H. V. Kershaw, also known as Harry Kershaw, (29 May 1918England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 – 18 April 1992) from

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

was a British television scriptwriter and producer best known for his long association with the

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 ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'', a programme he continued to pen scripts for until the late-1980s. His memoir, ''The Street Where I Live'', reflects on the creation and casting of the serial, as well as its production until the early 1980s.

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1918 births 1992 deaths Writers from Manchester English soap opera writers English television writers English television producers Place of birth missing 20th-century English screenwriters {{England-writer-stub