#OnThisDay 8 October 1987
Hurry yourself along to the Gala Opening of the new Apollo Bingo and Social Club in Newport Road, Stafford, for a personal appearance by Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin of #CoronationStreet). Eyes down 7:30pm!

I was so angry in the first 15 minutes (or so) 😂 They got me good and proper and I loved it #Corrie #CoronationStreet

Oh ok! That’s more like it. Glad I didn’t skip #CoronationStreet today #Corrie

Have I skipped so much #CoronationStreet or is this a dream sequence? #Corrie #SoapSky #BritSoapSky

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 42 years ago
📺TV Ratings for w.e. 7 October 1984
1. #CoronationStreet 16.85m
2. Fresh Fields 16.40
3. Duty Free 14.75
4. #BennyHill 14.65
5. The Glory Boys 14.35
6. Just Good Friends 13.90
7. Tenko 13.70
8. Paul Daniels Magic Show 13.00

#OnThisDay 7 October 1995
THE SUNDAY SIDE OF THE STREET
#CoronationStreet's new fourth weekly episode is to be screened on Sundays in a surprise move by ITV chiefs. It will be the first time an original soap episode is broadcast at the weekend . . .

#OnThisDay 7 October 1983
GR-ANNIE WALKER
The Mirror reveals that #CoronationStreet's #DorisSpeed's real age is 84 and not 69 as she had claimed, leading to her retirement from the role of Annie Walker.

#OnThisDay 7 October 1978
MOVE OVER TRAVOLTA - OUR EDDIE'S LEARNT TO HUSTLE
Unless my eyes deceive me, it's that dear dithering Mavis Riley from #CoronationStreet doing The Hustle with old chubby-chops Eddie Yeats. They have both caught Saturday Night Disco Fever . . .

#OnThisDay 7 October 1974
An unusual sequence in #CoronationStreet shows the competition winners preparing to draw lots to determine who will go to the Bahamas during which the viewer "hears" the thoughts of Bet Lynch, Annie Walker and Rita Littlewood.

Beverley Callard ‘loses consciousness’ while on set amid cancer battle

#BeverleyCallard #CoronationStreet #News

https://justpaste.in/britstars/2026/10/06/beverley-callard-cancer-loses-consciousness-work-ambulance/

‘I didn’t see that coming!’ Coronation Street fans stunned as Eva’s attacker is unmasked

#CoronationStreet #EvaPrice #SamBlakeman #Soaps

https://justpaste.in/britstars/2026/10/06/coronation-street-itvx-episode-reveals-who-leaves-eva-to-die-and-its-totally-unexpected/

Another episode where everyone forgot their brain cells. #CoronationStreet

Then, exactly six years later, #OTD, 4 October 1995, it's predicted that #CoronationStreet will add a fourth episode each week - TV STREET GOES 4 DAYS A WEEK 'Overworked' stars in fury at bosses

#OnThisDay 4 October 1989
CORONATION TREAT
It's confirmed that from 20 October, #CoronationStreet will be broadcast on three nights per week, with a new regular Friday night instalment. Here's how some of the newspapers reported the announcement.