The Road to Coronation Street a Londoner most famous for her role as Kat Moon in "EastEnders", "religiously" watched YouTube footage of early episodes to master the "old-fashioned Mancunian" accent as she described it. Wallace also briefly had sessions with a dialect coach before filming commenced. James Roache plays his father William Roache in the drama. The elder Roache has played Ken Barlow in "Coronation Street" since its inception. As well as acting in "The Road to Coronation Street", James was filming scenes for "Coronation Street" in a non-regular role as Ken Barlow's grandson at the same time. Celia Imrie played Doris Speed, who played
The Road to Coronation Street the time, however, Little was a scriptwriter for "Coronation Street"s rival, "EastEnders", broadcast on BBC One. Though "Coronation Street" is, and always has been, broadcast on ITV, a competing network, the idea of documenting the show on the anniversary of its half century running was picked up by its natural rival, the BBC. It has, however, been repeated several times on ITV3 and, on the occasion of Tony Warren's death, ITV. Filming was taking place throughout July on location in Manchester, and were even filming in Granada Studios, where much of the episode is set. The drama was being filmed