Coronation Street weekly updates

April 5, 2010.

This week the update pops into your inbox smothered in Easter Belgian chocolate with extra chocolate creamy bits inside. Oh, go on, you know you love it. And so without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.

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Did you know there's a Deli in Weatherfield? A Deli? In Weatherfield? Well, it's on Inkerman Street and apparently they do a lovely roulade. A roulade? In Weatherfield? I know! We all know now because Sunita told Steve who was up to his eyes in flour and baking powder trying to cook a meal for Becky when he could have nipped round to this newfangled Deli place instead. Steve also books a cheeky weekend in Newcastle for him and the missus to cheer her up after all she's been through but just when they're about to set off for a bit of why-aye and stotty, Becky doubles over in pain. Steve rushes her to t'hospital and the poor girl's only gone and had a second miscarriage and this time she didn't even know she was pregnant. The consultant tells Becky she may never be able to carry a baby full-term and although tests will be run, she may have to accept she will never be able to have a child of her own. There's tears, as you'd expect. Steve's gutted and confides in Liz that he's distraught although he doesn't reveal all this to Becky and does his best to support her as much as he can. And that's when his thoughts turn to adoption. When Steve suggests it to Becky she snaps and tells him he's being insensitive but when Hayley suggests it too, it gets Becky thinking that it might be the right thing to do. The McDonalds browse a website of kids who need adopting and Becky muses on her past life wondering if she can give an unwanted child a better childhood than the one she had… it was the words from Pulp's Mis-shapes song that Becky used: "Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits. Raised on a diet of broken biscuits…"

Over in the Kabin, Mary's reading Wuthering Heights while Norris accuses her of taking liberties with his peanut brittle balls and Rita taking liberties with his bottom line. Oh, if only. Rita tries not to get involved and reads The Lady magazine. I didn't realise Rita was so posh, but there you go. And inside the magazine is an advert for Lewis, who you'll remember is Audrey's escort fancy-man. So Rita books herself in for a night at the theatre and enjoys Lewis' company at Whistle Down the Wind. Unlike Audrey, however, Rita's under no illusion that she's paying for Lewis' time, attention and charm. So when Rita books Lewis for a night out at the Chamber of Commerce Easter Ball Dinner Dance and they bump into Audrey, well, Audrey's not best pleased and reckons Rita's trying to take Lewis from her. And that's when Rita and Audrey, who are old enough to know better, argue over men and money up in Rita's flat. In two wonderful episodes written by Jan McVerry, we had some classic Corrie dialogue between the two old friends when Audrey accused Rita of never respecting her marriage to Alf. "He adored you," says Rita. "And I knew you loved him too." And then there was a pause, the calm before the storm. "But you loved his money more! At least Lewis is upfront about charging by the hour, perhaps you should have done the same!" Audrey lost her temper and slapped Rita hard across the chops for that one, it was really good stuff. Norris comforts Rita, giving her sweet tea for the shock. "What shock?" Rita asks. "Audrey Roberts' has always been a cow!" and he offers her a job in the Kabin after she admits she's lonely and her life has lost its fizz. Over in the salon, Nick hugs his Gran, who knows she's been a fool over a fella. And she wonders where Gail gets it from?

Down the Street, Kirk reveals he's being made homeless as Maria's decided to sell the house. And who should be looking for somewhere to buy but Dev and Sunita so there's an easy storyline if ever there was one. When Dev and Sunita go to view the house, Kirk's not keen to let them in at first because summat's burning inside. "I've been baking bread, like they tell yer too, to make the place smell nice, but I think I should've taken it out of the wrapper first." Dev's not keen on the house and reckons it's too small. "You have to go outside if you want to turn a sweet round in your mouth," he tells Sunita but she's keen on the small house and you know she'll get her way.

Meanwhile, Janice has gone on a diet as she thinks tasty Trevor the trash-man might be interested in her if she loses a few pounds. So while she's on the lime and soda instead of pints of beer and she's eating salad instead of pie, Trevor's eyeing up eye-candy Carla who invites him out on another date.

Up in the flat, Tina's locked herself away after dumping Jason. She's in a bad way, is Tina, and no-one's noticed yet. Jason gets drunk and falls down the stairs at the builder's yard, knocking himself out. Bill calls Roy who attends with his first aid kit and his shopping bag and gets Jay-boy to th'ospital but when he comes to, Jason's lost his memory and can't remember being dumped by Tina in the first place. Oh ‘eck.

Love's young dream turns sour for Sian and Ryan this week. Sian, you'll remember is the blonde haired girl and Ryan the dark haired boy, teenagers both of them, hormones everywhere, all over the place. When Ryan won't remove a girl's number from his phone, Sian dumps him and then he tries it on with Sophie. Sian updates her facebook status to ‘single' and skips along the cobbles arm in arm with Sophie.

And finally this week, Rosie bids online to win a Weatherfield County vintage footy shirt for her footballer boyfriend Kyle Dmitri. Kev's pleased her daughter's got a new fella but after a visit to the footy ground to see County play, he's a big confused when no-one seems to have heard of this Kyle. "I was born to be a WAG," gushes Rosie. No, Rosie dear, you were born to be a slapper.

Coronation Street writers this week were Julie Jones, Jayne Hollinson, Mark Wadlow, Jan McVerry and Simon Crowther.

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Glenda Young

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

April 12, 2010

Greetings fellow Corrie fans and welcome to another weekly update freshly scraped up from the cobbles. Without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.

It's all going on in the Rovers this week when Peter plans to propose to Leanne but she gets the wrong end of the stick and reckons he's having it away with busty Michelle. Peter? Having two women on the go at one time? Not this time, no. But by the time Leanne's lost her temper with Peter, bitched at Michelle and thrown a wobbly, Peter doesn't feel like going down on one knee as he'd planned. It doesn't take Leanne long to realise her mistake and she proposes to Peter instead, down on one knee in the Rovers. "I will if you will," Peter tells her. "Me an' all," she replies. I think that's a yes, then. Ooh, this'll mean that Janice and Deirdre'll be in-laws. Can't wait to see their wedding hats, can you?

Also in the Rovers, Leanne's old mate Cheryl arrives and Lloyd's eyes pop out of his head. He's in lust, deep, deep lust and when he finds out that Cheryl works as a stripper, well he'll think all his birthdays have come at once. When Teresa finds out what's going on, well, that's a different thing entirely.

"When you used to tell Norris you were out at the shops doing a monthly price check on the local competition," says Eileen to Rita, in full frontal ear-shot of Mary in the Kabin, "…you were really upstairs having a bath with the radio on, keeping out of Norris' way when he got on your nerves." Rita tittered, nervously, because Norris wasn't supposed to know that. It was a good job he wasn't there then, he was out doing his monthly price check on the local competition.

Rita was good this week, by ‘eck she was. She realises that Lewis has come between her and Audrey and makes the first step towards making amends by telling Lewis she can't see him any more. He kisses her hand and waves au revoir. And then he slithers across the road to Audrey and tells her he's decided not to see Rita anymore. Well, Audrey rubs this in Rita's face as fast as you can say gigolo-a-go-go and what does Saint Rita do? She does nowt. She keeps her mouth shut and her thoughts to herself. For now, anyroad.

Poor Janice though. This week she had a fish and chip supper ready for a night in with tasty Trev the trash man. But Trev was nowhere to be seen, not by Janice anyroad. He's only been in bed with Carla Connor. After a few drinks on the town she lured him back to her flat and my god, we saw into her boudoir and it wasn't what I'd have chosen myself. It was garish, it was gold, there was even brocade. Not a good look. Did she miss the call to chuck out her chintz?

John drags Fiz to a farewell party for one of his ex-teaching colleagues, Colin Fishwick who's moving to Canada. Well, his ex-wife Glenda (great name and one shared by the receptionist in the medical centre on Rosamund Street) left him for the fella at WeightWatchers. Before they leave the party, John nicks Colin's ID so he can get back into teaching using someone else's name. It takes a while for John to wear Fiz down enough for her to give in and agree it's a good idea (it's not) and that John's worth more than working in the caff (he's not). Ffff….. for heaven's sake, Fiz, wake up and smell the "my name's Fishwick, Colin Fishwick" deceit. And so John heads back to the teaching world he says he loves so much and the three Rs: reading, writing and ripping off fake IDs.

This week, Sophie and Sian shared a kiss. Well, they not so much shared it but Sian suffered it while Sophie kissed her. They'd fallen out over Ryan who'd come on to Sophie and tried to kiss her. When Sophie told Sian, Sian didn't believe that Ryan would do such a thing and so the friends stopped speaking to each other and then they made up and hugged a bit and then hugged a bit more and Sophie thought a kiss on the lips would be a good idea but Sian wasn't keen and scarpered off to Southport. Sophie follows her and Sian tells her she wants nothing to do with Sophie and her kisses and hugs and Sophie returns home in tears. Kev's at a loss to understand his daughters, especially Rosie, who's taken up with the fella who works on the Weatherfield County burger van, and isn't, as Rosie thought and hoped, a Weatherfield County footballing star. It's his fallen arches to blame, they've a lot to answer for.

And finally this week, Steve and Becky go to a meeting to learn more about adoption. Anna and Eddie Windass are there too and both couples wonder if they'd be allowed to adopt. Can you adopt if you smoke? (Becky), live in a pub? (Steve) or are an older lady? (Anna). The answers to all questions were yes, you can.

Coronation Street writers this week were Damon Rochefort, Jonathan Harvey, Debbie Pates and Peter Whalley.

Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team.

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Glenda Young

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

April 19, 2010

Greetings fellow Corrie fans and welcome to another weekly update that’s hot off the press, fresh out the oven. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

"She can sizzle my chipolata any time," says Graeme about Michelle in the butchers. Graeme's lusting after most of the women on the Street right now and he tells anyone who'll listen that both Rosie and Natasha are after his mind, his body and his chipolata. When the girls find out what he's been saying about them, Natasha gets him in the Rovers on the pretence of a date while Rosie tips a pint all over Graeme's head, poor lad.

Another one with women troubles this week was our Kirk. He posted a picture of Jason on an internet dating site as he thought girls were more likely to be attracted to Jason than to him. Well, that may well be true. However, for those of us who like a bit more brain than brawn, Jason will always be in the second league, while Kirkeh, well, let's just say he sits on the bench and watches the match. Anyway, a young girl in a wheelchair turns up in the Rovers from the virtual world to meet Kirk who she thinks looks like Jason. There's a bit of confusion and Izzy the new girl gets off to a bad start with Kirk and rolls away down the cobbles in a bad mood. I hope she'll be back soon, she seemed feisty and fun and she's a checkout girl at Freshco. Meanwhile, Kirk remains single.

Across the road, one who's had the wisdom of Kirk in her life is Julie, who sits with Fiz in matching face-packs, moaning the lack of a good man in her life. Fiz and John are lying to all and sundry that John's new job is working in admin in a furniture factory. "I like furniture, me," says Julie. Me too. Do you? Julie dreams of meeting John's workmates and hopes there's an eligible fella she can go on a double date with, with John and Fiz. But John's really working as a teacher at Daisyfield High School under the pseudonym of Colin Fishwick using stolen ID and Fiz is not happy, oh no. She'd be even less happy if she knew that John aka Colin was being shown the darker recesses of his new school corridors by Rosie Webster Schoolgirl Minx 2.0

Molly has her baby scan and Tyrone pays extra to have it done in 3D and on DVD. He uploads it to YouTube and it's all over the world wide womb. Kevin wants Molly to get rid of the baby, he's in the corner shop shouting the odds and falls out with Tyrone too. Molly comes out with the best line of the week, telling Kevin: "It might not be your baby and it might not be Tyrone's, but it's mine and I'm keeping it!". Well, that's what she thinks. She and Tyrone drive to Diggory's cottage in the countryside to tell him that he's going to be a granddad but the car they drive off in is one that Kev's working on and he's not finished with it yet. Ye gods! The brakes aren't fixed! Kevin drives off in his breakdown truck following Molly and Tyrone who've taken the scenic route round a pub lunch. As the Dobbs' set off for Diggory's, bits drop off their car. I know not what they were, because I nothing about cars but I guess the bits that dropped off were vital. I know this because the car then skidded and overturned and the camera panned in on a lifeless Molly and Tyrone inside.

Over in the salon, Natasha eyed up Nick, giving him the hairdresser's chat up line: "Ooh, you've got lovely hair,"while Lewis came in to be transported to cuticle nirvana by a manicure from Audrey. "Take me to heaven," he instructed as he regaled Audrey and Natasha with tales from his days running a gentlemen's club in Nottingham. There are gentlemen in Nottingham? "I've always wanted to be a crumpier," sNatasha sighed.

And chez Windass, Anna's over the moon to have Gary back for a few days even if his visit was unannounced. What they don't realise is that Gary's gone AWOL and he'll soon turn up hiding in their shed - and I can't say I blame him either.

Coronation Street writers this week were Coronation Street writers this week were Damon Rochefort, Jonathan Harvey, Jayne Hollinson, Mark Burt and Martin Allen.

Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team.

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Glenda Young

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

April 26, 2010

Ahoy me hearties and welcome aboard the good ship Weekly Update. If you start to feel sea-sick, just put your head between your knees and whistle up your gang plank. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week’s Coronation Street update.

The big story this week has been Molly and Tyrone's car crash. There they were, in the middle of the nowhere on a country lane, upside down in a smashed up car and before you know it, two fire engines and an ambulance arrive quick-sharp after Tyrone struggles out of the car and flags down a woman who calls 999. Molly's rushed to hospital where she and the baby are going to be fine and Kevin hangs around the ward like an unwashed bedpan that's due in the sluice. When Molly gets discharged from th'ospital (and does anyone else miss Nurse Martin Platt?) she tells Tyrone she wants to move away from Weatherfield. Go on then, Molly, shift yerself. Just leave our Tyrone where he is.

For a middle-aged fella in a cardigan, Lloyd does a decent job of chatting up Cheryl the stripper. That is, until Teresa the girlfriend comes into the cab office and puts a dampner on things, asking about the whereabouts and thereabouts of the missing Fat Brenda. Oh come on Corrie, we HAVE to meet this woman. I bet she's really thin; it's like Curly, who wasn't.

Big "Eugh!" moment of the week came when Eddie Windass appeared at the foot of his stairs in his y-fronts and vest. At least they looked clean. He and Anna are fretting over Gary who's gone AWOL but what they don't know yet is that Gary's in the shed. David finds him hiding and the two of them share a beer and crisps in the Platt kitchen where talk turns to mothers and which one of the two lads is the most grown-up, or not. "You'd still be on the breast if she let yer," Gary tells David. There's a disturbing truth in that statement that hits David hard and he lays into Gary before throwing him out to go AWOL back in the SHED.

Big "Haha!" moment of the week came from the Barlows where Deirdre's made hummus. Hummus! I know! Deirdre! “I've gone all sophisticated and continental,” she tells Liz before finding out they've got mice in the hice. And that was the cue for comedy trouser time as Deirdre put elastic bands around the bottom of her trousers to stop the mice running up her trouser leg. Ken just laid traps and poison which was much less fun to watch.

Big "Aww!" moment of the week came when Sian and Sophie made up and decided they were going out with each other even if it felt weird and they didn't know whether to make their relationship public, or not. It's sweet, it really us.

Another couple of female friends back on track are Rita and Audrey, where in a lovely moment Rita came into the salon to see her friend and book an ‘air appointment. The camera angle was such that we saw Rita in the salon mirror so it appeared Audrey had her back to her friend as Rita delivered her apology. Magical stuff. Mind you, Audrey's fluffy head has been turned by Lewis who tells her she's the special one and he's off the meter with her from now on, she no longer has to pay for his attention and time. Rita's wise to Lewis' game, she knows he's a bad ‘un but will Audrey listen? Like as not, no.

And finally this week, Norris and Mary go to Bronte Country in the motorhome with Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights singing them off the Street. Once they're cosied up in their cottage on the moors, they set to comping but first there's dinner and Mary cooks up a storm for Norris to eat with spicy chorizo sausage ‘Toad in the Olé!' She confuses Norris when she tells him she had to do a spot of laundry while cooking dinner because “my brassiere got soaked right through.” She's a marvel, is Mary, but Norris doesn't seem to have noticed that yet.

Coronation Street writers this week were Joe Turner, Julie Jones, Stephen Russell, Chris Fewtrell and Simon Crowther.

Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team.

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Glenda Young

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