Corrie writer who helped launched Ant and Dec’s careers leaves over £1million in her will

THE first female writer on Coronation Street who also helped launch Ant and Dec’s careers left just over £1million in her will.

Adele Rose, 87, was a secretary at Granada TV when she was urged to submit a Corrie script by its writer Jack Rosenthal.

She went on to pen 457 episodes between 1961 and 1988, when she was dropped.

She said she enjoyed writing battleaxes like Ena Sharples.

Adele also created Newcastle-based teenage drama Byker Grove — which set Ant and Dec, Jill Halfpenny and Donna Air on the road to fame.

Later in her career, Mrs Rose wrote for Crossroads, Z-Cars, the BBC series Angels, Bless This House, Robin’s Nest, Heartbeat, Within These Walls, and the Dustbinmen.

She retired from writing in 2000.

Mrs Rose won a Bafta for screenwriting for her work on Coronation Street as well as several awards from the Writers’ Guild.

Her first marriage ended in divorce, and she married journalist Peter Chadwick in about 2010, cementing the relationship they had enjoyed for 40 years.

Adele, who died from pneumonia last year, left £1,013,651 to husband Peter, son Stephen, and grandson Daniel Flanagan-Rose, the Probate Office said.