Coronation Street weekly updates

March 1, 2010.

Come in, and welcome to another weekly update. This week the update wants to be a Belgian chocolate so let's just crack on and don't ask questions. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

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Sunita's aunties leave Manchester for Mumbai and they say bye-bye to Dev in the Rovers after munching on gristle in Betty's veggie hotpot. "It's horrible," they cry at Steve's straight from the freezer treat. And when Steve goes over to ask them how the food is, they smile and say it's great. It's the scene from Fawlty Towers when the American, exasperated, asks Basil how on earth the hotel can keep going when they're providing such despicable service and awful food. The camera cuts to two old biddies at a table complaining to each other about the dreadful meal. "How's your dinner, ladies? Everything all right?" Basil asks of them both. "Ooh, it's lovely Mr Fawlty," they tweet. To which Basil walks back to the American who wanted to know how he keeps the place open and tells him, quite proudly: "That's how!" Mind you, I'd still pay good money to give Betty's veggie hot-pot a go. The aunties departure means that Dev and Sunita now have the place to themselves and Dev delves in for a snog but Sunita's not keen. Well, she doesn't yet know that Ciaran's returned. By the time Sunita's changed her mind and decides she wants Dev back, she's in the Rovers chatting to Ciaran and when Dev spies them he turns round and leaves. But then he comes back, Ciaran goes back to his work, Sunita cuddles up to her ex-husband in the Rovers and all's well with the world.

Mind you, that Ciaran, he's chatting up everything that moves. He'd romance a lampstand if it had a frilly shade. Yes, the old Irish charmer wastes no time and he's working behind the bar of the Rovers before you can say, well, I don't know, something Irish. Guinness, perhaps, or Tipperary, something like that. Liz is well pleased with her new barman and the cocktail he mixes specially for her – The Queen Elizabeth (it's a cheeky little number with a sour aftertaste) and she gives him a drink and a debrief in the back room of the pub. They get as far as the drink together before Steve returns with Becky and interrupts the cosy scene before any debriefing takes place. The women of the nation rolled their eyes and tutted. Becky tells Liz she's a cougar, an older woman who goes after younger men.

Over at Gail's, there's cops-a-hoy and questions-a-plenty, wanting to know the ins and outs of texts and flowers sent to Tina from Joe. The two cops assigned to the case look like rejected members of a Take That tribute band. Anyway, David throws Joe's phone into the canal and Gail lies to protect her son. Tina's distraught when the cops tell her that Gail sent the text and flowers, not her dead dad. Best settle down and hunker in, this story's going to run and run.

There's heartbreak for Steve and Becky when Becky miscarries the baby. She deals with it by going on a bender but breaks down in Steve's arms, eventually, as you knew she would, upstairs in the flat.

Over the road, Peter checks himself out of rehab and has an argument with Leanne in her pyjamas. So distraught is she that she takes herself for a jar in the pub in her jim-jams. She doesn't half get some odd looks but, hey, she's worn worse.

Tyrone's trying to cope with having his mum back and Jackie has a go at Molly in the shop. "You're a plate-faced slapper with elevator knickers!" she yells at Molly and asks Tyrone how long Molly's been dressing as a Pussycat Doll. "She's not!" says Tyrone. She is, we replied. Jackie's intuition tells her that Molly's got a new man although she denies it of course and Tyrone tells his mum to back off but Jackie won't let it drop and wrongly confronts Dev in the pub: "What's going on Dev, is it prices up, knickers down?" Apart from molesting Molly and taking Tyrone for all she can get in the most rough/camp/scary voice I've heard on telly since 1986: "Gis twenty quid and I'll buy some saucy prawn balls,"s she wastes no time in warming up the duvet with a nasty piece of rough. The next morning, Tyrone comes downstairs for breakfast but tells Jackie he's lost his appetite when he sees the state of the place. Finding your mother's bra being used as the tea-cosy can really put you off your Typhoo.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Stephen Russel, John Kerr, Mark Burt, Julie Jones and Jan McVerry.

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March 8, 2010

Welcome to another weekly update plopping through your wotsit and warming up your mat. Next week (and possibly the week after), Barry Smith will be sitting in the update chair to bring you the news from the cobbles while the rest of my free time this month is taken up writing something rather special and official for Corrie’s 50^thanniversary this year. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.

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It's birthday week on Corrie this week. Dev's 46 going on 12 and Norris is 70 going on 93. Norris wants no fuss, he tells everyone, no fuss at all. And then when it looks like he's not going to get any presents, he kicks up a fuss. Rita sends a card, Emily takes him for a drink and gives him toe spreaders and a callus knife (as opposed to a callous knife which would have been a cruel gift) while Mary buys him a wig. Incensed, Norris takes the toupee and intends to throw it down the men's loo in the Rovers but can't resist trying it on first. Then, startled when Trevor the binman comes into the gents, Norris stuffs the toupee under his cardigan and wanders out with it. I don't think we've seen the last of that wig.

Dev has a better birthday as he plays happy families with Sunita's cleavage and her twins.

Over at Underworld, Kelly bets Teresa a tenner that she won't have a job by the end of the day. Teresa takes her on and storms into the factory asking Carla for a job. She gets one too – doing what she's good at, scrubbing of course. Trevor the binman soon realises that Carla's not the cleaner when he finds out about Teresa giving the floors a shine but that doesn't put him off Carla even if Janice does have photos of the hunky refuse collector and his kittens on her phone. I can't believe I just wrote that.

Simon returns from Spain with Jimmy Greaves and Pauline Prescott. But when Peter goes to th'airport to find his son, he's not there. He's not there either when the other kids are coming out of school and he's not at George's house later when Peter storms round there, demanding to see Simon. Leanne and Ken turn up at George's house as Simon's locked in the car with Eve, the cops are called and it's poor Peter who gets arrested and taken away for breach of the peace. That George is a nasty piece of work, by ‘eck he is.

The cops get called a lot this week and as you can imagine, they've got a few questions for Gail. They want to know, for instance, why her sigature's on the life insurance policy that she said she didn't sign. They also question the Plattilsley boys, David and Nick, and take Gail down the station for questioning. Joe's body is being released for a funeral which Gail and Tina plan to sort out between them. It'll all kick off soon, just you wait.

Becky comes to terms with losing the baby and there's a lovely scene when Liz confides in her about losing her own baby, Katie, 18 years ago. Yes, I know, 18 years ago.

And finally this week, Nick takes leggy Kelly for a pie and a pint somewhere posh in town. He wants to get into knickers, not particularly Kelly's, but knickers in general and he needs an in at the factory so he can find out the whatnots and wherefores of the financial standing of Weatherfield's finest briefs manufacturer. And Nick reckons Kelly's just the girl to give him what he wants.

And that's just about that for this week.

Coronation Street writers this week were Jayne Hollinson, David Lane, Chris Fewtrell and John Kerr.

Glenda Young

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March 15, 2010

This week's update written by Barry Smith as Glenda takes a break.

Hello again, Glenda's busy this week so you're stuck with me for a change. It's been a long time since I did one of these so bear with me while we get going.

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With Peter held at the police station overnight, George decides tospirit Simon away to Blackpool (does he ever go to school?) to get him away from his father. Before heading off though, he pops into town to take out a quick court order (is there such a thing?) granting him temporary legal custody over his grandson. Eve doesn't seem entirely convinced by all this but goes along with it all for the moment. Peter and the rest of the Barlow clan hit the roof when they're served with the papers and find out that Simon has been kept off school by George. In Blackpool, Eve raises her doubts but George is having none of it and thinks they should take the little one and go back to Berkshire. Simon overhears them and while they're still arguing and with the cries of 12 million viewers shouting 'Run Simon, run!', he sneaks off.

The police are called and eventually the Barlows too but after looking all night, there's still no sign of little Simon. Blackpool's a cold, wet, lonely, scarey place for a young boy but he's a smart kid so we know he'll probably be ok. In the morning everyone returns to Weatherfield frantic with worry to wait for any news from the police. Then miraculously Simon turns up on the doorstep and everyone's hugely relieved to see him. 'Where have you been?', 'Blackpool, I didn't like it'. Simon explains what a nightmare it was getting home, having to sleep in photo booth and take 2 trains and a bendy bus. He'd have been home sooner if 3 trains hadn't been cancelled. 'I had to run away,' he explains, 'they said they were going to take me to Berkshire.' We understand, Simon. Everything's happy families at the Barlow's again and when George turns up with his tail between his legs, he's told to sod off.

Joe's funeral looms on the horizon full of brooding menace. Things go ok between Gail and Tina at first as they plan the funeral together but pretty soon Tina is having her doubts about Gail's involvement in her father's death and she bans her from the proceedings. And then unbans her, far better that she's there so there's an evil, bitter atmosphere in the church. It all kicks off after Gail delivers a eulogy and there's a lot of shouting and a scuffle between Jason and David. Tina decides to voice her doubts to the coppers and casually slips in the news that Gail is planning to go to Milan (to see her daughter and granddaughter) after the funeral. Worried that she's going to do a bunk, the boys in blue arrest Gail in the Rovers, these things are best done in public, and take her in for further questioning. She's charged and then banged up and pretty soon she's sgoing to be Tracy's bitch.

In less dramatic news, Nick convinces 'bird-brained, self-deluded, slapper', Kelly to get hold of the Underworld accounts for him. He offers Carla £123000 to buy out her murdering partner, Tony Gordon, and subject to Tony's agreement she says yes.

John Stape lies about the gap in his CV to secure a teaching job at the local adult education centre. Don't they do CRB checks for all teaching jobs nowadays?

I don't want to do this but there may well be some people still 'gripped' by this storyline so I'll get it over with as quickly as possible. Molly pregnant, tells Kevin, recommends abortion, Molly cries.

It's always best to end on a high note, so I bring you the great news that Rita has returned from her cruise. 'Hello street, it's great to be back' she says as she climbs out of the cab. The feeling is mutual.

And that's all for this week, see you next time.

Barry Smith

Coronation Street writers this week were Martin Allen, Jayne Hollinson, Joe Turner, Jonathan Harvey and Mark Wadlow.
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Glenda Young
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March 22, 2010

sThis week's update written by Barry Smith as Glenda takes a break.

Well, Glenda's still busy with other things Coronation Street related, so I'm back again for another weekly update. She will be making an appearence though as she wrote a lovely piece for the blog about a departure this week so I'll include it for your delectation.

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This update starts with a slow zoom in on Gail McIntyre sitting alone and scared in a police cell after being arrested for the murder of her husband. Meanwhile her family is arguing over the breakfast table about showing a united, supportive front at the hearing later in the day. How long has Audrey been the matriarch of this family? You'd thought she would have realised by now what would happen. Gail gets remanded on bail, a trial date is set and all hell breaks loose in the public gallery between David and Tina.

With Gail banged up it falls on Nick to move in to no. 8 to look after his wayward brother. A recipe for disaster if ever there was one. Gail isn't adapting well to life inside, spending most of her time in her
cell. When she eventually braves the world outside in Cell Block H, she creeps around like a frightened mouse, poor woman. She cheers up briefly when David and Audrey visit her (Nick's 'too busy at the factory') but things quickly turn sour when her mother asks her if there's anything that she hasn't told her. Gail flies off the handle: 'You think I killed him!', she says and Audrey is sent packing, leaving David as her only friend in the world. Can things get much worse than that? The only glimmer of hope in her dark existence at the moment is an upcoming bail appeal.

Molly has decided to leave the street and go and stay with her dad, Diggory. Hooray! She's round at no. 9 packing her bags when Jackie Dobbs appears, fella in tow, who starts accusing Molly of stealing stuff and goes to get Tyrone.
'Who's he?' Tyrone asks his mam.
'He's Martin, my fella', Jackie repiles.
'It's Geoff, actually', says Geoff Actually.
So Tyrone kicks his mother out and gets down to looking after his estranged wife. He provides a hot bath, food and a shoulder to cry on for a very tired and run down Molly. I almost felt sorry for her. They're back together again, though it's clear her heart's not in it, it's just easier this way but she even tells Tyrone about the baby. Obviously he thinks it's his and is overjoyed but she doesn't want everyone knowing and they agree to keep it quiet. Pretty soon, it's this week's worst kept secret in Weatherfield as Kevin, Bill and Pam all find out.

Before the ink is dry on the contract, in fact before Tony Gordon has even signed it, Nick is weedling his way into Underworld. Carla soon works out how Nick managed to find out so much about her empire and tells Nick that his first job is to sack Kelly. I can see there being some mileage in this working relationship. How long will it be before Carla has Nick cleaning out the bogs? And now I'll let Glenda take over:

"After being betrayed and sacked by Nick, the one fella she thought she could finally trust, she stormed into the Rovers and gave her workmates what-for. "I'm finished with this job and I'm finished with Weatherfield," and with that she was gone, storming off down the cobbles with Janice in tow. Janice tried to hand over a placky bag of cash that the girls had raised as a whip round but both of them knew there wasn't much more than 56p inside. Kelly didn't have many friends, she'd never been a girl's girl, always on the prowl for other women's men.

And so, as Kelly departed Weatherfield and the constraints of the cobbles, Janice was in tears watching her old mate go. Kelly was in tears too but that didn't stop her striding down the Street in her trademark mini-skirt with one of the best lines in decades. "I'm Kelly Crabtree!" she yelled to the Salford sky. "The one with the legs!" and then she turned the corner and waited for the Weatherfield Wayfarer to whisk her away from it all."

Mary seems to be showing increasing signs of madness in her attempts to win over Norris. Going back what originally brought them together she digs out a competition to win a holiday in Bronte country. He can be Heathcliffe and she can be Kathy. Today is the last day for entries
and she's sure that together they could win it. So after downing a gin and applejuice in one, she drags Norris from the Rovers for a heavy comping session in Emily's front parlour. They win but Norris tries to get out of by asking who will run the shop. Seeing an opportunity to drop him right in it, Rita voluteers. But what has she let Norris in for?

And in other news, the sale of no. 12 has fallen through so Jason and Tina move out of Eileen's and back into the flat. Jesse's back from holiday with his parents and is desperate to get back with Eileen. She looks like her heart wants to but her head is telling her no. John has started his job teaching romantic poetry at the adult education centre. And poor Janice is heading for a fall. After a chance comment by the object of her affections, Trevor the binman, she turns down hot-cross buns, drinks at the Rovers and goes on a diet.

And that's all for this week, see you next time.

Barry Smith

Coronation Street writers this week were Damon Rochefort, Mark Burt, Jan McVerry, David Lane and Peter Whalley.

March 29, 2010

A million thanks go to the lovely Barry Smith for looking after the weekly updates so nicely for the last two weeks while I was immersed in official Corrie business. But now, that’s all done and I'm back at the helm. I have to say, that Barry one has left the weekly update office ship-shape although he appears to have left his slippers under the desk. Anyway, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

Gail's in jail in bad pyjamas but her spirits are high as she thinks she's getting out. But when her solicitor comes with bad news that she's been refused bail, she slinks back to her cell, banged up with a Jackie Dobbs-lite. While Gail's in jail, the Plattilsley boys battle it out on the Street with one of the more convincing punch-ups the Street's had in a while. It flew from David's fist to Nick's nasty sneering face as big brother taunted little ‘un about Tina. She dumped Jason after he proposed when his divorce came through from Sarah, her what's in Milan. Well, from Milan to miladdo as Jason, thought waving his decree absolute in Tina's face would turn her on. Jason was wearing that aftershave again, Eau D'esperation which he'd liberally splashed all over. So anyway, in order to get rid of Jason, Tina told him she'd kissed Nick so Jason knocked out Nick then Nick taunted David at home and wham, Nick got it in the face really hard and really good. I liked that punch a lot.

Over in the salon, Lewis calls in to see Audrey for a short back and sides and a chit-chat. She confides to him about Gail and the boys and she's really fallen for Lewis, you can tell and even though he tells her his meter's not running, you know it really is, somewhere down the line. Rita wants to know who Audrey's mystery man is, especially when Norris takes it on himself to photograph Audrey being kissed by Lewis under the awning and Audrey tells Rita the truth. She tells her that Lewis is an escort, and yes, she pays him for his time, and no, she's not falling for him. Oh Audrey, you big fibber, you.

Eileen finally threw Jesse out this week after he tried to wheedle his way back into her heart and her bed. But first, he sought an opening in Julie's gullibility and fortunately, she saw right through him straight away. So when Eileen told Julie she was thinking of giving Jesse another chance, Julie had to set her sister straight. And so the sisters started beating Jesse up with an assortment of blown-up toys before the cowboy strolled out of town, defeated by a plastic cactus. There was a wonderful touch as Jesse turned the corner to walk away from the Street and a comedy tumbleweed blew down the cobbles.

Over at the Websters', Kev's looking after the girls as Sally's gone to stay with Aunty Phyllis. So Neanderthal man tries to look after two teenage girls and fails miserably. He foregoes a promised shopping trip with Sophie for a pint with Tyrone and forgets to tell Rosie to cover up her cleavage as it wobbled out of the door 10 minutes before Rosie did. She's got a new boyfriend, some footballer called Kyle who plays for Weatherfield County. Not that Kevin cares, his mind's all over the place now that Molly's back with Tyrone and up the duff with a Webster baby, maybe.

Sophie and Sian grew closer this week as the teenage friends denounced men (aka dozy Ryan and a layabout called Lee) and they got matching henna tattoos.

Meanwhile, up in the flat in the sky at Victoria Court, Dev's having trouble controlling his kids in his bachelor pad. Little Aadi gets stuck outside on the balcony and locked out until Graeme the window cleaner comes to his rescue. Dev rewards Graeme with brandy, Sunita with a hug and it's hard to know which one Graeme enjoyed most. The episode makes Dev realise the flat's no place to bring up kids, they need a big house with a garden for the kids to run around. Why then do they end up looking at Maria's place on the Street (no space and no garden) next week?

And finally this week, John Stape's rumbled and sacked after lying to the college that he didn't have a criminal record, and he has. I can't muster up any sympathy for the Stapester, he knew what he was doing was wrong. And what's so bad about working at Roy's Rolls anyway? If it's good enough for Roy and Hayley, it should be more than good enough for the waste of space that is Stape.

Coronation Street writers this week were Martin Allen, Mark Burt, Chris Fewtrell and Joe Turner.

Glenda Young

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