Yorkshire Television was one of the new stations which came about because of the ITV franchise reshuffle of 1967 which saw some of the biggest changes that the network had ever experienced. Granada Television, producers of Coronation Street, had held the North of England franchise (outside of the areas covered by Border Television and Tyne Tees Television) since 1956 but only on weekdays. Granada retained a franchise but only for the North West of England (including its home base in Manchester but was compensated by now being able broadcast to this area seven days a week. The remainder of its "old" territory, east of the Pennines, went to Yorkshire Television. The new station first went on the air on Monday 29th July 1968 however the first episode of Coronation Street they broadcast was Ep