Q 01/05

Which city, Tony Warren's hometown, did he base Coronation Street's fictional Weatherfield on?

A) Manchester

B) Bolton

C) Salford

D) Oldham

Answer · why

C) Salford

Salford was Tony Warren's own hometown and the model for Weatherfield, yet for its first five decades the cobbled set itself stood on a backlot in Man...

Q 02/05

Tony Warren's serial dropped which working title after a cleaning lady said it sounded like a disinfectant?

A) Florizel Street

B) Jubilee Street

C) Archie Street

D) Victoria Street

Answer · why

A) Florizel Street

Florizel Street was the pilot's name until Agnes, a cleaning lady at the studios, stood transfixed by it on producer Harry Elton's office TV, convinci...

Q 03/05

How long did Daily Mirror critic Ken Irwin give Coronation Street when its first episode aired?

A) Three months

B) Three weeks

C) One year

D) Five years

Answer · why

B) Three weeks

Three weeks was Ken Irwin's forecast for a serial the Mirror declared 'doomed from the outset'; it has now run for more than six decades.

Q 04/05

Which actor played Ken Barlow from the first episode in 1960, setting a Guinness record for a continuous TV role?

A) Johnny Briggs

B) Bryan Mosley

C) Peter Adamson

D) William Roache

Answer · why

D) William Roache

William Roache took the Guinness title for the longest-serving TV actor in a continuous role when America's As the World Turns ended in 2010, and his ...

Q 05/05

Which future host of The Chase played factory boss Danny Baldwin in Coronation Street?

A) Shane Richie

B) Bradley Walsh

C) Ben Shephard

D) Joe Pasquale

Answer · why

B) Bradley Walsh

Bradley Walsh asked producers to rename the character from Vic to Danny in memory of his own father, who had recently died.