Play the Quiz: Coronation Street Truth or Spoof?

Here's a little game I've put together. It's called Coronation Street Truth or Spoof.

All you have to do is guess which of the following quotes were spoken in Coronation Street - Truth. 

And which quotes came from the genius Victoria Wood sketch set in the Rovers snug - Spoof.

Ready? Here we go. The answers are at the bottom of the blog post, so don't look down if you don't want to know.

Are these Coronation Street quotes Truth or Spoof?

1. By 'eck! It's like Sodom and Gomorrah all over again!

2. I 've' ad enough skriking in this bug 'utch to last me from Weatherfield Viaduct to Whit-week walk 

3. Elsie Tanner's a loud mouthed, pig headed, painted tramp, wi a bustful of brassiere and nowt on top.

4. Sorting jumble gives you a thirst like a camel

5. You've a chip on your shoulder that big, Jackson's Chippy couldn't come up wi't' vinegar

6. Aye, it were a beautiful death. She just sat up, broke wind and died.

7. You can hear some very interesting things if you keep your hairnet pressed up against vestry wall

8. Esmerelda Street, ey? It's very bay window down there.

9. I've got clinkers  to riddle and pots to scythe

10. There's an awful lot of gossip goes on in frock shops

11. From what I hear its two clogs to a threepenny bit that she'll electrocute herself with her own 
hairdryer

12. There's a woman comes in here looks like a weasal in specs

Answers:
1. Truth
2. Spoof
3. Truth
4. Truth
5. Spoof
6. Truth
7. Spoof
8. Truth
9. Spoof
10. Truth
11. Spoof
12. Truth

And if that's whetted your appetite to watch the Victoria Wood sketch again, here it is:




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Our Friend Victoria

Last night, the BBC showed the first part of a six part show celebrating Victoria Wood.  The programme's called Our Friend Victoria and is presented by Julie Walters. It was an excellent programme and I'm looking forward to next week's show already.

Many of Victoria Wood's friends and co-stars featured on the programme were also in Coronation Street, hence this blog post. Included in the show were Thelma Barlow (Mavis Riley), Shobna Gulati (Sunita Alahan), Susie Blake (Bev Unwin), Anne Reid (Valerie Barlow) and many more.

Julie Walters herself has often said she'd love to appear in Coronation Street. I cross my fingers every day that this might truly happen.

If you're a fan of Corrie and Victoria Wood, then I highly recommend watching or catching up with the show. It's on the BBC Player here.


And of course, no blog post about Victoria Wood and Coronation Street would be complete without a repeart of this little gem.



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Sue Devaney leads Victoria Wood tribute at Manchester station

 

This is such a lovely story.  Yesterday, Manchester's Victoria station briefly became Victoria Wood station as hundreds celebrated the comedian’s life and career.  In charge of proceedings was ex-Coronation Street actress Sue Devaney, who played Kev Webster's sister Debbie in Corrie.

 

Sue Devaney as Debbie Webster

Sue worked with Victoria Wood on Dinnerladies. At the station yesterday, she shared her memories of “Vic” and sang Pam, which tells the story of an upright lady who has a lesbian liaison with a woman called Joan: “She drained her rum and Babycham/ Ran her fingers through her crewcut, said I love you Pam.”.  You can read the full story at the Guardian website.

The station was only called Victoria Wood station for one wonderful hour, but a petition is under way for the name-change to be made permanent, and for a statue of Wood to be installed on the concourse.

Did you know that Victoria Wood's father once wrote for Coronation Street? Find out more here.

See also: Victoria Wood's ode to Coronation Street

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When Victoria Wood's father wrote for Coronation Street

The very sad news about Victoria Wood's passing reached us last week and we blogged this as our tribute to her.

In Victoria Wood's obituary in the Guardian we learned that her father, Stanley Wood, wrote an episode of Coronation Street.   His episode aired in November 1972.

Corriepedia's entry for Corrie writer Stanley Wood is here.

With thanks to Corriepdia who tells us here at the Coronation Street Blog that Stanley Wood's sole episode of Corrie included such wonderful lines such as these:

"Only one thing would worry me if I was Rita. Where could I get a hat to put on that hair?"
(Elsie Howard)

"Next thing you know, it'll be drugs - LSD and cannibals."
(Hilda Ogden) 

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Victoria Wood's ode to Coronation Street's first episode

It's a sad day indeed as news reaches us that writer and comedienne Victoria Wood has passed away, age 62, from cancer.

And so, in homage to her we present for your enjoyment once again, her wonderful spoof of Coronation Street's first episode.

Corrie's not on next till Monday 18 June - so watch this instead

As the next episode of Coronation Street isn't on until Monday 18 June because of the football, get your laughing gear round this. I know we've blogged it before but it's wonderful and deserves another viewing.  It's the Victoria Wood spoof of Coronation Street. "What's to do, Ena?"

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