Sneak Preview of next week's Corrie, Aug 30 - Sep 2

Without any piffle, here's the storyline for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less.

Week of Monday 30 August to Thursday 2 September

Roy and Hayley’s wedding goes full steam ahead - and about chuffing time! Ken contacts his long-lost son, police probe Peacocks over Aadi’s accident, Kylie’s son appears, Sophie and Sian’s secret is out and Chesney dates Katy.

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Poor Sap: Fri Aug 20, 2010 Corrie Episode Review

Written by Simon Crowther (7:30) and Jonathan Harvey (8:30), directed by David Kester

Nick is already rubbing Natasha’s baby-less tummy and asking her if she’d prefer a boy or a girl when she’s avoiding these questions.  How awkward.  Nick would like a girl since he doesn’t really like football and he quite likes shopping.  Must be those metrosexual tendencies that Natasha mentioned earlier.  Natasha said she’d like a boy so Nick figures they should hope for a hermaphrodite.  Natasha insists that Nick not tell anyone else about the baby yet – including Gail.  Nick isn’t happy that Nick has taken Natasha back so easily because she doesn’t know the real reason why. 

Natasha books an appointment with a hunky new doctor to talk about her, well, body.  She sees Fiz and John there booked in for their first scan and looks awkward telling everyone she’s got tennis elbow.  Natasha tells Doctor Carter that she had a termination and then asks how long it’ll take for her to get pregnant again.  She ends up spilling her whole story to the doctor and, well, the doctor thinks the same as all of us.  Nick goes into the medical centre and is told by Gail that Natasha is in the room and busts in.  Doctor Carter isn’t happy with Gail for compromising his patient’s privacy and reprimands her.  A reprimand she doesn’t take well.  On top of it all, Nick tells Gail that Natasha is pregnant and they’re having a baby.  Gail now understands why Natasha and he are back together.  Gail thinks that Natasha is trying to trap Nick.  Nick tells Gail that she can be a part of he and Natasha’s family or not. 

Fiz goes into the pub and tells everyone that she’s pregnant, so Julie decides to announce it to the entire pub.  Audrey makes a toast and Nick gets too excited and takes it upon himself to make it a double celebration.  He tells everyone that Natasha is also pregnant – with his baby.  Fiz thinks this is brilliant news and that they’ll be able to swap notes.  Everyone thinks it’s wonderful except for Becky – who’s broody, Gail – who’s moody, and Leanne who sobs in the back yard.  Natasha notices Leanne’s face and goes outside to see her.   She tells Leanne to stay away from her man assuming that Leanne is in love with Nick.  She couldn’t be more wrong, as Leanne points out.  Leanne tells her to go to hell. 

John and Fiz are back on as though NOTHING has happened within the last few months.  Strangely enough, I do not mind.  John is looking for a job and asks Roy for his old one back, but Roy’s given the shifts to Anna.  Peter overhears this and thinks he’s got a new employee in the bookies.  Fiz is in good spirits and figures if John wants to be a bookie, she’ll take it over what he USED to do – fraud.  She tells Roy that she’s pregnant and he gives her a congratulatory hug. 

John manages to completely geek out Peter with naming the courses at the bookies.  Can you say keener?  Leanne’s not happy that Peter’s fired Deirdre in favour of hiring a convicted kidnapper.  Peter says that he’s an alcoholic and she’s an ex call girl.  I suppose he’s right.  John leaves and Audrey stalks in to give Peter a piece of her mind about stealing two haircuts.  Peter gives her a load of attitude, and Audrey sets him straight.  Later, Peter goes over to see John and offer him the job after finally getting rid of Deirdre.  John is over the moon since he now has a job on which he can support his new child when it comes.  Peter says that a lot of people have given him a second chance and it’s time for him to pay it forward.  Oh, John has had plenty of second chances. 

There is further trouble between the Barlow’s marriage as Ken is quite unresolved over what happened between Deirdre and Lewis.  Deirdre is still holding a grudge against what happened with he and Martha on the barge.  Is there no love left at No.1 Coronation Street? 

Sian returns to the street again to visit Sophie and Sophie has to hide her again.  Sian has a genius idea and says that they can meet each other if they both sign up for the church choir.  Sophie’s not sure about using church as a cover, but no telling she will.  They see Natasha and Nick kissing across the street and think it’s unfair.  If they only knew…  Sophie tells Sal about joining the choir and looks guilty when Sally says she trusts her and is happy she’s joining the choir.  Meanwhile, Sophie and Sian are singing in pleasure together at the church choir.  Lovers unite.  I am so bored by their relationship storyline. 

Waiting for the bus, Sally watches Steve have a drag of Lloyd’s cigarette and later blabs about what he did in the Rovers to Becky who’s not happy to hear that Steve has cheated on their “non smoking” plan for their panel interview.  Steve and Becky row about it later and Liz reminds them they need to pull together if they’re going to have success at the panel. 

Hayley’s worried about what Mary’s going to think about her wanting to have Becky be her maid of honour.  She knows she’ll not like the idea.  Hayley finally tells Mary that she cannot have her as the wedding planner anymore. 

HIGHLIGHTS

- Lloyd: “If there’s one thing I hate it’s women throwing themselves at me.” 

- Roy and Ken talking about how they changed the bus routes.  Can you believe?  Ken has to get off at the undertakers and walk down to the library now.  How inconvenient.

- Roy’s congratulatory hug to Fiz on her pregnancy.

- Yes, I like the hunky new doctor.  I approve and I like that he gives Gail a spot of attitude.  He was in the right!  And, why don’t ALL doctors look like that? 

- Audrey coming into the bookies to give Peter a piece of her mind (golden), and Peter seeing her coming stating “Oh good lord, look at the face on her!”  Then, Audrey calling Ken a poor sap. 

LOWLIGHTS

- I cannot believe that Natasha is actually going to fake being pregnant.  Sheesh.  Faking a miscarriage is the only way she might get out of this one unscathed.  Although, Nick would surely leave then. 

- Becky seductively sniffing Lloyd’s nicotine off his body. 

- John nerding it up in the bookies.  I will just never get used to him, sorry. 

- I did feel a bit sad for Mary when she was demoted from being Hayley’s wedding planner. 

- Natasha was SO nasty to Leanne!!!

Pregnant Pause: Wed Aug 18, 2010 Corrie Episode Review

Written by Jayne Hollinson, directed by David Kester

Nick’s back home after running away to a mate’s place last night after hearing about Natasha’s pregnancy news.  Leanne’s back at home with Peter since they’ve somewhat made up.  Leanne goes to see Nick and says that she shouldn’t have made Natasha tell him the way she did.  Leanne’s shocked that Nick hasn’t seen Natasha.  Nick tells Leanne that he doesn’t love Natasha, but he loves her.  Leanne tells him that she’s moved on and she doesn’t care what he does, but that he can’t hurt Natasha like he hurt her.  He asks if she’d still be saying that if Natasha wasn’t pregnant and she says she would.  Shot down!  Leanne breaks down in tears as she leaves Underworld – tears from all the pain she felt years before from Nick.  While Nick just sits in his office feeling sorry for himself, as per usual. 

Meanwhile, Natasha is at an abortion clinic while Nick is looking for her to get back together.  After the abortion, Natasha makes her way back home and finds Nick waiting for her.  She asks him what he’s doing there and is in shock and appal when he announces that he wants to be with her and the baby.  Natasha has gotten the shock of her life and looks completely devastated.  What will she do now?  She agrees to take him back, of course.

Gail is upset since Audrey is planning on going to Greece anyway, all alone.  Oh, she’s not really going to do that!  What on earth would she do there?  Meanwhile, the salon is going crazy with David in management.  Rita asks when Audrey is coming back and is informed by David that Audrey is still going to go to Greece.  Rita leaves to go see Audrey.  Meanwhile, Peter comes in and gets a dry trim for he and Simon.  David gives him one, but Peter doesn’t pay him since he says he can take it off his tab from what Lewis stole.  Rita visits Audrey and tries to convince her to stay.  She says that what she had with Lewis was a love affair that most women don’t even get and she should feel happy about it.  She also tells Audrey about the mess that the salon is in without her and this is enough for Audrey to get her boots on. 

Audrey comes back just in time to find that  David has dyed someone’s hair bright red and that Liam’s cries are ruling the roost.  She quickly whips the place back into order and it’s like Lewis Archer never existed. 

Fiz has returned from holiday and wants a chat with Maria.  Turns out, on Fiz’s holiday she’s found out that she’s pregnant!  Maria is excited for her, and Fiz is quite happy also, even though she thought about leaving John.  John, meanwhile, tells Chesney that he’s going to leave her so she can live her life without him in peace but he needs to tell her a few things first.  John realizes that Fiz is back and when she tells him her news he’s elated and decides that her news was better that what he had to tell her.  John gets a recorded delivery of his resignation that he sent in, and he burned all of Colin’s documents.  That was convenient for two reasons. 

Fiz and John tell Chesney about their news and Chesney isn’t happy to hear that Fiz has taken him back just because she’s pregnant.  He says he gives up and that both of them are mad.  Chesney tries to tell Fiz that the two of them can raise her child and they don’t need John.  Fiz says that she wants her baby to have a proper family, just like they always wanted.  Fiz says she loves John and Chesney says she hasn’t met the right person. 

HIGHLIGHTS

- Simon saying he hates it when Leanne and Peter fall out.

- John: “I made at honest woman out of her, but she couldn’t make an honest man out of me.  Until now.”  Chesney: “You’re losing it.  You know that.” 

- Leanne telling Nick off for his assuming that she loves him, when she’s moved on.  Great acting from Jane Danson!

- Audrey hiding and crouching on the floor from Rita!  She’ll never grow up, that woman. 

LOWLIGHTS

- How can being pregnant completely change the fact that John is a duplicitous idiot?!  It’s nice to have a storyline that doesn’t involve “Stapewick” with the Stapes, however.

- Nick trying to profess his love to Leanne with Natasha pregnant!  The cad!  Poor Leanne!  Then, him taking Natasha back after he’s already refused her and she’s had an abortion.

- Peter trying to steal haircuts?  Seriously? 

- Will Colin Fishwick’s death just be buried forever?!

Video Preview: Coronation Street - A Star is Born

With thanks to Ian Wylie for pointing us to this via twitter.  There's a video preview online of what was going to be called Florizel Street, the new BBC documentary about the birth of Coronation Street. It's been renamed Coronation Street - A Star Is Born. 

You can watch a clip of it on the BBC showreel at 4:38.