tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post2283733059282924474..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Corrie A-Z: S is for the SeventiesGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-74609243886384365922013-09-17T20:54:49.408+01:002013-09-17T20:54:49.408+01:00For the last few weeks I've been watching the ...For the last few weeks I've been watching the 70s episodes on youtube and I'm surprised how much I've enjoyed the storyline about the factory strike. I had no idea before what kind of firebrand Ivy Tilsley used to be. The contradictions between high principles and base pettiness are played out really well between Mike Baldwin, Ivy, and Hilda Ogden. If the current writers had been halfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-24595954100078379862013-09-16T22:15:17.406+01:002013-09-16T22:15:17.406+01:00Ah yes - I agree with you about that. It's bec...Ah yes - I agree with you about that. It's because you're reading a book from a Corrie expert, you expect it to be right don't you. So, to sum up, there was a crisis - but cast wise, not ratings wise. Sorry, I should've addressed my first response to 70sStreetFan hahaLlifonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861629511369520726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-31364690980857522112013-09-16T22:04:26.367+01:002013-09-16T22:04:26.367+01:00I'm not denying there were some headaches for ...I'm not denying there were some headaches for the producers, just pointing out that the viewing figure 'low' didn't happen.<br /><br />You're right about hindsight though. With Elsie away, Rita, Bet and Deirdre's roles were beefed up and they inherited some of Elsie's character traits, and it ended up being the making of those characters.Davidhttp://coronationstreet.wikia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-31162281438607562222013-09-16T21:41:00.060+01:002013-09-16T21:41:00.060+01:00I've also read Sean Egan's brilliant book ...I've also read Sean Egan's brilliant book that also emphasises the crisis Corrie faced in 1973/4. <br /><br />You have to think about the position the producers were in at the time - first Phoenix went, then Carson had a stroke and Speed was absent. They didn't know that Phoenix would be back in three years or that Carson and Speed would return to regular roles. Hindsight is a Llifonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861629511369520726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-83164140794795859122013-09-16T18:54:45.192+01:002013-09-16T18:54:45.192+01:00Agree about the humour 70sStreetFan. Podmore can&#...Agree about the humour 70sStreetFan. Podmore can't have been watching the programme if he thought the humour was nearly gone.Davidhttp://coronationstreet.wikia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-57438412788321099312013-09-16T16:56:30.869+01:002013-09-16T16:56:30.869+01:00My favourite decade of the show. Enjoyed the piece...My favourite decade of the show. Enjoyed the piece,but would have to quibble with a few of the facts.<br />As explined in the first reponse above,the ratings didn't sink particularly during 1973-74.<br />Ena was a full time regular again from March 1975 to the end of the decade apart from the period between August 1977 and March 1978 when she didn't appear.<br />Crossroads was a genuine 70sStreetFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953100602412456756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-86668024296098233342013-09-16T13:38:26.458+01:002013-09-16T13:38:26.458+01:00My favourite Corrie decade! One the best episodes ...<br />My favourite Corrie decade! One the best episodes ever must be Stan and Hilda's second honeymoon. A joy from beginning to end.Carry On Blogging!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18385353388512683288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-73964484364907410632013-09-16T09:00:03.284+01:002013-09-16T09:00:03.284+01:00Good article, but on a minor point:
"In 1973...Good article, but on a minor point:<br /><br />"In 1973-4, Coronation Street reached crisis point. The ratings hit a new low: 8 million (about the same ratings we get these days) in early 1973"<br /><br />You've been reading Daran Little's 40th book, yeah? Not sure why, but a lot of his ratings data is wrong, including this. The lowest rated episode of 1973 was seen by 4.8 Davidhttp://coronationstreet.wikia.comnoreply@blogger.com