Rosie Webster returning to Coronation Street?

Helen Flanagan, who plays Rosie Webster in Coronation Street, tells Inside Soap magazine this week that she wants to return to the show.

She says: "I'd love to go back to Corrie. It's just a matter of when and how I work it."

Helen is still on maternity leave after having her second child.

On screen, Rosie left Weatherfield in 2018 after she helped to put her former agent Antoine Reese behind bars for using models as drugs mules. She then accepted an offer to be assistant on a television game show in Japan and left Weatherfield again.

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Corrie Comicals Week Ending 8 June 2018

Right back from holiday, find the keyboard, watch six episodes and then remember I need to post this little reminder of last week.  With Pat really, truly dead (no Eileen did not use a compact to check he was not breathing) a new villain is around.  And luckily for this blogger the comedy quotient has been upped to stratospheric levels!

Anyway Beth gets the first strike tonight as we see her above remarking that there is no such thing as bad publicity and the Viaduct Bistro will be ultra busy as a result!

As a reminder of Gemma's reformed nature it was lovely to have this snippet.  Rosie and Gemma have worked so well together - one privately educated moppet and one refugee from the local sink estate - and they understand each other so well.  Here Rosie is asking if Gemma still has the coke to plant on Antoine.  Gemma winds her right up with the answer shown and takes several minutes before saying that once she might have done that but not now.  Hope this partnership can resume at some future time.

And a snappy aside from Mary referring to the crime scene at the Bistro - I did not know the Bistro even did early bird discounts (and of course completely contradicting Beth's view above that the rubber neckers will be descending in vast hordes!).

Rosie described herself as a hero in getting the drug dealers busted.  Sophie (who did NOT go to private school) corrects her - "Heroine".  To which Rosie responds as we see above!  Wonderful throwaway line there!

Roy in disguise - but still with both his usual anorak and carrier bag!  Plus the earlier wonderful line to Cathy where he referred to himself as randy - he then sought to explain that he meant James Randi who exposed hoaxers.  Later he valued Lewis' word as being on a par with the Confederate Dollar and Weimar Reichsmark.

Kirk masterfully described the difficulties of visiting toilets in some stores where you are handed soap, a towel and then offered a plate and you take only 50p.  Most confusing - but why would want to tip someone who has watched you undertake such a personal function?  As an aside I am visiting Manchester shortly but my most recent tram use was in Bordeaux where you buy tickets from the machines at the stops.  Do Manchester tram stops really have two staffed ticket offices or is this ITV licence?

I love dogs so thought that Chewie being obedient deserved a look in!  Not at all sure about his strange owner, Mrs Utterly Butterly.

Eileen returns Gail's dish and absorbs Gail's rude comments - as above which then continued with "or too thin, or too tasteless" - but Eileen responded that it was actually very, very nice - which certainly brought a look of surprise to Gail's face as Eileen added that it had been very kind of Gail. 

And there was more - but this is late and it was a reminder that the writers can do comedy alongside the darker stuff - which is why I am here.  And I have not mentioned This Morning or the Steve Day Care Centre or the great Archer escape!  A lovely week.

Writers - Simon Crowther & Mark Wadlow (Monday), Chris Fewtrell (Wednesday),  Susan Oudot (Friday).  Directors - John Anderson (Monday and Wednesday), Ian Bevitt (Friday).

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What Corrie Means To Me

I've pretty much grown up with Coronation Street. I can't remember when my mum started watching it full-time but I do recall secretly hoping that it would be on whilst I was in the living room when I was a kid. I was drawn to the idea of being able to be taken to Weatherfield for half an hour to learn about the lives and mishaps of the residents of Coronation Street. Although, I do have to admit when I first started out it took me a while to learn the difference between The Rovers Return and The Queen Vic in EastEnders.

As I got older I took more of an interest and made sure that Mum and I would sit down and watch Corrie together, something that I sorely miss since being at University. It was about 2010 when I began to properly fall in love with the cobbles, I was absolutely fascinated by the tram crash and how brilliant that live episode was. I remember being captivated by John Stape, wondering what on earth he was going to do next, and desperately willing for someone to rescue Rita from underneath The Kabin rubble. Since then I was eager to see what else would be thrown at that little street (maybe not another tram) and I doubt that eagerness will ever go away. Like every television show, Coronation Street has its ups and downs, but as fans, we go up and down with it. We remember how wonderful the show can be and that gets us through the bits we may not necessarily enjoy.

I've watched this scene about 1000 times. Timeless classic. 

Since Coronation Street really started to peak my interest, my passion for it has grown massively. Especially over the last year, I've gone back and watched endless episodes dating from 1960 all the way back up to now. I love going back in time and falling in love with Elsie Tanner, or Hilda and Stan. A particular favourite scene of mine is our Hilda holding a seance, which never fails to get me giggling. Or more recently, I just loved the birthday party Gemma held for 'Enry. Sat alone in my Uni room, I cackled at Rosie's, "The Red Line".  There's something remarkable about the way we feel after watching an episode that particularly kept us entertained, whether that be just the right amount of nail-biting drama, or whether it was just Gail Platt (what's her last name now?) singing along to the latest cringey pop tune.

But Coronation Street is so much more than just a show that we switch on for three times a week, if you'll excuse the cliche. It's been one of the driving forces that has influenced what career I want to go into once I finish my degree. It's allowed me to meet so many incredible people and work with a wonderful team of bloggers. It's always a conversation piece when somebody asks me what my favourite TV show is, more often than not they're surprised when I say Corrie instead of something like Love Island. I will never forget the day I walked along those cobbles myself and my friend and I even had a Corrie-tacular weekend during Manchester Pride last year (you can read about my Corrie themed weekend here). Coronation Street has this fantastic legacy where almost 60 years on, fans from the beginning and new generations of fans will continue to love the show, continue to talk about the episodes, share who their favourite character is and discuss what they'd like to see happen to them.

Even though I read the spoilers that appear online and tut and complain sometimes, I know I'll never stop watching. No matter what, I have this burning need to find out what happens next (like, will Carla and Peter just get back together already?!). As I wrap this up, I realised about ten minutes ago that today marks one year since my first guest blog. So thank you to anyone who takes the time to read my posts!

Sophie Williams
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Helen Flanagan announces pregnancy with second child

Helen Flanagan, who plays Coronation Street's Rosie Webster, has announced she's expecting her second child with her footballer partner Scott Sinclair.  The couple have been speaking to OK magazine.

Helen and her boyfriend Scott have been together since 2009 and already have a little girl, Matilda.

I guess this means that Rosie will be written out of Coronation Street in due course when Helen goes on her maternity leave from the show.  

In the meantime, we might see Rosie hiding her baby bump behind her desk or with a clipboard at Barlow's solicitors.

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Big, Bad Plothole

Weatherfield's Finest has never been known as having investigating officers that rival the legendary Inspector Columbo in nailing the guilty party by tracking down the finer details of a case. They're missing something now in the investigation regarding Anna allegedly pushing Seb off his ladder. Rosie Webster is the key.

The case seems to be anchored on Phelan's lie that he saw Anna go into the solicitor's office where her earring was later found. Viewers know he was the one that placed it there the evening after Seb fell. But Rosie was in the office late, using the internet connection to stream one of her favourite television shows. Did Phelan back off the minute he realized she was there and would be able to report his presence? No, he did not, which is odd. Rosie might be daft as a brush but she'll remember he was there at some point.

The police found the earring in the vaccuum cleaner and as far as they're concerned, Anna was in the office and pushed Seb off the ladder via one of the windows. They must have questioned Todd, Adam and Rosie as to whether they saw Anna there. I'll concede that it's possible that both of the men were out of the office on business-related things but that would leave Rosie. She'd know Anna didn't come in and if she was out of the office, too, wouldn't she have LOCKED UP? If the accident happened after business hours, the door would also then BE LOCKED. Anna would have had no way in.


The Weatherfield Police always seem to go with the flow and accept the most obvious solution regardless of reasonable doubt. If Rosie mentions Phelan's presence after the accident, that could certainly cast a shadow of that doubt. If nobody was in the office and the door was left unlocked, Anna could have got in but so could absolutely anyone else and we know nothing of the sort even happened. Seb was distracted, the ladder wobbled and down he went.

Surely they wouldn't have written the scene with Phelan and Rosie if they weren't going to use it later. That's not how soaps work. I can hardly wait for Sally's crowing about her daughter being the one to bring down a murderer after mentioning the detail that cast doubt on Anna's case, putting her own safety in jeopardy.

Why yes, I do overthink these things.

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Satanic symbolism in Coronation Street?

You don’t half see some strange things on t’Internet. I can’t even remember how I found this but it is guaranteed to give you the willies this Halloween.

There is a theory suggesting that the Corrie tram crash of December 2010 featured subliminal satanic messages. The argument centres on a piece of broken wood, which is believed to be a goat’s skull with horns on it. Check this out:

Could the powers that be have inserted a satanic symbol into our beloved soap? I doubt it.

Still, the devil is in the detail and it was nice to see Rosie recently acknowledge her past life as a Goth and the "strictly held beliefs" she would have died for.

Maybe it's time Craig Harris returned to Weatherfield? He could rock up in his leather trench coat and satanic goat necklace and whisk Rosie off to a Sisters of Mercy gig.

Come on Corrie - be a devil! Happy Halloween, everyone.

By Martin Leay, on Twitter @mpleay

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