Curly's back on the cobbles

Kevin Kennedy, who played Curly Watts in Coronation Street, is making a series of special appearances throughout July, exclusively at Coronation Street the Tour.

Visitors who purchase tickets for tours between 4pm and 6pm on Thursday 3rd, Thursday 10th and Thursday 17th July and between 7 and 9pm on Thursday 24th July will have the chance to meet and have their picture taken with the former Coronation Street star on the cobbles.

Kevin Kennedy said: “Coronation Street was, and still is, a huge part of my life and I have so many fond memories of my time on the old Granada set. It’s great that the site is now open for visitors to see behind the scenes of where I spent so many happy years and I can’t wait to see their reactions when they step on to the cobbles for the very first time!”

Tickets for the attraction have been in great demand since opening on April 5th with over 100,000 visitors already flocking to the old filming site. Consequently, additional capacity has now been released to accommodate the series of special appearances from the former TV star.

Tickets, which remain at the same price, are available at ticketmaster.co.uk/coronationstreet

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Tour de ITV - from Rovers Return to the Woolpack

Best of luck to Colson Smith, who plays Craig Tinker in Coronation Street, and all the other ITV cast and crew members in today's Tour de ITV. 

It's a cycle ride from the Rovers Return pub on the Coronation Street set in Manchester all the way to Leeds to the Woolpack pub on the Emmerdale set.

Here's the route, it's all part of the gear-up to the Tour de France which starts in Yorkshire this weekend.

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Is the new Coronation Street gym working out for you?

Is it just me or are other fans having trouble believing in the new set of the Coronation Street gym?  

V Court Fitness has only been open a few months but every time it comes on screen I die a little inside.  I've never felt anything for a new set on the Street before - good or bad - so I'm surprised that the gym set is prompting this blog post, if I'm honest!

The space allocated for filming in the set for the gym seems too small, so that every scene in there is claustrophobic. The characters appear hemmed in by their surroundings, with shadows and not enough light - or maybe that's the point?

Punters at the gym are usually seen practising their boxing skills or sweating on a running machine.  This is clearly not meant to be a place for relaxing or idle chatter, but for tension instead. 

But for this fan, it just doesn't work as a place for continuation of any of the storylines and does nothing to enhance any dialogue that goes on in there.

What do you think, Corrie fans?

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Spoilers for next week's Coronation Street, July 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 July to Friday 11 July
Note: Double episode on Monday 7 July, Episode on Weds 9 July, Episode on Thurs 10 July, Double episode on Friday 11 July.

Carla comes on to Luke, Izzy’s on the warpath, Gail and Michael grow close, Todd winds up Marcus, Tracy’s bracelet strikes fear into Rob.

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

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