Coronation Street weekly updates

Jan 4, 2010

Welcome to the first weekly update of 2010 - in what is Corrie’s 50^th year. It's also a milestone for the weekly updates as they're now in their 15^th year! I was nowt but a bairn when I started writing these. I hope you've all had a wonderful festive season. Before I start the update this week, a million thanks go to Karen Jankel for writing the updates for the last two weeks, she's done a sterling job and she's even plumped the cushions in the weekly update office. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

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It's New Year's Eve in the Rovers Return and tickets are Ł5 a bash for the locals to sit in a pub where they'd sat for free earlier that day. Still, some of them are daft enough to pay up and listen to Sally Webster do a Bonny Tyler on the karaoke. Molly's not best pleased with the attention Kev's giving his missus. “What's she got that I haven't?” she moans to Kev. "Cancer,” he replies. Ouch. She's also got a Christmas tree fairy that looks like Esther Rantzen. Sally sees the surgeon at th'ospital and she's scheduled for a lumpectomy a week on Friday. It's all very sad.

Meanwhile, Molly's urging on Tyrone to apply for another job away from the cobbles, and Kev. But Tyrone's mantra of "change is not good” keeps him stuck on the Street, for now.

Graeme's in lust with Rosie and starts following her around as she roller skates in a mini skirt firing vodka from a plastic pistol. She gets some glamour shots (aka narks out for the lens) done, much to the ridicule of sister Sophie. Meanwhile, Sophie's not too happy as she's betrayed by Sian who pops her cherry with Ryan in Michelle's bed.

Audrey's off to the social event of the year – the Weatherfield stylist's ball. As she hasn't anyone to escort her, she rings the escort agency and lovely Lewis turns up at the allotted hour with some soothing words when Audrey gets cold feet about paying for a night out with a man. She gets tipsy, does Audrey, and ends the night on Gail's sofa, drunk, telling her daughter she'll pay for her honeymoon with Joe, despite not liking the fella. She even offers to do Gail's hair with Harvest Honeydew highlights.

Poor Joe. You can see where Audrey's coming from and she's probably right not to trust him, but he is such a nice bloke, he's just, you know, feckless. Evil villain loan shark Rick Needham (boo, hiss, etc.) - him with the seedy eyes and dodgy coat, torments Joe demanding his loan's paid and when it's clear Joe's broke, he threatens to torment Tina. I'd just call the cops, me, wouldn't you?

Steve and Becky are hitting the skids over whether to have kids. He wants them, she doesn't, and they're not speaking now. Becky confides all to the Croppers then takes Claire on a night out, giving her a Mrs-Mac-make-over (think heavy make-up and even heavier ear-rings) while Steve gets drunk with Ashley.

At the Barlow's, the New Year gets off to a quiet start but Grandad George is starting to creep Peter out. First he turns up unannounced to collect little Simon from school and then he offers to pay for private education for the lad too. Ooh, I can't wait for Ken to find out about that one.

And Dev's beer belly wobbles with joy when Sunita lets him have the kids over for tea.

Finally this week, in the Rovers Return, Betty's got a touch of Geographical Tongue. I have no idea what this is, but she says it's very sore. Crikey! I've just googled it and it really does exist!

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Jonathan Harvey, Simon Crowther, Damon Rochefort and David Lane.

Glenda Young

Jan 11, 2010

This week the update’s settling into the swing of things of a New Year. It's gone with the New theme. New cushions, new wallpaper, new kettle for the tea. But fear not, it's the same old updates, nowt new there. It's worked well for 15 years - you think I'm gonna change? And so without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

Big story of the week is Gail's wedding, her fifth, to her fourth husband (she married Brian twice in a fit of optimism over experience). Nick returns and meets his granddad Ted for the very first time. A tearful Ted tells Gail how pleased he is for the opportunity to give her away on her big day. Well, he did miss the first four times. With Gail dolled up in a lace frock with a high neck she exchanges oaths at the altar with Joe. “Repeat after me…” the registrar says although Gail should surely know the words by now. Joe says his vows too and when he got to that bit where he goes: "I do solemnly declare…" I thought he was going to finish that bit off with "…myself bankrupt" but instead he went on about love and honour and stuff that brought more of a tear to Ted's eye. The reception was held at the Rovers, where else, with Twiglets and Cava keeping the very small amount of people who were there, quite happy. An appropriate tune played on the jukebox, it was Madness. Nick eyed up Tina who pretended not to notice. David watched Nick eye up Tina and in a wonderful moment in the smoking room in the Rovers' yard, David winds up his big brother Nicky over being a mummy's boy and eyeing up his new step-father's girl. "Never call me Nicky again!" yells, er, Nicky as he throws David up against the wall of the pub with a sneer on his face. The happy couple then set off on a one night honeymoon to a cottage in The Lakes with Gail as happy as can be and Joe scared stiff that the loan-shark fella will be paying him a visit any day soon.

Back on the Street, Peter's plans to open the bar forge ahead when he's given the all-clear from the Council. George is the sort of fella who's in the funny handshake brigade, if you ask me and he'll have met someone from the department, probably Mr Shifti Bakhanda to ease Peter's planning permission through without any delay. Ken's up in arms but when is he not? and Deirdre's scowling again.

It's Molly and Tyrone's first wedding anniversary and Molly goes through the motions of playing the dutiful wife. Molly decides that Tyrone will take another job he's been offered on the other side of town although even Jack can see it's not such a good idea.

Graeme shed a few tears this week when he comforted Rosie. Well, the poor girl was distraught. She'd had 200 glamour pics taken and the one that the advertising company decide to go and use only ends up putting her bust on the bus-stop in a full frontal poster advertising drain cleaner called Sump. Rosie cries her eyes out and so does Graeme. He's great. She then goes home to tell Sally and Kev that she wants to get a boob job. This was a wonderful scene, very well acted, as Sally struggled, really struggled, to remain calm while her tactless daughter twittered on.

Over in the factory in a late night one-to-one, Sally tells Carla about her cancer and Carla admits that she too has been through a breast cancer scare but she came out ok. Meanwhile Sophie and Rosie are certain that Kev and Sally have something on their minds and assume their parents are going to split. They confront Kev and Sally and so Sally tells them both the truth too, there's much crying and hugging and it's really very sad.

And finally this week, the opening bars of Sheena Easton's 9-to-5 ring out as Mary returns to the Street. Norris was a little upset when she went away last time so I don't quite understand why he's so uppity and scared now that she's returned. She invites him for dinner in her four wheel drive but Norris turns her down, preferring the Rovers instead and calls her motorhome: "A venus fly tray with central locking."

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Peter Whalley, Julie Jones, Daran Little, Jan McVerry and Mark Wadlow.

Glenda Young

Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com

Jan 18, 2010

This week the update has been wondering if spring is in the air or if it's just feeling warm 'cos it's having its first hot flush. Is it hot in this update or is it just me? And so without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

Big story of the week has been Sally Webster, who's been the talk of the Street but not in any way that she'd have liked. She has her lumpectomy in hospital but before Kev drives her there for her overnight stay, the factory girls want to know why Sally's been given special leave from work when they can't even have an afternoon off. They rage and rant, grunt and moan until finally Rosie snaps at them all in the Rovers and tells them the truth about Sally. It was good to see Rosie lose her temper with them all, taking a break from pouting and preening for shouting and screaming in defence of her mum. Kelly Crabtree doesn't turn a hair. "I never liked Sally before she had cancer and I don't like her now." You have to see her point, even if you don't agree. Sally's let loose from the ward the next day as her lump goes for tests and she'll find out the results this coming Friday. Until then, Kev and the girls close ranks around Sally and support her as best as they can.

Sunita and Dev draw closer this week as it's the twins birthday party and Dev hosts it in his flat. Jesse provides the entertainment with Sean finding his calling as Jesse's new Hiyalowa. And after the warm glow of green jelly and Jesse have settled after the party, Sunita only goes and calls Dev again when she thinks their little girl has come down with meningitis. Myself, if I had a child showing symptoms of a life-threatening illness I would have called the doctor not a feckless ex-husband, but each to their own. Fortunately the kid turns out to be ok and Dev's really happy to be back in Sunita's good books. Not long now and he'll be back in her pants.

Over at Chez Platt, Gail tries out her new name, writing her signature over and over - sGail McIntyre, Gail McIntyre, Gail McIntyre. Well, she probably has problems remembering what surname she's got. Joe watches and learns how his new wife signs her name. "It's got a big whoosh on the Y," Gail tells him, and Joe copies that whoosh as he fills in life insurance claim forms for himself and Mrs Mc but conveniently forgets to tell her he's done so.

In the back lanes of the Street, there's rubbish-rage going on. The binmen refuse to take any bins that are over-full and so Eddie Windass spreads his rubbish around in other people's bins while wearing the most disgusting dressing gown ever to sully British TV. However, Eddie redeemed himself somewhat this week when he baked a farewell cake in the shape of a hand-grenade as the Street waved off Gary Windass to his army basic training. Anna's upset at losing her son, convinced that he'll get blown to bits and sent home in a coffin. David doesn't add to the party spirit or Anna's nerves when he puts a target on Gary's back.

David also scuppers Gail's hope of a house sale when he puts off potential buyers by telling them the truth about their neighbours; well, there's ex-cons, sex-fiends, fighters, druggies, drunkards and prossies. And as if to prove his point, the house-hunters leave with David's words ringing in their ears only to run into a ruckus on the cobbles as Michelle has shouty words with Sian's dad who's come to give Ryan what-for after he finds out from Sian's Facebook page that she's been sleeping with Michelle's son.

And finally this week, Molly leaves Tyrone. She takes her suitcase and leaves him with tears in his eyes and a stupefied expression on his face: "I'll go on a diet," he whined. Ooh, the bitch. I hope she doesn't come back. She picked her moment too, it was only the second anniversary of Vera's death, which Tyrone was already upset about. Talk about hitting a man when he's down. Molly lies and says there's no-one else, she just doesn't love Ty any more but he remains suspicious that there's someone else involved.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Joe Turner, Martin Allen and Daran Little.

Glenda Young

Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com

Jan 25, 2010

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Greetings and welcome to another weekly wotsit of wonder plopping through your inbox and getting intimate with your mat. I'm going to take a short break from the updates and during the next three weeks the update will be coming atcha from canny Karen Jankel, jaunty John Dean and reckless Richard Whitbread. My thanks go to them all. And now without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

Molly's in the dog house. Tyrone tries to woo her back by bursting into the shop when she's dusting the tinned puds but she blanks him by the cheese and he leaves, forlorn. Pam's furious with Mol and says she might as well have stamped on a kitten when she dumped Ty. Jack's straight round there once he hears the news and over a few beers in the Rovers, and well-meaning words from Fiz and John, Tyrone's heart bleeds over losing his wife. Jack coos pigeon-speak to Tyrone: "Lost birds allus come back." Let's just hope they don't fly in and poo on Tyrone's head. Anyway, when Molly moves into the flat about Dev's shop, Tyrone puts two and two together and ends up with sixty-nine, accusing Molly and Dev of having an affair. It's Kev, not Dev, you Div! Tyrone thumps Dev and lays him flat out and it's Kevin who pulls Tyrone out of the fight. Molly later gives Kevin her wedding ring and tells him to give it back to Tyrone. Oh, how flippin' nasty was that? Nastier still was that Kev went and did it.

Kev's a man lost and alone. Sally got her lumpectomy test results and it's good news, she's given the all-clear as the cancer hasn't spread but she'll still need radiotherapy, just in case. It's champagne all round in the Webster house as they toast Sally's health but Kevin loses control later when Sophie tells him she's prayed for her mum. Kev wants to know what use prayer will do and loses his temper with his youngest daughter. He also comes close to hitting his eldest when he finds out that Rosie's selling her car to pay for a boob job. Rosie's on the phone to a prospective car buyer who wants to know how big the engine is. "It's about the size of three handbags," the daft mare replies.

It's been a sad week all round, all things considered and there's more of the same in the Rovers as Steve and Becky continue not speaking. Becky's had bad news, her mum has died, only we don't know that yet and she's not told anyone. She's keeping it to herself, all that pain inside of her, and all of her anger is growing as Steve acts on like he's single again, buys a motorbike and takes leggy Kelly Crabtree for a spin around the block.

Over at Gail's it's no bag of laughs either. Joe's desperate over his debts and eyes up the collection box in the Rovers the girls have started for Sally's cancer charity. Bill gives him what-for when he spots Joe lusting after the loot. After Gail throws Joe out when he calls in a property management company who offer tuppence-ha'penny to take the house off Gail's hands, the pair of them argue in the street and she slaps him right hard. I loved this bit. It's about time Gail stood up for herself. Audrey and David are over the moon that Gail's seeing sense about Joe but she forgives him later on when he comes clean about how much debt he's really in. As Audrey would say: "Oh, Gay-ell."

The only person who had a bit of fun this week and a smile on her face was Mary from the motorhome. She only went and stole the picture of Norris and Freda that was on display in the Kabin, hid it under her coat and dumped it in a bin. She's matahari in an anorak, that one, a femme fatale styled by BHS.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Debbie Oates, Peter Whalley, Mark Burt and John Kerr.

Glenda Young

Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com