Coronation Street reached a low of eight million in February 1973, when Pat Phoenix quit as Elsie Tanner, Violet Carson (battleaxe Ena Sharples) was written out for most of the year due to illness, and Doris Speed (haughty landlady Annie Walker) took two months' leave due to bereavement. The audience of ITV's other flagship soap opera "Crossroads" increased markedly at this time, as its established cast, such as Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon), grew in popularity. These sudden departures forced the writing team to quickly develop characters who had previously stood in the background. The roles of Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear), Deirdre Hunt
Coronation Street Live (2010 episode) help ensure that the "live programme went ahead without outside interference", but "to reiterate there is no specific intelligence threat to "Coronation Street" or any such event" "The Sun" published a correction on 28 December, admitting "that while cast and crew were subject to full body searches, there was no specific threat from Al-Qaeda as we reported." "The Guardian" pointed out that the apology had been negotiated by the Press Complaints Commission. Coronation Street Live (2010 episode) Coronation Street Live is a live episode of the British soap opera "Coronation Street", which was first broadcast on Thursday 9 December 2010