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Scriptwriter who wrote 447 episodes of Coronation Street and created the sitcoms Brass, The Last of the Baskets and How’s Your Father?

Coronation Street scriptwriter John Stevenson has died at the age of 86. Between 1976 and 2006, Stevenson wrote 447 episodes of the soap, becoming one of its most prolific writers. He was responsible for the creation of iconic characters such as Mike Baldwin and Jack Duckworth, according to the show's former archivist Daran Little. Paying tribute

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