Coronation Street

Coronation Street (informally known as  Corrie) is a  British  soap opera created by  Granada Television and shown on  ITV since 9 December 1960. [1]  The programme centres on Coronation Street in  Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city  Salford, [2]  its  terraced houses, café, corner shop, newsagents, building yard, taxicab office, salon, restaurant, textile factory and the  Rovers Return  pub. In the show's fictional history, the street was built in 1902 and named in honour of the coronation of  King Edward VII.