Episode 1 (Coronation Street) Episode 1 (Coronation Street) The first episode of the British television soap opera "Coronation Street" was broadcast live on the 9 December 1960, it was broadcast in black-and-white. Episode 2 was video taped shortly after the airing. The series first introduces Florrie Lindley (Betty Alberge), who has bought up the local Corner Shop from Elsie Lappin (Maudie Edwards), who has now retired after working there for many years. Elsie warns Florrie about the residents and stays around to show her the tricks of the trade. At No. 11, Elsie Tanner (Pat Phoenix) berates her 18-year-old son Dennis (Philip Lowrie), who
Jennifer Moss (actress) Jennifer Moss (actress) Jennifer Victoria Moss (10 January 1945 – 5 October 2006) was an English actress and singer born in Wigan, Lancashire. She was best known for her role as Lucille Hewitt on the long-running soap opera, "Coronation Street", which she played from 1960–74. Moss first achieved fame as a twelve-year-old as one of the child actors on the BBC's light entertainment programme "Children's Hour". It was there that she first came to the attention of actor Tony Warren, who would later become the originator of "Coronation Street". Moss moved into television in the early 1960s, and appeared in