Title Sequences - Coronation Street

The title sequence for Coronation Street hasn't changed much since the soaps very first episode as the short graphical sequence contains shots of terraced streets which represent the programmes setting of Weatherfield; this is played along the soaps theme music which is composed by Eric Spear. 

From 1999 to 2010, the episodes writer and director were credited in the title sequence, although in 2010 the title sequence carries no credits and ended with the Coronation Street logo instead.

With very few changes since its debut in 1960, the sequence has pretty much followed the same formula although have changed very slight variations to incorporate recent trends. 

The very first title sequence was in black and white as the titles provided viewers with a glimpse of the programme in 1960 when it first started. The establishing shot consisted of rows of terraced houses, taken from dock buildings on Ordsall Road in Salford with St.Clements Church in the distance, after which the view changed to tilting downwards shot of Archie Street which again was in Salford on which the architecture of fictional Coronation Street was based.
This sequence was used until episode 336 (2nd March 1964), after this, there was a three month period where there was no title and the programme title was shown exclusively over the opening scene or location.

As said the before, with hardly changes, with the programmes move to high definition, a new title sequence was made which made its debut on the Internet first on the 27th May 2010. Within the programme it was first used on episode 7351 (31st May 2010). This particular sequence incorporated shots of Manchester City Centre, including the Castlefield basin, before dissolving into shots of Coronation Street itself. As a new producer of Coronation Street; Phil Colinson moved the Coronation Street logo was moved back to the very end of the sequence with the writer and director credit was displayed over the opening shots of the actions shown in the episode.

End Credits:
The end credit sequence is also a crucial part as a list of all actors and key production teams who worked on the episode were listed. Actors are usually listed in order of appearance. If two or more episodes were broad casted on one day (Mondays and Fridays) then only on the final episode contained the end credits which showed overall cast credits rather than individual episodic credits.
Until mid 2010, Coronation Street's ending credits had changed very little as it usually consisted of an image of the street itself, terraced rooftops or cobblestones, or a black screen which was common in the mid 70's. Since 2000, most ITV programme end credits have been standardised. The programmes credits currently use images from the title sequence, with cast credits displayed at the base against a black backdrop.