Coronation Street Blog

Thursday, 24 May 2012

Video: Stephanie Cole at Chelsea Flower Show

Coronation Street actress Stephanie Cole, who plays Sylvia Cropper, took a starring role in this week's Chelsea Flower Show.

She was interviewed in her own back garden and took viewers on a tour of it, explaining what she liked about it most and the areas she wanted to change.

She talked about how hard it can be at tmes leaving the garden for so long while she's away filming up north for Corrie and then she went up to London to the Flower Show itself for a chat with Alan Titchmarsh.

Stephanie's clearly a knowledgable gardener but talk turned of course to Coronation Street and that's when her eyes sparkled and she told Alan how much she loved, absolutely loved, working on the show.

You can watch Stephanie's star turn at the Chelsea Flower Show on the BBC iPlayer here. Stephanie's bit comes on around 19:29.

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Interview with Chris Fountain on playing Tommy Duckworth

There's an interview with Chris Fountain, who plays Coronation Street's Tommy Duckworth, in today's Sun. It's one of those interviews with a lot of words, that takes up a lot of space, but doesn't say much at all. It does however have a picture of Chris Fountain with his top off, which if you're a Chris/Tommy fan is probably worth a look.

Chris talks about his kissing scenes with soap's official sexiest woman Michelle Keegan, who plays Tommy's girlfriend Tina, and says he misses his own girlfriend as they have a long distance relationship.

What I did find interesting was that Chris was a child stage actor. He was in a tour of Les Miserables when he was ten and played the Artful Dodger in a tour of Oliver. At 13, he had his first TV role in Bob & Rose, before going on to appear in Emmerdale, Where The Heart Is and The Royal before joining Hollyoaks at 15.

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Sneak preview of tonight's Corrie - Thursday 24 May

Coronation Street, Thursday 24th May at 8.30pm

Watch the video preview here.

TYRONE FEELS THE STRONG ARM OF KIRSTY’S LAW. With the factory girls in on the act Tyrone has everyone in position at no.9 when Fiz walks in with Kirsty. As they shout surprise Kirsty smiles politely. As everyone makes a fuss a proud Tyrone reveals he couldn't let the day pass unmarked. Oblivious to her annoyance Tyrone then reveals the special guests – Kirsty's parents! They're shocked to see she's pregnant and Kirsty can't contain her horror. As Ed and Pat belittle Kirsty it's clear they don't get on. Tyrone tries to stick up for but they're clearly unimpressed by Kirsty's choices and march out. Finally alone with Tyrone how will Kirsty react?
SUNITA’S HURT WHEN KARL CHOOSES STELLA OVER HER. It's Stella and Karl's anniversary, which has been forgotten by Karl. Feeling guilty he's forced to go along with the romantic meal Stella has planned. But as Karl relaxes into the evening he realises how much he really does love Stella. As they head upstairs what does this mean for Sunita?
EVA REALISES SHE’S MADE A HUGE MISTAKE. At work Nick sits Eva down and explains that after what she did he thinks it's best if they break up. Gutted will Eva be able to talk Nick round? Meanwhile will Kylie be able to repair her relationship with David and can the Platts put all their recent acrimony behind them?
Elsewhere Carla worries that Peter's on the edge when he reveals he's attending extra AA meetings. Sean's torn when Rita tells him Betty would be turning in her grave if she knew he'd taken her hotpot away from the Rovers. Feeling guilty he talks to Nick about Betty's legacy but will Nick be quite so sentimental?

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