Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Coronation Street is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by writer Tony Warren, Coronation Street first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced by Warren upon the series' inception, by order of first appearance.These characters include flame-haired siren Elsie Tanner (played by Patricia Phoenix), staunch up-tight battleaxe Ena Sharples (Violet Carson), typically middle class landlady Annie Walker (Doris Speed), grumpy war veteran Albert Tatlock (Jack Howarth) and university graduate Ken Barlow (William Roache) - all of whom would go on to star in the series for twenty years or more. Also in the original line-up was loveable rogue Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie), who is significant for his 43-year gap between appearances. As of 2011, Lowrie and Roache still appear and are the only two characters from 1960 remaining in the cast.Other significant characters to appear this year include Elsie Lappin (Maudie Edwards), the original owner of the Corner shop and most famous for speaking the first words on the show; Susan Cunningham (Patricia Shakesby), Ken's first girlfriend and the subject of a 2010 storyline in which it was discovered she had later given birth to his son; and May Hardman (Joan Heath), who became the first character to die in the series on 30 December.. }
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- List_of_Coronation_Street_characters_(1960) abstract "Coronation Street is a British soap opera, initially produced by Granada Television. Created by writer Tony Warren, Coronation Street first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced by Warren upon the series' inception, by order of first appearance.These characters include flame-haired siren Elsie Tanner (played by Patricia Phoenix), staunch up-tight battleaxe Ena Sharples (Violet Carson), typically middle class landlady Annie Walker (Doris Speed), grumpy war veteran Albert Tatlock (Jack Howarth) and university graduate Ken Barlow (William Roache) - all of whom would go on to star in the series for twenty years or more. Also in the original line-up was loveable rogue Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie), who is significant for his 43-year gap between appearances. As of 2011, Lowrie and Roache still appear and are the only two characters from 1960 remaining in the cast.Other significant characters to appear this year include Elsie Lappin (Maudie Edwards), the original owner of the Corner shop and most famous for speaking the first words on the show; Susan Cunningham (Patricia Shakesby), Ken's first girlfriend and the subject of a 2010 storyline in which it was discovered she had later given birth to his son; and May Hardman (Joan Heath), who became the first character to die in the series on 30 December.".