Think you can name the biggest storyline for every year in the past? i.e 2004 - Baby Drama or whatever. I'm interested.
Ben C - Corrie Request
Do you mean the biggest storyline of all the soaps for each year? Do you want opinions or is there a list somewhere?
Originally Posted by Ridget:
“Think you can name the biggest storyline for every year in the past? i.e 2004 - Baby Drama or whatever. I'm interested.”
“Think you can name the biggest storyline for every year in the past? i.e 2004 - Baby Drama or whatever. I'm interested.”
Every year since 1960?
(NB the show only ran for about the last 3 weeks of 1960!)
OK here goes....I'm using a book here to help me!
Obviously some years carried much mroe dramatic storylines than others, those I feel to have been particularly important are in bold print.
1960 - Death of May Hardman (the first Street death)
1961 - Death of Ida Barlow (Ken's mam),
1962 - Ken's wedding to Valerie Tatlock (Peter Barlow's mother), kidnapping of baby Christopher Hewitt
1963 - Sheila Birtles' suicide bid (wasn't as graphic as had first been planned)
1964 - Martha Longhurst's death, the arrival of the Ogdens
1965 - Birth of twins Peter & Susan Barlow
1966 - Ken's affair with Jackie Marsh
1967 - Coronation Street Train Crash, Elsie Tanner's marriage to american Steve Tanner
1968 - Demolition of Ena Sharples' "Mission of Glad Tidings Hall", murder of Steve Tanner
1969 - Coach Crash, involving most of the residents - first colour episode
1970 - Death of Joe Donnelli (after taking Irma & Stan Ogden and Minne Caldwell hostage in Number5 - Joe had killed Steve Tanner in 1968)
1971 - Death of Valerie Barlow
1972 - Emily's marriage to Ernest Bishop
1973 - (First) departure of Elsie Tanner
1974 - Revelation that Betty Turpin was the mother of Gordon Clegg, not her sister Maggie.
1975 - Warehouse Fire
1976 - The Ogdens get their first "Muriel"
1977 - Birth of Tracy Langton (Barlow)
1978 - Murder of Ernest Bishop
1979 - Gail Potter marries Brian Tilsley, Lorry crashes into the Rovers
1980 - Emily Bishop marries a bigamist, Renee Roberts is killed in a car crash
1981 - Ken marries Deirdre
1982 - Start of Deirdre's affair with Mike Baldwin
1983 - The infamous Mike/Deirdre/Ken affair, death of Len Fairclough
1984 - Final departure of Elsie Tanner, Death of Stan Ogden
1985 - Audrey marries Alf Roberts
1986 - Mike marries Ken's daughter Susan - Ken & Mike come to blows
1987 - Departure of Hilda Ogden, Birth of Sarah-Louise Platt, Gail is unsure about the paternity of her child
1988 - Build-up of Alan Bradley & Rita
1989 - Death of Alan Bradley under the wheels of a tram
1990 - Rosie Webster and David Platt born
1991- Gail & Martin Platt marry
1992 - Katie McDonald dies (Liz and Jim's baby daughter)
1993 - Lisa Duckworth run over in the Street
1994 - Deirdre Barlow takes a toy-boy - Samir Rachid
1995 - Departure of Bet Gilroy, Samir Rachid murdered (Tracy's transplant etc)
1996 - Raquel's depature
1997 - Arrival of the Battersbys, Don Brennan's suicide (and driving Alma into the Irwell)
1998 - Shannon Tattersall dies of meningitis
1999 - Death of Alf Roberts
2000- Sarah-Louise Platt becomes pregnant at 13
2001 - Death of Alma
2002 - Begginnings of Richard Hillman
2003 - Culmination of Richard Hillman
2004 - You decide!
Obviously some years carried much mroe dramatic storylines than others, those I feel to have been particularly important are in bold print.
1960 - Death of May Hardman (the first Street death)
1961 - Death of Ida Barlow (Ken's mam),
1962 - Ken's wedding to Valerie Tatlock (Peter Barlow's mother), kidnapping of baby Christopher Hewitt
1963 - Sheila Birtles' suicide bid (wasn't as graphic as had first been planned)
1964 - Martha Longhurst's death, the arrival of the Ogdens
1965 - Birth of twins Peter & Susan Barlow
1966 - Ken's affair with Jackie Marsh
1967 - Coronation Street Train Crash, Elsie Tanner's marriage to american Steve Tanner
1968 - Demolition of Ena Sharples' "Mission of Glad Tidings Hall", murder of Steve Tanner
1969 - Coach Crash, involving most of the residents - first colour episode
1970 - Death of Joe Donnelli (after taking Irma & Stan Ogden and Minne Caldwell hostage in Number5 - Joe had killed Steve Tanner in 1968)
1971 - Death of Valerie Barlow
1972 - Emily's marriage to Ernest Bishop
1973 - (First) departure of Elsie Tanner
1974 - Revelation that Betty Turpin was the mother of Gordon Clegg, not her sister Maggie.
1975 - Warehouse Fire
1976 - The Ogdens get their first "Muriel"
1977 - Birth of Tracy Langton (Barlow)
1978 - Murder of Ernest Bishop
1979 - Gail Potter marries Brian Tilsley, Lorry crashes into the Rovers
1980 - Emily Bishop marries a bigamist, Renee Roberts is killed in a car crash
1981 - Ken marries Deirdre
1982 - Start of Deirdre's affair with Mike Baldwin
1983 - The infamous Mike/Deirdre/Ken affair, death of Len Fairclough
1984 - Final departure of Elsie Tanner, Death of Stan Ogden
1985 - Audrey marries Alf Roberts
1986 - Mike marries Ken's daughter Susan - Ken & Mike come to blows
1987 - Departure of Hilda Ogden, Birth of Sarah-Louise Platt, Gail is unsure about the paternity of her child
1988 - Build-up of Alan Bradley & Rita
1989 - Death of Alan Bradley under the wheels of a tram
1990 - Rosie Webster and David Platt born
1991- Gail & Martin Platt marry
1992 - Katie McDonald dies (Liz and Jim's baby daughter)
1993 - Lisa Duckworth run over in the Street
1994 - Deirdre Barlow takes a toy-boy - Samir Rachid
1995 - Departure of Bet Gilroy, Samir Rachid murdered (Tracy's transplant etc)
1996 - Raquel's depature
1997 - Arrival of the Battersbys, Don Brennan's suicide (and driving Alma into the Irwell)
1998 - Shannon Tattersall dies of meningitis
1999 - Death of Alf Roberts
2000- Sarah-Louise Platt becomes pregnant at 13
2001 - Death of Alma
2002 - Begginnings of Richard Hillman
2003 - Culmination of Richard Hillman
2004 - You decide!
Well done mate! wow Corrie has managed to sustain itself for that length of time with some really good storylines, even those before my time sound good lol
Wow, some great storylines there, and some surprises too!
I'm surprised that Toyah's rape isn't on there as I remember that being quite a big storyline at the time, although I wasn't really watching Corrie then
I stopped watching regularly in 2000, and only started watching regularly again in 2003 when the whole Richard thing culminated 
As for 2004.....I'd say that the biggest storyline (so far) has either been Tracy/Karen/Steve/Roy/Hayley or Todd/Karl/Sarah.
Laura xx
I'm surprised that Toyah's rape isn't on there as I remember that being quite a big storyline at the time, although I wasn't really watching Corrie then
I stopped watching regularly in 2000, and only started watching regularly again in 2003 when the whole Richard thing culminated As for 2004.....I'd say that the biggest storyline (so far) has either been Tracy/Karen/Steve/Roy/Hayley or Todd/Karl/Sarah.
Laura xx
2004 has been an amazing year.
Tracy/Karen/Steve/Roy/Hayley was brilliant.
The Gay Storyline was superb.
Mad Maya is great too.
Also, wheres the Bigamy storyline in there?
Tracy/Karen/Steve/Roy/Hayley was brilliant.
The Gay Storyline was superb.
Mad Maya is great too.
Also, wheres the Bigamy storyline in there?
Which bigamy storyline? Shelley/Peter/Lucy?
I chose to omit that because, even though they were brilliant, most storylines durinf 2003 were still overshadowed by Richard Hillman.
I chose to omit that because, even though they were brilliant, most storylines durinf 2003 were still overshadowed by Richard Hillman.
Yeh I would agree, Richard outshone them all but how great was Corrie that year, The Culimination of Richard Hillman, Shelly/Peter/Lucy bigamy storyline Todd's first gay kiss with Nick Platt.
This year on Corrie has been fab I must say.
Steve and Karen's Wedding
Tracey/Roy/Hayley and the whole selling Amy fiasco.
Mad Maya
Loads of other stuff too. But I think the biggest storyline this year has been Sarah/Todd/Karl
This year on Corrie has been fab I must say.
Steve and Karen's Wedding
Tracey/Roy/Hayley and the whole selling Amy fiasco.
Mad Maya
Loads of other stuff too. But I think the biggest storyline this year has been Sarah/Todd/Karl
Originally Posted by Benc533:
“Which bigamy storyline? Shelley/Peter/Lucy?
I chose to omit that because, even though they were brilliant, most storylines durinf 2003 were still overshadowed by Richard Hillman.”
“Which bigamy storyline? Shelley/Peter/Lucy?
I chose to omit that because, even though they were brilliant, most storylines durinf 2003 were still overshadowed by Richard Hillman.”
Although 2004 is far from over yet and Maya/Dev/Sunita has not played itself out Todd/Karl/Sarah will be a good contender although I have heard that Maya is going to make things explosive in the coming weeks.
There also seems to be no end to the Karen/Amy/Tracy/Steve drama however I suspect everyone is waiting for Karen to lamp Tracy one soon baby or no baby.
She has gained the sympathy vote what with her mam dying and the factory girls and most of the nation are rallying around her at the moment.
