Blimey! the shock brought it all back - the ruthless murdering of the ex-wife or was it wives, the manipulation of Gail (not that that was much of a challenge), the terrible plunge into the canal - and worst of all, the attempt to convince everyone that the fabulous Audrey was losing her marbles! As if!
You can see Brian grinning wolfishly on Countdown and regaling Jeff Stelling & co. with tales of his Corrie days here http://www.channel4.com/programmes/countdown/4od and obviously unless you're a night owl like me, you WON'T have to watch it at 5am...