Coronation Street Weekly Update, June 27 2011

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Roy’s mum Sylvia starts showing some chinks in her armour when she softens and has a bit of a moment with a photo of Roy when he was nowt but a boy. This was a lovely touch as Corrie used what was very obviously a picture of actor David Neilson, who plays Roy, and Sylvia sighed over the photo at a table for one in the caff.

Over at Underworld, Carla gets a call to say her mum has died. She plays to her strengths and handles the news in the way she knows best and orders a whole bottle of red in the Rovers. Frank takes her home as she’s too drunk to do anything and when he shows her a bit of compassion and tucks her up on the sofa, she leans in for a kiss but he backs off, slightly concerned.  Anyway, she conks out on his settee but she’s also making eyes at Peter Barlow again which doesn’t please Leanne not one little bit.

Anyway, Leanne’s got more problems on her mind than her husband giving the glad eye to the local lush. An armed robber comes into the bookies and threatens Leanne and Stella, who’s in there at the time. Stella tackles the fella to the ground and shoos him out with his own baseball bat, protecting Leanne because she’s Leanne’s real mum, only no one knows it just yet.

Stella Price’s name goes up above the door at the Rovers and no matter how many times you see that happen in Corrie, it’s always an iconic moment and makes this fan wonder how long Stella will last. First impressions are good but ooh, you just never know.  There’s more argy-bargy in the Rovers when Leanne hears Stella’s daughter Eva (and soon to be revealed as Leanne’s half-sister) slagging her off behind her back.  “Take your face back to the charity shop where you got it from,” retorts Leanne in a wonderful line written by Jonathan Harvey. Let’s just hope she gets the £3.99 back that she paid for it.   All the noise and fuss in the pub is too much for Norris and Emily, Deirdre and Ken, who take to the bistro for a bit of P&Q.  Norris picks up the fancy-pants Bistro menu and raises his eyebrows.  “Pan fried steak?  I mean, what else would you fry it in,” which isn’t a line I’ve ever said before, no, not me, not ever. I am not Norris, No.

At the Rovers, Becky has a fag in the back yard before walking in to take control of what she still thinks of as being her pub.  Walking in the back way is never a good sign, not when you want to make a statement. It must always be by the front door, always, and always with your head held high and a smile on your face, no matter how pained. Becky clearly has a lot to learn. She decides to throw a party in the Rovers, to prove to Stella and Karl she’s still in charge, but when the jukebox starts banging and the locals start dancing, in walks Ken and cuts the cord to the jukebox, ending the party and Becky’s reign.  Go on there, Ken.  Undeterred. Becky gets the jukebox fixed and throws a party with a stripper for Jason’s 28th birthday.  And what a party it is, the stripper ruffles Ken’s hair, who comes in again to complain, then a fight breaks out and the place goes wild.  Steve pulls up in a cab outside his pub just in time to see a bar stool thrown through the window, followed by a gang of lads stumbling and falling out of the door. Perfect timing. He sacks Stella and offers Becky five grand to do a runner but she tells him she’s staying put for now.

Eileen and Julie discover they’re distantly related to Dennis Tanner when he reveals that his mum Elsie’s maiden name was Grimshaw.  Julie gets  excited about finding a long lost relative living down the street and well, you know Eileen, she’s not that fussed.  A wonderful moment came when Dennis visited No. 11 for the first time since he lived there as  a lad with his mum Elsie.

And Izzy has a hard time with Gary who’s deleting her texts from her mates so she can’t go out and have a good time without him.  Is it post traumatic syndrome from his time in the army, or is he just a mardy little man?

And that's just about that for this week. 

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

Glenda Young
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