A live episode of which TV soap opera was broadcast on BBC One on 19 February 2010, to celebrate 25 years since the broadcast of the first episode?
Coronation Street Live (2010 episode) As the show's 50th anniversary approached, speculation began to grow as to whether another live edition would be broadcast, particularly after rival soap "EastEnders" aired its own live edition to celebrate its 25th anniversary on air in February 2010. In April 2010 William Roache, who has portrayed Ken Barlow since the show's , said that ITV would not be airing another live edition of "Coronation Street", saying, "We're not going to do a live episode, we did that in the Millennium year [the show's 40th anniversary], we don't want to do that again." Reflecting upon the 2000 episode in November
Coronation Street Live (2010 episode) 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 on ITV1. The special live edition was to celebrate fifty years of the programme being on air. The sixty-minute episode was directed by Tony Prescott, who had directed the soap's 40th anniversary live episode in December 2000. The episode, the 7487th in the series, was written by Jan McVerry and produced by Phil Collinson for ITV Studios. It was filmed at the Granada Studios complex in Manchester. To celebrate the show's 50th