Tony Warren Award

Antony McVay "Tony" Simpson was better to be known by his stage name Tony Warren was a writer and the person who hade created Coronation Street.

Tony Warren Award
The Tony Warren Award was given to a previous Coronation Street actor named James Bain. On the night of The British Soap Awards, the award was presented by Charles Lawson who is also a previous Coronation Street actor who played Jim McDonald. The award was given to James' wife Susan Rutherford.

What Tony liked to do
At the age of 24, Tony liked writing about ordinary folk who lived on cobbled streets. He refused to do anything else until he hade finished writing. The TV that he wrote about was called Coronation Street and Tony was glad when the TV shows he wrote about became a reality when the first episode hit our TV screens in December 1960. His years of creating TV where between 1957 to 2016.

When Tony was born
Tony was born in 3 Wilton Ave, Pendleberry, Salford, Greater Manchester, UK on a summer day which was July 8, 1936. Tony attended Clairendon Road Primary School and also attended Eccles Grammar School. Training to be an actor & show writer, Elliott-Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool.