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Amy Barlow
Amy Barlow (also Patience Cropper and Amy McDonald) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', portrayed by Elle Mulvaney. She was born on screen during the episode broadcast on 9 February 2004. To date, the character has been portrayed by eight child actors; Holly Bowyer, Rebecca Pike, Louisa Morris, Rachel and Sarah Corker, Madison Hampson, Amber Chadwick and Elle Mulvaney, making her the most recast character in Coronation Street. Although Amy's surname has stayed Barlow, Chadwick was credited as Amy McDonald for three episodes from 2009 to 2010. Amy is the daughter of Tracy Barlow ( Kate Ford) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), granddaughter of Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride), Ray Langton (Neville Buswell), Ken Barlow (William Roache), Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) and Jim McDonald (Charles Lawson) and the cousin of Simon Barlow ( Alex Bain) and Adam Barlow ( Iain De Caestecker; Sam Robertson). Amy's storylines have included: her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elle Mulvaney
Elle Jade Mulvaney (born 1 October 2002) is an English actress who has played the role of Amy Barlow in ITV soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ... '' Coronation Street''. Career Mulvaney started her acting through the Carol Godby Theatre Workshop, which she has attended since the age of four. Mulvaney's casting as Amy Barlow was announced in March 2010, taking over from Amber Chadwick. A spokeswoman said "Amy has some big storylines coming up so we decided to recast an older child who could play younger. This is common practice." Awards and nominations References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mulvaney, Elle Living people 2002 births People from Bury, Greater Manchester English child actresses English soap opera actresses Actresses from Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Cunningham (Coronation Street)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' in 2010, by order of first appearance. Trevor Dean Enid Crump Enid Crump, played by June Broughton, arrives on the Street to confront Betty Williams (Betty Driver) as Betty celebrates her 90th birthday and a reporter writes an article stating that she is the oldest barmaid in the North West. That is until Enid arrives and claims her title to the throne, as she is 91. After Enid contracts food poisoning, Betty is in great fear as Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) tells her that the hot pot, which he served her, was found at the back of the fridge, but he did not know that it was two months old. Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) makes enquiries and finds out that Enid's illness is attributable to drinking too much, much to Betty and Steve's relief. In 2011 Betty finds out in the newspaper that Enid has died of a rare liver disease. Jane Kenworthy Jane Kenworthy is portraye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Ford
Kate Ford (born 29 December 1976) is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Tracy Barlow in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' (2002–2007, 2010–present). Ford was born in Salford, Greater Manchester. She attended Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria and Blackpool and The Fylde College, Lancashire. She later trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Kate’s earliest work is in the music video for The Beatles song "Free as a Bird" in 1995. Some years later in 2002, she appeared in a spin-off episode of the popular BBC1 soap opera '' EastEnders'' which revolved around the characters of Ricky Butcher and Bianca Jackson. Ford took on the role of Tracy Barlow Tracy Lynette McDonald (also Barlow, Preston, Cropper and Langton) is a fictional character and a main antagonist from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street''. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 24 January 1977. ... in ''Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV1
ITV1 (formerly known as ITV) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the British media company ITV plc. It provides the Channel 3 public broadcast service across all of the United Kingdom except for the central and northern areas of Scotland where STV provides the service. ITV1 as a consistent national channel (with dedicated slots for regional news and other regional programmes) evolved out of the old ITV network – a federation of separately owned regional companies which had significantly different local schedules and branding. During the 1990s, the differences between the schedules in each region gradually reduced – partly through the consolidation of ownership and partly through the standardisation in the volume and scheduling of regional programmes. In 2002, a major change of appearance occurred when all ITV regions in England adopted national continuity. Regional logos vanished and regional names were mentioned only before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by " horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time, BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was for four decades a network of separate companies which provided regional television services and also shared programmes between each other to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs the ITV1 channel, and STV Group, which runs the STV channel. The ITV network is a separate entity from ITV plc, the company that resulted from the merger of Granada plc and Carlton Communications in 2004. ITV plc holds the Channel 3 bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In The United Kingdom
Regular television broadcasts in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there are basically 485 TV channels, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010 for consumers as well as on-demand content. There are six main channel owners who are responsible for most material viewed. There are 27,000 hours of domestic content produced a year, at a cost of £2.6 billion.Tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Brooker
Emma Brooker is a fictional character from the British soap opera '' Coronation Street'', portrayed by Alexandra Mardell. She first appeared on-screen during the episode broadcast on 20 April 2018. Emma's storylines have included short-term relationships with David Platt ( Jack P. Shepherd), Chesney Brown (Sam Aston) and Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni), surviving a roof collapse at the local factory, discovering that Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) is her biological father, a relationship with Curtis Delamere ( Sam Retford) who suffers from factitious disorder and running over an elderly man in her car. Mardell announced her departure from the show in February 2022, departing on 8 April 2022. Storylines Emma applies for an apprentice position at Audrey's when Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) struggles to handle her workload with owner Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) being in hospital and David Platt ( Jack P. Shepherd) taking some time off work due to personal reasons. Her applica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Hunt
Blanche Hunt (also Linfield) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street''. She was originally played by Patricia Cutts; however, the actress died by suicide after appearing in just two episodes in August 1974. Maggie Jones took over the role, playing Blanche in over 840 episodes from 1974 to her death in December 2009. The character subsequently died off screen in May 2010. Blanche was the mother of Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride), grandmother of Tracy Barlow ( Kate Ford) and great-grandmother of Amy Barlow ( Elle Mulvaney). Her storylines have revolved around her family life, various romances and her "acerbic tongue". The character's "gallows humour" has been well received by critics, and saw Jones win The British Soap Award for "Best Comedy Performance" in 2005 and 2008. Blanche has been described as "a true ''Coronation Street'' icon". Storylines Blanche is introduced as the widowed mother of Deirdre Hunt (Anne Kirkbride). Her bank man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Coronation Street Characters (2019)
''Coronation Street'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2019, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is Natalie Watkins (Cassie Bradley), an acquaintance of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), in January, followed by the birth of Bertie Osbourne, the son of Daniel Osbourne ( Rob Mallard) and Sinead Tinker ( Katie McGlynn) and Andrea Abruzzi (Luca Malacrino) a hairdresser who applies for a job at Trim Up North. Jan Lozinski (Piotr Baumann), a builder working for Gary Windass (Mikey North), first appears in March, followed by Alina Pop (Ruxandra Porojnicu), a love interest for Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni), in April. The Bailey family - consisting of brothers James Bailey (Nathan Graham) and Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell), their father Ed Bailey (Trevor Michael Georges) and mother Aggie Bailey (Lorna Laidlaw) - are int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Barlow
Simon Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' and has been played by Alex Bain since 2008. The character was originally played by twins, Jake and Oscar Hartley, on his birth in 2003. Simon is the son of Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Lucy Richards (Katy Carmichael), the adoptive son of Leanne Battersby ( Jane Danson) and the grandson of Ken Barlow (William Roache). His storylines have included his mother's death, a custody battle between Peter and his maternal grandfather, a custody battle between Peter and Leanne, physically abusing Leanne, and dealing drugs. Storylines Simon is born in July 2003 to Lucy Richards (Katy Carmichael), who had already split up with Simon's father Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne). On learning that he had married his girlfriend, Shelley Unwin (Sally Lindsay), when they had married first - she told Shelley that her marriage was illegal. In revenge, Lucy tricked Peter into thinking they had a future ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Barlow
Adam Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'', played by actor Sam Robertson. He made his first appearance on-screen on 14 January 2001. Adam was played by Iain De Caestecker from the character's first appearance in 2001 until 21 July 2003 with Robertson taking over the role from 31 December 2004 until 20 April 2007. Robertson reprised the role in 2016 and made his return on screen on 16 November 2016. Adam is the son of Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs) and Susan Barlow ( Joanna Foster), and the grandson of Ken Barlow (William Roache). Storylines 2001–2007 Adam first appears aged 12 when he is visiting his uncle Peter Barlow ( Chris Gascoyne), grandfather Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Ken's partner Deirdre Rachid (Anne Kirkbride), with his mother, Susan Barlow ( Joanna Foster). It is revealed that Ken's arch-enemy and Susan's former husband, Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs), is Adam's father. Adam is injured in a car crash that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
