Dec 5, 2011
 
Greetings and welcome to the Coronation Street Weekly Update.   And so without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.
 
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Sally's full of herself at freaky Frank’s factory where she gets all giddy in her power-dressing suit.  Frank invites her to join a business meeting where she goes all sophisticated with a dash of milk in her coffee, because that's just the sort of woman that Sally Webster is, before it rushes to her head and fills her with lust for the latest pair of power trousers that's come strolling her way. “I don't believe what Carla's saying about you,” she tells Frank, clearly overcome by the promise of a pay rise and a snog behind the sewing machine. In reward, Frank sends her a text with a kiss at the end which sends a blush right up Mrs Webster's cheeks.
 
But it's not all lusty love in the Webster house this week because Sophie and Sian fall out when Sian's college work takes precedence over snogging Sophie on the sofa. Sophie's fed up, she's had enough of never being in the full beam of Sian's headlights of love. Amber's twigged on that Sophie's not in love with Sian but manages to keep fairly quiet when Sophie announces she and Sian are getting wed in four weeks. Sally agrees to the wedding after Sophie and Sian try to elope on a coach to Carlisle.  So with a month to their marriage, Sophie and Sian plan their nuptials with Sally harping on: “For a born again Christian lesbian, you haven't half got a one track mind!” to which Rosie replied: “Mum, don't be so lesbophobic!”  Wonderful stuff.
 
The Bessie Street school nativity goes all X-factor in the try-outs for who gets what part. Desperate Deirdre teaches grandson Simon a new song to sing as he goes up for the role of Inn Keeper – it's Cilla Black's “Step Inside, Love”.  Ah, if only she'd taught him to play the harmonica too.
 
Over at Streetcars, there's a visit from the tax man who tells Lloyd they're getting audited. Lloyd rakes through Freshco carrier bags full of receipts and invoices and it's left to Saint Stella of the Rovers to come to his aid. And lo, for it was she, that helped Lloyd in his hour of need with the taxi receipts and created world peace while she was there while appearing in every scene and getting on my wick.  Lloyd, still in bits about losing Cheryl and a bit tipsy in the bar, leans in for a kiss from Stella but she pulls away. Mind you, Karl was nowhere to be seen, he was gambling away all of his Streetcars earnings in the casino.
 
Tina dumps Doctor Carter this week after he harps on about her going to Weatherfield Tech. And then he set her up with an interview at the Bistro, telling Nick that she'd done lots of waitressing work when she hadn't. Matt thinks Tina can do better than working in the Rovers, little realising that it's exactly what she wants to do and that it makes her smile. Anyway, there's a falling out with Tina and she chucks a pint in his face.  Want a beer, Matt? There's the door, Matt! Need a bath, Matt? Repeat ad nauseum if you've got a mate called Matt. They love it, they really do.

In the Bistro, Nick and Eva grow closer and he takes her home to meet Gail. The threesome have a coffee in an awkward silence and then Nick tells Gail: “I'm just taking Eva up to my room to listen to some records.”  I wonder if he got out the 7” or the 12”?  The vinyl, dear, the vinyl. Anyway, knowing that Nick's got a new girl means that Gail's got a face like a slapped behind once again, as if you needed telling.

As it's almost a year since the tram crash happened, Emily plans a memorial service and asks Peter Barlow to give a speech.  He tries working on it, but it just winds him up and he admits to Carla that every time he's forced to think of the tram crash, he's craving drink. Carla looks on sympathetically, craving Peter's bod.

And finally this week, there's a hen party in the Rovers where the reluctant bride Mandy takes a shine to our Kirk.

And that's just about that for this week.  Remember, you can sign up to get these Corrie weekly updates by email at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/corrieweeks/This

This week's writers were John Kerr, Debbie Oates, Jonathan Harvey and Ellen Taylor. Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html

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Dec 12, 2011
 
Sorry, Glenda was away this week
 

Dec 19, 2011
 
Greetings and welcome to the Coronation Street Weekly Update. This week the update's got that tingly Christmas feeling in his soul. Well, it's either that, or wind. And so without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update. Remember, you can sign up to get these Corrie weekly updates by email at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/corrieweeks

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Lloyd packed up his troubles in old kit bag, wore a natty hat and smiled as he left Corrie this week. To a 10-horn salute from the Streetcars cabs, Lloyd sailed away to record a few episodes of Red Dwarf before returning next year. Before he left, he sold his share of the cab firm to Becky, which upsets Tracy no end because she reckons this'll make Steve and Becky close again. Steve tells Tracy she's wrong, but she's right. It does make Steve and Becky close again and when Steve finds out that Becky's meeting a cab client in a hotel in town to discuss a cab contract, Steve pops along too. The meeting goes well, the contract's in the bag and Becky invites Steve upstairs to celebrate. He's torn, you can tell by the way he goes into gurn overdrive, but he declines Becky's tempting offer for the sake of his unborn twins. He tells Becky he doesn't really love Tracy, it's knowing he's going to be a dad to the twins that is making his life worthwhile.

Meanwhile, Tracy's wondering where Steve and Becky are and she's beside herself with worry when Karl tells her the pair are at a hotel in town. Tracy assumes Steve's having it away with Becky in a hotel room and she storms in there, all guns blazing, screaming and shouting and banging on doors until she works herself up into such a rage that the stress of it all makes her collapse. She's rushed to th'ospital with Deirdre by her side, where she miscarries the twins. Deirdre consoles and hugs her daughter who knows that when she tells Steve she's lost the babies, he'll want nowt to do with her. Deirdre convinces Tracy to tell Steve about the babies, and so Tracy goes on the hunt for him. He's asleep on the sofa in the back room of the pub after an all night airport taxi-run but Tracy doesn't know that. She storms up to Becky's flat, demanding to see Steve and when Becky tells her he's not there, an evil plan forms in Tracy's mind and she throws herself back down the full flight of stairs. Becky looks on in horror then dials for an ambulance. By the time Steve finds out what's happened, Tracy's back in hospital with Deirdre by her side. And that's when twisted Tracy really lets rip. "Becky pushed me down the stairs. She killed our babies!"she lies to Steve as Deirdre's face goes into full "what the f... ?"mode.

Elsewhere this week, Owen and David's spat turns nasty when Owen wakes up to find his fish pond filled in with soil and all his fish have disappeared. This cut to a brilliant scene of Kylie at the Platt's screaming in horror to David: "Why's our bath full of fish?"Owen digs out the fish pond again and buys more fish but when he goes to restock the pond, David's already put the fish back in there that he nicked earlier. I think David might have bitten off more than he can chew by choosing to go head-to-head with Owen so it'll be interesting to see how this one pans out. And so when the water goes off at Audrey's salon and she's forced to move all her clients to have their cut and blow's done in Gail's front room, David blames Owen for cutting off the water supply. As yet, Owen's admitting nowt.

Daft storyline of the week came and went in Roy's Rolls when Emily and Rita had a Christmas dinner cook off. I'm sure on paper this must have looked at least a little bit funny but it just didn't work, not for this fan. In fact, not only did it not work, it was a wee bit embarrassing to watch.

And finally this week there's been more carry on between Carla and Peter who are on again, off again, while little Simon and Leanne are blissfully unaware of what this tiresome twosome are up to. Ah, if only the same could be said of us viewers, what a happier bunch we might be.

And that's just about that for this week.

This week's writers were Ellen Taylor, Mark Wadlow and Joe Turner. Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html

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Dec 26, 2011
 
Greetings and welcome to the Coronation Street Weekly Update. I trust you've all had a good Christmas and are wearing your new socks and pants with pride. It's Corrie's Christmas week and there's been a lot happening so this could be a lot longer than you're used to, as Norris will probably never say to Mary. And so, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

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‘Tis the season to be jolly with peace and goodwill to all men. A for the women, they're at each other's throats with Tracy telling everyone who'll listen that Becky pushed her down the stairs and killed her unborn twins. Stressed Becky necks back the voddy straight from the bottle, she's beside herself with misery, made worse when she spots Steve on his knees on the cobbles asking Tracy-luv to marry him and of course the deluded mare, she says yes. There's more voddy, more necking, more crying, more tears. And then Becky crawls up to her flat, burns her wedding pictures of Steve and falls asleep on the sofa as the flat goes up in flames.
 

But fear not, for lo, there's a mobile phone gone astray at Gail's house and Nick recognises it's Becky's, dashes to her flat to give it back to her, spots the flames, drags Becks out and is hailed a hero. Mind you, I was surprised the role of Becky's saviour wasn't given to Saint Stella of the Rovers, she seems to have an uncanny and irritating knack of saving every troubled soul on the Street and she's only been in the show five minutes.

Anyway, Becky's more determined than ever to prove Tracy's telling lies about losing the babies and reports herself to the cops for assaulting Tracy. There's method in her madness when the cops quiz Tracy and demand to know why she didn't report the assault herself. Ooh, it'll all come out, just you wait and see. And in the meantime, every time a flash of guilt crosses Deirdre's face, the camera pans right in on her and you can see right up her nose.

Peter and Carla share a Christmas moment and he gives her necklace. It's a necklace that Stella (see, she's involved again) has already seen in Peter's shopping bag and assumes it's for Leanne's Christmas gift, but it's not, it's for Carla.

 

It wouldn't be Christmas without a lickle baby and in true soap fashion, unto us Corrie fans a child is born at the Weatherfield Community Centre nativity play. Pregnant Katy steps in to play Mary when little FAYe drops out with nerves. Katy goes into labour and gives birth to a little boy they name Joseph with a middle name of Peter after Chesney's dog Schmeichel, which was a nice touch. Chesney almost missed the birth though ‘cos he was dressed as an elf stranded in the middle of a forest. It's a long story and if were more interesting I'd tell you, but it's not.

Left to the babysitting while Katy goes on a night out with Anna, Fiz and Izzy, Chesney enlists Kirk's help to get his new baby off to sleep. "How der yer do it?" wonders Chesney when Kirk rocks baby Joseph Peter Battersby-Brown Armstrong to sleep. "I whisper lines from me favourite films in his ear". I bet mumsnetters were all over the forums with that one.

At the nativity, little Simon's playing an innkeeper. "Like Steve?" he asks Ken. "More like a simple man," replies Ken to which little Simon goes: "Like Kirk?"

Gail's back from Milan and in a bad mood so Kylie offers to leave her to her Menopause Monthly magazine and cook Christmas dinner instead. It's all a bit tense but it goes to plan in the end and Kylie stands by her sister, encouraging her to wreak revenge on tacky Tracy.
 
On Christmas Day, David Platt celebrated his 21st birthday. And as any Corrie fan knows, Rosie Webster was born the day before David, on Christmas Eve, yet her 21st went unmentioned, which was rather odd I thought. But anyway Rosie's far too busy organising Sophie and Sian's lesbian hen party to remember her own 21st. Like, er, no, that just would not happen. At the hen do, Amber does her best to mooch about looking miserable and Sunita knows that summat happened between Amber and Sophie and tells Sophie to look into her heart before she marries Sian. Rita turns up first at the hen-do and Rosie takes her coat. "Have you ever been to a teenage lesbian hen party before?" she asks Reet who has a quick think, because there's not much this woman hasn't done, before replying. "Do you know, I don't think I have."
 
At Roy's Rolls, Rita, Emily, Norris and Dennis are put right off their sprouts when Sylvia returns from her cruise. She's full of tales of a sprightly seventy-odd year old called Milton, an American, who gave her the glad-eye while she was onboard. Sylvia then gets out her uke-banjo and gives them a festive fiddle, prompting Norris to declare he can do better. Sylvia demands that he prove it and lays a £50 bet that she'll win the musical stand-off. Mary offers to be Norris' musical muse and teach him to play the piano when he admits that he's rubbish at tinkling the ivories.

And finally, Izzy and Gary have a Christmas snog. I love these two together, I really do.

And that's just about that for this week. Remember, sign up to get these spam-free Corrie weekly updates by email at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/corrieweeks/

This week's writers were Damon Rochefort, John Kerr, Martin Allen, Chris Fewtrell and Jayne Hollinson. Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team at: http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html

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