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Following Howson's arrival, the characters of Bernard and Sandra Butler and Audrey and Dickie Fleming departed one-by-one, significantly reducing the programme's younger cast. This was the only year in Coronation Street history where no new characters were introduced, although there were returns from Kenneth Farrington as Billy Walker, Sandra Gough as Irma Barlow and Julie Goodyear as Bet Lynch, all for long stints. Writers wanted to bring Alan Rothwell back with Gough to keep Irma and David Barlow together, but Rothwell was busy with theatre work at the time. Wanting Irma to return as a free agent, the writers killed off both David and their son Darren in an off-screen car crash in Australia, with the news relayed the news to the residents of Coronation Street via a long-distance telephon

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  • Coronation Street in 1970
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  • Following Howson's arrival, the characters of Bernard and Sandra Butler and Audrey and Dickie Fleming departed one-by-one, significantly reducing the programme's younger cast. This was the only year in Coronation Street history where no new characters were introduced, although there were returns from Kenneth Farrington as Billy Walker, Sandra Gough as Irma Barlow and Julie Goodyear as Bet Lynch, all for long stints. Writers wanted to bring Alan Rothwell back with Gough to keep Irma and David Barlow together, but Rothwell was busy with theatre work at the time. Wanting Irma to return as a free agent, the writers killed off both David and their son Darren in an off-screen car crash in Australia, with the news relayed the news to the residents of Coronation Street via a long-distance telephon
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  • Following Howson's arrival, the characters of Bernard and Sandra Butler and Audrey and Dickie Fleming departed one-by-one, significantly reducing the programme's younger cast. This was the only year in Coronation Street history where no new characters were introduced, although there were returns from Kenneth Farrington as Billy Walker, Sandra Gough as Irma Barlow and Julie Goodyear as Bet Lynch, all for long stints. Writers wanted to bring Alan Rothwell back with Gough to keep Irma and David Barlow together, but Rothwell was busy with theatre work at the time. Wanting Irma to return as a free agent, the writers killed off both David and their son Darren in an off-screen car crash in Australia, with the news relayed the news to the residents of Coronation Street via a long-distance telephone call. Kenneth Farrington's return to the programme followed Arthur Leslie's passing on 30th June. Leslie had died after suffering a heart attack, aged 70. His death was a devastating blow to the cast and crew, particularly Doris Speed who seriously considered quitting her role of Annie Walker. Out of respect to Leslie's family, the characters in Coronation Street learned of Jack Walker's death between episodes and his funeral was held in Derby. After Annie returned as the sole Rovers landlord, her character transitioned from being one half of a bedrock couple to empress of her own kingdom, where the staff knew to toe the line. As the programme approached its 1000th episode, a technician's strike at Granada halted production at the station between 26th May and 20th June, resulting in eight episodes going unrecorded. Coronation Street belatedly reached the milestone in August, although due to a change in production codes, the 999th episode was heralded as the 1000th. Industrial action affected Coronation Street again later in the year as it celebrated another milestone: its tenth anniversary. On 13th November, just under a year after Granada went into colour, ACTT members went on strike pending a pay rise for using the new colour equipment. From that day onwards, all ITV stations transmitted their programmes in black and white, even those which had been recorded in colour. For a three-month period, Coronation Street was recorded and shown in monochrome, although no changes were made to the sets to reflect this fact.
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