Tony Warren
Director
Coronation Street (1960)
Season 21
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.
Released Dec. 9, 1960
Episode 27 min
10+
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance, Soap
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Production Companies: ITV Studios
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S21E1 - 2nd January 1980
The men return at 7.00am after spending the night with fifteen women at 32 Bessie Street. They go for an early morning "hair of the dog" in the Rovers and decide to tell everyone Alf tripped and fell and they all took him to hospital. As soon as they see their wives they crack and tell the truth. Ken lectures Susan about bringing Roy Stevenson back home. Elsie runs short of money. Fred tells Annie about Alf going to hospital and is annoyed that the others have confessed. Annie finds out the truth when she rings the hospital and pleases the women by presenting their husbands with a bill for their wives' drinks and refuses Fred his request for a night off. Rita is tired of living in what she considers a dump. Elsie considers asking Mike for the supervisor's job now Steve Fisher has left. Susan asks Ken if he intends to marry Deirdre. Annie tells Ivy that Elsie intends to ask for her job back at the factory. Ivy is livid.
Jan. 2, 1980, midnight
S21E2 - 7th January 1980
Rita tells Len she wants a decent home to live in. Len tells her to make a list of alterations. Jim Sedgewick tells Emily and Gail he's bought the cafe off Joe Dawson. Susan returns to Glasgow. Elsie asks Mike for her old job back, promising she'll be reliable. He tells her that he does need someone to help him at the factory. Gail fears Sedgewick will sack her. Rita gives Len her required alterations for No.9, which include knocking the two rooms into one and a fitted kitchen. She accuses him of not caring and rips the list up. She tells him that she's sick of the way they live. Ivy tells Mike she wants to be made supervisor as she's been doing the job in all but name. She warns him that the girls won't stand for Elsie being taken back on. Sedgewick tells Emily the jobs are safe. He intends to bring a jukebox in, telling her that he's turning the place into a transport cafe to take advantage of the new lorry park on Canal Street - Emily is horrified.
Jan. 7, 1980, midnight
S21E3 - 9th January 1980
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S21E4 - 14th January 1980
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S21E5 - 16th January 1980
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S21E6 - 21st January 1980
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S21E7 - 23rd January 1980
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S21E8 - 28th January 1980
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S21E9 - 30th January 1980
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S21E10 - 4th February 1980
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S21E11 - 6th February 1980
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S21E12 - 11th February 1980
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S21E13 - 13th February 1980
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S21E14 - 18th February 1980
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S21E15 - 20th February 1980
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S21E16 - 25th February 1980
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S21E17 - 27th February 1980
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Feb. 27, 1980, midnight
S21E18 - 3rd March 1980
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S21E19 - 5th March 1980
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S21E20 - 10th March 1980
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S21E21 - 12th March 1980
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S21E22 - 17th March 1980
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S21E23 - 19th March 1980
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S21E24 - 24th March 1980
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March 24, 1980, midnight
S21E105 - Wed Dec 31 1980
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S21E61 - July 30, 1980
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July 30, 1980, midnight
S21E65 - Aug. 13, 1980
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Aug. 13, 1980, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 27 min.
Season Runtime: 111807 min.
Released: Dec. 9, 1960
Last Air Date: Dec. 12, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Dec. 15, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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