Gwen Taylor relieved to be outed as Frank Foster killer

If you missed Coronation Street last night, the big news is that Anne Foster was revealed as the Frank Foster killer. Corrie's all about strong women and feckless men, and they took this one step further with a mother killing her own son.  I was actually very surprised indeed with the outcome of the story and was really happy that Corrie had kept this particular fan on the edge of her sofa seat until the final reveal.

Actress Gwen Taylor, who played Anne, gives an interview at the official Coronation Street website at itv.com where she admits she's relieved the murder secret is now out in the public domain.

She says: "It has been wonderful to be part of such a fantastic storyline but so difficult trying to keep the secret for so long. It is weeks since we filmed the scenes where Anne confessed to Sally and I haven’t told a soul.

"The morning after Frank was murdered I arrived back at the airport from a trip to Ireland and suddenly everyone was asking me who killed him. It is such a relief that it is all finally out in the open now and I am not worried that I will give the game away. It will be interesting to see how people will react now they know it was me!"

See also: Actor Andrew Lancel interviews Gwen Taylor on radio, Thursday night this week.

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Second take on the Corrie murder reveal

Yes, it's another blog post about the murder of Frank Foster and outcome, a mother so distraught, anguished and angry that she lashed out and ended up killing her own child. Will Anne go to jail or to a psychiatric facility because she's very close to the edge.

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole Frank Foster storyline from the beginnings when he was overly aggressive with Maria, to his take-control wooing of Carla who loved another but couldn't have him so took what was on offer, to the rape and trial and the aftermath, conniving to cheat Carla out of the factory.

I think the casting of Andrew Lancel was great and adding Gwen Taylor in the mix to play his mother was inspired. I think they even looked like mother and son. When the climax of a story leaves me a bit breathless, like it did tonight, I know the Powers That Be have done their job.

As usual, I've had a longer look at it over here.


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Anne Foster - bizarrely brilliant?

While I haven’t been enjoying the murder of Frank Foster storyline as much as I’d hoped, I have been enjoying the extra screen time that has been given to his poor mother, Anne Foster.

While I often get the impression that as a character she has only been introduced to facilitate the current storyline (in the same way that poor Amber was used and discarded now Sian has left) I can’t help but enjoy watching her.

She’s very over the top dramatically and I think she’s one step away from going completely bonkers over Frank's death but after seeing her interact more with characters such as Norris, Mary and Stella I think she’d work really well as a long-term character.

In fact I’d love to see her taking over Underworld and turning the place into an almost military style operation or becoming arch nemesis with Norris and/or Sylvia over a tiny misunderstanding that ends up getting blown way out of proportion!

So whether or not the current whodunnit will see the end of Anne or not, I for one have enjoyed her time on Coronation Street and hope that some of you have embraced her as well.

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Yay or Nay - did Anne kill Frank Foster?

This is probably the most rhetoric yay or nay we've ever asked on the Coronation Street Blog but... is there anyone out there who doesn't think Anne's the Corrie killer?

Vote below - Yay or Nay - do you think Anne Foster killed her son Frank in Coronation Street?

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Anne Foster is favourite to be Frank Foster's killer

Now that the official Coronation Street website at itv.com/corrie have released a picture of Frank Foster's dead body on the factory floor, it's time to reveal the results of our poll here on the Coronation Street Blog.

We asked Corrie fans to vote for who they think will kill off freaky Frank. 

A whopping 1,672 votes were cast and the results came in as follows in order of number of votes:

Anne Foster was the "other" who fans voted for most with 21.17% (354 votes)

Peter Barlow 17.28% (289 votes)

Kevin Webster 16.57% (277 votes)

He'll commit suicide 13.04% (218 votes)

Carla Connor 11.72% (196 votes)

Sally Webster 11.48% (192 votes)

Michelle Connor 5.08% (85 votes)

Leanne Barlow 3.65% (61 votes)

More killer outsiders voted for under "other" include new business woman Jenny Sumner, cabbie Lloyd Mullaney, little Simon (!), a triumverate of Michelle, Carla and Maria, Karl Munro, Ken Barlow, Terry Duckworth, Hayley Cropper, Sophie Webster, Rosie Webster, John Stape, Eccles, Norris Cole, Rita Sullivan, someone from Frank's past, an unknown assailant and er, Ivy Tilsley's ghost.

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