Coronation Street Blog: Your Corrie heroes and villains of the week

Sunday, 17 March 2013

Your Corrie heroes and villains of the week

It's time to discuss our Corrie heroes and villains from the past week. This last week has been all about couples splitting up and getting back together again. There has been lots of unhappiness for poor Chesney and happiness of a sort for Dev and Sunita. Let's see how long that lasts. I found it very easy to decide on my hero and villain this week as you shall see if you read on.

So here goes. If you had to pick one Coronation Street character who you particularly love at the moment and one you particularly hate, who would they be? Only one each please, and remember I am asking for characters, not actors!

My heroine of the week was remarkably easy to choose. Who else but the Salford Songbird herself, Rita Tanner. Just when you think Rita will never sing again, up she pops out of the blue and gives a performance Dame Vera Lynn herself would be proud of. Our Rita has a long history of singing in Corrie. Originally a backstreet nightclub singer, we were often treated to her dulcet tones in The Capricorn Club (where brawls were not uncommon) and then t'Gatsby, again a lively venue. My personal favourite of Rita's performances came at Christmas 1972 when she wowed the Rovers Select with her impression of Marlene Dietrich.

Rita can always be counted on to belt one out, whether it be the Millennium street party or in the aftermath of the tram crash in 2010. You can relive her rendition of A Winter's Tale here. In all seriousness, I do love it when Barbara Knox gives her vocal cords a good airing - it's a tangible link to Coronation Street's rich past and a song from Rita normally brings us moments of true Corrie community spirit. Seeing Rita, Emily and Dennis reminiscing together in the Rovers by candlelight was just lovely.

Now for my villain of the week. Not a difficult one for me, it's Ryan Connor. I could start by asking just what was he thinking? However I honestly don't think he had a thought in his head! What a selfish, unpleasant young man he is. I haven't really enjoyed his story with Katy as I'm not a fan of repulsive Ryan or daft young Katy. I felt so sorry for Chesney on Friday night, and I have to say Sam Aston played a blinder. I am also so glad that someone (Izzy) finally told it as it is to Katy. One minute all Katy wants is a baby and a family around her and when she finds out how difficult and exhausting that was she realised she wanted another life.

You could see Katy instantly regretted the whole thing. Incidentally, can anyone tell me what the ladies of Weatherfield see in Ryan, because for the life of me I can't! In a short space of time he's had a cocaine habit, put Sophie Webster in hospital, tried to steal from his mother, had doings with Tracy Barlow and now attempted to ruin Chesney and Katy's relationship.

The character of Ryan is without any moral compass whatsoever as far as I can see and therefore has no place in Coronation Street. I still don't buy the mother and son relationship between him and Michelle - it just doesn't work. Don't get me started on the huge plot holes surrounding his return either. Where is Alex? Nobody seems to care! He needs to be ditched, and fast!

So let's have your Corrie hero(ine) and villain(ess) from the past week in Weatherfield. Right, I'm off to relive the Rovers talent show from 1972 - what better way to spend half an hour than in the company of Rio Rita, Betty, Bet et al. I wonder if the new Rovers will have a Select?