Q 01/05

Coronation Street's fictional Weatherfield is based on which hometown of creator Tony Warren?

A) Stockport

B) Bolton

C) Salford

D) Oldham

Answer · why

C) Salford

Salford inspired Weatherfield, and the permanent street set built in 1982 used bricks reclaimed from demolition sites, including some in Salford.

Q 02/05

Which working title did Tony Warren's serial carry before it was renamed Coronation Street?

A) Florizel Street

B) Rosamund Street

C) Archie Street

D) Victoria Street

Answer · why

A) Florizel Street

Florizel Street was dropped, in one account after a studio worker said it sounded like a disinfectant; the new name marked Edward VII's 1902 coronatio...

Q 03/05

Which newspaper's critic declared Coronation Street 'doomed from the outset' after its first episodes in 1960?

A) Daily Express

B) Daily Herald

C) Daily Mirror

D) Daily Mail

Answer · why

C) Daily Mirror

Daily Mirror critic Ken Irwin wrote it off, yet in 2010 Guinness World Records named it the world's longest-running TV soap opera.

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's real sons Linus and James later joined the cast, playing Ken's long-lost son Lawrence and his grandson James.

Q 05/05

Which game-show host 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.