New blogging boy in town

Hey-up!

I'm Scott, and I'm the newest member of the Coronation Street Blog team. I'm really excited at the opportunity to write about Britain's finest soap opera, and hopefully you'll enjoy what I have to say.

A few things about me:

I'm 33, and I live on the Wirral with my partner Dave. I've been watching Corrie since I was a kid, alongside my mum, and I've really grown up with the cobbles.  In fact, I'm only a couple of weeks older than the legendary Tracy Barlow!  I love the comedy of the show, and the dialogue - no other show on TV could get away with the absurdity of Roy and Hayley's wedding, never mind mixing it with Claire and Sophie's more serious storylines.

Favourite family: The Websters.  They really feel like a proper little unit to me, for all their flaws, and I was heartbroken when they broke up in the 90s.  I'm so glad they're back together again.

Favourite characters (current): Norris, Liz MacDonald, Mary, Graham, Roy & Hayley, Eileen.

Favourite characters (all time): Percy, Raquel, Violet (or The Lovely Violet as she is known in our house), Hilda Ogden.

Least favourite characters: Molly - totally ruined by her affair with Kevin; NuNick - bring back Warren Jackson, I say!; Michelle - apparently the most fragrant and wonderful humanoid around - I can't see it myself.

I'm looking forward to the tram crash, and the fallout from that in the long term, but more immediately I'm enjoying the Liz/Eileen/Owen triangle, Natasha's duplicity, and Sophie & Sian's star-crossed lovers act.

I'm hoping the next 50 years will be just as good as the first 50!

P.S. I also write a blog about Merseyrail, our local railway network here, but don't worry; you don't have to read it!