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Season guide
Coronation Street: Season 21
27 episodes
Premiered Jan 2, 1980 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Coronation Street
Season 21 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Coronation Street Season 20.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 21 Episodes
Episode Guide
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S21·E1
Mytharc
2nd January 1980
Jan 2, 1980 · 24 min
The men return at 7.00am after spending the night with fifteen women at 32 Bessie Street. They go for an early morning "hair of the dog" in the Rovers and decide to tell everyone A
S21·E2
Core
7th January 1980
Jan 7, 1980
Rita tells Len she wants a decent home to live in. Len tells her to make a list of alterations. Jim Sedgewick tells Emily and Gail he's bought the cafe off Joe Dawson. Susan return