the rolling Coronation Street thread.

Well, yes, she won't like it, that's why she's suddenly become all "ooh, it's not normal" despite being not noticeably averse to Sean (and, er, being at Roy and Hayley's wedding - can't really remember her being one of the people particularly disgusted at Hayley's revelation about her past back in the day). It's just added soapy drama for Sophie to struggle against.

Sally is friends with Sean, but he's pretty much John Inman at this stage, so there's not much for her to rail against with him. Even if he started having a relationship with a man, I reckon she'd be okay as long as they didn't start flaunting it up and down the street where she would have to see it.

Although I was pleased about it from a dramatic point of view, because it meant they didn't spin out the storyline any longer, I was disappointed in Claire being so quick to break her promise to Sophie not to tell. Fuck you, Claire. (I don't like Claire anyway. If she didn't have Sally across the road as a cautionary tale, I reckon she'd be just like her.)

Yeah, I was really disappointed that Claire broke her promise so quickly. I find Claire very inoffensive though and more sinned against than sinning (having to put up with the mega-dull Ashley for a start).

"Mary queen of shops she's a lesbian, and i love mary queen of shops!"

Just watching this now. That Mary Queen of Shops thing was pure Sally at her Salliest.

Silly Sally at her Silliest Salliest!

corrie really driving home the "gays aint that bad!" message at the mo. i mean i'm not saying it's not plausible for two families on the same street to be facing such issues at the same time, but, hmm.

who's the other family? i know the websters. i haven't watched it much recently.

ken barlow's grandson is gay, and his father (ken's son) isn't too happy about it. the son and the grandson are played by bill roache (actor who plays ken)'s sons.

ok, i saw linus roach the other day.

so linus roach's son (in the show) is played by his real brother, bill roach's other son?

yeah that's right.

just googled and they were born to different mothers, so i guess that makes them half-brothers. but yeah, they're all related.

Seeing Linus Roache without his American Law and Order accent was ... interesting.

Did anyone watch the road to coronation street? i liked it so much i watched it twice!

I have recorded it for later consumption. I am very much looking forward to it.

you'll enjoy it, i'm sure.

it's still on iplayer til this weekend for anyone else.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00ttj2r/Corrie_The_Road_to_Coronation_Street/

You can also download it which gives you longer if, like me, you are a bit rubbish at remembering to find time to watch stuff.

Enjoyed the 'Road to Corrie' a lot. The acting was great, especially David Dawson in the lead Tony Warren role.

Yeah, I really enjoyed it as well. I had no idea how hard they had to fight for it. Of course, that could just be the BBC's current narrative.

Good cliffhanger tonight on Corrie as well. Trust Gail to go looking in the medical records with that sense of righteous moral superiority she has (even about doing something quite wrong).

Then she goes and gets sacked in public, with nary a disciplinary procedure or referral to HR, and replaced in ten seconds with Deirdre with nary a reference or CRB check.

Carla's descent into alcoholism is a belter an' all.

Why can't this just stay good for any length of time?

Had a good old sniffle at Jack telling Tyrone that he had cancer.

molly really is an annoying busybody isn't she.

r.i.p Jack ....

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/8/1289241657665/Jack-Duckworth-reunited-w-006.jpg

I had a wee sniffle. Poor Jack. Shame they had to ruin what was otherwise a decent episode with (1) bloke that plays Ashley being a really bad drunk and (2) this fucking Fishwick pish.

Nice that there wasn't a HERE'S WHAT'S ON NEXT over the credits at the end. Now can every single other TV programme take note, please!

i'm always sniffling but, really, couldn't they have put some better writers on this one? the jack and vera scene was very poor. they must have spent all the money on the vertical tracking shot through the house.

It could have been a lot lot worse. Also, y'know, it's Jack. It was sad. Was Fiz around at all in the pub, btw - wasn't she the wee apple of his eye when she was going out with Tyrone? And Maria?

I hope to God Nick Tilsley goes under the tram, btw. This Leanne angst is v. annoying. They're going to make Peter have an affair with Carla, aren't they?

yes i also noticed that the pub looked a bit sparse. this was the first i've seen it in a month or so, it's definitely in recession from what i can see.

The pub was shot from a new angle that I'd never seen before, from right behind the door.

yes and there looked something very "set like" about it. maybe new, smaller, cameras let them get into more nooks and crannies? and allow vertical tracking shots through rooms you've never even seen before.

I believe they'd been taking some of the set apart to do the crash/aftermath/rebuilding so maybe that's allowed them to get in places that they didn't have access before?

Also they've had to revamp a lot of the sets since going HD apparently.

ah right, i imagine that's why it looks a bit different now. not that i'm watching on HD but they do jazz things up a bit when they do that.

xpost i had forgotten about the upcoming crash.

The Corrie/Eastenders thing on Children In Need was fun.

the young lady who plays Sunita was on Loose Women yesterday and said that the 50th anniversary episode would feature 'live CGI'. Sounds, interesting?

I reckon Ken and Deirdre would look great in those motion-capture suits.

the "big event" is being trailered as "four funerals and a wedding".

i thought it was supposed to be, like, 20 funerals?

also, another wedding??? put the brakes on ffs.

Who's getting married - Peter and Leanne? I was trying to work that out earlier when I saw the advert. Is Jack one of the four funerals - are we only losing three folk then?

Eileen in the Children in Need trailer said "I also said those trams would be the death of me." - spoiler or red herring?

also = always

I hope that was a red herring because her 'nicking money off boss' storyline could be fun.

Gotta be Ashley or Clare to go? This moving to France thing is pretty rubbish so must be leading up to something.

My money's on Molly. Hopefully Dev as well.

If the wedding's on then that rules out Peter and Leanne, am predicting Nick instead of either of them. One out of Molly and Kevin (Molly probably), one out of Ashley and Clare (please god Clare), and one more (Janice?)

just four? we need a bigger clear out than that.

i can barely look at eddie windass.

but please, yes, dev.

They couldn't kill off Eddie Windass with the whole Gary-back-from-Afghanistan storyline, poor Anna :-(

Don't think Peter and Leanne can be ruled out - they could be having the reception in The Joinery.

Nearest businesses - the Joinery, Streetcars, the corner shop, the Kabin. Nearest houses: the Websters. Who lives in the flat above the shop just now - Tina?

Oops, when googling for who lives where, I just came across a list of who is due to leave, including a spoiler on Wikipedia about Charlotte which had better not be fucking true. Please can we just get rid of Stape now?

Never mind Coronation Street, can we talk about Eastenders' Glenda turning into an uber-GILF and shagging her nephew, the ever-unnattractive Phil Mitchell, after letting Ian Beale think he was going to get his? She is fast becoming my current favourite soap character by a long way - between this and her leaving weed out for Carol Jackson to get stoned on, she is holding the show together. Not even Janine locking Ryan in a fridge, or Rosie Webster generally being amazing, is coming close.

We can. ON THE EASTENDERS THREAD :-)

Yesterday's EastEnders

Ugh, I knew I'd posted on a thread before about Eastenders, I don't know why I thought this had become a de facto soaps thread.