1960: Coronation Street premiered. 1981: Gh's Bobbie
admitted to Noah that she was once a prostitute. 2005: Y&R's
Michael and Lauren were married. 2008: B&B's Steffy
grieved over her dead twin sister."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1949: On The Guiding Light, Bert Miller (Ann Shepherd) married Bill Bauer (Lyle Sudrow).
1957: On The Edge of Night, Peter Dalton (Stephen Elliot) blasted Da Bruce Thompson (Brett Morrison) during his television speech for having an affair with Ruth Sherman. He also used what Ed (Les Damon) had...
admitted to Noah that she was once a prostitute. 2005: Y&R's
Michael and Lauren were married. 2008: B&B's Steffy
grieved over her dead twin sister."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."
― Anselm Kiefer
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1949: On The Guiding Light, Bert Miller (Ann Shepherd) married Bill Bauer (Lyle Sudrow).
1957: On The Edge of Night, Peter Dalton (Stephen Elliot) blasted Da Bruce Thompson (Brett Morrison) during his television speech for having an affair with Ruth Sherman. He also used what Ed (Les Damon) had...
- 12/15/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
1960: Coronation Street premiered. 1981: Gh's Bobbie
admitted to Noah that she was once a prostitute. 2005: Y&R's
Michael and Lauren were married. 2008: B&B's Steffy
grieved over her dead twin sister."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1949: On The Guiding Light, Bert Miller (Ann Shepherd) married Bill Bauer (Lyle Sudrow).
1957: On The Edge of Night, Peter Dalton (Stephen Elliot) blasted Da Bruce Thompson (Brett Morrison) during his television speech for having an affair with Ruth Sherman. He also used what Ed (Les Damon) had said to make it look as if Thompson's own staff members had lost faith in him.
admitted to Noah that she was once a prostitute. 2005: Y&R's
Michael and Lauren were married. 2008: B&B's Steffy
grieved over her dead twin sister."History is a vast early warning system."
― Norman Cousins
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1949: On The Guiding Light, Bert Miller (Ann Shepherd) married Bill Bauer (Lyle Sudrow).
1957: On The Edge of Night, Peter Dalton (Stephen Elliot) blasted Da Bruce Thompson (Brett Morrison) during his television speech for having an affair with Ruth Sherman. He also used what Ed (Les Damon) had said to make it look as if Thompson's own staff members had lost faith in him.
- 12/11/2017
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Tony Warren 8th July 1936-1st March 2016
'The first Coronation Street writing team contained some of the biggest homophobes I've ever met. I remember getting on my feet in a story conference and saying "Gentlemen, I have sat here for two-and-a-half hours and listened to three poof jokes, a storyline dismissed as poofy, and an actor described as 'useless as he's a poof'. As a matter of fact he isn't! but I would like to point out that I am, and without a poof none of you would be in work today." So reflected the writer & television dramatist Tony Warren on his early uphill, but routine struggle with homophobia of late 1950s Britain. It was a brave and brazen stance given that homosexuality was still illegal. He also stated later that "the outsider sees more, hears more, and has to remember more to survive" and that in those days if...
'The first Coronation Street writing team contained some of the biggest homophobes I've ever met. I remember getting on my feet in a story conference and saying "Gentlemen, I have sat here for two-and-a-half hours and listened to three poof jokes, a storyline dismissed as poofy, and an actor described as 'useless as he's a poof'. As a matter of fact he isn't! but I would like to point out that I am, and without a poof none of you would be in work today." So reflected the writer & television dramatist Tony Warren on his early uphill, but routine struggle with homophobia of late 1950s Britain. It was a brave and brazen stance given that homosexuality was still illegal. He also stated later that "the outsider sees more, hears more, and has to remember more to survive" and that in those days if...
- 3/5/2016
- by robert cochrane
- www.culturecatch.com
Liz Dawn thinks the British TV industry owes a debt of gratitude to the late Tony Warren for bringing working-class people to our screens. The 'Coronation Street' actress, who played the iconic Vera Duckworth for 34 years, credits the soap's writer - who passed away on Tuesday (02.03.16) - for including ''ordinary'' people in the longest-running soap and paving the way for other soaps to follow. She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''We all owe him a great debt for putting ordinary working class people on TV. It sounds so normal now, but in 1960 it was almost unheard of, ground-breaking...
- 3/3/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
'Coronation Street' stars and several soap actors have paid tribute to the show's creator Tony Warren following his passing. The 79-year-old writer conceived the idea for the world's longest-running TV soap in 1960 and hordes of actors have heaped praise on him and thanked the scriptwriter for all his work on the programme. Sally Dynevor - who has portrayed busybody character Sally Webster since 1986 - tweeted: ''R.I.P Tony Warren. Very much loved. Changed television forever. Thank you #Corrieforever (sic)'' Bill Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since the soap's first episode in 1960, said: ''When I first met Tony I...
- 3/2/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
Tony Warren, the creator of the quintessential British soap opera Coronation Street, has died. The news was announced this morning on the show’s Twitter account. He was 79. Coronation Street is the world’s longest-running soap, having aired continuously since December 1960, when it was first broadcast on Manchester-based Granada Television. Its theme music has become iconic in the UK. Warren first conceived the show, set in the UK’s north-west and centered on a little…...
- 3/2/2016
- Deadline TV
'Coronation Street' creator Tony Warren has died. Stars of the soap have been left devastated after the 79-year-old writer, who created the long-running show in 1960, passed away. A tweet on the show's official Twitter account read: ''It's with great sadness that Coronation Street confirms legendary creator & writer Tony Warren,MBE has passed away. (sic)'' Bill Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since the soap's first episode in 1960, led tributes to Tony. He said: ''When I first met Tony I couldn't quite believe he'd created and written Coronation Street because he was no more than a young boy. It was...
- 3/2/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
Liz Dawn thinks the British TV industry owes a debt of gratitude to the late Tony Warren for bringing working-class people to our screens. The 'Coronation Street' actress, who played the iconic Vera Duckworth for 34 years, credits the soap's writer - who passed away on Tuesday (02.03.16) - for including ''ordinary'' people in the longest-running soap and paving the way for other soaps to follow. She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ''We all owe him a great debt for putting ordinary working class people on TV. It sounds so normal now, but in 1960 it was almost unheard of, ground-breaking...
- 3/2/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
'Coronation Street' creator Tony Warren has died. Stars of the soap have been left devastated after the 79-year-old writer, who created the long-running show in 1960, passed away. A tweet on the show's official Twitter account read: ''It's with great sadness that Coronation Street confirms legendary creator & writer Tony Warren,MBE has passed away. (sic)'' Bill Roache, who has played Ken Barlow since the soap's first episode in 1960, led tributes to Tony. He said: ''When I first met Tony I couldn't quite believe he'd created and written Coronation Street because he was no more than a young boy. It was...
- 3/1/2016
- Virgin Media - TV
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