Corrie Comicals week ending Friday 31 January 2020

You know where you are with Evelyn.  Ty has been trying convince Fiz to ask social services for Jade to have supervised visits with Hope.  When he tells Evelyn this she makes it quite clear what her views are of Jade's mental state (above).

Jenny is trying to ruin her business as she refuses (at least initially) to sell Tim some pork scratchings as she is worried about his heart (and the beer is good for it?) as she does not want Sally on her case.  Super large lugholes Charlie overhears this and demands to know who Sally is.  Apparently she is Tim's sister - as everyone knows.  My wife has a great theory about Charlie; she believes Charlie divorced Tim years and years ago and cannot go to the solicitor because she is already divorced.

It is endangered species today at Bessie Street and these two are well into the spirit of the event - Ruby spends both episodes refusing to talk and merely going "Rrrrooooaaaaarrrr" at everyone when she is asked a question.  Slim pickings at a polar bear picnic too I think!

So ginger Ches is upset that he is not ginger and Gemma reckons she could not look smart, aspirational and upmarket ever - but we know the image Freschco want and there it is writ large.  Who really wants a puffy face or bags under eyes in adverts?  Certainly not Freschco!

Sally has been away visiting Gina and although she was pleased to see her sister, she admits she was even more pleased to see Gina getting smaller and smaller in the rear view mirror as the taxi pulled away!

Later this evening Sally and Charlie met in the Rovers and Sally denied she shares a gene pool with "muppet" Tim and states she is not his sister but is in fact Tim's wife.  Charlie says that is not possible because she is Tim's wife.  And above we can see the reaction on the faces of various Street residents who are in the Rovers to hear this exchange!  It will be a shame if we lose Charlie (Sian Reeves) permanently from the Street - but I cannot see Sally being very forgiving.

I am away for a few weeks but will resume these posts when I return from holiday and have caught up with events!


Written by: Cameron McAllister & Chris Fewtrell (Monday); Sam Holdsworth & Susan Oudot (Wednesday); John Kerr & Emily Gascoyne (Friday)
Directed by: Sean Healy (Monday); Pip Short (Wednesday & Friday)

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Coronation Street Episode Review; Weds 29th Jan 7.30 & 8.30 pm

Daniel may still be weighed down by the grief from Sinead's death, but his misdemeanour with the missed measles immunisation is about to have very serious repercussions. Baby Bertie may have bounced back to health but pregnant Maria's condition rapidly deteriorates, and she's soon heading to the hospital accompanied by Dr Ali. Sadly, it's too late and she suffers a miscarriage. Ali then recognises the symptoms of measles and Maria wonders where she's caught it from.

Unaware of the imminent fallout, Daniel thanks Bethany for being by his side. Later, Daniel defends Bethany when faced with a few home truths from Beth about his friend's obvious infatuation

Talking of childcare, Paul and Billy offer respite to look after the quads, giving Gemma and Chesney some much-needed breathing space. At Victoria Gardens, Chesney feels amorous but Gemma admits to being down with baby blues and hang-ups about Bernie. I doubt she needs Freshco's photoshopping her body onto the back-end of a Weatherfield wayfarer either! Back home, Tara from Freshco's defends her marketing techniques but Gemma's fuming! Questioning the contract's validity the couple decide to visit Imran who tells them they've no chance of winning a fight with Freshco's. Chesney wants to keep the cash and carry on but Gemma's grievance seems to be cemented. Will the Frescho four campaign continue?

Meanwhile, Fiz and Ty arrange to meet with Christine to discuss Jade's access to Hope. Fiz and Ty seem to be settling back into family life now, so why involve Jade again? It can only mean more drama? I like Jade though so that's ok with me.

With  Sally still away, two-timing Tim is keeping busy with his bigamy farce. I'm guessing Charlie will either become good friends with Sally or depart via Gatwick. However, she's hiding paperwork behind the bar, so surely that's an indication of her reluctance to divorce Tim? As I said last week, I do think that Tim is showing sides of his Father's sinister personality. I've called it first, just in case I can use this blog for social media boasting in a few months. In other news, Nick gives Sarah some time off to go Wedding dress shopping. Will Adam be in a kilt for the Scottish themed big day?

Returning from the hospital Maria sees that Gary is also back and breaks the devastating news. The hothead gangster plays it cool when he finds out, even approaching Ali with a handshake to thank him for his help. Is this a truce between the warring pair? Will Charlie sign the papers, and will Bethany and Daniel remain just good friends? I think all three questions have the same answer!

What did you think to this mid-week Corrie? Let us know in the comments section.

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Corrie Comicals week ending 13 December 2019

You settle down to watch 30 minutes of your second favourite fly-on-the-wall-docudrama and find you are still there an hour later - this week we appear to have moved to hourly episodes!  The difficulties of a new relationship are being negotiated by Gary and Maria.  Suddenly there is a whole new family tree to learn.  Who is Peanut with the new coat?  Beth and Kirk's dog - reminder Kirk and Maria are siblings, although it is not mentioned often and remember Beth & Kirk are not married because of the last time a bigamy story walked the Street.  And new partners need to know if one or other drinks the milk out of the carton - Gary denies he does this but we know that he drinks orange juice from the carton!

Now I am seriously worried that there is something wrong with the universe.  Firstly Norris does not want a gin and gossip session - merely a swift half and Rita is not invited.  Emily has something wrong with her chest and secondly we have an entire Norris scene without any evidence of humour at all.  And why the hint that that Norris and Freda are moving away from Edinburgh and Emily?  There is something wrong (and it is not just Rita being lonely - there is more to it than that).  Explanations below please in the comments.

Wednesday was notable for a couple of appearances.  First up was the return of Big Garth (Victor Maguire) promoting a "Winter Wonderland" - nice little cameo appearance and apparently Santa is watering the reindeer at Tebay services which are in my opinion the best services in the UK.  Hopefully there will be a another little appearance from Big Garth.

A real highlight however was the appearance of "Trolley Dolly" Charlie Wood (Sian Reeves), above, who has arrived as Timbo's first wife in a bigamy storyline with a wedding consecrated in Las Vegas and consumated at length apparently the same night.  Love this actress - most recently in Mount Pleasant and I have a feeling there is rather more to this story.  I feel she could be an interesting permanent addition to the residents on the Street - and her leg pulling of Timbo, asking for £10k for the divorce was absolutely classic.  I demand TPTB give her a long term contract please.

Elves provide some entertainment this week working for Big Garth in Winter Wonderland (soon renamed Winter P***-up and Getting High Land).  They do of course have names: Good Elf, National Elf, Elf and Safety and Elvish Presley.  Elf and Safety is in charge!

Poor Sally has not the faintest idea that she and Tim are not quite married thanks to his previous entanglement with Charlie and as everyone keeps telling Timbo she will probably not kill him when she finds out.  Tim is desperately trying to find a solution to the problems and decides to lighten the atmosphere by asking Sally to marry him - which gets him the death stare above.  Anyway she says yes and Tim's plan is a vow renewal but in reality it will be a wedding with new photos and a new marriage certificate.  Given that half the Street already know his predicament I cannot see the secret being kept for long.

I will have more not to say about Geoff and Yasmeen when I review Friday but generally this has been a pretty good week all round.


Written by: Simon Crowther (Monday); Chris Fewtrell (Wednesday); Susan Oudot (Friday)
Directed by: Sean Healy (Monday & Wednesday); Tim O'Mara (Friday)

Kosmo
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