Coronation Street is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960.The programme centres on Coronation Street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on Salford. In the show's fictional history, the street was built in the early 1900s and named in honour of the coronation of King Edward VII. The programme was conceived in 1960 by scriptwriter Tony Warren at Granada Television in Manchester. Warren's initial kitchen sink drama proposal was rejected by the station's founder Sidney Bernstein, but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for thirteen pilot episodes. Within six months of the show's first broadcast, it had become the most-watched programme on British television, and is now a significant part of British culture. The show has been one of the most financially lucrative programmes on British commercial television, underpinning the success of Granada Television and ITV.
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