From the Archive: Coronation Street theme composer speaks to Channel Television
Coronation Street is set to mark its 10,000th episode with an hour long special.
The soap has adorned our screens for more than 60 years and its theme tune is as iconic as the cobbles themselves.
Its composer, Eric Spear could never have known that his famous trumpet line would be playing in living rooms six decades on - but it is a little known fact that he wrote the piece in Guernsey for just six pounds!
Here he is speaking to Channel Television back in 1965...