Coronation Street in 1991 1991 was " Coronation Street " ' s thirty - second year . Production . In their third year as producer and executive producer , Mervyn Watson and David Liddiment completed their long game as the last of the new houses and shops became occupied . Phil Jennings took over the factory unit for PJ Leisure , Mike Baldwin started MVB Motors in the garage unit with Kevin Webster running it , No . 2 became a charity shop with Emily Bishop in charge , the Platts bought No . 8 , and Reg Holdsworth moved into No . 12 , bringing his waterbed with him . Watson stood down as producer at the end of the year , and was replaced by Carolyn Reynolds . Liddiment remained in his role . Compared with 1989 and 1990 , 1991 was quiet on the casting front , with the most notable signing being Sarah Lancashire as dipsy Raquel Wolstenhulme . Lancashire - daughter of 1960s writer Geoffrey Lancashire - appeared initially for three months before being brought back as a regular in the last episode of the year . Chloe Newsome played a recast Victoria Arden , now an orphan after the deaths of Sandra and Tim Arden . With her Handforth background and private schooling , Vicky was another character who typified the intention to broaden the scope of " Coronation Street " ' s characters . Also , after leaving the BBC One sitcom " Allo ! Allo ! " , Ken Morley increased his commitment to the " Street " , more than doubling his appearances as Reg Holdsworth from 1990 . Departures were more numerous . After one year as Steph Barnes , Amelia Bullmore decided to quit . Philip Middlemiss was kept on , with Des becoming the Street ' s romeo . Sally Ann Matthews left the role of Jenny Bradley after five years , Stuart Wolfenden departed as Mark Casey , and Tommy Boyle , Shirin Taylor and Suzanne Hall , respectively playing Phil Jennings , Jackie Baldwin and Kimberley Taylor , left when their characters ' storylines wrapped up . Meanwhile , Bryan Mosley suffered a heart attack , resulting in Alf Roberts being off - screen for five months while he recovered . For the first time , two episodes of " Coronation Street " were shown on the same day . This occurred on Christmas Day , when in addition to the episode shown at the usual time of 7 . 30pm , an extra installment was broadcast at 2 . 50pm . The episode both preceded and followed the Queen ' s speech , with no adverts or continuity announcements dividing the programmes - instead , the speech directly followed a scene in the Roberts household in which Alf Roberts sat down to watch it . Viewing figures . Ratings for every episode are available , making up partial sets of data for single - showing and aggregated figures . As a result , it is not possible to determine a yearly average or the highest / lowest rated episodes for 1991 . From the data available , the initial - showing ratings were down year - on - year from January to July by an average of one million viewers , and up year - on - year by two million viewers in August and September . 20 episodes reached number one in the ratings , compared with 45 in 1989 and 1990 , while two episodes dropped out of the top twenty . Who lives where . Coronation Street Rosamund Street Others