Coronation Street is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since December 1960. The show focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in the fictional town of Weatherfield, near Manchester, England. It is the longest-running British soap opera and one of the most-watched television programmes in the UK.

The show follows the lives of the residents of Coronation Street, a cobbled street in the fictional town of Weatherfield.