Collection of 80 episodes from Britain\'s longest-running television soap on ITV, covering the whole of the 1960s. Voted ITV’s Greatest Programme in a national poll and described as ‘the most successful programme in TV history’, this collection of 80 episodes represents the cream of this acclaimed TV drama. Highlights include the introduction of local bookie Des Barnes, loner Roy Cropper, butcher Fred Elliot, and Rovers Return barmaid Raquel (played by Sarah Lancashire).  Of course, the soap’s favourite characters are all there too –  Ken Barlow (William Roache), Emily (Eileen Derbyshire), Rita (Barbara Knox) and Betty (Betty Driver).