Coronation Street is Rubbish!?
 

Saw this article in the Daily Mirror about Coronation Street...

Coronation Street is being killed says Mike Baldwin actor Johnny Briggs - mirror.co.uk

former Corrie Star, Johnny Briggs is slagging the show off saying it's gone down hill.

I stopped watching it when they brought in Michelle Collins so I don't know what has been going on. Fans are saying that it's going they way of Brookside.

What story lines would you like to see? Do you think it's gone wrong?

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I stopped watching it when Annie Walker left the Rovers:D

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Merseyside?

Is there going to be a landslip?

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We don't want the Rovers landlady talking with a scouse accent she's bad enough with a lancashire one or so I'm told:D

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Michelle Collins recently played Fred Dibnah's wife at a play at the Octagon, and did a fairly believable Lancashire acccent.

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So it wasn't Dick Van Dyke esk was it then G :D

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Oi you, that's blatant Scousist, is that ! :D

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I know:D:D

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The story lines have gone from the plain daft, to the ludicrous and finally to the looniest.

Himself used to be an avid fan, though I could take it or leave it...but even he has become disaffected with the show recently........and he can't abide Michelle Collins. So I can't see him tuning in until she has gone.

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is this another one of your "dry" jokes? It wasn't her accent - I just decided that I was not going to watch TV any more as it takes over your mind in a subtle way.

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Ya we've noticed:p

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I don't even know what's going on in it anymore - nor Emmerdale soaps are a waste of time really - I understand how people get pulled into them..

1) By liking the characters. 2) Then you want to find out what happened to them. 3) Hence you are compelled to watch it! But it's just dots on a screen really - NOT REAL! :)

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oh no i'm gutted

:D:D:D

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Yes, I appreciate it isn't real. Most of us look to TV for entertainment....to take us away for half an hour from our own mundane existence.....but there is precious little that is entertaining these days on the box.

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I was thinking that they are setting the storyline up for Sally to be Franks next victim and it will come out he's done it before! :do-one:

Note: I know I said I don't watch TV no more but someone gave me a PC TV USB and Software so I take the occasional peek at the soaps - Emmerdale has been gripping lately!

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:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

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I haven't watched it for over 15 years - good to know I haven't missed anything worth watching.

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Groove can confirm that Silly Sally will be Franks next victim.

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I still watch it, and will carry on doing so, as long as I find it to be essential viewing.

Johnny Briggs? Sour grapes.

Michelle Collins accent's got better, of late.

Though I don't know why she just couldn't have been a southerner. Just as Mike Baldwin was. People do move about the country, from within a mile of where they were born, so I'm informed.

Johnny Briggs never attempted to play anything other than he was, a cockney wide boy. Who in his time, had some truly ludicrous storylines himself.

It's nothing like the dying days of Brookside, which went totally loopy.

Corrie is still a good mix of northern drama....and humour.

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I think Sally's going to be taken up the alley too.

Frank's the new Wilmot-Brown.

:rolleyes:

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Second Corrie claim to fame, besides Vicky Entwistle chasing me home from church, shouting she loved me, which I recently asked her if she remembered, which she did, saying I was her first love, ahhhh.

When I was a college, we used to drink in the Everyman Theatre bar.

We were sat at a table with Brookie's Karen Grant, and Craig Charles, now in Corrie, but then a relatively unknown comedian married to the then more famous Cathy Tyson, came across, and said I had nice hair.

Weird, but true.

Don't worry, I don't have anymore Corrie trivia to share.

:D

Good grief!
She's left?
You'll be telling me next that Dennis Tanner has grown up & flown the coop! However would the lovely Elsie manage without her golden boy?

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There's always Hockey Night in Canada:alright: I think your better 3/4 would love it; MMA on ice:dancedog:

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Dennis Tanner, played by the original actor, is back.

He was living rough on the streets, but is now shacked up with Rita Littlefair, that was.

;)

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Ya mean she changed her name,:eek: go on, don't tell me, LEN Fairclough finally persuaded her to marry him:D

Is the Rovers Return now owned by one of those pub chains that put desperately naive punters behind the bar and then hike up the rent and price of beer to the poor tenant until after 3 months of working 24/7 the tenant does a moonlight, leaving Corries producer free to introduce a new up and coming star straight from his casting couch?

If not, why not?
That would make the series more true to life.

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Groove thinks Emmerdale has been the best soap this year. Corry goes hot and cold and regularly has periods of poor storylines. Emmerdale is gonna be good with Cain getting a hiding resulting ina whodunnit scenario,with several suspects with a grudge against Cain.

Hmm, I find a parallel between that and your posts.

Still never mind, with any luck you'll get bored and then go annoy someone else.

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Just ignore him like I do less

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Another safe bet, in Emmerdale - I reckon is that Amy's kid, of which Cain is the father - will have the bone marrow match for Debbie and Andy's daughter Sarah - so all's well that end's well ha? :mosher:

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Name dropping again Grinda :rolleyes: I used to live near Craig Charles and Cathy Tyson who where married, he was always in the pub and used to see Cathy walking about pushing the pram - I had a chance with her as well lol...

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No, not name dropping 'again'. Just adding a little colour, to yet one more moany old thread.

If I was into name dropping, I can come up with many more impressive ones to drop, than Vicky, and Craig Charles.

;)

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Don't let me stop you. I 've seen you mention famous names before throughout the years. And it doesn't impress me ;):D

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If I was ever so desperate, that I needed to impress someone like you, I'd have jumped off the viaduct years ago.

;)

No matter, you come up with remarkable ideas, it makes a change from the Norm.

Rindy without being big headed proves that the Norm isn't needed to succeed,

I wonder, which of you is the better example?

Please don't ask for a hint, my money is on the gay guy, (don't get upset rindy, I don't mean you).

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David Icke was mentioned on Coronation Street about 1 month ago when that character was messing about with UFO spotting on the Red Rec - Oopps I don't want to mention UFO's Might upset some of the Old Diehards here!

Maybe Corrie should get taken over by Aliens - as one of those character cleanouts they often have! Aliens invade Coronation Street.

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Has anyone ever done that jumped off the viaduct to top em'selves!:confused:

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There was me thinking they already had


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Na no body's ever been that desperate to impress you:rolleyes:

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I wasn't talking about impressing me - I was meaning a generalisation! :confused: :rolleyes:

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Thats unusual:rolleyes:

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Corrie has lost the plot since the Tram Crash.

How did Becky manage to find a handsome man who is moving to Barbados? Which man in his right mind would think of her as a 'catch'. A chain smoking, drunk who loots corner shops. Bonkers.

Plus I don't like it's depiction of Northerners as adulterous drunks. I can't think of one long-term marriage in it (Hayley and Roy? Mmm) or a traditional family set-up.

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Haven't you heard that 'traditional' family set ups are no longer the de rigueur socially?

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What part of the north do you live in outer Mongolia:D

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It is only a fictional program after all.

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What do you mean FICTIONAL oh my god my world is in tatters:D

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oh, Sorry WM....I thought you knew....will you need to arrange counselling?

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Yep i am a shell of my former self in the space of one post, as for the counselling anything that involves getting to actually stop and get a lie down i'm up for that :D

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Oh, No....there won't be any lying down.....that is psychoanalysis........much more costly.
You will be asked to act out your anxieties, in relation to your belief that Coronation Street was a real place, and portrayed real life.
The good news....it is only seven and sixpence a session.

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Oh forget that then no lieey downie no dooee:D

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thought you might say that :D.

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He's not such a catch.

He's lied to her.

He's actually a doctor from Casualty, now unable to work because of Parkinson's.

Oh, and he's actually gay.

Becky's in for a shock.

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I agree with some of your points! One big error in all soaps is the issue of prison visits. They always get non-family members visit appointments on the day at short notice! In reality that does not happen. An individual or family member can not turn up at a prison to see someone in there by cold calling - they just would not get in. Yet in soaps they always do - it's rubbish! Your right they are all stereo types all northerners arn't drunks or wife swappers - except maybe Jaysay! :p:D

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Hell WM, its a good job your not an Eastenders Fan, you'd be totally suicidal thinking that was real life:D

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I ain't got a wife and would have gladly swapped my last one for a Cocker Spaniel, they're more faithful and I drink very little:p. One think which has me wondering though is how do you know, in great detail, the visiting rights of those in HMs Prisons:rolleyes:

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Um Corry won the Best Soap at the TV awards last night

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There's no credit in being 'the best'.

In every barrel of rotten apples there is always one which can be declared least rotten.

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Yep the prison visit thing has always bugged me too. We used to visit a lifer who was an old school friend of my partner and had to wait for him to send us a visiting order before we could go and see him. He was in several different gaols before he topped himself and the routine was always the same.

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Well aint watched it fer oer 25 yrs, but am gonna be watching it later next month.:tongueout

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Same here Cashy -Is Hilda still in it? She and Stan were always my favourites:D
Coronation Street - Hilda breaks down 1984 - YouTube

Now that's what i call real life WM!

Very moving acting - great to watch all the names on the credits at the end, this is how i remember Corrie.

Just a thought, do they still serve Newton & Ridley in the Rovers Return?

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Hilda left a few years ago. The actress who played her, Jean Alexander, joined the cast of Last of the Summer Wine.

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Take it your not a fan then, funny that thought it would have been just up your street, or it would have been in the old days with Mini Martha and Ena in the snug with a milk stout, you could even have worn your hairnet:D

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Let us no the date nearer the time cashy, Joan wants to know :D

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Who's love interest was she Michael:D

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The thought of Margaret R with a hairnet is enough to stop anyone from sleeping Jay!:D

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Not sure as I didn't watch Summer Wine on a regular basis. Here is a Street trivia question: what was the name of Minnie Caldwell's cat?

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Bobby

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You say the sweetest things:rolleyes:
or ..you have a knack of making a person happy
..a lovely trait in one so young

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I am not in the habit of making false declarations, anyway you undoubtedly don't need your ego boosting Margaret.:D

I appreciate being called "young "as i no longer am that youthful, wish i was.

My declarations are always truthful - this so that they who have received them know that I am always to be believed. Absolutely.

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Didn't remember the cat's name!

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Yep that is right - the Prisons arn't hotels were family members can just turn up and get in. As you say a request/visiting order is sent out by the prisoner to who he wants to see and that takes about 1 month. If they change their mind there is nothing you can do. So when you see soup actors swanning in and out of the nick like they are in Benidorm it's non-sense.

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Yep that is right - the Prisons arn't hotels were family members can just turn up and get in. As you say a request/visiting order is sent out by the prisoner to who he wants to see and if they change their mind there is nothing you can do. So when you see soup actors swanning in and out of the nick like they are in Benidorm it's non-sense!

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Because I had to take my mother down to visit my brother when he was inside and it was very strict. :rolleyes:

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Visiting orders could only be issued 1 per month, unless exceptional circumstances, n even then i never always got one.:hehetable

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That's about right and you can have up to 2 people on each one I think.:hidewall::hidewall::hidewall::hidewall::hid ewall::alright:

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Yes one a month and two people on each one. Wonder who advises corrie on this sort of thing :confused:

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I don't think they care. In the time they have it's easier and more effective to ignore reality to keep the story flowing.:hesoff:

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Are prison visiting times not more relaxed, when someone's only held on remand?

As Fiz was recently?

Although you're imprison, you haven't been found guilty of any crime.

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It's the same. Because if they remand someone it's usually coz they are afraid they may repeat the offence or are probably guilty.

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How often you can visit someone in prison

'A convicted prisoner is allowed at least two 60-minute visits every four weeks

A prisoner on remand (waiting for their trial) is allowed three 60-minute visits a week.'

Visiting someone in prison : Directgov - Crime and justice


According to this a prisoner on remand can have three hours of visits per week.

As opposed to to two hours per month/4 weeks.

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Not the case, Bail is normally refused cos of nature of offence/ Police object/ No fixed Address,/Fear of repeat, is only 1 possibility./ Likely to be guilty don't come into it.

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There was me thinking you were an only child:rolleyes:

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Seems kestralx was giving us bum information Rindi:D

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Not necessarily, what he and I said about visiting convicted prisoners is correct, but it does seem that the regime is more relaxed for those on remand. Still don't think you could just turn up at the prison unannounced.

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Excuse me miss susie, but kestralx said that both prosoners and people on remand were treated the same, bum information:rolleyes:

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I meant he was half right, about prisoners but not about those on remand.

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That wasn't the argument:p

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Anybody know the actor with Accrington connections who has played 2 different characters in Coronation Street ? ( he used to live in Whalley Road, according to my mum )

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Here you go: Barry Stanton (born ? ?, 1940) played Albert Cook on Coronation Street in 1967 and Tony Ditchburn in 1981. His other credits include The Sweeney, Upstairs, Downstairs, Minder, Yes, Prime Minister and the 1994 film The Madness of King George.
From Barry Stanton - Corriepedia - Coronation Street, UK soap opera

His parents had an icecream shop/cafe on Whalley Road just below the railway bridge, on the same side of the road as the Clock Garage. We used to hang out there on Sunday afternoons in the early 60s. I can still taste their Vimto ice lollies!

Do you mind me asking why you want to know?

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Well thanks for clearing it all up I wasn't 100% sure! However the issue I was pointing out was that an individual family or otherwise except legal representation - can't just turn up at a prison and demand to see a prisoner! They have to go through the process of getting a Visitors form sent to them by the prisoner. The rest if it is splitting hairs!:rolleyes:

Also has any Corrie actor got a part in Eastenders?

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I wasn't sure! But the point I was sure about was that the prisoner has to send them a visitors request form and that visitors can't just turn up on the day and demand to see a prisoner.:rolleyes: Which is what you see in soups and the way it's done is like it's on the same day or the day after someone gets nicked! Perhaps it certain circumstances they can? But once someone is convicted they can't!

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[quote=kestrelx;965698]Well thanks for clearing it all up I wasn't 100% sure! However the issue I was pointing out was that an individual family or otherwise except legal representation - can't just turn up at a prison and demand to see a prisoner! They have to go through the process of getting a Visitors form sent to them by the prisoner. The rest if it is splitting hairs!:rolleyes:quote]

Yes Kestrel and the reason you and I know this about convicted prisoners is that we have both been through the experience of prison visiting.

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[quote=susie123;965709]That's right! :)

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Don't think any of um are that desperate really:D

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my mum went to one of his birthday parties

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I presume you are talking about Barry Stanton. My post about him was over a week ago and I wasn't sure you had seen it. I assume my info was correct according to your mum.

It would be helpful if you quoted the post you are replying to as there have been quite a lot on different topics since then.

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This ones up your street - Margaret, you've heard of the Illuminati! :jimbo:


ILLUMINATI SUBLIMINAL-Corrination street Extras-Ken Deirdre`s Bedtime Stories 2-Are you Kidding me! - YouTube

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Was that a real episode extract:confused:
....or a spoof advert for chocolate biscuits :D
....or even a legal firm's advert for divorce:eek:

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They're Corrie Extras... on the ITV website.

Ken and Deirdre's Bedtime Stories | Corrie Extra - ITV Coronation Street

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Thanks for explaining,
..and providing me with more reasons not to watch the TV soaps.