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BBC North West Regional Documentaries: Record Detail

Accession Number

B498

Series Title

WAIT WHILE

Programme Title

BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS VIOLET CARSON

Producer

[Unknown]

Other Credits

Presenter: Barry Askew

Transmission Date

01/01/71

 

colour , sound (sep), 10 mins 00 secs

Synopsis

North West opt out in which presenter Barry Askew interviews Ancoats-born actress Violet Carson (1898-1983), who played Ena Sharples in Coronation Street from 1960 to 1980. Carson is shown playing the piano in her home and talking about the beginnings of her career as a pianist and singer for the BBC in the 1930s and working on Children's Hour and Women's Hour.