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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.
Sixpenny Corner: With Patricia Dainton, Howard Pays, Robert Webber, Betty Bowden. This was the first ever serial shown on Independent Television in the UK, and started on their second day of broadcast. It was about the life and love of a young couple running a garage together.
Britain’s first daily serial followed the life of a newlywed young couple – Bill (Howard Pays) and Sally Norton (Patricia Dainton) – who lived in a small bungalow by the side of their garage on a bypass crossroads at Sixpenny Corner in rural Springwood.
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Sixpenny Corner. Seasons. Years. 1. Add image. S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1. Fri, Sep 23, 1955. The first installment of a daily serial telling of the life, love, and tribulations of young Bill and Sally Norton and their garage at Sixpenny Corner, in rural Springwood. Rate. Add image. S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2. Mon, Sep 26, 1955. Add a plot. Rate. Add image.
Sixpenny Corner is historically important as Britain's first daily TV soap opera. The series' 15-minute episodes revolved around the Nortons, a newlywed couple played by Howard Pays and...
