15 Things Fans Were Never Supposed to Know About ‘Coronation Street’

10. They eat a lot of crisps

There are a lot of potato chips (aka crisps) being eaten on the show. In the pub they go through 48 bags each week, which comes out to 2,500 each year and over 120,000 since the show first aired.

11. The show has made the Guinness Book of World Records

There have been over 5,000 different actors on the show over the years, but one actor William Roache has made the Guinness Book of World Records for how long he has played Ken Barlow. He’s been on the show since it began in 1960, and is now in his 80s (and onto his 25th affair on the show!). The next longest lasting actor is Eileen Derbyshire who has played Emily Bishop on the show for almost 50 years.

12. They use a ton of scripts

For each episode three different scripts are printed out, which if you put them all end to end would be 3.5 miles long or 17 times the height of the Eiffel Tower!