List of Coronation Street producers

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This is a list of producers who have presided over the running of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street at some point since it began on 9 December 1960. In the early days, producers came and went on a regular basis, some repeating several short stints over a number of years. In recent years, however, with the established structure of the show and storylining more advanced than ever, producers are more likely to stay for longer periods. The dates are the day that their first and last episodes aired.

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Executive producers

No.Executive ProducerTenure
1 H. V. Kershaw 1965; 1968; 1969 – 1970; 1970 – 1971; 1971; 1972
2Richard Everitt1968
3Bill Podmore1982 – 1987
4David Liddiment1988 – 1992
5Carolyn Reynolds1993 – 1997; 1998 – 2000; 2002 – 2005
6Jane Macnaught2000 – 2002
7Kieran Roberts2006 – 2018
8Iain MacLeod2024 – present

Producers

No.ProducerDates
1 Stuart Latham [1] 9 December 1960 – 10 July 1961
17 February – 4 March 1964
2 Derek Granger [2] 12 July 1961 – 16 April 1962
3 H.V. Kershaw 18 April 1962 – 8 May 1963
28 September 1964 – 13 January 1965
15 February – 28 April 1965
11 July 1966 – 31 May 1967
4Margaret Morris [3] 13 May 1963 – 12 February 1964
9 March – 11 May 1964
5Tim Aspinall [4] 13 May – 23 September 1964
6 Richard Everitt [5] 18 January – 10 February 1965
7Howard Baker [6] 3 May 1965 – 21 July 1965
6 September 1965 – 5 January 1966
8Peter Eckersley [7] 10 January – 6 July 1966
9 Jack Rosenthal [2] 5 June – 22 November 1967
10Michael Cox [8] 27 November 1967 – 13 March 1968
11Richard Doubleday [8] 3 June – 30 October 1968
12John Finch [9] 4 November 1968 – 5 March 1969
13June Howson [10] 23 March – 19 October 1970
12–14 September 1977
14 Leslie Duxbury [11] 18 January – 10 March 1971
12–28 August 1974
8–29 September 1975
3–12 October 1977
15Brian Armstrong [12] 22 November 1971 – 17 May 1972
16Eric Prytherch [10] 22 May 1972 – 24 April 1974
23–25 June 1975
17Susi Hush [13] 15 April 1974 – 7 August 1974
2 September 1974 – 18 June 1975
30 June – 3 September 1975
1 October 1975 – 4 February 1976
29–31 March 1976
18 Bill Podmore [14] 9 February 1976 – 24 March 1976
5 April 1976 – 7 September 1977
19–28 September 1977
17 October 1977 – 29 December 1982
31 August 1987 – 1 February 1989
19Pauline Shaw [10] 28 June – 1 December 1982
20Mervyn Watson [10] 6 December 1982 – 27 February 1985
6 February 1989 – 24 January 1992
21John G. Temple [10] 4 March 1985 – 26 August 1987
22Carolyn Reynolds [15] 27 January 1992 – 7 January 1994
23Tony Wood [16] 10–21 January 1994
29 March 2004 – 12 February 2006
24Sue Pritchard [17] 24 January 1994 – 14 March 1997
25 Brian Park [18] 16 March 1997 – 4 December 1998
26 David Hanson [19] 6 December 1998 – 22 October 1999
27Jane MacNaught [20] 24 October 1999 – 22 October 2000
28Kieran Roberts [21] 11 March 2002 – 28 March 2004
29 Steve Frost [22] 13 February 2006 – 11 July 2008
30Kim Crowther [23] 14 July 2008 – 23 July 2010
31 Phil Collinson [24] 26 July 2010 – 5 April 2013
32Stuart Blackburn [25] 8 April 2013 – 12 August 2016
33 Kate Oates [26] 15 August 2016 – 10 December 2018
34Iain MacLeod [27] 12 December 2018 – 10 June 2024
35Verity MacLeod [28] 12 June 2024 – 2024
36Kate Brooks15 November 2024 – present

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