Cosy crimes and gritty sagas by Corrie Blog editor Glenda, published by Headline. Click pic below!

Wednesday 2 October 2024

Preview of tonight's Coronation Street - Wednesday 2 October 2024


Wednesday 2nd October 2024

    An emotional Billy prepares for the funeral on what would have been his and Paul’s first wedding anniversary. He is horrified at the church to find a drunken Denny skulking in the shadows and orders him to behave and keep out of sight. As Todd, Summer, Kit, David, Chesney and Dee-Dee carry Paul’s coffin down the aisle with Bernie and Gemma following behind.  Billy steps forward to conduct the service. Will everything go to plan? 

    At No.9, Tyrone explains to the girls that Fiz isn’t feeling well. But his concerns about Fiz are put to one side when he picks up Hope’s pencil case and a vape falls out. Tyrone and Fiz are stunned when a cocky Hope reveals she stole it from the corner shop. 

    In the Turkish hospital the CEO of the cosmetic surgery company approaches Sarah and explains that they’d like to pay for her hotel accommodation. When Sarah demands they should be paying the medical bills the CEO hands her Bethany’s consent form. When David tells Audrey how the cosmetic surgery company is refusing to pay Bethany’s medical bills, Audrey reckons they should go online and spread the word about what the company is really like.

    ELSEWHERE In the cafĂ©, Dee-Dee confides in Kit that she phoned the wedding venue and the holiday company and it would seem Joel has already recouped their deposits. 


Glenda Young
Fancy writing a guest blog post for us? All details here!  
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook 


Tuesday 1 October 2024

Spoilers for next week's Coronation Street - October 7 to 11, 2024

Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less.

Monday October 7 to Friday October 11, 2024


Carla’s day goes from bad to worse, Billy reads out Paul’s wish list, David breaks the news to Shona that Gail’s taken out a bridging loan, Kit downloads the files from Joel’s laptop, Eileen’s gobsmacked to see her ex-boyfriend Jesse climbing out of a taxi while the Platts are baffled by Jesse’s arrival. 

See the full week's preview with pictures at Corrie.net  

Note: If you still see last week's previews when you click through to Corrie.net, please refresh your browser

Glenda Young
Fancy writing a guest blog post for us? All details here!  
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook 

Alison King interview: Shock news for Carla after court case


Carla’s up in court this week for ABH, having knocked the lad off his bike. It’s been a tough start to the year, losing Peter then nearly losing Roy. Emotionally, how is she coping?

I think she's been doing pretty well all things considering, she’s kind of spinning plates I guess but at some point that’s going to come crashing down. As the day starts we see her with a letter and that really rocks her, she’s dealing with a lot and that’s when she makes rash decisions. That’s what happened when she knocked the boy off his bike, it was a rash decision trying to protect someone she loved and maybe an instinct in her that she didn't know still existed. She's putting her trust into different people, she's got Ryan and Bobby but there’s no one really there for her who’s a real grown up and I think this is where this bond with Lisa has stemmed from.

She gets through the court case but when she’s back on the street, the lad’s dad follows her and becomes quite threatening. How scared is Carla when it’s just the two of them in the factory?

She's been pushed to the edge, and she's had to justify herself in the courtroom. Outside she’s still making digs about the lad to Ryan when the dad appears and says that’s my son. She snaps back, making out he deserved it, especially with a dad like him which probably isn’t a great move. She's in a really vulnerable state on that day, she's had this letter, there’s a lot going on in her head and she just snaps. She’s trying to defend herself, although really she's got no defence whatsoever for what she did. She goes back to the factory, tells everybody to go home, then suddenly this lunatic appears, coming at her and really raising his voice in quite threatening behaviour. So she just goes into fight or flight and tries to flee but then Lisa appears and steps in, we hope just at the right time, but Carla’s really shaken by it. 

Do we find out what was in the letter that’s left her so troubled?

She goes home and she starts drinking. It transpires that the letter was her divorce from Peter coming through. She goes into a kind of morose, maudlin mode. It’s just the end of a really, really bad day and tough as she is she’s feeling very sorry for herself.

Is she surprised when Lisa calls to check on her?

I think Carla’s still in shock and she’s very much in the moment. There is a real friendship growing between them and the fact that she's come around to check on her really means something to Carla. I think because she's taken Betsy on, there's kind of kindred spirit forming. We’ve seen Lisa have a bad day and Carla being a shoulder to lean on. She's got a lot of understanding about how difficult Betsy is, she's just come out of a relationship herself so she understands some of the loss Lisa is feeling after Becky. It's been a long time since Carla has had a female friend, somebody who's actually leaning on her but is also a powerhouse in her own right. Now Lisa is there for her, she’s leaning on Lisa for the first time and it's becoming quite a confusing friendship. Lisa keeps appearing, she’s always there because of that link through Betsy, and there’s a bond growing between them that Carla can’t quite define.

Are you enjoying working with Vicky and seeing this friendship develop?

I’m loving working with Vicky, she’s an absolute trooper and she’s very talented. I'm enjoying seeing their friendship coming through, with this friendship we’re seeing a more vulnerable side in them both, rather than just two very strong women. It's nice to see Carla opening up to another woman, rather than it all being intermingled with men. She’s suddenly got somebody around that really gets her. She has that closeness and banter with Ryan at home but with Lisa she can show that vulnerability that she so often hides. Lisa’s so serious but she quite likes it and she doesn't really know why, because in that sense they're polar opposite. 

The viewers are loving watching that bond between them grow, do you think their closeness is something that Carla’s maybe not even fully aware of herself yet?

Definitely, I think every step of this friendship is taking her by surprise. The closeness between them for Carla comes from concern yet at times she can’t really put her finger on what this is.

We also need to talk about Betsy, because Betsy has brought a hell of a lot of trouble to Carla's door. Why does Carla keep sticking up for her, what is it that she sees in Betsy?

She definitely sees her younger self in Betsy, even though Betsy’s more privileged than Carla was when she was little. Carla grew up from absolutely nothing, whereas Betsy’s got these steady arms around but she can see the vulnerability, because she's missing something and is acting out because of it. Now, when Carla was young, she was used to that and acted out so she can pick up on the missing links and understand her, because she was like that at her age. Lisa’s giving herself such a hard time, telling herself I can’t do this, I'm not worthy. But there's something in Carla that goes, well I can, I can tell her what's what because I've been there. I think it’s surprised Carla and she’s actually quite enjoying it, because she's not had a child to bring up, she lost the chance of having her daughter and she did really really want that. She can handle Betsy, she finds her quite funny and the things she does amusing, because she’s done them herself. She knows Betsy, she gets her.

Are you enjoying playing the mother figure, because all of a sudden there's Betsy, then Ryan and Bobby at home?

I’m absolutely loving it, it’s something that's been thrown at Carla and is just really fun to play. They all seem to interlink, there’s a lot thrown in the mix but after Peter I think mummy Carla is quite funny and she’s doing quite well in her own way. She’s trying to keep them all in line but she also seems quite relaxed in the fact that they're all around her. 


Glenda Young
Fancy writing a guest blog post for us? All details here!  
Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook 

Monday 30 September 2024

Coronation Street Episode Review Monday 30th September

LISA - KIT - CORONATION STREET - ITV

Deedee plays Joel's message to Swain, who thinks it means he wanted to off himself, although Deedee thinks it's all a hoax by her ex. Maybe he read about Phelan and his faked death and was inspired. Swain says good riddance to bad rubbish leavingo D.S. Deedee to do the detecting - she goes to the place of Joel's last location and finds another vehicke near the decoy car, which is later revealed to have been sold to someone meeting Joel's description. Meanwhile, Swain and Kit find a notebook in Joel's flat that proves he wrote his suicide note at home and his death was either planned or faked.

 STU - CORONATION STREET - ITV

Fortunately Mason chooses to sleep in Speed Daal rather than going to Stu's ex-place, Tent City. Yasmeen is very unkeen on having Mason stay at no. 6, but she capitulates and they smuggle him in under the cover of everyone being busy with other things.

Sarah hands over her voicemail number and PIN to her ex so he can access her messages that she can't get in Turkey. What could go wrong? Adam finds a voicemail from Damon, who somehow has heard about Bethany and who also says there's some money in a lock-up, with deets on how to access it. We don't see if Adam actions this but he does donate £500 to the Bethany stoma fund.

God, I'll be glad when this funeral is over. Now Billy and Bernie are arguing about flowers, FFS. Paul's final weeks and death were moving and now it's just becoming a farce. As an aside, it's funny that Bernie, who is pretty self-centred, has been the one to tame Dev; he is always the supportive one re: the Winter shenanigans, whereas every other girlfriend has been at the whim of Dev's ego. He agrees to fund sending (half of) Paul's ashes into space, at Bernie's request. Weird flex but ok.

Fiz is supposed to have a romantic meal with Ty to make up for the spoiled birthday but she has a funny turn at work and Dr Gaddas is immediately available to diagnose....low blood pressure? Early menopause? No, it's pregnancy, which is kind of funny given that Fiz's real life pregnancies have been covered by i) going to look after Cilla ii) taking Hope to some kind of special school for devil children and iii) Norwich. I can see why Fiz might not want to have another kid, given the way her firstborn turned out. Maybe it'll be a boy this time.

Rachel Stevenson - on twitter


GRITTY SAGAS BY CORRIE BLOG EDITOR GLENDA YOUNG, PUBLISHED BY HEADLINE. CLICK PIC BELOW!

You might also like...

Coronation Street Books for Fans

GRITTY SAGAS BY CORRIE BLOG EDITOR GLENDA YOUNG, PUBLISHED BY HEADLINE. CLICK PIC BELOW!