Coronation Street - January 1983

[@professionalgun6674]

Up til here approximately 140 hrs of Classic Corrie has been edited, rendered and posted. Now I'm gonna have some tea and crumpets.

[@mr-yw2jb]

And an excellent job you're doing. Keep up the excellent work as my lockdown would be incomplete without Hilda and Stan.

[@kimdavies3559]

Thank you for all your hard work. Would it be possible for you to upload episodes from mid to late 80s?

[@glamdolly30]

And very well deserved too, thank you SO much for all your hard work, you're a superstar. Have a drop of brandy in that tea, you've earned it! xxx

[@uszatku9417]

You do a grand service to the nation by posting these! You deserve those crumpets and t’tea!

[@peterraimondi9569]

Well done. Much appreciated for all the work you do to post these videos.

[@davidjones6470]

Bet and Alf bloody brilliant together 😂😂

[@distantrambler]

Len and Elsie... A love story

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

1:38:26 Elsie + Phyllis comedy gold 😅

[@hamzahassan2066]

55:32

[@gilliangrant8764]

I never really realised it at the time, but Ken Barlow really was an insufferable pompous bore! No wonder Deirdre strayed. Imagine letting your wife down for a documentary on channel 4!

[@masterknife8423]

Fuck knows why the writers insisted on making Diedre stay with him till she died

[@paulfrost8895]

Brand new Channel 4 ' just a couple of months since it began.

[@EM-yk1dw]

@@paulfrost8895 Yes Brookside 😁

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

Watch Buggernation street

[@eatmywords]

there were some good documentaries on channel 4 back then.

[@EM-yk1dw]

Annie Walker a legend.

[@theresapierce3934]

Today's Coronation Street isn't fit to bear the name. Thankyou so much for these wonderful episodes and the memories they bring back.

[@christinefougere]

You got that right. Too many dodgy characters and too much violence.

[@johnbroadhead6813]

So true 👍

[@masterknife8423]

@@christinefougere Er dude this era of Coronation St had violence as well...

[@jayrox40]

@@masterknife8423 Today's Coronation Street is unwatchable, dude.

[@myalfie]

Absolutely spot on with your comments I couldn’t agree more.

[@mr-yw2jb]

Sad news today as we hear the great Johnny Briggs has sadly passed away. Johnny the Iconic, legendary Michael Vernon Baldwin who was involved in the greatest Corrie story of all, the Mike, Ken, Deirdre love triangle which thanks to these videos us die hard fans are able to watch over and over again. Johnny Briggs RIP.

[@masterknife8423]

RIP but was Mike Baldwin really that great of a character?

[@kelleybunny]

@@masterknife8423 yes! and he was perfect for the part.

[@glamdolly30]

@@masterknife8423 Are you joking? Mike Baldwin was a wonderful character! He hit the ground running in 1976, and thanks to the talent of actor Johnny Briggs, arrived as a fully-formed, complex and totally believable character. In Johnny Briggs' hands, Mike Baldwin remained authentic throughout his 30 years on the show. Producer Bill Podmore also arrived as new producer that year to shake up the soap, and he immediately decided it needed a big Southern character to shake up the cobbled streets, inject some dynamism, and to represent all the Southern viewers at home. He saw Johnny Briggs on rival teatime soap 'Crossroads' and immediately recognised he fit the bill perfectly for the role of the new, suave London factory boss. Johnny Briggs could have made Mike a one-dimensional caricature - the hard-nosed, Cockney capitalist businessman. But in his first year alone he brought light and shade to Mike and made him real. To maintain that standard of performance and characterisation over three decades is a remarkable achievement for an actor - all credit to the late, great Johnny Briggs. I had to smile when I read that there may not have been quite so much acting required in his angry scenes with Bill Roache, who played Mike's arch enemy Ken Barlow - apparently the two men didn't get on in real life!

[@bethshields4903]

Mike Baldwin was a marvellous character, very important to the storylines. Wouldn’t have been the same without him. I’m sure all of us die hard corrie fans would agree.

[@bethshields4903]

@@glamdolly30well said my friend 😊

[@dominewimbury2039]

Fred can talk about being big and fat 🤬 he was so rude to Betty

[@lindarowe8550]

Wish I had neighbours like hilda and Stan there will never be a dull moment

[@ria1636]

Stan and Hilda are amusing in a soap but as Jean Alexander said, I wouldn't want Hilda as a neighbour.

[@jasbegs1258]

Sad this was the start of the last year of Annie Walker- she was on top form. And by the end of the year Len would be gone - when did Albert die??

[@paulfrost8895]

Not sure exactly ' but can research ' think 83 or 84.

[@memoir4you]

Annie was my favourite, yes such a shame it was last year. Poor Doris . Loved Annie's snobbery & superiority.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Loved Annie. Legend.

[@ysgol3]

What a cast - it's so so sad that before 1983 was over, (and in 1984 too) so many of them were gone forever, and the show never ever recovered.

[@bethshields4903]

No it didn’t recover. Some reasonable storylines through the 80s, but after that, it really wasn’t worth watching in my opinion anyway.

[@mr-yw2jb]

The Ken, Deirdre, Mike love triangle. One of the best storylines from the past 60 yrs of Corrie. I remember these very well, I was 16 at the time and deep in to my Corrie. Another generation ago now, the characters may have gone but the memories go on forever. Thanks for the posting.

[@rabbit64sj91]

I turned nineteen the following month to this, and loved the show back then. I enjoyed reading your comments. Enjoy, I know I shall! ☺

[@FreshlySqueezed77]

I've seen the clips but not the full episodes of their love triangle - can't wait to watch now!!

[@mr-yw2jb]

@@FreshlySqueezed77 You won't be disappointed, especially with the showdown on the Barlow's doorstep.

[@glamdolly30]

@@mr-yw2jb I'm praying that famous episode - Ken's discovery of Deirdre and Mike's affair - can be shown on KZbin. i know in the past it hasn't been uploaded, because Granada would block it on copyright grounds. The most famous Corrie episodes are always the trickiest to show here, without them being taken down. I would love to see it again - it's been so long!

[@mr-yw2jb]

@@glamdolly30 Yes, I totally agree. The various channels that have dared upload classic episodes of Corrie only to be shot down in flames by the stuffy beaurocrats waving the copyright card. If some epsiodes weren't shown here on youtube it's doubtful they would ever get another airing.

[@helentucker6407]

Hilda played being drunk really well. I love these older episodes 👍 👍 👍

[@ChristineNicholson-bk9jq]

Love the old episodes. Great story lines & realistic acting ….. lots of happy memories of watching them when they first aired ❤

[@queendeirdre7436]

Binge watching in 2024. These episodes are gold. They don't make them like this anymore. Thank you for uploading them Professionalgun!!

[@annmc8392]

Mike said he wasn't dependable or reliable, but Ken wasn't, the only thing you could depend on is if it did not suit him it didn't happen.

[@sunnyshine2215]

I love Chalky and Phyllis’ exchanges 🤣

[@nicolemelnyk152]

Uncle Albert would be horrified at how Tracey turns out

[@paullynton-green6570]

He was a cantankerous, ignorant,tight fisted scrounging old git.never could stand him or the pompous prig Barlow.

[@glamdolly30]

That's very true! Though of course miserable Uncle Albert disapproved of every woman and found fault in her - even Emily Bishop, who was as close to Mother Theresa as any female could be! So you're right, and he'd have had plenty to criticise in R. Tracey - and my God he would have criticised!

[@stevenhighams4190]

@@glamdolly30 He liked Val. He even liked Janet.

[@greggildersleeve3484]

We're so sorry, Uncle Albert, if we caused you any pain . . .

[@2500mike]

Deidre out with Mike while Ken is home with her child Be he a bore or not . No excuse

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

inverted feminism is ok.

[@saxongreen78]

Deirdre is the sort of rotten mother that raises a killer.

[@cromer1968]

I'm really enjoying. I hope you'll be putting more on soon! I'm addicted!

[@martinistakis1825]

That's Rodney Bewes's voice coming out of Ken's TV. Likely Lads?

[@notonyournelly5475]

yes.. that's right. That's what I thought too

[@vinniex3098]

Yep it was. Well recognised

[@bethshields4903]

The Deirdre and Mike story added a little bit of spice to Coronation Street . And very believable for a young, very attractive, woman, married to quite a boring man, and Mike Baldwin was the suave suitor. And I actually think he had real feelings for Deirdre. The actress that played the part looked particularly good around this time.

[@bestdisco1979]

Deidre was always a bit of a tart under them specs. 😂😂

[@saxongreen78]

They've got windscreen wipers on to see through the drool of factory owners, butchers, bakers, candlestick makers and that pack of wild dogs by the canal.

[@nygelsylvester4634]

Yes deidre liked her dick over the years

[@jonathancheetham7683]

Totally haha

[@bethshields4903]

I would be a tart if I was married to ken 😂😂

[@elsiemaylarson3741]

@@bethshields4903haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa good one 😂

[@cise748]

How selfish is Ken, everything is about him what he wants

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

Sad to see Deirdre looking so lovely knowing that she has been gone quite some time now!

[@bethshields4903]

She was very attractive. Lovely skin.

[@vinniex3098]

There’s a lass in my area who looks like Deidre…similar hair, skin and glasses. I fancy her like crazy. I got talking to her and she even sounds like her!!! Eerie

[@junesymonds8340]

Thankyou for all your hard work, great job, Love these old corries🤩😍

[@bsaunders5271]

I know Phyllis is majorly irritating, but there is no excuse for Chalkie to treat her SO dreadfully. What an arse he is.

[@professionalgun6674]

You're right he can be but we're just seeing the tail end of their relationship of 14 years or more.

[@bowler8]

Good one Deidre, Ken wont cancel his plans for her, yet he wants her to cancel her plans for him

[@alexanderjones9572]

Mike “ Girls, look at Sammy and tell me what ‘e is.” Ivy “Are you trying to get us in front of a race relations board?”

[@JustSean413]

Deirdre could never resist a portion

[@saxongreen78]

Deirdre is quite putrid...only a sadomasochist like Ken could stay married to it.

[@niad5630]

The Good Old Days of Corrie..... The Story lines and Characters were great back then !!

[@journeybymoonlight3216]

It's not Emily's business if she's seeing Mike Baldwin. Ken Barlow is so boring.

[@saxongreen78]

Stan: 'Wuz me Missus?...I wan me dinnah!'

[@noelodowd7867]

Yes Ken was a pompous bore and the cardigans he wore!!

[@cicerodiello1]

A very excellent characterisation a (Johnny Briggs) indeed. Credit to to producers, writers and Johnny. He was born to play Mike. The Ken, Deidre and Mike storyline is indeed one for the ages.

[@sherylbarker9465]

Bet and Hilda are so funny at there work party

[@Chillmax]

No wonder Pat Phoenix leaves this year, one of the queens of the street, and she has no storyline whatsoever, and hasn't for a very long time.

[@emilybbbbb49]

I have never liked Vera never ever ever the most annoying character on Corrie

[@nicholasgargano7396]

Fred gets a bad rap. Such a good character

[@lordwalker71]

He’s horrible

[@fluxington]

If you like impatient arrogant people.

[@martinistakis1825]

Deirdre should have married Mike. ❤️

[@lordwalker71]

That would have been a disaster

[@ddrose06]

There's more chance of Emily and Mavis spending the afternoon supping pints, and chucking arrows, than Len thumping Brian. Or anybody else, for that matter.

[@saxongreen78]

Yeah - 'Hard Man Len' was a joke...complacent, flabby and pickled.

[@paulfrost8895]

You reckon ' both Len and Brian were pretty handy with their fists ' and both had short fuses.

[@josephbland3904]

It was all Fat Eddies fault about Mrs Walkers motor.. He was a cheeky scurvy tosser at times…

[@williamf4544]

Eileen Derbyshire is an amazing actress

[@theculturedthug6609]

She's played the same person for the last 55 years apart from that yeah...

[@leonard2005ify]

This is the year I was born, 7 my months time, July 14th 1983 in London, 2 years later, Eastenders is on its way, I’ve got an autograph Helen plays Gail, but I lost it, 🥲🥲, I met her at the Premier of Phantom of the Oprea movie in London Leicester Square in 2004, Ken sits, does not suite him, lol 🤪😂😈, I can imagine Ken nearly the same as Uncle Albert now, the two old men be moaning about nonsense, but Ken will be Ken lol 🤪😂😈 if you know what I mean, I know the actor I think had stroke and died the next year in 1984 and the guy who played Stanley had a stroke and died in 1984, sad, 😢 I’ve been to Manchester in 1994 and I have not been there since 1994, I will be going back there soon.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Vera (comes in and sees Mike looking at a photo and smiling). “Is that a photo of me y’ carry round with yer’?” 🤣🤣🤣

[@vinniex3098]

Haha 😂😂😂

[@jubileebaby9787]

Despite the scandal which befell Peter Adamson he played the part of Len Fairclough really well. Had things been different he could have remained in the show into the 1990s and become a Corrie legend.

[@stephenwestcott-gratton411]

You have GOT to be kidding! The best thing about Corrie in 1983 was when Len was killed off in December. And good riddance, too!

[@joshirley2308]

I love the accents of Chalky and Phyllis

[@johnlarkin3821]

Phyllis was originally a music hall performer ... she was great!

[@davidjones6470]

Chalky bloody brilliant

[@deee1776]

I can’t stand Suzie!!

[@alexanderjones9572]

Not very bright of Deirdre ( who didn’t want to be found out) to ring Mike at work! I mean apart from Emily, there’s also Ivy who could’ve taken the call ( and doesn’t Hilda still clean there? If SHE’D overheard...!)

[@paulfrost8895]

Hilda was like a human newsreel ' very rare did anything escape her attention ' she always knew the latest gossip or street event before anyone.

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

She has no shame. The tart needed servicing

[@stevenhighams4190]

And surely only an idiot plays away on their own doorstep, unless they want to get caught?

[@MissMarceline-wp6oq]

​@@stevenhighams4190Well said. 😂😂😂

[@christinefougere]

thank you very much! enjoy your crumpettes!

[@joemalone9380]

never understand why deirdrre agreed to marry ken. they're worlds apart .

[@Alicetheamethyst]

She was flattered

[@joemalone9380]

@@Alicetheamethyst are you being cynical. she is way too bright for him.

[@Peaceandlove13]

Deidre thought ken would be old faithful and reliable, she married for security, he married to trap this young woman from dating other men.,didn't work either way.😂😂😂😂

[@davidjones6470]

Good old Mike Baldwin

[@FreshlySqueezed77]

Loving these episode bundles! Eagerly awaiting the rest of 1983 but absolutely no pressure(!) I know the time it takes to do these things.. when you're finished your tea and crumpets 😅

[@paulfrost8895]

The brief affair between Suzie Birchl and Brian was just several months after in the Summer of that year I think ' after her estranged husband tracks her down and beats her up when she refuses to go back to London with him ' her fling with Brian was the final straw for Elsie who threw her out on the spot.

[@ria1636]

@@paulfrost8895 Spoiler alert!

[@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485]

The scene at 37:11 is one of the best in Coronation Street. Deirdre is clearly wrestling with her feelings over Mike, Ken and everything

[@bethshields4903]

Can you imagine smoking in a clothes factory? Everything would stink. not to mention fire hazard nobody thought of that in the old days.😂

[@Scottfree166]

By ‘eck!! Our Brian couldn’t act his way out of wet paper bag, poor soul 😢😂😂

[@alisonroberts5228]

At least he's been to Gatar!!! 😂

[@Scottfree166]

@@alisonroberts5228 😁😂😂

[@Staggercfc]

Great editing, lovely and smooth, thanks.

[@bernadetteaspinall6710]

Thanks so much for your efforts professional gun… it’s a real treat having all these episodes .. ❤

[@Peaceandlove13]

Emily schooling deidre about cheating on ken,oh plz,Emily is kens age mate,this is deidre's 20',he damn near 50,the time to talk has past,let that child enjoy!😂😂😂

[@doctorsocrates4413]

This was the golden era of corrie..i cannot watch the programme nowadays as it has turned to crap in my opinion...

[@philipgibson2159]

Really wanting to see January 1968 when the hippies come to Coronation Street. Can anyone help?

[@alexanderjones9572]

Deirdre “ I just thought I’d go round and see-Carol.’ Mike’s female name...would’ve been better if she’d said “I just thought Id go and see...Michelle.”

[@larkatmic]

I wonder why women no longer doll up in a nice way anymore. Seems its either over the top or Walmart lounge clothes and un styled kool aid colored hair. Just blah

[@davidjones6470]

Classic!!!! Thank in you for a great upload

[@dementednun1175]

Oh my poor Beart 😢 did he have a stroke in real life

[@paullynton-green6570]

At his peak,len would have flattened Jaws the mummy's boy.

[@paullynton-green6570]

I totally agree 😊

[@madwatermelon1316]

Fred Gee is getting far too big for his boots. He needs bringing down a peg or two.

[@susi-emily]

He's the most unpleasant character I've ever seen. Most characters tend to have at least one good point in their favour, but there is nothing good in that man.

[@stormhawk3319]

The apex of Ken Barlow’s boring, cardigan wearing phase. Deirdre only stayed with him out of pity though she’s a masochist for it. Horrible overrated couple.

[@stevenhighams4190]

She was begging him to let her stay - that's an odd way of pitying somebody.

[@stormhawk3319]

@@stevenhighams4190 she probably said that to make him feel good. God knows why, blame the writers.

[@R31922]

Bet..brilliant ❤

[@alexanderjones9572]

Wonder how Percy would’ve reacted if Bet said to him what she said to Chalkie. “We all know about you and Phyllis. Hottest romance in Weatherfield.”

[@Peaceandlove13]

Imagine young deidre marry ken almost twice her age, bust up her first marriage because of infidelity turns around and finds a reason to commit the same act,she thought Ken was too old and stable to do it back,but he did eventually did back what his ex wife did him too,history repeats it self!😂😂😂😂

[@williamf4544]

These days people wouldnt know what to do with a dirty potato

[@RichardGodber-p1s]

I had never watched Coronation Street before as not big in Australia but am addicted to thee 70s and 80s episodes .. just every day life

[@AshGrg2007]

As little as Brian is, he would have knocked Len out, no doubt.

[@paulfrost8895]

Little? Brian was tall and lean ' and muscle bound ' I think Len would have been a match for him ' even though Brian would have won a scrap being younger and fitter.

[@ria1636]

@@paulfrost8895 Brian tall and lean?! He's short and muscular. Try Specsavers. 😜

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

@@ria1636 He is lean. You can be lean and muscular.

[@saxongreen78]

It would have been a match - I think Len had been pickled and softened by daily pints and Rita's grub, any grit he once had turned to flab...my money would be on The Teeth.

[@josephbland3904]

Nah! No way… Len would’ve wrapped a length of 4 be 2 timber around Brian the teeth’s choppers… no way he’d gone down in front of his missus Rita…

[@queendeirdre7436]

Oh why did they have to bring Suzy back! She's a total waste of space 😮

[@queendeirdre7436]

Why did they have to bring Suzy back! She's a waste of space 😮

[@greggildersleeve3484]

The scene in the Rover's, when Annie lays down the law to Bet, Betty, and Fred . . . this is the third time I've seen it, and it gets better every time.

[@algie-t2w]

I love the way that Fred is so cheeky and the moment Mrs Walker appears he becomes a complete toady.

[@mariemurray3638]

Did many people have such dark wallpaper as Chalky and the Ogdens? Ours certainly wasn’t.

[@ria1636]

No, Coronation Street was years behind the times.

[@stevenhighams4190]

Some people did, yes.

[@stevenhighams4190]

I remember being really chuffed when they brought Suzie back, but then they got rid of her again in very little time. What did Gail have that Suzie and Tricia Hopkins didn't?

[@bsaunders5271]

A face like a frog

[@ironknobsteelworks4063]

We all know what Gail didn`t have........

[@saxongreen78]

The actress playing Suzie has MS...it led to an early retirement from Corrie due to increasingly frequent falls.

[@paullynton-green6570]

A chin.

[@queendeirdre7436]

Fred needs to get a life and keep his big ass out of everyone else's business 😮

[@teenabrunk83]

Was anyone as happy as I was when Fred Gee was written out?

[@greggildersleeve3484]

Poor Bernard Youens (Stan Ogden). Virtually unrecognizable from a decade before.

[@jstewart3517]

Brian wearing sweatpants putting on a belt ( what no drawstrings they r thick over there 😊😂😂

[@MyMargo111]

I think Fred needs a customer care course.

[@bernieoneill8758]

Hi too One and all Mick remind me of Jr jumping from. One woman too the next and but he's a very hasome man

[@Kevin-1969]

Suzie, she was a great character, wish she was in it today.

[@paulfrost8895]

She did bring a sparkle to the show ' just like so many in it's day.

[@stevenhighams4190]

No, they'd probably have turned her into the same dysfunctional freakshow they turned Gail and Deirdre into: 12 husbands, devil children, spell in prison, every new lover or job right there on the doorstep, etc.

[@vinniex3098]

I had a huge crush on her back in the day

[@MyMargo111]

Certainly did a lot of drinking.

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

The till in the Kabin - a wooden box?? Was there no crime in the early 80s?? 😂😂

[@theculturedthug6609]

That Dirty stop-out Deirdre Rashid.

[@alexanderjones9572]

2.28.57 I’m amazed Hilda ( who was there) kept quiet when Bet asked if she should go and fetch Annie!

[@yvetteroche6571]

Mike sounds really creepy..and Deidre bought in to it..major cringe!!

[@josephbland3904]

WTF was Mike thinking of… Why would he want dreary Deirdre with her attitude & armour plate glasses… Reckon he only did it so that boring Ken would eventually find out & cause ructions….

[@susi-emily]

Nah, he clearly fancied her. She was very pretty at this point, and obviously well up for it due to being married to old stuffy Barlow. If I was Deirdre I'd be doing the same thing.

[@jameshodges1496]

That Bert is a mood hoover.

[@bibakroll8999]

Dreadful character.

[@bethshields4903]

Bert was a great character. A real balance for Ivy and told Brian what’s for a few times !These episodes were after he had had a stroke, and his health was going downhill very rapidly.

[@dummatube]

Jeez, 1983 when the outside production unit only had a potato and a flashlight!

[@fluxington]

I think the files being in 360p makes silly people think that TV quality was significantly lower than it actually was.

[@excelents]

37:03 Did Bernard (Stan) forget his line as a sign of his illness and Jean (Hilda) improvises her next line around the storyline of the pub being short staffed hence the end of the scene cutting.

[@johnlarkin3821]

Treestump Brian can't relate to Ncky except as "Tiger" or "Soldier" ... what a bone-head dad!