Coronation Street is a soap opera created by Tony Warren. The series has run since 9th December 1960 and is broadcast on ITV. Former Hollyoaks series producer Iain MacLeod presently serves as the series's series producer.
Weatherfield - the fictional city in which Coronation Street is set - exists in the same universe as Hollyoaks. In Episode 5715 (5th November 2021), Nate Denby mentioned Coronation Street character Maria Connor, who held a protest about air pollution which was publicised in the Weatherfield Gazette.
Actors who have appeared in both Coronation Street and Hollyoaks in regular capacities include:
- Suzanne Hall: played Kimberley Taylor from 1989 to 1992.
- Denise Welch: played Natalie Barnes from 1997 to 2000.
- Adam Rickitt: played Nick Tilsley from 1997 to 2004.
- Stephen Billington: played Greg Kelly from 1998 to 1999.
- Nikki Sanderson: played Candice Stowe from 1999 to 2005.
- Lucy-Jo Hudson: played Katy Harris from 2002 to 2005.
- Ian Puleston-Davies: played Owen Armstrong from 2010 to 2015.
- Tony Hirst: played Paul Kershaw from 2010 to 2013.
- Chris Fountain: played Tommy Duckworth from 2011 to 2013.
- Oliver Farnworth: played Andy Carver from 2014 to 2017.
- Writer Tracy Brabin: played Tricia Armstrong from 1994 to 1997.