Leanne BattersbyLeanne Battersby (also Tilsley and Barlow) is a fictional character from the BritishITVsoap operaCoronation Street, played by Jane Danson. It was announced in February 1997 that a "family from hell" would be introduced to Coronation Street. This included Les (Bruce Jones) and Janice Battersby (Vicky Entwistle), Les' daughter Leanne and Janice's daughter Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor). Leanne made her first appearance on 4 July 1997.Children's WardChildren's Ward (retitled The Ward from 1995 to 1998) is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons. It aired from 15 March 1989 until 4 May 2000. The programme was set in Ward B1, the children's ward of the fictitious South Park Hospital (known as Sparky's), and told the stories of the young patients and the staff present there.
Coronation StreetBritish television soap opera (1960–present)Coronation Street (colloquially referred to as Corrie) is a British television soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. The location was itself based on Salford, the hometown of the show's first screenwriter and creator, Tony Warren.The Grand (TV series)The Grand is a British television drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network, broadcast between 4 April 1997 and 3 April 1998, The Grand was shown on Plus from 2002–2004. It was written by Russell T Davies and set in a grand hotel in Manchester in the 1920s. There are two series: eight episodes in the first series were broadcast from 4 April 1997 to 23 May 1997 and ten in the second series from 30 January 1998 to 3 April 1998.
G.B.H. (TV series)G.B.H. is a seven-part Britishtelevisiondrama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. Described by Bleasdale as "one caring, liberal madman's odyssey through the appalling farce of life in Britain today", its protagonists are Michael Murray (played by Robert Lindsay), the hard-left Labour leader of a city council in the North of England, and Jim Nelson (played by Michael Palin), the headmaster of a special school.Out of Tune (TV series)Out of Tune is a British children's TV sitcom which was shown on CBBC from 1996 to 1998. The show revolves around a group of fictional children who are part of a church choir at a school, focusing on their humorous misadventures during practice sessions. The choir is comically inept and their practices are frequently disrupted by various events. The show aired on BBC1 at 4:35pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, spanning 40 episodes across three series.
Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesHetty Wainthropp Investigates is a British crime drama television series, starring Patricia Routledge as the title character, Henrietta "Hetty" Wainthropp, that aired for four series between 3 January 1996 and 4 September 1998 on BBC One.
Soap operaA soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term soap opera originated from radio dramas' original sponsorship by soap manufacturers. The term was preceded by horse opera, a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. Some authorities exclude short-running serial dramas from their definition.The British Soap AwardsThe British Soap Awards (BSAs) were an annual awards ceremony which honoured the contributions made by the cast and crew of various British soap operas. The trophies given to the winners are made from metal and glass and were manufactured by British firm Creative Awards since their inception.
Alan BleasdaleAlan George Bleasdale (born 23 March 1946) is an English screenwriter, best known for social realist drama serials based on the lives of ordinary people. A former teacher, he has written for radio, stage and screen, and has also written novels. Bleasdale's plays typically represented a more realistic, contemporary depiction of life in Liverpool than was usually seen in the media.
The BillBritish police procedural television series (1984–2010)The Bill is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop" (part of the Storyboard series), broadcast on 16 August 1983. ITV were so impressed with the drama that a full series was commissioned.
ITV (TV network)ITV is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV. 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.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.