Saturday, 30 August 2025

Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 29 August 2025


Welcome to this review.  I open with Carl who commences by saying I love you to Abi before she heads off to the sun and gets her to promise that she will not sleep with her husband whilst she is away and to leave finding the money for Tracy'luv to him.  He then spends the episode dodging and diving leaving poor Ty to assess the brakes on Ollie's car which was given an MoT by another garage which Fiona uses; surprise, surprise those brakes are way dodgy, who would have guessed it.  Carl has an exchange with James in the Rovers whilst skiving about it being good to get and hot and sticky in a gym session.  Without an obvious leadup that has indicated that Carl has the slightest interest in men or indeed wants anyone other than poor Abi we get the picture above after Tracy once again attempts to return to evil self and trap him.  Coronation Street should be driven by strong consistent characters living their lives on the backstreets of Manchester.  As I said about Abi recently I have trouble believing that people behave like this.  James leaves a message saying that he would be up for more fun in future.  Carl reads it then tells Abi to enjoy quality time with her boys and he will be waiting for when she returns.


The Kabin is back again with Jenny pursuing Christina and Dom online as she convinces herself that they are about to fleece George in some way.  Steve has to be served bon bons by Rita who is also on duty.  Later Jenny thinks George and Christina are exchanging amusing texts (they are but not with each other) which leads to her absolute conviction that there is no body in the coffin and to prove it she enters the undertakers and removes the lid of the coffin - which obviously does contain Dom's body.  Jenny is left with egg on her face.  George's romance was going so well with Cheryl he gets dumped by text, never having actually met her.  To calm Christina down George magics up a bottle of brandy and they steady their nerves following the earlier ructions.  And before you know it Christina is flirting with George, not exactly the grieving wife as Jenny observed earlier.  Christina then takes Cheryl's place for dinner at Speed Dahl.  


Asha skips work using different excuses for different people.  In the cafe Summer, Amy and Nina all say how good her job must be, how brave she is, how well she is doing and how important saving lives must be.  She does not tell them how she is feeling about the stresses.  She crosses paths with DS Swain later who asks if she is feeling better and offers to listen if Asha wants to talk.  Sienna tracks her down in the Rovers where she appears to be feeling much better.  Asha seems reluctant to talk.  Sienna warns her she looks like she is crumbling and that she does not want that to happen.  Asha pleads not to be reported and that she will sort herself out.  However this is a last warning.  

In a rare scene involving Tim and Abi the latter reveals she is being wound up by Tracy who is being her usual charming self with Tim saying that she will have forgotten her troubles once she is sitting in the sun holding hands with Kev.  (For those not aware in another world these two are married).


Needless to say that Billie has advised the police of the assault by Miles; he did try to talk to Miles but achieved nothing which made his mind up  {Given the education of children these days do any of them really consider homosexuality a problem - this story might have worked 40 years ago but now?).  This rather overshadows Summer Spellman's 21st (she has been around in various guises since 2017) - a girl with more fathers than I have had hot dinners this week.  Given she has her degree why is she not at work?  Miles apologises to Billy at the party in the Bistro and then gets invited by DS Swain to answer a few questions down the station.  I am surprised Billy making the report - surely he has heard about turning the other cheek?  Obviously not.  During the interview Miles reveals that he will not be involved with Noah any longer and Danielle is on board with that.  Theo gets ever more objectionable in that he rails at Billy about seeking to get his son a criminal record calling Billy a self-righteous prat.  Later Theo uses it as a weapon to tell Todd to choose between him and Todd which Todd conveys at the end of the episode saying that he and Billy have nothing to discuss and that Billy needs to stay out of his way.

Due to holidays I may well not be here next week and I certainly will not be here the following week.  I hope by the time I return that something will have changed.

Written by David Isaac and Ellen Taylor.  Directed by Merlyn Rice.

Kosmo

Conversation Street Podcast Episode #695


On our latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street shown in the UK between the 25th and the 29th August (Episodes #11,653 - 11,658).

Sorry, we couldn't help it - this episode does get somewhat ranty towards the beginning thanks to Corrie's insane decision to publish spoilers about the massive twist in Friday's episode first thing in the morning, thus ruining the surprise for anyone foolish enough to scroll social media rather whilst munching on their Weetabix rather than switching straight to ITVX. And it was a great twist too! Definitely something that we're interested in seeing the fallout from at Number 13... Anyway, that wasn't even the main focus of the week - that particular spotlight, of course, falls on Asha, who had a bit of a mare of a day to flash back to on Monday, and on the same week that we're saying goodbye to the lovely Aadi, too! Also this week, Theo ramps up his control of Todd when he bans him from seeing Billy, whilst over at the Rovers - praise be! - Christina's back in town, and Jenny's feeling more than a little suspicious of her motives... 

Up next on the podcast it's The Kabin, and we chat a bit about Adam Hussain's latest short film, Spice For Life, which made its way onto YouTube this week, and we round off the show with some feedback, including one listener's personal ranking of all the Rovers owners over the years - now that's a discussion we can really get behind!

Street Talk - 00:13:26
The Kabin - 03:02:45
Feedback - 03:12:48


We’ve walked the Corrie cobbles more times than we can count, so we thought - why not give the Dales a try? Last weekend, we headed up to Yorkshire for the Emmerdale Village Tour, despite knowing next to nothing about ITV’s second soap. And, of course, it wouldn’t be a Conversation Street trip up north without a little detour! Alongside the official tour, we also popped over to Esholt, the village that was home to Emmerdale between 1976 and 1997. But the big question is: is the Emmerdale tour worth taking if you don’t know your Dingles from your Sugdens? Tune in to find out!


You can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, stream all our old episodes on our own site here, or click the play buttons above to give it a listen from the comfort of this very blog! 







Friday, 29 August 2025

New pics: Carl Webster plays away with James Bailey



It looks as though Corrie’s Abi Webster is heading for heartbreak following shock scenes in tonight’s episode. (Fri August 29th)

As viewers have seen on the 7am ITVX drop of today’s Coronation Street, Abi was hardly out of the country before Carl’s head was turned by another resident.




Whilst many might have been wondering if Tracy would get her claws into Carl in Abi’s absence, it was actually James Bailey (Jason Calendar) who ended up under the covers with the two timing mechanic.

With Abi away on holiday with Kevin and Jack it seems Carl had no qualms about playing away with former footballer James and the pair agreed to see each other again.

Tracy Barlow is already blackmailing Carl over his relationship with Abi so is he risking losing everything with this latest fling?

Jonathan Howard said: “Carl likes living life on the edge, he is a hedonist and a free spirit, he is attracted to a person regardless of their gender and if he sees something he wants he goes for it with no real thought to the consequences of his actions.

“He is frustrated that Abi has gone away with Kevin and he needs something to distract himself. There is a spark between him and James so he goes for it. Tracy was also offering herself to him but he isn’t stupid and he knows that would be a dangerous move, James on the other hand is less complicated and more fun.”

Watch this dramatic turn of events on ITVX now or on ITV tonight at 8pm.

Glenda Young
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