Sixpenny Corner was the UK's first daily TVsoap opera, broadcast byITV from September 1955 until June 1956. The programme was created by Jonquil Antony andHazel Adair; the latter later co-createdCrossroads.[1] The 15-minute episodes centred on a recently married young couple, Bill and Sally Norton, played byHoward Pays andPatricia Dainton. The setting was the fictional rural town of Springwood, where Bill ran a small garage business at Sixpenny Corner.[2]
All of the 180 episodes are lost.[3]
The cast includes: