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Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

An already good episode of #GrangeHill has been enhanced considerably by a cameo from Shirley Stelfox wearing massive specs.

#OnThisDay 6 January 1982 #VioletCarson gives her first press interview since retiring from her role as Ena Sharples in #CoronationStreet two years previously. Here are two versions of it: AFTER ENA, NO WAY TO RELAX and ENA'S FED UP WITH DOING NOWT . . .

#OnThisDay 6 January 1984 WHY BENNY MAKES HIS FANS CRY Paul Henry, who has played bumbling Benny in #Crossroads for eight years, is still astonished at the effect the character has on fans. "There are so many people who only seem to live for Crossroads," he says.

#OnThisDay 40 years ago - 6 January 1986 #SallyAnnMatthews makes the first of 1,416 appearances as Jenny Bradley in #CoronationStreet, offering to do an extra paper round for Mavis in the Kabin: "Yeah, I don't mind. We've only got rotten cookery first period anyhow . . ."

#OnThisDay 6 January 1987 WHY I'LL NEVER FORGIVE GRADE, BY AXED DR WHO #DrWho star #ColinBaker today blasts off against the man who sacked him, BBC Controller #MichaelGrade . . .

#OnThisDay 6 January 1987 The Sun has this cartoon dig at fired #DoctorWho star #ColinBaker - "Sorry, there are no vacancies on Mercury . . . shall I try Mars?"

#OnThisDay 6 January 1991 NEIGHBOURS AXE THEIR ONLY POM Ramsay Street's first Pom has been fired - months before British fans had a chance to see him in the Australian soap. Actor Bob La Castra has slammed TV bosses for sending his cockney character back to London . . .

#OnThisDay 6 January 1995 The Sun asks WHERE ARE THE STARS OF CORONATION STREET NOW? 10 years after leaving, Fred Feast, who played #CoronationStreet's Fred Gee, claims that: "Playing Fred Gee nearly killed me."

From January 1996 - #CoronationStreet magazine catches up with #KathyJones, takes a peek through #AngelaGriffin's family photos, and remembers when: David & Irma bought the corner shop in Jan 66; Blanche Hunt left with bookie Dave Smith in Jan 76, and Kevin met Sally in Jan 86.

#OnThisDay 6 January 1967 #ArthurLowe returns as Leonard Swindley in the first episode of #CoronationStreet spin-off Turn Out The Lights; a comedy also starring Robert Dorning and #BettyDriver, as the following week's TV Times shows.

#OnThisDay 7 January 1976 The Manchester Evening News is the first to speculate that #PatPhoenix may be returning to #CoronationStreet - ELSIE RETURNING TO STREET: Elsie Tanner is coming back to Coronation Street after an absence of 2½ years. She will be seen on screen in April.

#OnThisDay 7 January 1981 WHY ARE THEY SO CRUEL TO CROSSROADS? #NoeleGordon stood among the rubble of her luxurious flat and put on her no-nonsense Meg Mortimer look. "We all feel pretty hard done by. People just don't understand the function of #Crossroads. One does get upset...

#OnThisDay 7 January 1981 ALL IN THE NAME FOR MICHAEL Michael Turner has no chance of becoming unbalanced by virtue of a part in #CoronationStreet - he's changed his surname to Le Vell. The Manchester schoolboy, who appears tonight, started rehearsals on his 16th birthday.

#OnThisDay 7 January 1987 MURDER AT THE CROSSROADS MOTEL New producer of #Crossroads, William Smethurst, promises sweeping changes, including axing over half of the current regular cast and bringing back Amy Turtle!

#OnThisDay 7 January 1990 Despite having survived the cull that axed Marge, Rod, Hazel, Julie, Trevor, Paul, Laurie, Vince and Marie from #EastEnders, Sophie Lawrence (Diane Butcher) has decided to leave . . . I QUIT - Actress Sophie says goodbye to Diane and to the Square

#OnThisDay 7 January 1981 3 years before becoming Kevin Webster, a young #MichaelLeVell appears as paperboy Neil Grimshaw whose cheek towards Mavis draws the ire of Eddie Yeats in #CoronationStreet.

Why is Annie reading a Weatherfield Gazette from 1967 in 1971? #Corrie

Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

TONIGHT! "Broadcasting" from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV! Despite the usual longing look at the past, I will not be ignoring the present, cuz time is a flat circle & all, like the bagel these NYC subway rats are fighting over; stream starts at 8:00PM EST… www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...

TONIGHT! "Broadcasting" from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV! And for those already disappointed in 2026, I'll by turning back the clock to 1999, with another home movie by that same person from Mini Open VCR Night last week; stream starts at 8:00PM EST… www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...

#OnThisDay 4 December 1960 THE STREET WHERE THEY LIVE #TonyWarren toured pubs in greater Manchester for two months. It was in the cause of television. The results of his researches can be seen in a new fictional serial, #CoronationStreet, beginning next Friday . . .

So much about this to love - comparing Graham Haberfield to Stan Laurel, that oddly harrowing photo of Pat Phoenix and Alan Howard, comparing Eileen Derbyshire to Deborah Kerr...

#OnThisDay 4 December 1974 For just 5p, enjoy the Birmingham Evening Mail's CHRISTMAS AT #CROSSROADS special - Who could resist a gift-wrapped David Hunter? Johnny Briggs knows what's in store for Cliff. Stephanie de Sykes takes the Road to Stardom.

#OnThisDay 4 December 1976 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET This is the other side of #CoronationStreet - the vast, barrack-like rehearsal room on the second floor of the Granada Television Centre in Manchester, where the cast do their hardest work every Tuesday and Wednesday . . .

#OnThisDay 4 December 1985 #CoronationStreet producer Mervyn Watson and historian Eric Rosser reveal some SECRETS OF THE STREET Behind the closed doors of a conference room in Manchester are the best unknown stars of the world's best loved soap opera . . .

#OnThisDay 4 December 1991 It is revealed that: "The BBC is to replace the ailing Wogan chat show with a three-times a week soap opera, 'Little England', set in Spain, starting next September." 'Little England', of course, became #Eldorado and launched in July 1992.

#OnThisDay 4 December 1991 - BIG! magazine Les Hill TELLS US WHY HE'S GOING TO SHOP 'TIL HE DROPS! LET'S TALK ABOUT . . . Salt 'N' Pepa love a good natter. "WE LOVE OUR FANS!" say #TakeThat. PJ The DJ, aka Ant McPartlin says "#BykerGrove IS FUN!" #KeanuReeves: "I'M A GOOFY GUY!"

#OnThisDay 4 December 1992 #DeniseBlack makes the first of 289 appearances as hairdresser Denise Osbourne in #CoronationStreet. "Yeah. Well, I'd like to ask a favour as well. Could I leave some of these with you to hand out to your customers?"

#OnThisDay 5 December 1981 The Liverpool Echo publishes a souvenir edition to celebrate 21 Years of #CoronationStreet, in which #PatPhoenix reveals THE TROUBLE WITH ELSIE and #DorisSpeed reflects on 21 years as Annie Walker - ACT ONE SEEN SOME.

#OnThisDay 5 December 1990 Retired #CoronationStreet archivist Eric Rosser reveals THE MANY SECRETS OF THE STREET - A long history of smiles and tears behind the scenes. Plus, Anne Reid says "I asked to be killed off" and Alan Rothwell has "No time for any regrets".

#OnThisDay 5 December 1990 HALF-PAST SEVEN AND IN PARADISE - #CoronationStreet was to be bulldozed on its thirteenth episode. Thirty years on, Martin Wroe of the Independent finds it's never been more secure.

#OnThisDay 5 December 1984 #KenFarrington makes the last of 405 appearances as Billy Walker, son of Annie and Jack Walker, in #CoronationStreet. "Right, well I can't stand 'ere chatting with you lot. I've got better things to do. See yer mates. Ta-ra!"

#OnThisDay 5 December 1990 - FAST FORWARD Will skydiving help Dot and Mo sort out the community centre's finances in #EastEnders the cartoon? How did Teenage Mutant Turtles end up in #BykerGrove? On closer inspection, is Henry actually Henrietta in #GrangeHill? + The Proggy Pages

#OnThisDay 5 December 1992 UK Gold take take out full page ads to promote their re-runs of #Dallas - He's a nasty man. A very nasty man. A very very very nasty man. Dallas. Monday to Friday 3pm.

Star of #DoctorWho, #CaroleAnnFord reveals - The trouble with being 15 in #DrWho and 24 in real life is that small boys fall in love with you . . .

#OnThisDay 8 December 1973 CAPTIVES OF CORONATION STREET - but Ena and Co. are quite happy to stay - "I suppose I must be quite a wealthy lady," says #DorisSpeed, "My accountant says it's ridiculous and I must spend some of it."

#OnThisDay 8 December 1975 CORONATION STREET GOOD FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS, SAYS ENA SHARPLES Television's Violet Carson has a word or two to say to anyone who thinks #CoronationStreet is due for demolition: "It's a way of life. A whole generation has grown up with us. . ."

#OnThisDay 8 December 1985 SURPRISE FOR STARS A radiant Annie Walker has staged a spectacular return to #CoronationStreet. Actress #DorisSpeed, who played Annie until 1983, was the star of a glittering champagne party to celebrate 25 years of the hit series.

#OnThisDay 8 December 1990 Young Telegraph meets the 'Streetwise' #DaranLittle who keeps official records for #CoronationStreet. There isn't much he doesn't know about our favourite soap opera. Although rather than go to the 30th anniversary parties, he'll be in bed with cocoa.

#OnThisDay 8 December 1991 YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IAN FROM ADAM! #EastEnders Actor Adam Woodyatt has been voted the sexiest EastEnder since Dirty Den but TV's newest Mr Nasty is determined to keep women at a distance.

#OnThisDay from December 1992 - THE STREET The #CoronationStreet Companion has an interview with the show's creator, #TonyWarren. There were greyhounds and whippets a-plenty back in 1962. Whilst in 1992, the Duckworths get a grandson. Plus, a poster of #SarahLancashire.

#OnThisDay 8 December 1971 Following her abrupt and unexpected departure from #CoronationStreet, Sandra Gough makes the last of 393 appearances as Irma Barlow (neé Ogden). "He's right though, in't 'e Eddie? This club is yer last chance."

From 4 - 10 December 1991 - FAST FORWARD THE SECRETS OF THE NEW KIDS - #NKOTB are back in the country! SCHOOL REPORT - Les Hill from #HomeAndAway has good flour bomb and water fights! HERE COMES CATHY! Fast Forward spent a very exciting day with #CathyDennis!

From 4 - 10 December 1991 - FAST FORWARD It's the last day at #GrangeHill for Calley. Lesley Joseph channels her inner Noel Edmonds in TV Centre. Frank Butcher has a surprise for his Mrs in #EastEnders. Will you be asking for a Commodore Amiga or a Sea Mega Drive for Christmas?

From 6 - 12 December 1989 - FAST FORWARD AREN'T THEY STUPID?! Why are Trevor and Simon completely bonkers? SCHOOL REPORT - What do #Neighbours star Kristian Schmid's teachers have to say about him? IAN IS PAINT POTTY!! #EastEnders Adam Woodyatt is a bit of a Rambo at heart!