<P> The show airs six times a week : Monday , Wednesday and Friday 7 : 30 -- 8 pm and 8 : 30 -- 9 pm . Since 2017 , ten classic episodes of the programme from 1986 onwards air each week on ITV3 . The programme was conceived in 1960 by scriptwriter Tony Warren at Granada Television in Manchester . Warren 's initial kitchen sink drama proposal was rejected by the station 's founder Sidney Bernstein , but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes . Within six months of the show 's first broadcast , it had become the most - watched programme on British television , and is a significant part of the British culture . The show has been one of the most lucrative programmes on British commercial television , underpinning the success of Granada Television and ITV . </P>
<P> The show airs six times a week : Monday , Wednesday and Friday 7 : 30 -- 8 pm and 8 : 30 -- 9 pm . Since 2017 , ten classic episodes of the programme from 1986 onwards air each week on ITV3 . The programme was conceived in 1960 by scriptwriter Tony Warren at Granada Television in Manchester . Warren 's initial kitchen sink drama proposal was rejected by the station 's founder Sidney Bernstein , but he was persuaded by producer Harry Elton to produce the programme for 13 pilot episodes . Within six months of the show 's first broadcast , it had become the most - watched programme on British television , and is a significant part of the British culture . The show has been one of the most lucrative programmes on British commercial television , underpinning the success of Granada Television and ITV . </P>
how many days a week is coronation street on
how many days a week is coronation street on
Monday , Wednesday and Friday
Monday , Wednesday and Friday