As part of my research I reached out to a coronation street podcast that I listen to occasionally that have been running for 9 years. I emailed them and asked what they thought the most significant issue and controversial storylines have been from each decade from the 60's to current times. This is what they replied with. 60's - There were a couple of suicide attempts this decade that would have probably been quite shocking at the time, and very taboo - Christina Hardman and Sheila Birtles (the latter was rewritten after it got out that she'd take her own life and there was massive uproar) - Generally the battle between Ken and his dad about upward mobility of working class people, and early activism (Ken's ban the bomb protesting) - When Harry Hewitt and Concepta Riley got married, it was a bit of a big deal as having a Catholic marry a Protestant at the time would have been quite shocking. They had quite a few complaints, it sounds like! 70s - There was an interesti