Coffee and croissants on the balcony of shame

So what do we all think of Corrie's special week so far? What are we calling it anyway? Murder Week? Tina Week? I'm calling it Balcony Week. I'm not sure what planet Rob is on if he thinks anyone in their right mind would take coffee and croissants out on that terrace of shame.

I guess though that Tina isn't exactly in her right mind. Gobby she may be, but she wasn't exactly putting the gob into gear the other evening. She had plenty of chances to shut up and ship out but on she went, gob, gob, gob until Rob finally snapped. To be honest I don't blame him. I'd already whacked her hard several times from my armchair and popped off to make a cup of tea. 

I think Corrie has done well this week. The Peter-Carla-Tina storyline has been dragging on longer than the when will Len Fairclough shave that tash off saga of 1970. It has taken us since CHRISTMAS to get to this denouement and all I came away with the other night was the complete and utter wonderment that old Tina could pick herself up without so much as a cobble imprint on her doll-like face. After all her cover story cheek bones had supposedly just smacked into Victoria Street faster than it takes Michelle to fold her arms and pout. 

I do think this storyline is giving Michelle Keegan the send off she deserves. She's done well during her time on Corrie and I hope she advances her career on the back of this. As much as I like Chris Gascoyne, I'm now heartily sick of Peter's snivelling, pathetic, hangdog look. If he ends up in The Big House with Jimbo McDonald, I hope Jim immediately bypasses "Catch yourself on" and goes straight for the jugular.

Carla, meanwhile, has been at the centre of so many dark, sinister, cadaver-strewn plots she'd make an excellent Valeria if they ever remake Carry On Screaming. I hope she escapes the cells this time as I love Alison King and hope she's around for a few more years. I'd love to see Carla ditch Peter and find some happiness for a change. I also can't help wishing the Powers That Be had let her keep her baby. Carla the Mother would have taken the character in an interesting new direction.

So I guess we must now come to Rob and Tracy. Tracy is coming out of this well at the moment. Old Arms-Folded behind the Rovers bar is making Tracy seem like the Denise Robertson of Weatherfield in comparison. Rob meanwhile is the expendable cast member here. As Corrie is still a moral programme *dangling by a thread here*, the truth must out eventually and Rob will be sent down - either to prison or plunging from the viaduct. I do hope we don't have to wait until next Christmas for this to happen.

What I'm really not looking forward to is Michelle finding out Steve knew about Peter's affair. We know she will and we know she's going to dump him, treating him like something she's stepped in (again). This is deeply regrettable. The moral high ground has never been so unappealing. For characters to be believable and likeable they need to have flaws. Unfortunately Michelle is always right so she has no flaws. Apart from the very obvious one, that is. She's a terrific pain in the ginnel. 

Personally, I'd like to pitch to ITV that the next big post-watershed Corrie week sees a mysterious Scottish blogger batter Michelle to death with a crate of Stallion Ale. 

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The builder's yard balcony

Tonight's episode was fantastic, and I really enjoyed it. Though one thing surprised me, since when does Tina's flat have access to the builder's yard balcony?

So I decided to root through my photos of when I visited the set a few years back, and it turns out that that door has actually been there the whole time, though we've never seen anyone using it before now.

Jason might want to think about closing that door off, since the builder's yard seems like the most unsafe place on the street, especially when a little tampering by someone like David Platt can send someone falling to the cobbles below, as he found out himself a few years back.



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Peter gets drunk - Tina and Carla get pregnant

Oh baby! There's a Coronation Street spoiler in today's Star that says Peter goes back on the bottle when he finds out that both Carla and Tina are pregnant.

We have already revealed the spoiler that Carla will be pregnant - and plans a secret abortion.

The Star says: " ... in explosive scenes to be screened next month, Tina breaks the news to Peter during a row that she is also expecting.

She tells him: "You can be hardfaced sometimes, unless it's something you want, and then it's all charm and smiles. I think I'm pregnant. I haven't done the test yet but I'm late and I recognise the signs."

Peter leaves her devastated when he walks out on her, admitting: "Sorry, I can't take it in. I have to go."

The shocking turn of events will send Peter into a complete meltdown and he'll start drinking again in a bid to cope with his lies and betrayal."

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How will Tina leave Coronation Street?

I know it's a bit early for speculation on Tina's departure next year, but what the hell, I'm in the mood for a good speculate.

When Flaming Nora blogged about Michelle Keegan's announcement the other day I can't say I was shocked and stunned. I'm actually surprised she has stayed as long as she has. Tina is a bit of a Marmite character I guess, viewers either love her or loathe her. Michelle Keegan has always given it her all though and I do think she's done a good job. Like Sean, Michelle and Becky, the character of Tina has been a bit over-exposed and the surrogacy storyline has been less than popular in our house.

So the big question is, how will Tina leave Weatherfield? It would seem a certainty that her departure will involve something to do with the current surrogacy story, but will they manage to stretch this out until she leaves next year? I don't know if I can handle this storyline continuing until mid-2014!

We are already seeing signs of Gary Windass falling for Tina, currently carrying his child. We all knew when this started up that it would get messy as the powers that be want to string out as much drama as possible. All I can say is, poor Izzy!

So will Tina get together with Gary? Will Tina end up snatching the baby and fleeing Weatherfield? Will Tina and Tommy get back together again and make a fresh start away from the increasingly tiresome Windass family? Let's just hope Tina's departure doesn't involve a boat and Lake Windermere. 

So how do you think Tina will leave Weatherfield's famous cobbled street? 

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Corrie girls move in together

Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent (Sophie Webster) and Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) are moving in together into a Manchester flat.

The Sun reports today that Michelle announced the plan after she rang into a radio station to deny rumours she was dating former TOWIE fella Mark Wright.

Then she added that Brooke was with her at her flat after staying over for the night. Michelle then revealed how Brooke is set to move in for good to flat share with her. 

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Inside Soap Awards 2012 - Michelle Keegan wins Sexiest Female award

Congratulations go to Corrie actor Michelle Keegan who has won the Inside Soap Award 2012 for Sexiest female.

Michelle plays Coronation Street's Tina McIntyre.

All the winners are listed here.

The Inside Soap Awards took place at One Marylebone in London on Monday 24 September.

Readers of Inside Soap - Britain's best-selling soap magazine - began casting their votes for each of the categories in July.

Inside Soap's editor Steven Murphy said: "As always, it's the Inside Soap magazine readers who choose who wins in every category, and this year the competition has been tougher than ever.  It's been an amazing year in the world of soap, and the Inside Soap Awards are always a fantastic way to celebrate."

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Michelle Keegan and Max George have split

Michelle Keegan, who plays Coronation Street's Tina McIntyre, has split from her boyfriend, Wanted singer Max George

A spokesperson for the actress told the MailOnline: "I can confirm that the relationship has recently ended."

Michelle and Max got together in late 2010 and became engaged in June 2011.

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