Coronation Street's first episode aired on December 9, 1960, at 7pm, but faced a number of hurdles before attaining cult status. The programme was initially rejected by Granada's founder, Sidney ...

At the time of writing, there have been 11,518 episodes of Coronation Street but this number increases dramatically every year, with three 60-minute episodes of the soap airing weekly.

Next week's Coronation Street is set to be packed with drama as Jenny Connor's secret comes to light. In the forthcoming episodes, Jenny gifts Rita Tanner a spa voucher, revealing that Daisy ...