The Road to Coronation Street the character of Annie Walker, and Lynda Baron played the role of Violet Carson, who played one of "Coronation Street"s most iconic characters, Ena Sharples. John Thomson and Michelle Holmes, who had previously been members of the Coronation Street cast, appeared as H.V. Kershaw and Harry Elton's secretary respectively. The drama achieved a peak of 852,000 viewers on its first transmission, making it the second most popular programme in BBC Four's history, behind 2008's "The Curse of Steptoe" at 1.41m viewers. Sam Wollaston, a critic for "The Guardian", gave a positive review, stating ""The Road to Coronation Street" is fond,
Coronation Street sets the new production base was planned and built. The documentary also features interviews from cast and crew members. "Coronation Street – A Moving Story" aired on 6 March 2014 on ITV. On 9 March 2014 ITV announced that the opening title sequence had been updated slightly. The new titles now feature the updated exteriors to; The Rovers Return Inn, D&S Alahan's corner shop, and Nick's Bistro, interior scenes have been screened and exterior scenes at the new set first aired on 10 March 2014. On 12 March 2018 the new expansion of the " Victoria Street" set was unveiled. The