CORONATION Street fans were left ‘sobbing’ as ITV took them on a walk down memory lane. Deirdre Barlow 1972 – 2014. Anne Cunningham (Linda Cheveski nee Tanner 1960-1968, 1984): Everyone spoke standard English in television plays in those days, but Granada was ahead of its time and there was this sort of northern vogue. During tonight’s special Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years, the cast and show bosse… explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. Deirdre Anne Barlow (née Hunt, previously Langton and Rachid) is a long-standingfictional character in the UK television ITV Granada soap opera, Coronation Street. Hayley Cropper (nee Patterson) arrived on the street in 1998 as a rare trans character in a popular drama. Tony Warren grew up sitting under his grandmother’s kitchen table, listening to the gossip and caustic asides of Salford’s no-nonsense matriarchs. 26% 8 votes. I’d had one line in Dixon of Dock Green, but my agent had seen that this was a series set in Manchester, where I was from. Antony Cotton: I used to have lunch once a month with Tony at the Midland hotel and he’d tell me about these amazing women he’d written for and who they were based on. The writing deteriorated in the early 1970s and the show risked becoming an anachronism or, worse, a joke. We were called into the green room and, in front of everybody, the producer, who I won’t name [Aspinall], told people they were out – bang! 0% 0 votes. We recorded Raquel and Curly’s wedding off-site with a tiny crew, but on the day of the episode the script appeared in its entirety in the Mirror. Both women have had more blokes than hotpots. Martin Platt 1985 – 2018. 6% 2 votes. We had a conversation with producers about how we felt Coronation Street needs to keep up with inclusivity and representation in a meaningful way. My agent said: “Look at this way, it’s only going to run for a few weeks.”. Philip Lowrie: I had no idea it was going to be that big. 10% 4 votes. Les Battersby 1997 – 2007. The son of Jack and Annie Walker had long since fled the cobbles for a more exciting life in London when Deirdre first came on the scene. But in 1974, on a return visit for his father's funeral Billy, played by Kenneth Farrington, swept the builder's secretary off her feet and decided to stick around. Deirdre Barlow's best bits: Remembering Anne Kirkbride's time on Coronation Street SHE was one of the nation's most-loved soap stars and Anne … ... Celebrity and Coronation Street star Beverley Callard has said she will tough it out in Gwrych Castle with the help of Deirdre Barlow's ghost, aka Anne Kirkbride. Daran Little: It took me two years to convince a largely straight, male writing team to bring in openly gay characters. The happy couple wed in 1981, but this time it was Deirdre who would prove to have a roving eye. Deirdre Barlow was played by Anne Kirkbride from 1972 until 2014. It has survived wayward stars, a revolving door of producers, the rise of streaming TV and – in its diamond anniversary year – a global pandemic. Nigel Havers (Lewis Archer 2009-2019): Snobbery has always been there, but I think the key to Corrie’s magic is that it has irony and that great sense of humour. RAPPER Snoop Dogg is to feature in a Coronation Street storyline that sees him running a stable of psychotic crack whores from above the shop. He was shocked, as visitors weren't treated that way in Morocco. After six months they were real lovers. Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) tells his dad, Brian (Tim Healy) that he is gay. She had a mouth on her – she was one of the rudest women and could tell a story like nobody. Pictures from the career of Anne Kirkbride - Coronation Street's Deirdre Barlow - who has died at the age of 60 after a short illness. William Roache: The love triangle had a colossal impact. Portrayed by actress Anne Kirkbride, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode that was aired on 20 November 1972. Deirdre Barlow feared her baby daughter Tracy was trapped. Biological dad Ray ran off when Trace was a … William Roache: Those first few years were a golden age. It terrified me. Deirdre Anne Barlow (née Hunt, previously Langton and Rachid) is a long-standingfictional character in the UK television ITV Granada soap opera, Coronation Street. I think it hurt him. Coronation Street narrowly survived the threat of closure in 1968. Emily Bishop 1961 – 2019. In 1964, a producer called Tim Aspinall shattered the golden age by killing off several big characters, but also introducing the Street legends Stan and Hilda Ogden. Hilda (Jean Alexander) and Stan Ogden [Bernard Youens). Deirdre felt Ray was taking her for granted, and when Billy Walker returned to Weatherfield in 1974, Deirdre accepted his offer of a date. I was 28 when I started. Helen Worth: Brian was such a wonderful villain because part of you couldn’t help but love him. Storylines still make front-page news, sometimes heaping pressure on the show’s stars. The pandemic has forced a return to the show’s more modest origins, without parties or big stunts. The bus stopped at a pub on the way. Tram crash drama on the show’s 50th anniversary in 2010. first black family, arrived only last year, not just to be a black family for the sake of it, episode featuring a devastating tram crash. UK's most prolific speed camera issues £5.7m in fines in three years . But I think he soon got tired and faded away when other writers took over his characters. Her sister Joan had danced with Fred Astaire. Now I’m 88 and am in charge of this wonderful, dysfunctional family that I adore. While there have been black and Asian characters, Weatherfield only welcomed its first Muslim family – the Nazirs – in 2014. While Ken has had quite a few lovers in his time, the love of his life was Deirdre. In 1981, Ken Barlow’s marriage to Deirdre Langton drew more viewers for ITV than Charles and Diana’s wedding two days later. He wanted a preview of the Deirdre plot. She made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 November 1972, her final appearance was on 8 October 2014. He has starred in more than 4,600 episodes, and had multiple relationships – most famously with his on-screen wife Deirdre (played by the late Anne Kirkbride). Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten) and Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) in 1985. Desperate for an outlet for the characters buzzing in his head, Warren begged the producer Harry Elton for a shot. Nobody, including myself, ever matched his characterisation. In 2005, a nervous actor and superfan from Lancashire turned up to play a deceitful novelist. Suddenly newspapers had reporters dedicated to soaps and all the soap magazines and awards were starting. Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix) gets tough with Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie) in the first episode of Coronation Street. She'd been lured into a financial scam by a con man and her lover at the time, Jon Lindsey. Coronation Street had become a TV colossus. The more than 10,000 episodes have included 57 births, 131 marriages (including five acts of bigamy) and 146 deaths (25 of them murders, variously involving a shovel, a crowbar and a small statue). Both Eccles and Freckles were dearly loved by the late Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow. As well as humour and big drama, Coronation Street has always upheld the soap tradition of issue-led storylines, which have also multiplied in the modern era. Having turned to rock-solid Ken through her prison ordeal, Deirdre rekindled their romance on coming home. 2% 1 vote. Postwar Britain was in flux. Betty Turpin (Betty Driver) and Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear) behind the bar at the Rovers Return. Portrayed by actress Anne Kirkbride, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode that was aired on 20 November 1972. CORONATION Street fans were left ‘sobbing’ as ITV took them on a walk down memory lane. But in the 1980s, when the show was challenged for having no gay characters, Tony would say it was camp enough. Deirdre Barlow set for steamy affair ‘Coronation Street’s Deirdre Barlow is set to embark on a steamy affair with male escort Lewis Archer. Paul Abbott: I remember seeing Julie Goodyear [who played Bet Lynch] in costume on my first day and one breast was twice the size of the other. Alison Sinclair (press officer 1993-present): There was a huge interest in the cast’s private lives, but one of the biggest challenges was the leaks. It was Anne, who played my sister Linda. Valerie Barlow 1961 – 1971. He returned to the Street in the 1980s as a consultant and beloved oracle. William Roache: When I look back at that first episode, it’s like watching home movies of your childhood. Things seemed to be looking up when Deirdre bagged herself a dashing pilot, or so she thought. Betty Williams 1969 – 2011. Ken (Bill Roache) and Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride). Sair Khan (Alya Nazir 2014-present): If we were on a real Coronation Street in Salford, maybe there’d be more Muslim families than white British families. He came to my wedding when I married a woman. John Finch (writer then producer 1961-1970): The key to everything was Tony Warren’s characters. 6% 2 votes. Manchester bombing victim's body identified from Deirdre Barlow tattoo, family reveals. Viewers jammed Granada’s switchboard and made T-shirts bearing the slogan: “Free the Weatherfield One”. But before all the love rats, family spats, big stunts, ratings clashes and even before the sense of humour that was always the show’s lodestar, there was a nation on the cusp of change – and a frustrated young writer called Tony. Jill Summers [Phyllis Pearce] would always go to the loo when someone new was in and come back with a skirt tucked into her knickers just to see what you’d do. Ken confronts Deirdre about her affair - 1983. Samir Rachid was a waiter who Deirdre Barlow met on holiday in Morocco. During tonight’s special Coronation Street: 60 Unforgettable Years, the cast and show bosse… 6% 2 votes. He sat in on storyline meetings until not long before his death in 2016, aged 79. I’m a huge telly addict and love to binge, but this year we’ve all been at home so much, with so much choice, and in such a stressful world it’s reassuring to turn on the TV and know that Corrie is still there. Ray was distracted by other problems and Deirdre grew closer and closer to Billy. I had to go into the water in this huge tank near Blackpool and swim out through the car window. Tracy Lynette Langton is the daughter of Ray (Neville Buswell) and Her engagement to Jack-the-lad Billy Walker, son of legendary Rovers' landlady Annie, was short-lived and her heartache over the split as the start of a romantic rollercoaster that would take her from marriage to marriage, via the odd steamy affair. They’d have known if I’d been a stunt double in a wig. I went to see the nurse, who told me I’d put two contact lenses in one eye. Thanks to JMK and FM Lover for last week's episode threads. Deirdre Barlow was played by Anne Kirkbride from 1972 until 2014. Deirdre Barlow had been off screen after Kirkbride was give a three-month break by the show's producers. When Deirdre Barlow, then Deirdre Rachid, was jailed for a crime she didn't commit in 1998 it caused national outrage. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock, 'Tony Blair wanted to be briefed about Deirdre!' From the very beginning, the class snobbery that Warren fought against in 1960 has hung over the mythical squares, closes and streets of Britain’s soaps. 0% 0 votes. The roots were fully established and every character was powerful and clearly drawn, and all eccentric in some way. The Baileys, its first black family, arrived only last year. Jane Danson: I never underestimate the power the show still has. From the moment she set foot on the cobbles in 1972, Deirdre was destined for a chequered love life. I made friends for life, as they say on Strictly, and named my daughter Philippa, after Philip. Sally Ann Matthews: In the 80s we were all friends and had all the time in the world. High quality Deirdre Barlow gifts and merchandise. I remember coming out to him 12 years later and he said: “Darling, I always knew.” When I started writing for the show he’d call me after every episode with a critique. Warren, who was 23, was allowed to write 12 episodes – plus a finale in case they bombed. Alastair Campbell (Downing Street press secretary 1997-2000): The papers were just going crazy with “Free Deirdre” and I thought: “Sod it, let’s get on this.”. 26% 8 votes. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Coronation Street celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010 with a live episode featuring a devastating tram crash. The verdict triggered a public campaign. One fan donated £5,000 to the campaign. 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An evil bully who killed his girlfriend 30 years ago has been jailed for life after strangling his male lover to death. Bill Roache will also star in tonight’s pre-recorded anniversary episode, which he plans to watch at home with his children. I found a blank card with a picture of a dog with sunglasses on it, and wrote: “Dear Tony, if you ever fancy having a homosexual skipping down the cobbles of Coronation Street, I’m your man. Deidre's plight was headline news. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. His first experience of British hospitality was being detained at customs at Manchester Airport. It is a sign of modern demands for drama that 21 of Coronation Street’s 25 murders have happened in the second half of its 60-year run. Last week, the MP Tracy Brabin, who played Tricia Armstrong on the Street in the 1990s, led an hour-long adjournment debate in tribute to Coronation Street and its impact – and the work to keep it on screen under social-distancing rules. Yer know, without a word of a lie, yer grandma Tanner were that bandy she couldn’t have stopped a pig in an entry.”, Critics were divided. Deirdre Barlow made such an impact, that British viewers were outraged at her incarceration back in 1998 so much so that even Prime Minister Tony Blair waded into the conversation. In 2005, the Barlows remarried and lived happily ever after. Sally Ann Matthews: This whole year has proved how important Coronation Street still is. I’d grown up in Derbyshire, but I was a young actor on stage in London. Deirdre Barlow 1972 – 2014. n the winter of 1960, John F Kennedy had just been elected, a young rock band had changed its name to the Beatles, and – at 7pm on Friday 9 December – a mournful cornet was heard in homes across the north of England. Use our postcode checker to find out your restrictions, More than 95% of England remains in either Tier 2 or 3 which ban indoor socialising with anyone outside of your bubble, 'My wife dated my sister's brother-in-law and now we have to spend Christmas together', Our marriage is solid, so it shouldn’t be a problem, but I feel uneasy about it - one man asks our columnist for advice, Family’s dream holiday turned into nightmare when they were 'gassed' by masked burglars, Gail and Alfie Shaw, with son Nick and his wife Hannah, endured a terrifying ordeal at the hands of 'highly experienced' burglars who ransacked their villa in the Costa Blanca. However her true love was Ken Barlow… The recent death of [her onscreen son] Oliver with mitochondrial disease is the most important storyline I’ve ever had. Pictures from the career of Anne Kirkbride - Coronation Street's Deirdre Barlow - who has died at the age of 60 after a short illness. It’s cutting-edge drama. 26% 8 votes. Get a daily email direct to your inbox with our newsletter. Cats Adorable footage of a cat cleaning her adopted daughter dog has warmed the hearts of animal lovers online after footage of their evening ... Celebrity and Coronation Street star Beverley Callard has said she will tough it out in Gwrych Castle with the help of Deirdre Barlow's ghost, aka Anne Kirkbride. Coronation Street’s ratings surged. 0% 0 votes. A new golden era lasted into the 1980s, when audiences would often top 20 million. Our. One of the show's longest standing characters Deirdre Rachid, formerly Barlow, landed herself in jail. Retirement isn’t something I think about. Coronation Street has been a breeding ground for stars (Sarah Lancashire, Patrick Stewart, Pete Postlethwaite and Anna Friel all appeared as young actors). In the winter of 1960, John F Kennedy had just been elected, a young rock band had changed its name to the Beatles, and – at 7pm on Friday 9 December – a mournful cornet was heard in homes across the north of England. Iain MacLeod: We don’t have Netflix budgets and nor should we. Valerie Barlow 1961 – 1971. Archie Street, which Warren had used as the visual inspiration for Coronation Street, was demolished in 1971 as part of the postwar urban clearances in Salford. Deirdre’s all-time lover Ken Barlow spots Jon working at a tie shop at the airport and despite then telling Deirdre, Jon manages to wriggle out of … I sometimes get letters from people saying: “Everyone on my street is white – why can’t Coronation Street be white?” But I think we have a duty to almost over-represent so we reflect every corner of the British experience. I’m A Celebrity... star Beverley Callard has claimed she was visited y the ghost of Anne Kirkbride, who played Deirdre Barlow on Coronation Street. It’s never afraid to send itself up, but treats its audience as grownups. Deirdre's tendency to fall in love has landed her, through the years, with an extra-marital fling, a Moroccan toyboy, a dodgy conman and a spell in the clink. Almost 20 million people watched as Hillman drove into a canal in a murder-suicide attempt (the family escaped; Hillman died). You can unsubscribe at any time. It was the first of many off-screen upheavals. William Roache: Bernstein didn’t want to do the show either. Rescue came with Bill “the Godfather” Podmore, an RAF pilot turned director who took over as producer in 1976. Audiences hated them so much that 97% of people in a Teletext poll voted to have them evicted. Richard Hillman’s two-year reign of terror ended with the abduction of his wife Gail Platt (one of Platt’s six marriages on the Street) and her children in the family car. Writers have variously tackled suicide, rape, teenage pregnancy, coercive control and revenge porn. Manchester bombing victim's body identified from Deirdre Barlow tattoo, family reveals. Older people may say the show is not what it was, but I’m a here-and-now person. Deirdre wastes no time chatting up Alan Howard before she knows he is married. You just got stories galore out of it. It was very odd but it was absolute bliss. Two years after walking down the aisle with Ken, Deirdre embarked on a passionate affair with the undies entrepreneur, played by Johnny Briggs. 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