The Golden days of Corrie when the characters were down to earth and reminded all of us of family members, neighbours, friends etc. No murders every month (the last been 8 years previously from when this episode aired in 1986 with Ernie Bishop getting killed back in '78), people didnt have affairs all the time, no babies born every minute and the hospital or the police station was only shown on screen on rare occasions if not at all. The plug should have been pulled round bout 2000, it makes me sad how the show is practically unrecognisable today.
@@harryraiswell2158The writing was on the wall for Corrie when Bet Lynch left in 1995 but it was a decent enough programme for about another 5 years, as I mentioned in a previous comment that many people complain that the Brian Park era (1997 - 1998) was the end of classic Corrie with the departure of some great characters such as Mavis, Derek and Percy and the arrival of Adam Rickett as Nicky Platt, the rough Batersby's, eco warrior Spider Nugent and Hayley ( the soaps first trans gender character which was in good taste and believable by the actors and writers) but it still had a good balance of Comedy and Drama plus they were still many of the old favourites left and the street had the warm community feel about it. It was in 2000, that Jane McNaught took over and turned it into a Northern EastEnders with issue led storylines and violence, this is when Corrie went downhill for me, by 2004 it was like a bad pantomime when non stop comedy storylines dominated the programme hyped up by the tabloids which were truly OTT. The 60th Birthday of the soap last year went by fairly unnoticed obviously covid was to blame for some of this but it hardly got a mention in the press or online. Will Corrie make it to its 70th?!
I think the only really good post Brian Park storylines, are the ones where there is an ultimate major villain on the loose for a couple of years, whose probably killed two or three people, before eventually getting killed off brutally themselves. Everything else is just people cheating on one another, or someone getting bullied online and then it's forgotten about a week later, or innocent folk not being bothered about going to prison. Tony Warren and Bill Podmore be turning in their graves, whilst Brian Park is constantly jumping up and down on that same grave yard.
@@harryraiswell2158 The killer on the loose storylines have continued non stop since Richard Hillmans demise in 2003 its like the writers have ran out of new ideas. The main storylines of the past 20 years are Murderers, Affairs, lgbt + issues ( I'm gay myself but I think Corrie has become too obsessed with the lgbt + community that it has become unrealistic for one small street), Pregnancies, Teen issues with actors who can't act for toffee, hospital, prison, wedding disasters and funeral drama. Whatever happened to the down to earth going on's in a Northern working class backstreet?! A 21st century Tony Warren or Bill Podmore is needed to save show but perhaps its probably gone too far it can't be reversed now.
I think the only properly well written characters after 1990 were Hayley Cropper, Richard Hillman, Tina McIntyre, James Bailey, Spider Nugent, Shelly Unwin, Karen McDonald, Michael Rodwell, Craig Tinker, Brian Packham, Billy Mayhew, Elieen Grimshaw, Maria Southerland, Mad Maya, Grahame Procter, Jerry Morton, Lewis Archer, Samir Rachid, Raquel Watts, Fiona Middleton, Ashley Peacock, Roy Cropper, Cairan McCarthy, Adian Connor, Yasmeen Nazir and Evelyn Plummer.
How right you are there guv., why do they do this? The Sweeney would not be the same without that rather sad ending music, and Crossroads faded into a haunting part of the main theme, with the criss cross credits. My favourite though is the World In Action closing music, grim times, strikes,etc, and ''the troubles'' Or what about the ITN News music, which was part of a jolly tune by I think ,Malcolm Arnold. It conveyed an urgency to the news. Now, they just use a version of the News at Ten music and waste time introducing the Newscaster which would have been done by the regional Continuity Announcer before launching into the opening Tele cine and music. Quality Newscasters too. Reginald Bosanquet, Andrew Gardner, Leonard Parkin, Martyn Lewis, and a young Carol Barnes and Alistair Stewart . Back then, the ITA was a quality broadcaster. Round my way, it was Rediffusion for weekdays, ATV at weekends, changing in 1968 to Thames /London Weekend Televsion
That was when programmes were allowed to do their own thing and they didn't have all the programme promotions, adverts and announcers all over them. Shame they don't still do that.
I think this is possibly the first time we heard the extended theme this much since the 1960s. So very rare indeed. The old theme was so much better than the current revamped version.
Sad to see the Rovers Return as a burnt out shell. It’s like the memories of Annie Walker, Elsie Tanner, Ena Sharples and all the old regulars went with it too..
Quite noticeable this episode was filmed on videotape not film. I wonder what the reason was? Corrie’s exterior scenes would continue to be on film for another couple of years.
How the times change - regulation blue jacket & trousers for the bin men were hardly high visibility, were they?!!! Just look at all those names on the end credits - old favourites that we grew up with, & mostly adults, & those few children who featured in it were mainly seen & not heard! Nowadays, most of the cast are youngsters, with just a handful of older characters, which is a great shame. This programme is NOTHING like it used to be, which is why I decided to stop watching it, several years ago........
The Golden days of Corrie when the characters were down to earth and reminded all of us of family members, neighbours, friends etc. No murders every month (the last been 8 years previously from when this episode aired in 1986 with Ernie Bishop getting killed back in '78), people didnt have affairs all the time, no babies born every minute and the hospital or the police station was only shown on screen on rare occasions if not at all. The plug should have been pulled round bout 2000, it makes me sad how the show is practically unrecognisable today.
I think 1960-1990 were the golden years. I think it only started to get a bit rubbish after Alan Bradley died.
@@harryraiswell2158The writing was on the wall for Corrie when Bet Lynch left in 1995 but it was a decent enough programme for about another 5 years, as I mentioned in a previous comment that many people complain that the Brian Park era (1997 - 1998) was the end of classic Corrie with the departure of some great characters such as Mavis, Derek and Percy and the arrival of Adam Rickett as Nicky Platt, the rough Batersby's, eco warrior Spider Nugent and Hayley ( the soaps first trans gender character which was in good taste and believable by the actors and writers) but it still had a good balance of Comedy and Drama plus they were still many of the old favourites left and the street had the warm community feel about it. It was in 2000, that Jane McNaught took over and turned it into a Northern EastEnders with issue led storylines and violence, this is when Corrie went downhill for me, by 2004 it was like a bad pantomime when non stop comedy storylines dominated the programme hyped up by the tabloids which were truly OTT. The 60th Birthday of the soap last year went by fairly unnoticed obviously covid was to blame for some of this but it hardly got a mention in the press or online. Will Corrie make it to its 70th?!
I think the only really good post Brian Park storylines, are the ones where there is an ultimate major villain on the loose for a couple of years, whose probably killed two or three people, before eventually getting killed off brutally themselves. Everything else is just people cheating on one another, or someone getting bullied online and then it's forgotten about a week later, or innocent folk not being bothered about going to prison. Tony Warren and Bill Podmore be turning in their graves, whilst Brian Park is constantly jumping up and down on that same grave yard.
@@harryraiswell2158 The killer on the loose storylines have continued non stop since Richard Hillmans demise in 2003 its like the writers have ran out of new ideas. The main storylines of the past 20 years are Murderers, Affairs, lgbt + issues ( I'm gay myself but I think Corrie has become too obsessed with the lgbt + community that it has become unrealistic for one small street), Pregnancies, Teen issues with actors who can't act for toffee, hospital, prison, wedding disasters and funeral drama. Whatever happened to the down to earth going on's in a Northern working class backstreet?! A 21st century Tony Warren or Bill Podmore is needed to save show but perhaps its probably gone too far it can't be reversed now.
I think the only properly well written characters after 1990 were Hayley Cropper, Richard Hillman, Tina McIntyre, James Bailey, Spider Nugent, Shelly Unwin, Karen McDonald, Michael Rodwell, Craig Tinker, Brian Packham, Billy Mayhew, Elieen Grimshaw, Maria Southerland, Mad Maya, Grahame Procter, Jerry Morton, Lewis Archer, Samir Rachid, Raquel Watts, Fiona Middleton, Ashley Peacock, Roy Cropper, Cairan McCarthy, Adian Connor, Yasmeen Nazir and Evelyn Plummer.
If only they still used this theme now, it's so lightweight just using the opening part again at the end!
Well they did use the old opening theme but only on the omnibus versions
How right you are there guv., why do they do this? The Sweeney would not be the same without that rather sad ending music, and Crossroads faded into a haunting part of the main theme, with the criss cross credits. My favourite though is the World In Action closing music, grim times, strikes,etc, and ''the troubles'' Or what about the ITN News music, which was part of a jolly tune by I think ,Malcolm Arnold. It conveyed an urgency to the news. Now, they just use a version of the News at Ten music and waste time introducing the Newscaster which would have been done by the regional Continuity Announcer before launching into the opening Tele cine and music. Quality Newscasters too. Reginald Bosanquet, Andrew Gardner, Leonard Parkin, Martyn Lewis, and a young Carol Barnes and Alistair Stewart . Back then, the ITA was a quality broadcaster. Round my way, it was Rediffusion for weekdays, ATV at weekends, changing in 1968 to Thames /London Weekend Televsion
This is the so far the most highest quality footage of classic Corrie, finding a classic footage in high quality is a rarity nowadays
It’s because it’s the master tape footage from ITV 3’s Classic Corrie repeats
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Thanks, ITV3, for airing the Classic Coronation Street mastertapes!
@@WeAreSTV1_Inc A while ago to celebrate Emmerdale’s anniversary, ITV3 aired the first ep from the 70s also from the mastertape!
When you could read the end credits. Nowadays the credits at the end of Corrie are so small and flash on the screen so quickly you can't read them.
That was when programmes were allowed to do their own thing and they didn't have all the programme promotions, adverts and announcers all over them. Shame they don't still do that.
And when you actually KNEW the actors
I think this is possibly the first time we heard the extended theme this much since the 1960s. So very rare indeed. The old theme was so much better than the current revamped version.
One of the rarest times when the Corrie end credits got extended.
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Sad to see the Rovers Return as a burnt out shell. It’s like the memories of Annie Walker, Elsie Tanner, Ena Sharples and all the old regulars went with it too..
The Rovers Return Has Burnt Down.
I know 😢
I wish the itv channel was like what it was in 2002-2004. National, but it shown which region produced the show.
The end credits of Coronation Street back when someone set fire to the Rovers I remember watching it.
Always wish i was born earlier
ITV Classic.
Stick Man
Mickey Baby
Quite noticeable this episode was filmed on videotape not film. I wonder what the reason was? Corrie’s exterior scenes would continue to be on film for another couple of years.
At the risk of sounding mad, you don't get daylight like that anymore. It was just very slightly different, back then.
What, really?
What Really?? What does daylight look like in your world, lol
Was this the last time the long version of the theme was played (including the section starting at 0:30)?
Made In 1960s
When karen McDonald left
How many times is ROVER RETURN bunt
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gru
End of the Walker family
The Walkers had already gone!
How the times change - regulation blue jacket & trousers for the bin men were hardly high visibility, were they?!!! Just look at all those names on the end credits - old favourites that we grew up with, & mostly adults, & those few children who featured in it were mainly seen & not heard! Nowadays, most of the cast are youngsters, with just a handful of older characters, which is a great shame. This programme is NOTHING like it used to be, which is why I decided to stop watching it, several years ago........
When are they showing Alan Bradley's death again?
when he dies....
Coronation on Itv3 the old episodes at 1988 at the moment so bit to go yet but already seen nasty sides of him already.
its 1989 now and its about to enter April so i suspect next month or after
He dies in Dec 1989
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Changes at 0:31
Nice
Long credits so they are
Now it's like 30 seconds with a voiceover interrupting the theme
OMG WIT HAPPENED
F-fire polly FIRE