Steven Arnold News

Almost 16 years after first walking onto Coronation Street as butcher Fred Elliott's elfin, good-natured nephew Ashley Peacock, it was Steven Arnold's turn to take the scriptwriter's bullet in an episode that aired in the U.K. on Dec.

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.

For half a century, the residents of Coronation Street have captivated viewers around the world, including the City of Kawartha Lakes.

FOUR former cast members of Coronation Street will be in Manitoba in March to dish on the secrets and gossip surrounding the long-running British TV series.

If you're a devotee of the long-running British TV soap opera Coronation Street, you best circle March 11 on your calendar.