New! Magazine – 29 July 2019

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F

ive Coronation Street icons are

set to be featured in a brand new

documentary to mark the show’s

60th anniversary next year, aptly titled,

Queens Of The Street. Why, you ask?

Because these ladies are legends and

deserve to be celebrated, that’s why. Here,

we take a look at the women who found

fame in Weatherfield – cementing their

places in soap history forever...

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QUEENS!

The Street’s legendary ladies will be

celebrated in a brand new documentary

SURANNE JONES

Before she was snogging women in

Gentleman Jack, hunting down a cheating

husband in Doctor Foster or catching

criminals in Scott & Bailey, Suranne learnt

her trade as Corrie fave Karen McDonald.

Feisty Karen arrived in Weatherfield

and became a seamstress at the knicker

factory. Initially, she hooked up with Steve

McDonald for a bet, but the pair soon fell in

love. However, a romantic triangle ensued

between Karen, Steve and Tracy Barlow,

which resulted in not one, but two epic

catfights – first at Karen and Steve’s

wedding and then on the roof of

Underworld. Classic Corrie dramz.

SARAH LANCASHIRE

Sarah secured her place in the

soap’s Hall of Fame as ditsy

barmaid Raquel Watts, who

was married to loveable

local Curly. Sadly for

Curly, Raquel eventually

fled Weatherfield in

1996 to start a new life

in, erm, Kuala Lumpur as

an aromatherapist.

Since leaving Corrie

(aside from a cameo in 2000),

Sarah has become one of its

biggest successes. She scored

a two-year golden handcuffs

deal with ITV on her departure,

making her the UK’s highest

earning TV actress at the time.

Sarah has gone on to star in hit

dramas such as Clocking Off, Last

Tango In Halifax and Happy Valley,

and bagged two TV Baftas plus an

OBE. What would Curly say?!

Karen and

Steve’s big day

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torn between

Mike and Ken

AMANDA BARRIE

Amanda played Alma

Sedgewick on and off for

20 years, and her character

dated long-time rivals Ken

Barlow and Mike Baldwin.

However, café owner Alma

was killed off in 2001 in a

tragic cervical cancer storyline.

As well as appearances in

Doctors, Bad Girls and Benidorm,

former Carry On star Amanda

has been a regular on the panto

circuit and took part in Celebrity

Big Brother in 2018.

The actress also famously

came out as bisexual in her

autobiography It’s Not A

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partner Hilary Bonner in 2014.

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WORDS: Karen Dunn, Hadley Middleton, Becky Ward PHOTOS: Getty, Mirrorpix