Elsie Tanner leave Weatherfield. Her final appearance was screened at the beginning of 1984. Pat Phoenix died of lung cancer in September 1986 at the age of 62. Elsie, her character, died in a car crash, at the age of 81 in 2004 after leaving Weatherfield 20 years earlier, although it was not mentioned in the show until 2011. Elsie Tanner Elsie Tanner (also Grimshaw, Howard and Gregory) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Pat Phoenix from the series inception in 1960 to 1973 and from 1976 until 1984. Elsie Tanner was one of
What's on TV 4 listings. Two other magazines appeared on the market at the same time – "TV Quick" and the short-lived "TV Plus". Early covers of "What's on TV" usually featured TV stars and programmes, but now they almost exclusively promote soap stories. In January 2007, Time UK (then still IPC) launched a soaps and TV website branded as "What's On TV", which focuses on plot spoilers and catch-ups for "EastEnders", "Coronation Street", "Emmerdale", "Hollyoaks", "Doctors", "Neighbours" and "Home and Away", as well as reality TV and drama. A weekly video gives soap storylines. "What's on TV" belongs to TI Media's group