Coronation Street : 50 Years , 50 Moments Coronation Street : 50 Years , 50 Moments was a two - part tribute programme shown at 9 . 00pm on both Tuesday 7th and Thursday 9th December , 2010 . The fifty moments were chosen by a panel which included Tony Warren , William Roache and " The Sun " and " The Guardian " television critic Nancy Banks - Smith . From 9th October to 8th November 2010 , viewers were invited to choose their top five from the final list using an on - line form on the " Coronation Street " ITV website with only one submission per e - mail address . The total ranked votes thus decided the overall running order of the programmes . The clips illustrating the chosen moments were accompanied for the most parts by short segments of interviews with people involved with the making of the programme over the five decades , some of them such as Anne Reid , giving their first interviews about their time on the show for many years . It should be noted that the term " moments " was loosely applied and while some of the chosen candidates were short scenes in an episode , a large number were particular storylines spread over several episodes ( or even months ) and in the case of number 28 in the final chart , an entire episode in itself . The final countdown , with credited interviewees , was as follows : Programme One 50 : Ken and Wendy ' s affair ( 1989 ) : William Roache , Mervyn Watson 49 : The coach crash ( Episode 923 ( 29th October 1969 ) ) : Daran Little , Betty Driver , Anne Reid 48 ( joint ) : The death of Martha Longhurst ( Episode 357 ( 13th May 1964 ) ) : Philip Lowrie , Tony Warren 48 ( joint ) : Alec and Bet ' s wedding ( Episode 2759 ( 9th September 1987 ) ) : Roy Barraclough , Julie Goodyear 46 : The Rovers Lorry Crash ( Episode 1892 ( 7th March 1979 ) and 1893 ( 12th March 1979 ) ) : Daran Little 45 : Valerie is electrocuted ( Episode 1047 ( 27th January 1971 ) ) : William Roache , Anne Reid 44 : Queen Annie ( Episode 1710 ( 6th June 1977 ) and 1711 ( 8th June 1977 ) ) : Julie Goodyear , Betty Driver , William Roache 43 : Mavis and Derek ' s double jilting ( Episode 2451 ( 26th September 1984 ) ) : Barbara Knox 42 : Brian Tilsley ' s death ( Episode 2910 ( 15th February 1989 ) ) : Christopher Quinten , Ian Aspinall 41 : The Murder of Ernie Bishop ( Episode 1772 ( 9th January 1978 ) and 1773 ( 11th January 1978 ) ) : Johnny Briggs , Stephen Hancock 40 : Bet leaves Weatherfield ( Episode 3922 ( 16th October 1995 ) ) : Julie Goodyear , Betty Driver , Trina Fraser ( Floor Manager from 1983 to 1995 whose hand doubled for Bet ' s in a shot of the keys being placed on the Rovers ' bar . 39 : Train crashes off the viaduct ( Episode 667 ( 8th May 1967 ) and 668 ( 10th May 1967 ) ) : Daran Little , Tony Warren . 38 : Baldwins at War ( Episode 4889 ( 10th September 2000 ) and 4890 ( 11th September 2000 ) ) : Paul Fox , Johnny Briggs 37 : Mel Hutchwright cons the Book Club ( 2005 ) : Sue Nicholls , Barbara Knox , William Roache 36 : Don and Alma ' s taxi plunge ( Episode 4179 ( 18th April 1997 ) and 4180 ( 20th April 1997 ) ) : Geoff Hinsliff , Amanda Barrie 35 : The Psycho Nanny ( 1993 ) : Carolyn Reynolds , Helen Worth , Sean Wilson , Catherine Cusack 34 : Kevin ' s secret affair ( 1997 ) : Michael Le Vell , Sally Dynevor , Denise Welch 33 : Fire at the Rovers ( Episode 2631 ( 18th June 1986 ) ) : William Tarmey , Sally Dynevor , Julie Goodyear , John Friend Newman ( Floor Manager ) 32 : Terry sells his son ( Episode 3637 ( 24th December 1993 ) ) : Nigel Pivaro , Elizabeth Dawn , William Tarmey 31 : Tracy and Roy ( Episode 5546 ( 20th July 2003 ) and 5547 ( 21st July 2003 ) : Julie Hesmondhalgh , Kate Ford , David Neilson , William Roache 30 : Hilda ' s ' Muriel ' ( Episode 1615 ( 7th July 1976 ) , 1616 ( 12th July 1976 and 1617 ( 14th July 1976 ) ) : Jean Alexander , Daran Little 29 : Raquel , Des and Tanya ( Episode 3717 ( 27th June 1994 ) and 3718 ( 29th June 1994 ) ) : Philip Middlemiss , John Stevenson 28 : The First Episode ( Episode 1 ( 9th December 1960 ) ) : Lyn Paul , Tony Warren , William Roache , Anne Cunningham , Philip Lowrie 27 : The Weatherfield One ( 1998 ) : Owen Aaronovitch , Anne Kirkbride , Daran Little 26 : Peter ' s bigamy ( 2003 ) : Chris Gascoyne , Kieran Roberts Programme Two 25 : Todd comes out ( 2003 ) : Kieran Roberts , Bruno Langley 24 : Bet and Betty stuck in a lake ( Episode 2304 ( 2nd May 1983 ) and 2305 ( 4th May 1983 ) ) : Betty Driver , Julie Goodyear 23 : Voulez - vous choucher avec moi , Ken ? ( Episode 3578 ( 9th August 1993 ) ) : William Roache , Carolyn Reynolds 22 : Ena and Elsie come to blows ( Episode 431 ( 27th January 1965 ) ) : Tony Warren , Philip Lowrie 21 : Sarah Lou ' s baby ( 2000 ) : Tina O ' Brien , Helen Worth 20 : Jack and the Dating Agency ( Episode 2308 ( 16th May 1983 ) to 2311 ( 25th May 1983 ) ) : Julie Goodyear , William Tarmey , Mervyn Watson 19 : Shelley dumps Charlie ( Episode 6120 ( 19th September 2005 ) to 6121 ( 21st September 2005 ) ) : Bill Ward , John Fay 18 : Mad Maya Monday ( Episode 5895 ( 22nd November 2004 ) to 5899 ( 24th November 2004 ) ) : Sasha Behar , Kieran Roberts 17 : Sally tells Kevin she has cancer ( Episode 7237 ( 25th December 2009 ) ) : Sally Dynevor , Michael Le Vell 16 ( joint ) : The Ogden ' s second honeymoon ( Episode 1756 ( 14th November 1977 ) and 1757 ( 16th November 1977 ) ) : Jean Alexander , Phil Collinson 16 ( joint ) : Steve and Becky ' s second wedding ( Episode 7141 ( 14th August 2009 ) ) : Simon Gregson , Katherine Kelly 14 : Alma ' s death ( Episode 5058 ( 17th June 2001 ) ) : Amanda Barrie 13 : Roy and Hayley ' s unusual love affair ( 1998 ) : Julie Hesmondhalgh , David Neilson 12 : Hilda Ogden ' s exit ( Episode 2790 ( 25th December 1987 ) ) : Jean Alexander , Antony Cotton , Phil Collinson 11 : Mike , Deirdre and Ken ' s love triangle ( 1983 ) : Anne Kirkbride , William Roache 10 : Reg ' s waterbed nightmare ( Episode 3535 ( 30th April 1993 ) ) : Ken Morley , John Stevenson , Sherrie Hewson 9 : Farewell , Stan ( Episode 2469 ( 28th November 1984 ) ) : Jean Alexander , Trina Fraser 8 : Alan Bradley and the tram ( Episode 3002 ( 8th December 1989 ) ) : Barbara Knox , John Stevenson , Mark Eden 7 : Tracy interrupts Steve and Karen ' s wedding ( Episode 5693 ( 16th February 2004 ) and 5694 ( 16th February 2004 ) ) : Simon Gregson , Suranne Jones 6 : Les and Cilla ' s love tub ( Episode 5892 ( 17th November 2004 ) ) : Wendi Peters 5 : The death of Mike Baldwin ( Episode 6265 ( 7th April 2006 ) ) : William Roache , Johnny Briggs , Barbara Knox 4 : Tracy kills Charlie Stubbs ( Episode 6467 ( 12th January 2007 ) and 6468 ( 12th January 2007 ) ) : Kate Ford 3 : Tony Gordon burns down Underworld ( Episode 7356 ( 9th June 2010 ) ) : Gray O ' Brien , Alison King , Julie Hesmondhalgh , Dayle Evans - Kar ( First Assistant Director ) 2 : The reign of Richard Hillman ( 2001 ) : Brian Capron , Helen Worth , John Friend Newman 1 : Blanche visits the alcoholics ' support group ( Episode 7124 ( 20th July 2009 ) ) : Jonathan Harvey , Chris Gascoyne , Anne Kirkbride , Antony Cotton , William Roache , Kieran Roberts The programmes were narrated by Victoria Wood , Mark Robinson was the executive producer and Kerry Allison and Vicky Thomas jointly produced and directed . The first instalment gained 5 , 750 , 000 viewers and was 30th in the viewing charts for the week , while the second instalment had 6 , 750 , 000 viewers and was 25th placed . The first instalment was repeated on ITV2 on Wednesday 8th December at 1 . 00am and the second on the same channel at 11 . 45pm on 9th December . The two instalments were given further repeats on the same channel on Saturday 11th December 2010 at 7 . 00pm and 8 . 00pm respectively .