Sixpenny Corner

Sixpenny Corner was the UK's first daily TV soap opera, broadcast by ITV from September 1955 until June 1956. The programme was created by Jonquil Antony and Hazel Adair; the latter later co-created Crossroads.^[1] The 15-minute episodes centred on a recently married young couple, Bill and Sally Norton, played by Howard Pays and Patricia Dainton. The setting was the fictional rural town of Springwood, where Bill ran a small garage business at Sixpenny Corner.^[2]

All of the 180 episodes are lost.^[3]

Cast

The cast includes:

Patricia Dainton
Howard Pays
Robert Webber
Betty Bowden
Robert Desmond
Shirley Mitchell
Stuart Saunders
Olive Milbourne
Walter Horsbrugh
Christine Pollon
Elizabeth Gott
Edward Judd
Vi Stevens
Bernard Fox
Laurence Shiel
Seymour Green
Jan Miller
Mysie Monte

References

^ "Hazel Adair, scriptwriter - obituary". Daily Telegraph. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
^ "Sixpenny Corner (1955)", Television Heaven, retrieved 9 February 2013
^ "Missing or incomplete episodes for programme Sixpenny Corner". tvbrain.info. Kaleidoscope. Retrieved 11 June 2023.

External links

Sixpenny Corner at IMDb

Soap operas in the United Kingdom

TV soaps

National	Coronation Street EastEnders Emmerdale Hollyoaks
Scotland	River City
Wales	Pobol y Cwm Rownd a Rownd
Medical dramas	Casualty Doctors
Australian-imported co-productions	Home and Away Neighbours

Radio soaps

The Archers

Defunct

1950s TV	The Appleyards (1952–1957) Emergency Ward 10 (1957–1967) The Grove Family (1954–1957) Sixpenny Corner (1955–1956) Starr and Company (1958)
1960s TV	199 Park Lane (1965) Castle Haven (1969–1970) Compact (1962–1965) Crossroads (1964–1988, 2001–2003) High Living (1968–1971) Market in Honey Lane (1967–1969) The Newcomers (1965–1969) United! (1965–1967) Weavers Green (1966)
1970s TV	Angels (1975–1983) General Hospital (1972–1979) Within These Walls (1974–1978) The Cedar Tree (1976–1979) Garnock Way (1976–1979)
1980s TV	Albion Market (1985–1986) The Bill (1983–2010) Brookside (1982–2003) Gems (1985–1988) For Maddie with Love (1980) Miracles Take Longer (1984) Park Avenue (1988–1992) The Practice (1985–1986) Taff Acre (1981) Take the High Road (1980–2003) Together (1980–1981) Triangle (1981–1983)
1990s TV	Castles (1995) Eldorado (1992–1993) Families (1990–1993) Family Affairs (1997–2005) Family Pride (1991–1992) Holby City (1999–2022) Jupiter Moon (1990, 1996) London Bridge (1996–1999) Machair (1993–1999) Quayside (1997) Revelations (1994–1996) Springhill (1996–1997)
2000s TV	Echo Beach (2008) Night and Day (2001–2003) The Royal Today (2008)
Radio	Front Line Family (1941–1948) Mrs Dale's Diary (1948–1969) Waggoners' Walk (1969–1980) Citizens (1987–1991) Westway (1997–2005) Silver Street (2004–2010) Ambridge Extra (2011–2013) Greenborne (2021)