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Corrie Thread - I've seen lace with fewer holes than the current plots - NO SPOILERS PLEASE

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AnneEyhtMeyer · 25/11/2017 15:43

Surely Phelan will have to get his comeuppance by Christmas?

Mind you, I hope Anna gets sent to prison too.

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blackbunny · 22/12/2017 19:48

Steve, Dev and Tim in the taxi office-
"She likes following people...on Twitter"
I lolled, I actually lolled! We need more one liners like this.

LineyRunner · 22/12/2017 19:51

So thingy's PND is cured now?

blackbunny · 22/12/2017 20:27

But of course Liney!
Corrie's Law 236-if a physical condition or illness is needed for a storyline, it is cured as soon as the storyline is concluded,and what's more is never referred to again

Rafflesway · 22/12/2017 20:48

Anyone else old enough to remember the Susan Barlow character when she was in the soap and married to Mike Baldwin?

She didn’t look anything like the photos of Susan that Peter has in those albums. 🙄. Didn’t think they would need to head transplant a photo!

LineyRunner · 22/12/2017 20:53

And here's Eileen all better as well.

LineyRunner · 22/12/2017 20:55

Adam shouting for a taxi on the cobbles Grin

I think all the drivers are in the pub anyway.

DonnyAndVladSittingInATree · 22/12/2017 20:56

Kirks laugh gets me every time Grin

Spam88 · 22/12/2017 21:01

Raffles I think the pictures are of the last actress that played her? That's what I remember her looking like.

yawning801 · 22/12/2017 21:01

Nice and cheerful tonight Hmm

GlacindaTheTroll · 22/12/2017 21:10

"Anyone else old enough to remember the Susan Barlow character when she was in the soap and married to Mike Baldwin?"

You don't have to be old! You just need to watch Classic Corrie (ITV3, weekday afternoons, repeat early morning)

cloudyweewee · 22/12/2017 21:18

And you will soon realise what a crap actress she was!! Probably why they had a different Susan when she came back into it.

eddiemairswife · 22/12/2017 21:40

Please no more tedious Aidan and Aliya and Matthew Singh meetings.

Spam88 · 22/12/2017 22:12

It's a bit soon for another person locked in a car boot isn't it?

cloudyweewee · 22/12/2017 22:13

Did anyone else notice the little boy in the queue for Santa doing his best shocked face when Brian was having a rant? Grin

MyBeloved · 22/12/2017 22:40

cloudyweewee that little boy was SUPERB! Grin

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CoolCarrie · 22/12/2017 23:16

I can't stand Carla's voice, that nasally whine.

Rafflesway · 23/12/2017 00:02

Blimey, can’t recall Susan Barlow with dark hair at all! Serious head transplant - or memory - failure there!

Haven’t managed to see Classic Corrie on ITV3 so not sure where they are at but can’t take this storyline seriously at all just because I vividly recall Susan Barlow looking totally different.

Must admit I was really pleased to see the return of Alison King! Wasn’t a massive fan of Carla previously but definitely feel the “Factory” storylines have gone soft since she left. Hoping for big improvements now but still think the Billy/Susan/Peter storyline is naff!
Need to do much better for Christmas IMO!

scrabbler3 · 23/12/2017 00:36

Alison King is great but if she's given weak dialogue and stories she won't be able to reverse CS' decline. I don't even think that bringing Jean Alexander, Roy Barraclough and Elizabeth Dawn back from the dead would do that.

Was that Bruno Langley in the car, or was it an extra who said, "get in!" in a similar voice. Odd we never saw his face.

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AnneEyhtMeyer · 23/12/2017 02:20

It is unfortunate that Classic Corrie currently has blonde Susan (and indeed blonde Peter) so that head is fresh in our minds, but when she died she had her brunette head on and this fits with her twin having dark hair now too.

I thought exactly the same about Carla - obviously couldn't get a job elsewhere so has come back. Good job they hadn't killed her off.

The Todd exit was bizarre. I don't think that was his voice. Also why would he run off with the little girl?

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Chipstick10 · 23/12/2017 07:24

I cannot understand why they just couldn’t give Bruno Langley a couple more scenes. It was ridiculously hasty. I cannot stand Carla. That voice drives me insane. I thought exactly the same about her return. No work so let’s go back to graveyard. Let’s face it , most of the acting and script now are laughable

JustDanceAddict · 23/12/2017 08:49

I though that about Alison King too & I hate her voice as well! Never liked her character either.
The story around billy seems so rushed and ridiculous because it is! I suppose they had to get rid of Todd quickly hence his quick escape with Summer.

MadeleineMaxwellPeterson · 23/12/2017 09:23

I cannot understand why they just couldn’t give Bruno Langley a couple more scenes

Well, that's because he's a convicted sexual offender and, if they continued to employ him for the sake of our enjoyment of a couple more scenes, then they would be taking the very public stance that a storyline in a soap is more important than the women he sexually assaulted.

MadeleineMaxwellPeterson · 23/12/2017 09:26

The Todd exit was bizarre. I don't think that was his voice. Also why would he run off with the little girl?

No, it wasn't his voice because the actor had been sacked for sexual assault by that point.

He ran off with Summer because Billy confessed to killing Susan and the grandmother, Geraldine, was about to take Summer from them. So Todd snatched Summer before Geraldine had opportunity to.