Coronation Street cruise spin-off, "Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas!" was released on VHS, featuring Jack Duckworth, Vera Duckworth, Fiona Middleton and Maxine Peacock on a trip to Las Vegas. In 1999, six special episodes of "Coronation Street" were produced, following the story of Steve McDonald, Vicky McDonald, Vikram Desai, Bet Gilroy and Reg Holdsworth in Brighton. This video was titled "Coronation Street: Open All Hours" and released on VHS. In 2008, ITV announced filming was to get underway for a new special DVD episode, "", following the Battersby-Brown family, which included the temporary return of Cilla Battersby-Brown. In 2009, another DVD special,
Frank Barlow (Coronation Street) Street for a new life in Wilmslow. He sold the shop and celebrated his farewell in the Rovers Return Inn, on the same night Martha Longhurst (Lynne Carol) died. He left the street two weeks later without saying goodbye to Ken. Frank made two further visits to the street, once in 1967, when Ken refused to pay a fine and instead went to prison, and then in 1971, when he arrived for the funeral of Ken's wife Valerie (Anne Reid). Frank died at some point between 1971 and April 1975. Frank Barlow (Coronation Street) Frank Barlow is a fictional character