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AUGUST 25
Margi Clarke as Jackie Dobbs hit Corrie again this
week, the first time since she and Tyrone took up unofficial
residence in Curly's house on the cobbles many years ago. At the
time, Man City fans at a match chanted to actor Kevin Kennedy, who
played Curly and was spotted in the footy crowd: “There's a Scouser
in your house!” Well, she's back. Last time we saw her Jackie
Dobbs had been banged up with Deirdre “I diddunt-doo-anneethink”
Barlow who was sent down after John the fake pilot set her up.
Deirdre has yet to come face to face with ex-cell mate Jackie and
this Corrie fan can only imagine that Deirdre's face on meeting
Jackie will be akin to Anne Kirkbride's on meeting Margi Clarke. I
know too much and can't say a word, so I shan't, even though I want
to. Oh heaven help me, I want to and the tabloids would pay me. But
I won't, I never do. Anyway, Jackie manages to fleece Tyrone and
Molly of their wedding funds after Scary Brian threatens to beat up
Jackie for not paying her water bill. At least, that's what Jackie
tells Tyrone but the truth is that she's had a boob job in Spain and
needs to clear her cleavage cost. As Jackie butters up Tyrone and
Molly in a posh place she's house-sitting for Ewan and Breenan while
they're away (lovely couple) while looking after a big fat cat
called Madge, there's a fella watching the house, drumming his
fingers on a car steering wheel. They're angry fingers, full of
tattoos and a sovvy and they belong to Scary Brian. He's scary, he's
called Brian. He does exactly what it says on the tin plate in his
head. And he gets his cash after he threatens Jackie Dobbs into
handing over the dosh, no matter where it comes from - Ty and Mol's
wedding fund.
She's got pink hair this time around, has
Jackie Dobbs but she soon shows her true colours when she tells
Tyrone she wishes he was never born once he hands over the dosh. She
turns up later in Jack Duckworth's back yard only to get short
shrift from the working-class wall of strength that is Aunty Pam and
Jack who turn her on her heel and send her down the ginnel. But
she'll be back, just you mark my words. Margi Clarke doesn't come
back for just a bit part.
Elsewhere this week, Vernon waxed
lyrical in Roy's Rolls that his Rock Rhythm Rascals were once “this
close to a support slot with the Flying Pickets.” Didn't he know
that one of that band once went out with Deirdre? Well, they did you
know. I guess we'll never know how much more exciting Deirdre's life
might have been if she'd wed a Flying Picket.
In the
Streetcars office, it's John Stape's turn to sit in the Streetcars
seat of shame and confess all to Eileen. She knows, you know, does
Eileen, I think she's a white witch. She knows who put the smile on
John's face but it's not Eileen's place to criticise or condemn,
that's left to us viewers as John and Fiz get close and kiss once
again. Living rooms up and down the country hummed to Corrie fans
tutting and saying “Oh, Fiz, no.” Even Kirkeh's Julie comes out with
some words of advice for her friend Fiz. Indeed, she even burst into
song on the subject but it still doesn't wipe that silly smirk off
Fiz's face that she and John “fit” together. Pavers shoes and my
feet “fit” together; doesn't mean it's a good look.
The
Websters set off on holiday to Greece although it'll take them at
least a month to unwind as Kev's all upset over Tony Gordon's world
domination plan. It continues apace when the Victoria Court flats
are officially opened with a champagne reception served by a tiny
skirt with Rosie Webster in it. Dev takes the keys to his new flat.
Prem and Nina come for a look-see and Nina makes it clear she wants
to rock Dev's world in a way Dev's never been rocked before, well,
not since his dalliance with Deirdre. In the next few weeks
we'll see Prem and Nina's daughter Tara arrive and Dev will be
caught in a love triangle between mother and daughter. And not for
the first time either. He only needs to bag Blanche and he'll have
the Barlow full set.
And as for Tony's plan to oust Jed Stone
from his home, he puts the old fella in th'ospital and leaves a
cheque on his hospital bed (white starched sheets, green knitted
blanket). Jed's in bits and pulls close to his chest the only item
left to him in the world. It's an old biscuit tin full of cash and
old photos. It fair brought a tear to the eye.
In the Kabin,
Rita takes a phone call from Emily who's in town but has forgotten
the PIN for her credit card. She tells Norris to go into her bedroom
to retrieve the number from her dressing table drawer. Norris gets
the shakes going into a ladies' bedroom, but he finds the number
easy enough. What else he finds leaves him in a state as there's an
envelope in the drawer marked “Not to be opened until after my
death”. He tells Rita about th'envelope, she tells Emily and of
course it gets back to Norris. Emily shows him the contents, it's
her wishes for her funeral and Norris can't help but bitch about her
choice of funeral choonage. Anyway, before I press on, a word
about Emily's bedroom because as far as I know we've never seen it
before. It's everything you thought it would be, I'm afraid, with no
surprises. It's pink flowery wallpaper, old bottles of scent, heavy
oak furniture, a wedding picture of her special day with Ernest,
bottle of blue WKD and an Anne Summers catalogue on her bedside
table. I made some of that up.
Over in the kebab shop, David
makes Tina jealous by making Amber happy. Poor Amber. She thinks
she's on to a good thing when David takes her to the Leeds Festival
and she's really loving being with him. She's been after him long
enough, but David's only doing it to make Tina jealous and it's
working, it really is, although she tells Darryl it's not. But it
is. Anyway, speaking of the Leeds festival, I travelled back today
from Leeds station to London on the same train as the festival
fall-out and the place was like a zoo. A smelly, tired, muddy but
very happy zoo. I just hope they pay the Leeds station cleaners
double time for today, they surely deserve it.
Talking about
kebabs, Jerry's worsening health delights Theresa, the only woman to
make custard with the help of a pestle and mortar. She adds eye of
toad and leg of newt to Jerry's diet and he's really, really ill but
no one's figured out what she's up to just yet.
Gail
continues to romance Joe although so far it's not got past the white
wine stage. She cooks him sea food which he can't eat because he
swells up, which is a shame, because she was probably hoping that
would happen.
Five things we learned in Corrie this
week.
1. Sally Webster is Tony Gordon's 3rd
best machinist
2. Tyrone Dobbs was named after
Tyrone Power
3. Steve McDonald doesn't know how
many sugars Liz takes
4. Jerry Morton sings the
Double Deckers theme tune at parties (I think I may
start)
5. Scary Brian was like, really
scary
And that's just about that for this
week.
Coronation Street writers this week were David Lane,
Peter Whalley, Joe Turner, Carmel “I've brought back Jackie Dobbs”
Morgan and Martin Sterling
Glenda
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