History Series / CoronationStreet

''Coronation Street'' (or ''Corrie'') is a British PrimeTimeSoap on Creator/{{ITV}}, which follows the ups and downs in the lives of the residents of a typical working-class street in a [[UsefulNotes/FootballPopMusicAndFlatCaps Salford, Manchester]] neighbourhood.

** There is an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy.

* BackForTheDead: Played with regarding Vera Duckworth: her spirit came back for her beloved husband, Jack, as he died from his battle of leukemia while sitting in the same chair she died in over two years earlier. Considering how characters never come back from being dead here and their popularity with fans, it was considered an AcceptableBreakFromReality.

* TooManyBabies: Gemma and Chesney's quadruplets

What ''Coronation Street'' can claim is that it is the longest-running soap opera ''on television''.[[note]]This record became available in 2017: ''Guiding Light'' spent from 1952-2009, 57 years, on television, with Corrie's 2018 being its 58th year. It will not, however, be able to claim to be the "longest-running soap" title [[CueTheFlyingPigs until the BBC cancels]] ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs The Archers]]''.[[/note]] Also viewable in Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Curious Americans can watch it on Creator/{{Hulu}} (or the Creator/{{CBC}}, if they can receive it).

** Tracy -- [[invoked]]MagnificentBitch extraordinaire -- pretends she's pregnant and that she aborted the child in order to get sympathy from her boyfriend who wasn't letting her actual daughter live with them. Her mother is at first horrified that she got an abortion, and later horrified that Tracy would fake such a thing.

** Not much was done to remedy this until well into TheNineties. When the producers remedied this by having the Desai family take over [[AsianStoreOwner the corner shop]] However they mostly failed to click with audiences or the rest of the cast and were soon replaced with their cousin Dev Alahan who has been with the show ever since. Later joined by the Nazirs, who run the community centre or work at the factory, bistro, or medical centre.

The show is often on about five times a week (as do most British soap operas) and has an omnibus at the end of the week. The series began showing at least two a week, and has gradually increased throughout its run-time. In the summer of 2016, it was announced that their schedule would be increased to six episodes a week in the autumn of 2017, and the television set was going to be extended.

** Addressing gender-based crimes and sexual harassment[[note]] sexual assault, sexual extortion, sexual harassment, and stalking to a few [[/note]].

** If an arc villain doesn't face the consequences of their actions, they either die or permanently leave the street.

** Introduce a new, serious villain who lacks [[FlatCharacter a cause or a relatable backstory]] and is generally depicted more as [[AllegoricalCharacter a symbol of evil than an actual person]].
** The villain of one plot is given a sympathetic backstory by simply being compared to someone else, an act that either invokes some sympathy for having [[FreudianExcuse such a tragic backstory]] or it invokes some anger because [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse they are still responsible for their own actions]].

** Every racist villain is the show is incredibly uninhibited with their remarks towards black people and will make these comments in public view, regardless of the consequences.
*** Don makes about a racist joke during a party, he says it so loud that ''all the partygoers can hear him over the music''. Unsurprisingly, Don gets fired after Ed makes a passionate speech in response to the joke.

*** Subverted with Paul Kershaw, who said "Play the white" without noticing Lloyd and Jenna had just entered the pub. He didn't think the phrase was racist and thought that if he apologised then it would be taken admission of guilt and a confirmation that he's racist. In reality, the phrase is considered racist because it portrays white people as having moral superiority.

* Gary Windass, who has killed a few people, acts like he has any right to look down on Max's behaviour after the latter was groomed by a racist organisation.

** Amy Barlow, although she had an abortion

** Homophobes and racists are uninhibited and make remarks despite being outnumbered and outmatched, with their racism being solely directed at black people, not the other ethnicities. On that note, it's usually a white person who targets black people.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The central villains of the series in 2017-2018 have been known for controversy and for having very dark storylines. Pat Phelan became a serial killer who murdered several men, Nathan Curtis ran a prostitution ring which catered late teens and young adult women to older men. Neil Clifton was a police officer who was under Nathan's employ and a customer who raped Bethany Platt. In March of 2018, David Platt was drugged and raped by Josh Tucker, a mechanic/fitness instructor who pretended to be his friend and finally in May 2018, Aiden Connor committed suicide as a result of untreated depression. It's been an ongoing trend since the days of the Richard Hillman saga, but these storylines attracted a greater level of attention.

** Tracy -- MagnificentBitch extraordinaire -- pretends she's pregnant and that she aborted the child in order to get sympathy from her boyfriend who wasn't letting her actual daughter live with them. Her mother is at first horrified that she got an abortion, and later horrified that Tracy would fake such a thing.

** Now [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] in Canada, though likely a coincidence.

* BrickJoke: Jason Grimshaw being voted 'Mr Gay Weatherfield' in 2009 is already pretty funny since Jason is straight. When Rosie Webster enlisted him to help bring sister [[LesYay Sophie and her partner Sian]] back to Weatherfield as they struggle with coming out and Sophie questions why Rosie brought Jason since he won't understand what they're going through, he replies with "Excuse me, I'm ''Mr Gay Weatherfield''."

** A notable example was Rita's line "[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments What is it with me and trams]]?" after being rescued from the rubble of the tram crash in 2010. She was referring to the time Alan Bradley died after being hit by a tram after chasing her in Blackpool in 1989.

* CharacterOutlivesActor: Several characters live on off-screen following their actors' deaths. Others live on until the scriptwriters are able to work the characters' deaths in.

* DeadPersonConversation: [[https://youtu.be/1RvPVOM4xpg?t=16m44s As he dies]], Jack Duckworth sees and hears his wife, Vera (who had died two years before) urging him to come with her. They [[TearJerker share one last dance together]]. When the rest of the family comes home, they find Jack having died in his sleep.

** Frankly, Weatherfield itself, considering the amount of deaths/accidents/general misery present over the years. It's a wonder people still move to the street, considering pretty much every house/building has had multiple deaths in them (including a number of murders). Taken UpToEleven with the Fiftieth Anniversary special, with a freak tram accident demolishing one end of the street and killing/seriously wounding a number of residents - an echo of a freight rain derailment from the line's railway days in 1967, which trapped longtime character Ena Sharples and killed several [[TheGhost unseen characters]].

%%** Kylie Platt is this UpToEleven.

'''Please Note: As an ongoing soap with no reruns outside of the weekly omnibus, spoilers will not be tagged unless they refer to events that have yet to happen on-screen.'''

* {{Meganekko}}: Deirdre, back in the day.

* TheUnfairSex: The unwritten rule of Weatherfield seems to be that if a woman has been unfaithful, the men must forgive and forget! But if it's the man who's been unfaithful, they must '''never''' hear the end of it!
** Molly Dobbs is an aversion, if only because she had a tram dropped on her five minutes later.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Platts, who are more or less all nuts or screwups in their own way, and frequently enable each other's worst tendencies.

** Michelle Connor's son Ryan, who was the subject of a baby swap storyline. Was not brought up again after the storyline's conclusion.

* An episo

** Betty Williams with her son Gordon Clegg, who was initially raised as her nephew

** Nathan Curtis is trying to turn Bethany Platt into this as part of a child grooming storyline.

** Sally Webster/Metcalfe. She went from being a somewhat pushy wife to an extremely pushy parent to an obsessive snob who looks down her nose on ''all'' her neighbours and colleagues.

** Geoff Metcalfe is Yasmeen Nazir's husband and has grown into one of the show's most hated characters for his abusive and controlling behaviour. This peaked when he killed Yasmeen's pet chicken, Charlotte, and tricked Yasmeen into eating her because she didn't make dinner for him.

** Tina's [=McIntyre's=] murder and the person who committed it (Rob Donovan) are shown to the viewers without any attempt to conceal it. However, apart from the two of them involved, no one else knows/knew and Peter Barlow is wrongly imprisoned and tried for the crime.

* RapeAsDrama: Toyah Battersby's rape storyline in 2001. Bethany Platt's child grooming storyline in 2016-2017

*** Soon to be averted when Michelle's biological son arrives on the street for a 2018 storyline.

* TookaLevelinJerkass: