Like its 1967 counterpart, which featured the wedding of Elsie and Steve Tanner, the magazine was heavy on specially-taken photographs and began with two major features on the life histories of the bride and groom. Other wedding-focussed articles included one on Rita choosing her dress, the couple shopping for rings and Len buying his suit for the big day. As producer Bill Podmore related in his 1990 memoirs Coronation Street: The Inside Story, Patricia Phoenix was "furious" about the wedding storyline: