#OnThisDay 15 July 1991 #TommyCannon and #BobbyBall play incompetent security guards in the first episode of ITV sitcom PLAZA PATROL. Six episodes were made and this proved to be their final prime time series for the channel.

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 36 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 15 July 1990 1. #CoronationStreet 16.87m 2. #Neighbours 16.25 3. #EastEnders 12.56 4. #HomeAndAway 12.06 5. Heaven Can Wait 10.99 6. #TheBill 10.62 7. Blackadder The Third 10.10 8. The Upper Hand 9.42

#OnThisDay 15 July 1992 - BIG! ALONE IN NEW YORK! - #DanniiMinogue is back in the charts with her new single, which she recorded in New York. Has #Madonna become TOO SEXY? "MIAOW!" It's #MichellePfeiffer as Catwoman. CAR-RAZY! with #Neighbours' Kristian Schmid.

#OnThisDay 15 July 1995 Hurry yourself along to the Nue Valbonne in Reading. Ladies, Grant's Back! Batman and Robin meet #EastEnders' Ross Kemp - the absolute Nº 1 soap celebrity! Or wait until the 29th when #BarbaraWindor will be carrying on as Peggy Mitchell!

#OnThisDay 15 July 1980 DRINK DOWNFALL OF TV'S LUCILLE The tragic downfall of former #CoronationStreet Jennifer Moss, who played Lucille Hewitt, was revealed in court yesterday.

#OnThisDay 15 July 1979 I'M UNLOCKING THE STREET'S SECRETS Esther Rose is one of the rulers of #CoronationStreet, the world's longest-running serial. Under the leadership of Bill Podmore, she and fellow storyline writer Peter Tonkinson decide the fates of the scores of well-loved . . .

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 30 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 14 July 1996 1. #EastEnders 15.82m 2. #CoronationStreet 15.18 3. #Emmerdale 12.64 4. National Lottery Love 11.04 5. Men Behaving Badly 10.93 6. #HomeAndAway 10.72 7. #TheBill 10.70 8. #Neighbours 9.16

#OnThisDay 14 July 1999 MORE! Could you go out with #HueyMorgan? Whatever happened to . . . Kelle from Eternal? Dan Oh Dan! #DanniellaWestbook's life's a soap to be played out on the front pages of the tabloids. Cool Cat - #CatDeeley on threesomes and #AntAndDec.

#OnThisDay 14 July 1993 - BIG! $1,000,000? - Would #RobbieWilliams strip for a pile of dosh? DINO-MITE! At last - #JurassicPark is here! BLOSSOM ON BOYS - Blossom star #MayimBialik is smart, she's sussed - but she can't get a boyfriend!

#OnThisDay 14 July 1988 THE NEW FOLKS DOWN RAMSAY STREET You just can't keep those bouncy young #Neighbours down. As fast as stars such as #KylieMinogue leave the show, a friendly new bunch move in to keep things bubbling. Sexy #CraigMcLachlan became an instant heart-throb . . .

#OnThisDay 14 July 1981 CORONATION STREET TO GET THAT HOLLYWOOD LOOK A new-look #CoronationStreet is planned as part of a multi-million pound Granada TV development which will bring a touch of Disney to the heart of Manchester. The present set in Grape Street will be bulldozed...

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 28 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 13 July 1997 1. #CoronationStreet 15.48m 2. #EastEnders 15.25 3. #Emmerdale 10.33 4. Wycliffe 10.23 5. #TheBill 9.64 6. Driving School 9.57 7. Dalziel and Pascoe 8.97 8. #HomeAndAway 8.81 9. Airport 8.78

#OnThisDay 13 July 1991 - NUMBER ONE The Top 40 shows #BryanAdams beginning his long run at nº 1 with (Everything I Do) I Do it for You. Guns N' Roses are the highest new entry at nº 3, but Are You Mine by #Bros can only make nº 12. Now That We've Found Love climbs from 30 to 9.

#OnThisDay 13 July 1991 - NUMBER ONE #NKOTB Jordan Knight reveals: "I'M A DREAMER" Sharyn Hodgeson, Carly from #HomeAndAway, explains: "WHY I QUIT" And what's it like for #Bros to be LIVE ON TV!

#OnThisDay 13 July 1996 - INSIDE SOAP #Emmerdale's Mandy, #LisaRiley, is all of a flutter when Dave agrees to a date. #CoronationStreet's #SherrieHewson can't help being overprotective of model daughter Keeley. #EastEnders' #BarbaraWindsor reveals "The scenes that made me cry".

#OnThisDay 13 July 1992 THE REALM OF GOLD AND SOAP Julia Smith looks like a tourist in sandals on the Costa Del Sol- She is reputedly a tough old boot of a TV producer, perpetrator of #EastEnders and top boss of the BBC's hyped series, #Eldorado . . .

#OnThisDay 13 July 1990 Hurry yourself along to Hinkley, where Sally Webster Comes to Town! Direct from #CoronationStreet, Sally will sample the excellent cuisine of the Cove Public House, give out free drinks in McDonald's, & show the revolutionary new way to get slim at Shapers

#OnThisDay 25 years ago - 12 July 2001 After 13 years, #RichardMadeley and #JudyFinnigan say goodbye to THIS MORNING. #PaulOGrady is amongst those wishing them a fond farewell ahead of their move to Channel 4.

#OnThisDay 12 July 1992 The Sunday Mirror has this #CoronationStreet exclusive: A SIGNED PHOTO BY ROYAL COMMAND . . . AND PIE AND CHIPS IN THE BACK OF THE LIMO Press officer to the Street, Graham King, shares his fondest memories of the show and the stars he has known so well.

#OnThisDay 12 July 1975 MAGGIE IS TO LEAVE THE STREET #CoronationStreet gave actress #MaggieJones her first television part. Now she is established as one of the Street's main characters. But soon she will be quitting. "I don't like the idea of being Blanche Hunt indefinitely."

#OnThisDay 12 July 1964 HITCH! IN THE STREET The suspense is killing as #AlfredHitchcock gets busy in the kitchen of #CoronationStreet's Elsie Tanner . . .

#OnThisDay 11 July 1990 - FAST FORWARD Mr Griffiths thinks a fox stole his biscuits, but Trev tells Calley that it "scarpered" in #GrangeHill. Ethel's flooded the launderette in #EastEnders. #KylieMinogue is hanging around ouside TV Centre. Plus, The Proggy Pages.

#OnThisDay 11 July 1990 - FAST FORWARD In SKOOL REPORT, #JennyPowell reveals that she was "a real goody goody". COWABUNGA DUDES - #AndiPeters introduces us to the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles. THAT'S SO STUPID! How much do Trevor and Simon really know about each other?

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 27 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 11 July 1999 1. #CoronationStreet 15.58m 2. #EastEnders 14.20 3. #Emmerdale 10.65 4. Live and Let Die 9.01 5. #TheBill 8.37 6. #Neighbours 8.33 7. Where the Heart Is 8.03 8. Barbara 7.44

#OnThisDay 11 July 1983 "Morning, Mrs Fairclough," says #KevinKennedy as he makes the first of over 1,500 appearances as Curly Watts in #CoronationStreet.

#OnThisDay 11 July 1994 HERE'S ONE JANET MADE EARLIER Former #BluePeter presenter Janet Ellis poses with son Jack and daughters Martha and Sophie and reflects on how she was forced out of Blue Peter for being an unmarried mum.

#OnThisDay 11 July 1981 Hurry yourself along to the Bradford & Bingley Building Society in Small Heath and have your photo taken with Isla St. Clair! What's more, if you open an account for as little as £1 they'll give you a free t-shirt. So why not come along?

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 43 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 10 July 1983 1. #CoronationStreet 12.40m 2. Candid Camera Now and Then 10.45 3. #Crossroads 10.05 4. Tales of the Unexpected 9.95 5. Where There's Life 9.05 6. Winner Takes All 8.70 7. T.J. Hooker 8.65

#OnThisDay 10 July 1991 - FAST FORWARD Will Raymond win his wager in #GrangeHill? Pete and Co. have cornered the vandals who wrecked the playground in #EastEnders the cartoon. WAAAAA! AAARRGG! Rentaghost returns to TV Centre. Plus, The Proggy Pages.

#OnThisDay 10 July 1991 - FAST FORWARD BYE BYE DI! - Sophie Lawrence is saying bye bye to all her pals at #EastEnders. BROTHER REPORT - #Neighbours' Kristian Schmid gives the lowdown on big brother Adam. JASE AS JOSEPH! - 10 Fab Facts about #JasonDonovan.

#OnThisDay 10 July 1987 The Mirror has these two soap stories: EASTENDERS IS RACIST SAYS ASIAN SOAP STAR and YANKEE DOODLE ANGIE! #EastEnders is heading for the Wild West!

#OnThisDay 10 July 1983 LOOKALIKE LEN He looks like Len, he sounds like Len, and he might just be the man to replace Len. He is bit-part actor Terry Davies and he could be at the centre of a dramatic plan to replace #CoronationStreet star Peter Adamson with a 'clone' . . .

#OnThisDay 10 July 1971 Hurry yourself along to ENTERPRISE 71 at the Goose Fair Site in Nottingham and meet Elise Tanner & Annie Walker! Yes, two of your favourite #CoronationStreet stars, #DorisSpeed and #PatPhoenix, together in an exact replica of the Rovers Return!

#OnThisDay 10 July 1978 Ahead of a full series starting the following week, BBC1 broadcast a repeat of the pilot episode of COME BACK MRS NOAH. Written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, it starred #MollieSugden as a housewife accidentally sent blasting into space.

#OnThisDay 9 July 1993 After just one year and 153 episodes . . . "The sun sets for the last time on Los Barcos. Adios, #Eldorado."

#OnThisDay 9 July 1993 ADIOS TO ALL THAT Tonight the sun sets on the ill-fated #Eldorado. The Guardian says farewell to the soap that was neither good nor bad enough, and programme-makers offer BBC1 controller #AlanYentob suggestions on how to fll the troublesome 7pm slot . . .

#OnThisDay 9 July 1993 LIFE AFTER ELDORADO Actors who thought soap was a dream come true are now looking for work - The stars of #Eldroado came from all walks of life . . .

#OnThisDay 9 July 1985 SEX BAN ON 'THE STREET' Every third Monday of the month, 20 men and women gather in a fifth-floor Manchester office to discuss the fate of the inhabitants of #CoronationStreet. On a desk is a black book which contains the formula that makes it . . .

#OnThisDay 9 July 1981 SONG MAN BILL LEADS MEG DEMO A crowd of banner-waving protesters gathered outside the ATV centre in Birmingham in a bid to save #Crossroads star #NoeleGordon from the sack. They were led by singer-song writer Bill Buckley in loud choruses of "Meg is Magic"

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 25 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 8 July 2001 1. #EastEnders 14.24m 2. #CoronationStreet 12.20 3. Where The Heart Is 8.69 4. #Emmerdale 8.56 5. A Touch of Frost 8.17 6. Airport 8.15 6. Bad Girls 8.15 8. Waking The Dead 7.33

#OnThisDay 8 July 1964 #JeanAlexander makes the first of more than 1,600 appearances over 23 years as Hilda Ogden in #CoronationStreet with the line "Hey Stan look, we've got two taps".

From July 1995 - The #CoronationStreet magazine puts your questions to #MichaelLeVell, remembers a tipsy Emily and Minnie when home-brewing fever hit The Street in July '65, and lets you get your hands on a 'Gossip in the Snug' commemorative plate.

#OnThisDay 8 July 1986 Hurry yourself along to MAJESTIC in Caernarfon for their youth disco and laser show and meet #GrangeHill star Lee MacDonald, alias Zammo. Or if you can wait til the 10th, Bob Carolgees will bring along Spit the Dog. Sorry - no jeans!

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 30 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 7 July 1996 1. #CoronationStreet 15.63m 2. #EastEnders 13.54 3. #Emmerdale 12.03 4. Men Behaving Badly 11.48 5. #TheBill 11.33 6. #HomeAndAway 11.20 7. National Lottery Live 10.71 8. #Neighbours 10.06 9. Wycliffe 9.15

From July 1994 - The #CoronationStreet magazine remembers Emily jilting Swindley in July '64, the arrival of the Hopkins in July '74 & the Inter-Pub Olympics of July '84, as well as when #MichaelBall walked down The Street, and the 6th death (Robert) & 6th wedding (David & Irma).

#OnThisDay 7 July 1992 Following the broadcast of the first episode of #Eldorado, the reviews are in . . . The Evening Standard asks JUST EASTENDERS WITH FLAMENCO? The Telegraph says, FROM AUNTIE: A STUFFED DONKEY

#OnThisDay 7 July 1990 THE NEW (LOOK) KIDS ON THE BLOCK Things are hotting up in #CoronationStreet. Love is in the air for the young McDonald twins - and the boys are set to come to blows. Off-screen Nick Cochrane and #SimonGregson are great mates . . .

#OnThisDay 7 July 1987 AFFAIR? NOT US SAY EASTENDER AND POP STAR Rock guitarist #BrianMay and #EastEnders star #AnitaDobson last night dismissed a claim that they were having an affair. "It is the biggest load of unmitigated .... I have ever read in my life," said May . . .

#WhatWeWereWatching #OTD 40 years ago 📺TV Ratings for w.e. 6 July 1986 1. #EastEnders 15.10m 2. #CoronationStreet 13.05 3. That's Life 11.70 4. News and Weather 11.50 5. Return to Eden 9.80 6. A Deadly Puzzle 9.25 7. #Crossroads 9.20 8. #Dallas 9.05 9. The Colbys 8.70

#OnThisDay 6 July 1991 - NUMBER ONE - The #TOTP chart shows Jason Donovan still nº1, but Bryan Adams hot on his heels. Paula Abdul's Rush Rush is climbing and Cola Boy's 7 Ways to Love is the highest new entry. Whitney Houston can only make it to nº 32.