Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 5 September 2025

Tonight the Corrie wheel of fortune whirled around.  So headlines only tonight.  Tia Wardley appeared - I am 100% certain that she is not the real thing as Inspector Costello gave her a pay off for her acting skills.  Whilst Lisa lapped up the news that Becky was not bent I am hoping that DC Green is not as gullible as DS Swain and can guess that someone, somewhere knows that he is being hunted down.   After all "Tia Wardley" has no idea who Inspector Costello is.  However all is rosy in the world of the newly engaged couple - they even received a visit from the national treasure that is Evelyn who took Frida Kahlo to hospital (it is a long story and I do not want to bore you all).

Is Billy / Theo / Todd a triangle of some description?  Billy buys some nonsense from Theo that he is having therapy, even though he does not know when the next appointment will be.  Billy tells Todd and so before we know it Todd and Theo are as one again.  Theo tells Gary he did not attend the session as he cannot tell strangers about his problems so he and Gary go on a drinking spree and yet return remarkably sober, so what was the point?    Gary thought it was too loud and Theo thought it was too dark.   And Todd still thinks Theo is getting treatment for his problems.

Christina is behaving like a lost soul without her Dom.  Sadly George is falling for the flattery and picks up the bill and will shortly be fleeced for everything which Glenda has not had from him.  Glenda please rescue your brother.  Christina is dangling the fishing line well baited and before long George will take a bite.  

Am I sounding jaded this evening?  The programme has always had a huge gem in Debbie Webster since she returned and now we are expected to tolerate her eventual decline and departure.  So why?  Tonight she did an acapella solo with Gracie Fields "Sally in our Alley" (and it is long before Sally Webster / Metcalfe ever existed) plus a superb lecture on re-inventing a chorus for the social media era.  Whilst I despise what is being done to Debbie this is the Coronation Street we should be seeing - character driven stories about those we love (sadly just the wrong person).  Anyway in the short term Glenda and Debbie are going to team up to form a new choir.  

Elsewhere you might think that Betsy is chasing Brody her next door neighbour but Lisa observes that she would rather her daughter was not in a relationship with Kit's son - when Kit is in earshot!  Brody and Dylan are trying to half inch cars but they try to do it on their own doorstep and James threatens to turn them over to the law.  Carl extricates them and it later looks like Betsy might find Dylan more acceptable than Brody.  Has everyone forgotten that Joanie or Shanice (sorry I cannot remember which one) has been taken into care and someone should be trying to rescue her?  

Apologies if the update is a little left field.  I might have had a libation or two and I am off to Spain on Sunday for a holiday so will not be here next week.

Tonight was written by Jonathan Harvey and Julie Jones.  Directed by Matthew Peacock.  Can I thank Jonathan Harvey for his observations tonight on hand-dived scallops?  It is far too pretentious for the Bistro.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 6 December 2024

Welcome to Friday night on t'Street.  Shona has not been home since "yesterday" but has sent Roy a message to day she will not be in as she is not feeling well (a headache) as he tells David who is looking for her.  When she does re-appear she rows with David but eventually two wise old men sit down with the couple separately - Roy with Shona and Max with David - to effectively remind both of them that they love each other and that Clayton might be important to Shona and objectionable to David the latter has to learn to live with that.  Which is all well and good until David discovers that Shona took the "morning after" pill this morning and that Daniel happens to have Shona's purse in his bag as he found it down the back of the sofa after Adam brought her home last night.  Given Adam's reputation of chasing women David reckons that Adam and Shona spent the night together - which Adam denies as he slept on the sofa (on the purse) and Shona had his bed.  David accepts the story.

We do not get to see Les's funeral but before leaving the Street Leanne is making a real song and dance to get Nick's attention, which simply acts to wind up Toyah.  At the wake in the Bistro Leanne tells Nick that she has spoken to Mrs Crawshaw and gained approval for Sam to go on holiday with Nick so that they can have some family time.  Les's committal was with "All the Reasons" by Status Quo which fitted his memory well, after all Rick Parfitt did hit him.  Leanne spots Nick and Toyah being friendly and immediately breaks down in tears so Nick can comfort her.  Chesney remains unsure about the abattoir and the offer of £50k between them to sign an NDA.  His concerns grow when he is approached by Jim a fellow abattoir employee who says the place is an accident waiting to happen - the floors are not properly cleaned, there have been injuries - but Les would not drink on duty and so it was not his fault. Les head butting Curly and running over Theresa (the turkey) also get mentioned.

Debbie Webster has a new car - which for those interested is a TVR 280S S1 which apparently needs some attention from Kevin as the tyres seem a bit wonky.  Apparently convertibles are always cheaper at this time of year.  Bethany and Sarah consult Adam - but despite another botched op no legal action can be taken in this country - but it might be possible to pursue a director or shareholder if there was one based in the UK and what a surprise Debbie is a shareholder!  Sarah and Bethany take matters into their own hands and confronts Debbie at the Chariot Square hotel.  Later Sarah openly keys the new car in front of Kevin.  Kit wanders past and invites Sarah to go somewhere quiet to explain herself - which she does back at the flat.    

Glenda, George, Mary and Brian appear together a couple of times - firstly discussing Christmas films and then Noddy Holder but seemingly unaware of Stan Potter - before their time I suppose.  Later they foregather in the Rovers to provide an audience for a further exchange between Sarah and Debbie and to discuss France where Mary on a flight of fancy recalls spending six months with a farmhand!    Debbie uses the opportunity of the row to tell Sarah that Bethany lied at the support group about it being cancer - which Daniel over hears and instantly cannot believe that Bethany lied about the cause of her stoma.  Bethany admits that they assumed it was cancer and she did not correct them.  

Ramping up the Christmas spirit David is trying to decorate the house and Dev is serving bratwurst - as if anyone could turn down Dev's sausage (even if it does smell).

Gail and Jesse appear in the Rovers - Gail is insistent on selling the house and going to look at the new builds near the Red Rec.  Jesse fancies a villa in the South of France and seeks to convince Gail they will enjoy it.  Once home they switch on the lights on the now decorated tree - they come on and then go off.  Then Jesse points out their shipping name #Jail and they both laugh and hug.  

Finally at the Rovers David and Shona are about to have a celebratory reconciliation beer.  Adam enters and David offers him a drink as reparation for the earlier accusation.  Adam then admits that Shona told him almost everything last night - but not the "who".  This upsets Shona who tells David she is not feeling well but as she attempts to leave Kit enters and says "We gonna talk about last night?".  So at the moment the implication is that Shona got herself rat-arsed, had some form of congression with an individual who may or may not have been Kit, was in some way found distraught by Adam who ensured she encountered no further harm but who knows much of the story.  And of course it may all be a red-herring.  Roll credits.

Last weekend the Sun on Sunday interviewed Sean Wilson who confirmed that following a voluntary interview with Greater Manchester Police they will be taking no further action over the report they had received about him which was materially at variance with the information initially provided by an unknown source to ITV Studios which prevented his anticipated return to Coronation Street.  I record this here because I feel one or two individuals seem to have conspired, with little available evidence, to destroy a whole body of work which the professional team at ITV Studios developed to explain Gail's departure and which in terms of the overall programme potentially reflected, for the long term viewers, a more welcome leaving story.  We cannot now know how that story was going to run and speaking purely personally I feel "I wuz robbed".  Sean Wilson has obviously spoken for himself and in the light of other recent allegations it is inevitable that management had to take the steps it did.

Written by David Proud and Joe Parkinson.  Mr Parkinson has penned one previous episode but has been involved in storylines for many years.  Directed by Katie Fenton-Green.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Coronation Street Episode Review;Wednesday 3rd of August 8 pm

Following the great Bistro casino heist of 2022 (that's what I'm calling it, anyway) it seems the Corrie romance roulette wheel has gone into another spin, with a few threads woven into tonight's 'whodunnit’ and the fall-out from Weatherfield's latest money-spinning crime plot. Tonight is rather a strange start as keystone cop PC Craig Tinker is unusually quick in determining that it's an inside job! Deciding that Ryan is a witness / suspect, the barman is bothered by the sudden guilt, and Debbie takes it in her stride, as she always does (she is Coronation Street gold)! 

Anyway, with the CCTV not being linked to the electrical outage, (she’s not had much luck with electricity recently, has she) Craig and the Bistro staff are quick to review the footage and Ryan is arrested. 

Whilst being questioned by the police, Ryan makes his legal ‘one phone call’ to Debbie, making light threats about pinning the crime on her, but she barters him down with talk of expensive legal rep and bargaining tools. Talking of which, Ronnie Bailey’s relationship with Debbie is entangled in all of this, and he’s the first to suspect Debbie’s involvement in this safe-cracking farce and comes to a conclusion. Correctly suspecting Debbie’s insurance fraud, Ronnie confronts her about it, and although she exclaims her guilty feelings, he uses that as a tool to break up with her. 

Meanwhile, Ryan gets released on police bail but loses the pub job, his reputation, and Alya's trust in the process. Debbie promises him a way to get out of it, including financial compensation, but then gives ALL of the robbery proceeds to Aggie and Ed, so she is obviously back to square one.

All bets also seem off when it comes to Sally and Tim’s marriage, following the Casino night, Tim's night on the sofa, and Sally discovering his online porn use. Tonight, Tim’s mucky quagmire leads him to engage in another clandestine meeting with Aggie. I'd say that, because, neither Ed nor Sally is aware of these cosy chats, and well, I’m guessing this friendship is only burgeoning - this is soap land, after all. Sally goes on the warpath around Underworld, and after a chat with Carla, she confronts Tim, telling him they need some space apart. Aggie gives Tim spiritual advice, which leads to a mental breakthrough, which he then relays back to Sally. Sally is pleased but Tim fails to tell her where this amorous advice came from! Sally was also online viewing houses (her own kind of porn). Has she had ideas about moving again? 

George’s toothache (caused by Sean’s pork crackling, ooh er!) is still causing him trouble, but death stops for nothing! Tonight, Shuttleworth's is the centre for lighthearted Corrie comedy. George has an argument with a rival undertaker over a potential buyout ( Rest Easy - great name), and a pushy Mrs Pugh to deal with. George is reluctant to sell and is keen to keep good to the family reputation, even with the offer of £400K.  

Elsewhere, romantic odds and relationships are tested, via tonight’s light drama supplied by Daisy and Daniel, Yasmeen and Stu, and Jenny and Leo. Being interviewed by the gazette, Stu’s foodbank idea gives everyone food for thought and the journalist is well impressed. Meanwhile, Leo has had an offer to go to Vegas without Jenny, and Daniel still appears reluctant to return to teaching. A new term is just around the corner, and Ronnie (a Jenny ex) has split up with Debbie! I would put money on both happening pretty soon! 

I am @rybazoxo self-styled cobbles connoisseur & Coronation Street superfan 

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