On this Day
On this Day 1964: Coronation Street cast in Coventry
OTD, January 8th 1964…
ATV Midland News reported on how the cast of the Granada Television series Coronation Street had attended the premiere of a new play at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry the previous evening.
Coventry meeting the Lord Mayor Emily Allen – including Peter Adamson (Len), Pat Phoenix (Elsie), William Roache (Ken) and Doris Speed (Annie). The actors were visiting the theatre to watch the first performance of a new play called The Pied Pipers which shares writers with the, at the time, twice-weekly drama series.
