Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 11 September 2026

Apologies the technical gremlins are back so a quick update.  For some reason of which I am unaware Ken believes that Jodie who is busy litter picking may be a little unstable.  Jodie assures Bethany that they are OK after yesterday, but then little does Bethany know what Jodie knows that Bethany (for some unknown reason) slept with Kit.  As you may have guessed I do not believe this storyline.  Sandra (from baby yoga) calls Jodie "Shona" in Roy's Rolls repeating the misnaming in front of Jodie's father, Doug, who has parked his camper van on the Street.  Doug and Jodie return to Plattsville when David, Shona and Harper also return as David had forgotten to pack the white noise machine.  Doug is hiding in the kitchen but is soon discovered and demands a private chat with Shona.  Doug claims he is on his meds and Beryl (his bipolar) is under control - he named it after Shona's gran.  He wants to say sorry and make a fresh start.  He might not remember much from his ward stay - but he knows Shona visited.  However Shona is not in forgiving mode.  

Lucy (the new resident with Sally) encourages little Shanice to go to the shop even though Shanice knows it is against house rules.  After some time Sally misses Shanice and Lucy refuses to answer any questions and when she tries to go upstairs Sally holds her wrist.  the knocking is Brian returning the missing Shanice with Lucy smiling to herself in the background and signalling Shanice to keep it zipped.  Lucy then turns it into a drama and she has the bruises to prove it showing Tim later how brutal Sally is..  Tim does not realise they have bitten off far more than they can chew with this one.

Ryan talks Bethany into doing a house call on Betsy as Carla and Lisa are in that London for the day.  Kit notices that Ryan might have an interest in Bethany and encourages her to think about it to get over their guilt, Bethany is not going there she says.  Ryan assists Betsy to apply to the local college which Sally had found and it looks like she can do the honours course.  Bethany arrives and Ryan leaves them to a nail session.  Bethany has not yet come to terms with her decision to have the surgery.  She admits she made a lot of wrong decisions (and is still doing it).  She admits she does not learn from her mistakes.  Ryan returns just before the break and Betsy has a turn and she thinks she is having another stroke.  Bethany finds Kit outside and he offers to drive Betsy to the hospital.  It was a bad migraine, Betsy has had a scan and it is not a stroke and she needs to rest.  She apologises for over-reacting.

Shona shows Doug an album of happy family photos (really? an album).  He is not present in the album.  He tells her there is no justification for his actions.  Doug admits he failed her and Clayton.  Doug is about to tell Shona about Jodie impersonating her but before he can Jodie bursts into the room as Harper was getting cold.  Jodie throws her support behind Doug and later she tells him not to rock the boat.  Doug is off for now but hopes to visit again tomorrow.  Once left alone downstairs Jodie scribbles on a picture of Shona's wedding day which she then removes from the album.

The Amalfi Coast was wonderful, thank you for asking.  Apologies for the poor quality of the screenshots - I will see if I can do better next week.  It seems to be down to an upgrade of ITVX and a Windows upgrade - both outside my control.

Written by Sam Holdsworth and directed by Reece Dinsdale.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 14 August 2026

I have no idea if I am coming or going given recent scheduling changes.  Speaking personally I think ITV made a fundamental error.  The soap power hour should start at 7pm and if there is something on then it should start at 6:30 with the "sport" / "event" starting at 7:30.  We were told it would be consistent - and consistently it is not.  Before I start on tonight a word in the ear of management - new stroppy teenagers are an instant turn off (two in one episode) as is an obvious con artist at work in prison.  Where is the summer road trip to the caves or a stately home or evidence of community?  Poor Cassie despatched to hoof her away around the country and only Fiz cares.  And please can we have more of "I Don't Spy" - the game Steve and Lloyd used to play on quiet days of all the things which they could not see - wildebeeste roaming the veldt; the Colossus of Rhodes; the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the missing episodes of Dr Who and much much more.  This is the Street we want.

Stroppy teenager 1 - well almost - Harry is only 10 but looks older (Joshua James Leavy is actually 12 and is already on his second Street stint) and is talked down from his antics by Sarah-Lou from prison.  She tells him to be good for Kit (why should he given the two of them have "split up"?).   Sarah explains to Kacey that she and Kit have split and yet Kacey seems to know just who Kit is and also scares the bejasus out of Bethany when she pops by to visit in the afternoon - sitting in the visiting area without a visitor would scare me too.  Sarah believes Kacey is alright after she dealt with Kirsten who had told Sarah never to go to the canteen again.  Sarah - favours have to be repaid in prison, it is a soapy trope.  

Stroppy teenager 2 - Lucy Parkinson (who is 15) [played by Anya Dewin (18 or 19)],  commences the programme with a "blood curdling" scream according to the sub titles.  She then dominates the rest of the programme, stomping upstairs and slamming doors, storming out of the house, completely blanking Lily Platt who was trying to talk to her, then chasing her and fighting only for Jodie to break it up.  Somehow Lucy manages to inflict grievous wounds on Jodie which look like she used a garden rake.  I am not surprised her mother was at the end of her tether with a missing husband and a child like this.  Lucy has a story for Tim and Sally - her mother was mad and waving a knife around and she would have killed him had he not picked up a doorstop and used it to defend himself - he has done nothing wrong and she claims she has told the police this story repeatedly.  {Across in Emmerdale Charity is taking the rap for Sarah's accidental killing of Dr Todd.  Odd how similar stories turn up in different soaps at the same time.}  

Brian arranges a meeting of local traders and after reminiscences about WARTS (Weatherfield Association of Retail Traders and their legendary Christmas Dos) Idris who is waiter of the day at Speed Dahl treats them to a free mixed platter of starters.  Kirk is pretending to be Carla who was elswhere, Rita was allowed a few words and no-one is quite sure what they plan to achieve.  Hopefully it will be fun and entertaining for the viewers.  Leanne points out that free starters means no desserts but Idris is still hoping to buy Alya's share.  Brian wants it to be a muscular, nimble body and Tracy is always looking for one of those before she has a pop at Dev for flogging cheap flowers under her nose.  Idris wins - future quarterly meetings will be held at Speed Dahl after praise for the rice pudding.  Idris then attempts to try his luck with Alya by offering £35k for her half share which is worth £50k.  She will think about it.  

Tim lies to Lucy about him and Sally having given Richie his marching orders and sending him back to his wife which led to her subsequent death and denying that they knew Richie was at odds with Lucy's mother.  Meanwhile I think the girls are due back from Spain any minute now so the house will be pretty full.

In other news between the tram stop and Sainsburys is a "Weatherfield Pop Up" store which was new to me and apologies if you already knew about it, neither shop sent anyone to the traders' meeting.    My apologies for the poor screen grabs this week.  Somehow the technology is not behaving - I can only blame the weather., the PC, the idiot user, the continuing inability of ITVX to provide a competent service and gremlins in the machine.  I will revert to old technology next week (if of course there is anything worth reporting).

Written by Chris Fewtrell and directed by Neil Alderton.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Episode Review Friday 3 April 2026

Welcome.  Apologies for my absence last week, apparently football was more important than Weatherfield.  Tonight on t'Street we need to start with George who is in court for allegedly influencing the wills of those seeking his services.  In a somewhat perfunctory summary the judge ruled against George and set aside the will and ordered George to pay all costs.  [Inevitably this seems unfair - George did not ask for the court case and has to defend his good name, which he has lost, plus the proceeds of the will and also has to meet all the costs.  How do you prove a negative (that he did not influence the will maker?) - essentially the Shuttleworth business is dead and buried].

Todd continues to assure the world (and himself) that all is well with him and his best beloved even if he did go a little far yesterday in telling them how strong the two of them were.  Todd joins the depressed gang of George, Glenda and Christina for a recuperative drink following the case and then when he gets home Theo, upset at Todd not being home on time goes off on one.  Theo demonstrates his control by telling Todd to leave in such a way that Todd cannot leave.  Theo tells him to start acting likes he wants to be there.  

At the Rovers Ben and Maggie are not talking to each other.  Maggie corners Will who once again demands that Will sees the reality of the situation and Will once again re-iterates that it was a stupid crush and nothing happened and the refusal to take a DNA test was simply that Megan knew it was Daniel's as nothing happened.  Maggie continues to press but Will admits nothing.  Maggie then says that she knows what it is to fall in love with someone you should not fall in love with.  [Hmmm].  However she implies it is all to do with the Buzzcocks which will mean nothing to Will who denies he is the victim and he sticks to his story.  Ben comes in with Eva and tells Maggie to stop terrorising her grandson.  Will and Eva leave and Maggie tells Ben she was close to Will confessing.  Later Ben storms into the back room to have another go at Maggie.  They repeat the Will story and argue with Maggie pointing out the many things she has done to protect the family - she had to raise Ben on her own because she had to.  Ben voices the thought that perhaps the wrong parent died (referring to his late father); if his father was there Ben would be so much better off as his father, Alan, was such a good man.  This sets Maggie off who ends up saying that Ben is taking Alan's side against his own flesh and blood.  Even Ben is confused.  Maggie tries to lie her way out of it.  Maggie leaves again.  Later Ben and Eva discuss the revelation - but Ben cannot get it out of his mind.

In prison Debbie is cheered by Lou's return from confinement away from the wing, she is even more surprised when told she has visitors.  Kev and Jack are there.  She asks Jack how is his father - and then tells Jack that he might not be honest with her.  To be fair Kev looks a lot better than he has for ages.  She tells them she is knitting a jumper for Carl and it looks more like a tank top.  However it seems her appeal is on the horizon so she may soon be home.  Debbie however cannot open some packaging - and although she says she is doing well we know she is declining.  A little later Lou gives her a four leaf clover - well five leaf as it has 25% extra luck.  Lou is sure she will be going home.  

Bethany and Jodie visit the Bistro and David has given Jodie a voucher entitling her to a 15% discount or David will set the dog on Nick (it is a Yorkshire Terrier).  Bethany tries to get some life history out of Jodie and fails (why was she tied up in Graham's van?).  They have several drinks.  Daniel emerges from the toilets and Bethany notes he is feeling depressed after his latest relationship disaster with all of his women since Sinead turning into crazy nutjobs he tells them so Bethany thanks him for the compliment.  He reminds her of the Turkish cosmetic surgery.  Jodie tells Daniel to do one.  Adam intervenes as he thinks his uncle may have had one too many.  Daniel apologises and leaves the girls.  Jodie notes that Daniel is a decent looking fella.  Bethany also changes her mind on Jodie unfortunately.  In the corner however Daniel bemoans always picking women with issues and not someone who is normal - like Jodie.  (Can we all see where this is going?  Yes Daniel is going to have another nutjob girlfriend).

If Daniel and Adam are drinking in the Bistro and Ken, Tracy and Amy are drinking in the Rovers then who is minding Bertie given that no-one trusts Cassie or Steve and Aunty Emily is no longer on call?  Enquiring minds need to know.  Apparently in another soap far far away Graham is going to be at the receiving end of an individual interested in Jodie's whereabouts next week.  I assume someone is about to be deadified as we term it in this house.  My personal preference is the nasty witch who brought a court case against R'George, followed by R'Gary who has never  paid for Rana.  More likely Theo but killing an undercover policeman is pretty serious.  I can't see it being Megan but who knows?

Oh and a final word for Debbie Webster or rather Sue Devaney.  The good lady wife who has a little experience of those with dementia always remarks how well she is portraying the changes and decline.  I can only sit there and enjoy the performance she gives every time she is on screen.

Written by Joe Turner and directed by Diana Patrick.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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