{"id":174141,"date":"2025-12-08T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/174141\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:34:10","slug":"coronation-street-hides-easter-egg-in-65th-anniversary-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/174141\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street hides Easter egg in 65th anniversary special"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coronation Street spoilers<\/a> follow from Monday’s episode (8 December)<\/a>, which is available to watch now on ITVX<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>, but hasn’t yet aired on ITV1.
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Coronation Street has hidden a surprise Easter egg in tonight’s episode<\/a>, as a nod to the show’s milestone anniversary. This month marks an impressive 65 years of the ITV soap – but did you spot the small on-screen tribute?<\/p>\n

Today’s edition opens with barmaid Glenda Shuttleworth jovially strolling to work while greeting her neighbours along the way. When she arrives outside The Rovers, landlord Ben Driscoll is hanging up a large birthday banner for his mum, Maggie. <\/p>\n

The camera then switches to a shot of Brian Packham, setting up a poster outside The Kabin, boldly displaying the words “Florizel Street”.<\/p>\n

Die-hard fans will know that Florizel Street was the original name for the soap, suggested by Corrie creator Tony Warren<\/a>. The idea came from a picture he owned of fairytale character Prince Florizel valiantly slashing through a forest to reach Sleeping Beauty. <\/p>\n

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“Up until the week of our first show it was still known as Florizel Street,” Warren previously told The Northern Echo<\/a>. “From the start many people involved with the show had their doubts about the title.<\/p>\n

“But it was only when Agnes the tea lady said that Florizel sounded like a disinfectant that we came up with some alternatives.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Coronation Street’s Daniel Osbourne to spot potential clue to devastating story<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the small Easter egg isn’t the only tribute to the soap’s anniversary<\/a>, as tonight’s special episode centres around Maggie’s 65th birthday.<\/p>\n

Pauline McLynn, who plays the matriarch, explained: “It is going to be a very big birthday. She’s 65, which is a nod to the show’s anniversary. The whole birthday thing is kind of a ‘Happy Birthday to the show’ element, too.”<\/p>\n

But as the festivities kick off in The Rovers, Maggie experiences a dark flashback<\/a> to her time as a young wife and mother of two. Throughout the special episode, viewers learn more about the Driscolls’ mysterious past, with some harrowing secrets set to be revealed.<\/p>\n

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Coronation Street spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

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