Coronation Street fighting for the bottom

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In the 1960's, England's television became afflicted with the dreaded soap opera bug. Coronation Street being in my opinion, the lowest of the low in all of U.K program history. The mere intro was always enough to make me cringe and slip out of the room. Now I realise the dark power of the horrid theme song, the drippy beat coupled with a mangy cat, and the depressing, strangely barren town of "Weatherfield" are enough to make anyone sink into their settee in a state of utter despair.

The Coronation Street opening theme



After EastEnder's popped onto the telly in 1985, there was big competition in the world of sh*t tv. It was time for Coronation Street to bulk on the trash factor, scenes would appear that were usually saved just for American soaps.

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I always found the fighting scenes the most entertaining. I'm assuming the Fights in Coronation Street are the only reason the show still has ratings and the sets have not been put through a chipper and burned to oblivion as of yet.