Weekly Coronation Street updates

Coronation Street Weekly Updates

November 2, 2009

Welcome and here we go with another week's worth of words from Weatherfield. Or to put it another way, another load of old cobblers from the cobbles. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

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You know when you've got the house to yourself and you're treating yourself to a bubbly soak in the tub? Don't you just hate it when a fella comes crashing through your living room window and you have to stand there with Matey bubbles covering your embarrassment. I know, it happens all the time round our way. "I'm Jake by the way," (which I thought was a bit of an odd surname) says the fella to Michelle when she gets out of her bath to let him in through the window. Jake by the way has been sent by Dev to fix her leaky roof and when he spots Ms Connor in the altogether he lunges in for a kiss on her fireside rug. She throws him out, half-heartedly, and calls the police to report him for harassment. That's before she goes to dinner with him and later shows him the stitching on her duvet of course. And then he tells her he's off to Glasgow but just like thrush and cold sores, he'll be back. When Dev refuses to pay Jake's bill for fixing the roof, Jake gently threatens Dev in his soft-spoken way. I wondered what kind of threats a weird but gentle soul like Jake would exact on Dev - come round and lick his shop carrots when no-one was looking? But no, Jake means business and he rips off half the tiles from Michelle's roof before scarpering to Scotland, leaving a bemused Michelle home alone. Well, she's not exactly alone, she's got Ben staying with her and Ryan while Ben's folks are on their hols. Ben's got the hots for Michelle, you can tell by the way he fiddles with his Xbox.

Over in the Kabin, Norris sacks silent Joan and there's a lovely scene when he takes a phone call from Rita who's still on her cruise. He pulls up a chair in the Kabin and gets down to a right good gossip with her. She's been invited to sit at the captain's table, no less, although she's a little disappointed that he looks like Ronnie Corbett. She's much missed, not only by Norris but by this Corrie fan.

Aunty Pam stuck her nose into something nasty this week when she tackled both Molly and Kevin about their affair. Kevin comes up with a plan to lie to Aunty Pam that the affair's ended but will their secret remain safe for much longer? Oh, do you know what? I don't care. I just want it finished, I really do.

At Underworld, Tony collapses with a heart attack outside of the factory. Hang on, haven't we been here before with Mike Baldwin who collapsed and died on the factory steps? They should put up a sign or something. Anyway, Roy's passing by with his bag in his hand and is the one responsible for getting Tony to hospital. Thinking he's at death's door, Tony confides in Roy that he was the one who killed the bats. This doesn't strike Roy as such a surprise but when Tony then says he also killed Liam, Roy comes over all peculiar and has to sit down. Maria flies back from Cyprus and Tony recovers, but not before Roy tells Hayley about Tony's words. Now that he's not dead, Tony knows he has to cover his tracks about his confession to Roy and offers him £5,000 to donate to a charity of his choice. "A gentlemanly agreement," he says, offering his hand to Roy. But Tony's no gentleman, and Roy, a gentle man, knows it's hush money.

Peter Barlow got a surprise visitor this week when Simon's other granddad turned up. He's George, dad of Lucy the florist who died, and Peter takes some persuading that George should be allowed into Simon's life. Unfortunately, little Simon got a bit of bashing when he stood behind the door of the flat and was banged in the face when Peter threw the door open. So it was a bloodied Simon who George first meets and he assumes Peter's been bashing the kid up. Peter reminds Simon that he's already got granddad Ken, the one who takes him to school, reads him stories and throws in a bit of wishy-washy liberal idealism with his CocoPops.

Jesse and Julie meet at four for frolics and fun and Eileen's suspicious when she spies them together. She assumes there's summat funny going on between her sister and her fella but the two of them are just playing Cowboys and Indians. But from the look on their faces when Jesse brings Julie back to the Street afterwards, it looks like frolics and fun might turn into snogs and some more. Jesse's such a wimp anyway, he doesn't deserve Eileen and I wish the writers would put a proper smile on her face.

And finally, there was good news for Claire Peacock as Ashley finally had the snip.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Daran Little, John Kerr, Joe Turner and Carmel Morgan.

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I’ve just put me pie in the oven so I can’t stand around chatting this week. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.

Gail Platt and water are not a good mix. Scared of canals, waterways and wicked men, Gail’s life hasn’t been the same since Brian was stabbed up the alley and she’s not had a smile on her face since 1984 when Ivy Tilsley fluffed her lines. So Gail’s smiling again and that can only be a bad sign. And there’s water involved, which means her future’s not bright, it’s possibly fatal. Joe steers his love boat into Gail’s dry dock and asks her to marry him and the silly mare says yes. David’s not best pleased, but then he never is, and while Tina wishes her dad and Gail well, she’s not too happy to have David as a brother. Meanwhile, Joe cracks open the champagne on the sofa (while one of my all-time favourite songs played in the background, The Pioneer’s Let Your Yeah be Yeah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3j9i4EYTm8&feature=fvw

and swears undying love while the debt collectors gather and take his van as part payment. He also loses his job, but hey, he’s still got that boat. He might be up salt creek with no paddle but he has got that boat, which he names Gail Force, of course. You’d have thought Gail would’ve whispered those magic three little words into Joe’s ear at a time such as this - Citizen’s Advice Bureau – but Gail doesn’t know what she’s letting herself in for when she agrees to become Mrs McIntyre and there, my friends, lies the fun of it all.

There’s a wet drip, drip, drip outside of Tony Gordon’s bedroom window but it’s not the rain belting down from the Salford skies, it’s Roy Cropper who’s taken to stalking. Roy stands in the rain in the middle of the night, sending evil thoughts to Tony who he knows has killed Liam. Hayley and Maria are at their wits end and beg Roy to leave Tony alone but Roy’s got to do what a man’s got to do. He goes uber-weird and plays to his strengths, keeping an eye out for Tony, who needs it more than most.

Emily’s niece Freda returns as she’s lost her job and needs somewhere to stay. She brings with her a spare leg that she’s nicked from her disabled boss, which I thought rather mean. I’m not keen on Freda, me. She does have some wonderful comic moments with Graeme this week though. He asks her to show him some rude sign language (do you point up one finger or two?) but in the end she tells him: “I assume I’m not lip reading you properly but you just say weird things!”

Over in The Kabin, Norris takes on yet another new assistant when Horace Steel arrives. Horace and Norris not only look-a-like and wear the same clothes, they’re brothers under the skin. “There’s two of them!” yells Simon when he sees the poor man’s Gilbert and George behind the counter.

Meanwhile, over at the Barlows, Deirdre’s disastrous cheese straws weren’t the only talking point when Simon’s other granddad, George, pops in for tea. Blanche takes a fancy to the fella after he mistakes her for Ken’s wife, and she sets her cap at him in a way that only Blanche could.

At the factory, Tony takes on Hayley as supervisor and office manager and the girls are all huffed, especially Sally as she thought she was in charge.

Jack’s back on the Street this week. He’s worried Connie’s on the prowl to satiate her lust when he spots her by his bedroom door, hand on his doorknob, ready to break down and enter his room as he sleeps. He wants to move back in with Tyrone but Connie’s confused and wonders why Jack’s not speaking to her any more. Anyway, the truth comes out and Connie says she’s been sleepwalking: “I’m like Alfred Wainwright once I get started”, she says, (yeah, right) and that’s why she hovers on the landing at night like a dog on heat. It’s not because she fancies Jack, she says, and he breathes a sigh of relief when he says that’s good because he doesn’t fancy her either (yeah, right).

And in Fiz’s house, she cleans the place from top to bottom in preparation for John being released from jail but she’s still not happy with the way the house looks. Kirk comes up with the one good idea he’s had since he’s been on the show and decorates the place while Fiz is out, enlisting help from Chesney, David and Zoe. Aww, why can’t Kirkeh and Fiz get back together again? Oh, yes I remember, it’s because she’s now married to a kidnapping, pervert ex-con.

Coronation Street writers this week were David Lane, Jonathan Harvey, Damon Rochefort, Debbie Oates and Mark Wadlow.

This week the update comes with pips in its teeth as it’s pomegranate season. Its my favourite fruit in my least favourite time of the year, it’s that waiting for Santa bit between Halloween and Christmas. Anyway, without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.

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John Stape’s released from jail, he’s back on the Street and in Fiz’s arms. She’s all loved up but over the road, Sally Webster’s not pleased to have John back. She doesn’t half go on about him and when Kevin tells her to shut it, she goes over the road and paints out Fiz’s windows black. I liked this touch, it was the sort of thing that Elsie Tanner would have had done to her. Anyway, Fiz and John are loved up.

Gail and Joe make plans for their wedding and Gail asks Ted to give her away, to which he agrees. He’s great, Ted, and if he hadn’t been giving his daughter away on her wedding day, he could have been Best Man, and not only at the wedding, but in Corrie itself. He’s great. Anyway, Gail and Joe are loved up.

Corrie fans up and down the country suffered another bout of Kevin and Molly this week. Apparently, if you sneeze MolVin into your tissue and bin it, it kills it, but watch out because it’s viral and it could spread. So always wash your hands after you’ve watched Kevin and Molly on screen. Anyway, Kev and Molly are loved up.

Over at Eileen’s, Sean tells her he thinks Julie’s having a fling with a married man. Eileen, used to this sort of thing, puts two and two together and comes up with an almost perfect four. She knows Jesse and Julie are hanging around together and assumes they’re having it off but it’s purely professional, lies Jesse while lusting after Eileen’s prettier, chirpier, younger sister. Eileen makes Jesse dump Julie from his act then finds out it’s his 40^th birthday this coming weekend and he’s lied to her about that an’ all. Jesse and Eileen are not loved up.

Big story of the week has been killer Tony and the Croppers. They think he’s been arrested and is safely behind bars for the killing of Liam, murder of bats and for brandishing a spurtle with a dodgy eye. But no, Tony’s released and is hiding in the café while Hayley’s upstairs on her own and Roy’s down by the canal, alone with just a torch and a notebook for comfort, watching some bats. Will Tony sneak upstairs and spear Hayley with the bread knife? Will Tony creep to the canal and do in Mr Cropper? Ooh, it was tense. Which way would he go? Down to the canal of course, this is Corrie of course. There’s a stand off, Roy’s notebook and torch go flying and as Roy hovers at the water’s edge after a scuffle he begs with Tony: “But I can’t swim!” “Good,” Mr Gordon replies before letting Roy fall backwards into the murky depths. We leave Roy flailing in murky Manchester mud as the credits roll. Will he survive? Will Tony get caught? I think we all know the answers my friends and it won’t be long before Roy’s back behind his café counter cooking bacon barms and listening to Nimrod on rotation again.

And that’s just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Jayne Hollinson, Chris Fewtrell, Simon Crowther and Joe Turner.

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Nov 23, 2009

This week the update’s been making a list and checking it twice. And as all of its friends are both naughty and nice, Christmas shopping next weekend will be spent mainly in Selfridges lingerie department. I’m giving posh pants to them all. Anyway, without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.

Cast your mind back to last week with Roy in the canal, floundering with only his shopping bag to keep him afloat as evil Tony Gordon runs away. But hang on, what’s this, evil Tony Gordon stops his running, turns and runs back? Not only does he run back but he rescues Roy, saves his life and gives him the kiss of life. Roy recovers, as we all knew he would (and should) and Tony turns himself into the cop shop. Tony’s gone from catalogue man to cold-blooded killer, as all good soapie dudes do.

Meanwhile, Maria’s beside herself with grief when she finds out the truth about Tony killing Liam. Mammy and Barry Connor fly in from Ireland - Barry flew on RyanAir, Mammy came by broomstick. Maria dumps baby Liam on them, saying she can’t cope and the Connors offer to take her and the wee one to Ireland, and Maria agrees. Kirk pledges his support for Maria when he finds out she’s leaving for Ireland. “I’m never far away,” he tells her, which is a lie as he’s always on another planet. Just as Maria’s pulling herself together there’s a knock on the door. Maria opens it to find the face of Carla Connor, staring it at her. She’s clearly been Tangoed, has Carla. Carla lies to Maria, the cops and Leanne and says she didn’t know that Tony killed Liam but admitted that she once guessed he wasn’t that fond of bats.

Over at the Barlows’, there’s another tea party but alas, a distressing lack of cheese straws. Was I the only Corrie fan to bake some cheese straws after Deirdre’s disastrous attempt the other week? Oh, it was just me then. Anyway, Be-ro do a foolproof recipe and Deirdre should take note. But anyway, this tea party’s for George and Eve to get to know the Barlows and Blanche decides that as there’s a new fella in the house, she’s going to do a bit of flirting. She plasters her face with make-up and then gets plastered on white wine, airing the Barlow dirty laundry: “Did you know Deidre’s an ex-con, Peter’s an ex-alcholic and Leanne’s an ex-prossie?” It’s just as well she kept quiet about Ken being an old f*rt although I suspect they’ll soon find that one out.

Gail puts her house up for sale when Joe tells her his debts have spiralled out of control. And the first person to look around the property is Joe’s loan shark, who’s got to be one of Corrie’s most evil fellas that it’s had in a long time. And what does Gail to do an evil fella with a sick, twisted mind? She invites him into her home with a smile on her face. The plan is to sell the house, pay off Joe’s debts, move into a small flat and live happily ever after. As this is Gail Platt, that plan ain’t ever gonna work.

Tedious storyline of the week involved Dev and Steve on a golf course where Dev bats his eyelashes at a lady golf coach called Bernie. It’s dull but I just hope it’s leading somewhere. However, the temptation to write a joke about Bernie playing around with Dev’s balls was too hard to overcome and so I just did.

And finally this week, Sally wants to know if Molly’s been fiddling with Kev. It’s the garage accounts that Sally’s worried about and as Molly and Kevin snuggle up in yet another nasty hotel room for yet another night of vomit inducing passion in their seedy affair. As the couple go sub-duvet, both their phones ring and it’s Sally on the phone, wanting to balance income and output. Kevin and Molly were hoping to do the same.

And that’s just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Mark Wadlow, Lucy Gannon, Stephen Russell, Jonathan Harvey and Jayne Hollinson.

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Nov 30, 2009

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in the weekly updates office. The mince pies are baking, the sherry's uncorked, the cake's half eaten and the elves are sobering up. Anyway, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

"I'm your Fairy Godmother," Carla tells the girls now she's back on the shop floor. But she could turn out to be more of a Wicked Stepmother once the girls find out she knew about Tony killing Liam. That's just one of the many secrets Carla's keeping her lacquer-lips shut about, for now, anyroad. She takes on Hayley as factory manager which makes amends of a sort with the factory girls but it doesn't half put Sally's noise out of joint. "I'm available," Rosie high pitches to Carla, trying to wheedle her way back into her boss's good books and her old office. "Available? That could be your middle name, that," Carla replies. Hayley starts addressing her new boss as Mrs Gordon but Carla cuts her short, telling her it's Carla Connor from now on. "She might be a bitch, but she's our bitch," coos Sean from behind his Singer.

At Bessie Street Primary, Claire's upset that Joshua's started swearing. "He said the D word!" she tells Ashley, shocked. Deirdre? Anyway, Claire's blaming Becky saying that Josh is picking up bad language from Amy but this is just a ploy for the two of them to become unlikely friends and going on a bender in town. That's Claire and Becky, not Amy and Josh.

In Roy's Rolls, Rosie asks for a skinny latte when she knows full well there's only two types of coffee that Roy will ever entertain ? white or black. John offers to froth up the milk for her and he's trying his best to do right by Rosie but she's set out for revenge and more cash from the ex-con. When John gives her short-shrift at the end of his shift and tries to throw her out of the caff, she yells into the dark of the night so that the Street regulars hear her Penelope Pitstop cries of: Hayllup! Hayllup! She's determined to send John straight back to jail and for the very first time, this fan felt sorry for the Stapester.

Steve's been out on the golf course once more and ignoring that newly wed wife of his back at the pub. He lies and tells her he's been out buying her Christmas present. ?It begins with a D,? he tells her. Deirdre again?

Poor Liz this week, I didn't half feel sorry for her. Desperate to make amends with his ex, Lloyd asks Teresa to be nice to Liz. And she tries, she really does, for all of twenty seconds before the bitch and the bile starts pouring out of Mrs Morton again. She gets barred from the Rovers and gets revenge by organising a ?Vicars and Liz' fancy-dress party. The factory girls and Sean all turn up in their Liz-inspired tart-tat with blonde curly wigs, even Graeme Proctor - who's got the legs for it if not the cleavage. When Liz realises what's going on, there's tears in her eyes and no love left for Lloyd.

With Gail's wedding plans to Joe in full sail, Audrey has a word with her daughter but her advice falls to the floor around Gail's stubborn head. This was a lovely scene, well written and tender.

And finally this week there were more hotel bedroom scenes with Molly and Kev. They almost got caught having a shag in the Webster marital bed and when they realise how close they came to being caught out, decide to tell Tyrone and Sally that their marriages are over and they've fallen in love with each other. Oh, pass the sick bucket please. We have to watch these Molly and Kev love scenes from behind a cushion in our house these days, that's how bad they are.

And that's just about that for this week.

Glenda Young

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