Coronation Street fans will be taken on a trip down memory lane next week in a special episode
to mark the 10,000th installment of the world’s longest-running serial drama.
Episode 10,000 will air on Friday February 7th as the residents of Coronation Street head to Blackpool on a very special mission.
Rita is shocked when a parcel arrives containing the ashes of her estranged husband Dennis Tanner, along with a note requesting she scatter them in Blackpool. Taking in the sad news of Dennis’ death she confides in Ken who agrees to go with her.
Deciding a day trip is something everyone would enjoy, Jenny books a coach and invites a group residents to join them. Amy, Audrey, Carla, Eileen, Emma, Evelyn, Gail, Jenny, Ken, Mary, Nina, Sean, Tracy, Sally, Yasmeen and Rita, clutching Dennis’s urn, set off for Blackpool.
The day out is a comedy of errors from the start with the coach turning out to be a blacked-out party bus driven by grumpy driver Des, played by renowned comedy actor John Henshall.
Memories are shared, secrets aired and tensions rise as it starts to look as though they won’t make it to Blackpool before nightfall, if at all.
By the end of the trip lives will have changed and one resident realises the time has come to leave the cobbles for pastures new!
Producer Iain MacLeod said: “10,000 episodes! Not bad for a programme which one newspaper said in 1960 was ‘doomed from the outset.’ I am first and foremost a massive fan of the show and I watched this landmark episode with absolute glee. It is uniquely Corrie: funny, poignant and characterful - and a glorious homage to the comedic charabanc trips of times past, packed with strong female characters and sparkling dialogue. It’s a really great exhibition of Coronation Street’s classic qualities as we start a new decade on the cobbles.”
Want to know which Corrie writer has penned the 10,000th episode to be shown in an hour-long Corrie next Friday night?
Find out here.
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I am so disappointed to hear that Dennis has died. I have always wanted him to return to Rita and eventually live in number 11...just as he did when the programme first began. It is such a shame after what they did to ruin his first return when he married Rita...RIP Dennis Tanner X
ReplyDeleteGreat list of characters there. Really pleased to see Nina on the list too, it will be good to see her interacting with other characters.
ReplyDeleteI can't work out who's going to leave though!
I'm also disappointed about the death of Dennis. Despite the way the writers ruined his character, he was still one of my favourites and I always hoped he'd return to redeem himself. To me it is odd the way they are killing popular characters off-screen. First Sylvia, now Dennis. And both deaths seem to only serve as plot devices for current characters - Sylvia's led Roy to find his long-lost brother and this is seemingly leading to the exit of another character (I suspect it will be Rita, but who knows). And yet there is no mention of Bill Webster, who unfortunately can never return to the show and ultimately one day must be killed off-screen.
ReplyDeleteI hope it's not Nina who's leaving. We know Bethany's going but this will be a surprise for us viewers. I don't think they should have killed off Sylvia.I say bring back Kev's sister Debbie - she was a breath of fresh air!
ReplyDeleteNow Carla's got Sinead's small side- line biz of beard oil, we we need an affluent female businesswoman in the show.
Who is Nina?
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