Corriefest, Coronation Street UK fan convention, Saturday 5 January

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As part of Lassfest, there's going to be a Coronation Street fan convention, Corriefest, which runs on Saturday 5 January in the Lass o'Gowrie pub. Again, you'll need to buy tickets in advance as it will sell out.
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Corriefest's guest of honour will be Coronation Street writer JOHN STEVENSON - one of Corrie's legendary scribes with nearly 400 episodes under his belt from the Seventies to the Noughties!

MC'd by Charlie Ross, John will be joined by guests drawn from both sides of the camera, including SUE JENKINS, JUNE WEST and a couple of special surprise guests. There will also be screenings of rare footage courtesy of Kaliedescope, a special quiz courtesy of Giles Bastow and more to be announced.

Corriefest is presented in support of Myeloma UK and all surplus generated from ticket sales will be donated to this worthy charity. Tickets cost £6.00 and are available from http://www.wegottickets.com/location/1313
 

Corriefest is part of Lassfest, the Lass o'Gowrie's annual entertainment programme which runs from January 2nd – February 2nd, 2013. As part of LassFest, two Coronation Street stage plays will run in the pub and this time it's Corrie from the 1970s! Find out all about LassFest here and feast your eyes on some of the rehearsal pics below from Coronation Street's 1970s plays which will run in the pub.  Buy your tickets here.  Follow the event on Facebook.

Coronation Street Live! and Corriefest will be presented in support of Myeloma UK, with any profit after event costs going to support Myeloma.

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'Tyrone is not my husband' says Lucy Jo Hudson

What's On TV has an interview with Lucy Jo Hudson today. Lucy Jo is familiar to Corrie fans from her days as Katy Harris who met a sugary end after lashing out and killing her father, Tommy in the garage. Lucy Jo is also married to Alan Halsall who we also know as Tyrone Dobbs.

Lucy Jo has just finished a successful run on ITV's Wild at Heart. In this interview, she says she doesn't connect the character of Tyrone to her husband Alan because the two are very different. 

"But I don't see Tyrone as my husband, he's much quieter than Al who's really in your face and very funny. I think the storyline is really good, they're doing a brilliant job. Natalie is amazing at playing a psycho."

But she thinks Alan and co-star Natalie Gumede are doing a bang up job (pardon the pun).

Lucy Jo also talks about her own career, and how she found it difficult to handle the fame when she was on Coronation Street as a young 17 year old actor. Acting was never something she'd considered previously but has grown to love it.

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Spoilers for next week's Coronation Street, January 7-11

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 7 January to Friday 11 January

Nick and Peter fight, Leanne leaves, Lewis plans to ruin Gail, Kylie's pregnant, and Sophie kisses Jenna.

The full weekly preview, with loads of pictures is right here on Corrie.net

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Where have you seen Audrey's date Henry before?

Eagle eyed Coronation Street fans will have spotted that Audrey's date Henry Wilkins has been on Coronation Street before  He played Harry Potts.

According to Corriepedia, Harry Potts was a corrupt Councillor who popped up to give Derek Wilton a hard time back in late 1992. He also appeared in July 1995, having a run in with the one and only Audrey Roberts.

Harry is played by Russell Dixon who also played Ena Sharples in the stage version of Corrie's 1968 plays at The Lass o'Gowrie in Manchester, January 2012. Find out more.

Russell Dixon also played Dave Barnes on Coronation Street in 1979. Dave Barnes warned Ken Barlow to stop teaching his wife Karen to read and write but Ken refused guessing correctly that Ken would discover that Dave was also illiterate.  Dave broke into Ken's house, frightening Uncle Albert and threatening to kill Ken. Ken caught him off guard and punched his lights out.

See also: Where have you seen...?

The Corrie Registrar, Marcus' friend Aiden, Kirsty's parents, Jenny Sumner, Corrie's prison Governor, Sunita's Aunties, Ken and Deirdre's pottery teacher, Tommy Duckworth,  Mrs Hargreaves who died in Audrey's salon, Sally Webster's fella Jeff, Joy Fishwick's investigator, Charlotte's Parents, Ken Barlow's grandson James, Ken Barlow's son Lawrence, Dr Matt Carter, Saucy Charlotte, Izzy's dad Owen Armstrong,The Corrie coppers, Colin Fishwick, Trevor the binman, Connie Rathbone, Uncle Umed,Julie Carp's mum, Luke Strong, Sophie Webster's boyfriend, Eileen Grimshaw's dad, Norris' girlfriend, Graeme Proctor,Molly's Aunty Pam, Maria's mum and dad, Gail's dad, Scary Brian, Tina's dad, Tony Gordon's henchman, Little Simon Barlow 

 

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