Julia Haworth News

The Peacocks pose with a fan Coronation Street fan Karen Guedes, middle, poses for snaps at Redeemer University College with Steve Arnold and Julia Haworth, who play Ashley and Claire Peacock on the long-running British soap opera.

These workaday issues are also a big part of the TV soap Coronation Street, which is beloved in its native Britain but also has a loyal Canadian following.

Coronation Street fans interested in joining the Free Jim McDonald movement sweeping YouTube and the Internet can make their feelings known in person to the man who plays the Northern Irish rogue this Friday at UW's Humanities Theatre.

Win a pair of tickets to an opening week invitation-only event, March 15 at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema! >> ENTER Former Coronation Street cast members including Ken Morley and Julia Haworth spill the secrets and gossip about their characters.

9, 1960. Despite initial opinions the show wouldn't last a month, it now owns the title of the world's longest-running soap opera in production as well as being one of the most financially successful.