In our latest podcast, we chat about what went on in the show between the 22nd and the 26th April (Episodes #11,246 - 11,251).
Well this week's action certainly stirred up some strong opinions online, didn't it? And we're not talking about the will-they-won't-they relationship status of Asha and Nina either! No, it seems that with Toyah's new story, which kicked off on Monday, Corrie is asking its viewers to suspend quite a bit of disbelief and accept the fact that for six months or so of 2001, Toyah was pregnant with Phil Simmonds' baby. You know, despite there being no evidence on screen at the time that that could have possibly been the case. Since rumours of this story started doing the rounds about a month or so ago, we've been whipping ourselves into a frenzy about the unlikelihood of this turn of events, and now it's been shown on screen... we really do have mixed opinions. Elsewhere this week, the little projectionist living inside Roy's head treats us to another thrilling instalment of what's going on in his inner psyche, Amy struggles to find interview guests for her new radio show (we've all been there, Amy!) and Todd makes a scandalous discovery tucked amongst Archie's files at the undertaker's...
Up next on the podcast, we take a trip to the Kabin, where the new sponsor taking over the Co-op unit on Victoria Street has been revealed, and Sue Cleaver's got a new book coming out later in the year! We've got plenty of listener emails to get through at the end of the episode, so we round things of with a bit of a bumper feedback section.
Street Talk - 00:07:22
The Kabin - 02:24:26
Feedback - 02:40:24
For this week's bonus podcast, we take a look at the times that Coronation Street has been a bit free with its own canonicity, delving into the past of its characters and tweaking or adding to what we'd previously believed to be true in order to serve a new storyline. From changing names and dates to characters who popped in and out of existence despite it not really holding up to scrutiny of the show's lore, Corrie's had a surprising number of retcons and revisions over the years, and here we discuss which ones, in our eyes at least, are acceptable, and which ones we think should never have made it past the story conference!
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