The story of how 22 year old writer Tony Warren conceived, wrote and fought for the record breaking UK TV series Coronation Street.

David Dawson
as Tony Warren

Jessie Wallace
as Pat Phoenix

Celia Imrie
as Doris Speed

Jane Horrocks
as Margaret Morris

Shaun Dooley
as Derek Bennett

Lynda Baron
as Violet Carson

Sophia Di Martino
as Josie Scott

Henry Goodman
as Cecil Bernstein

Steven Berkoff
as Sidney Bernstein

John Thomson
as Harry Kershaw