Coronation Street - Peter can’t drink, Johnny’s in clink and Gail’s got a sink(hole) - I think... NO SPOILERS!!

[StillCoughingandLaughing]

Can’t believe it’s new thread time already!

Oh don't hahaha.

Ridiculous!

Can I ask a daft question? Just watched the first episode, not second. Was there no phones in the office she was locked in? I thought I saw one on the desk!

don’t most self-service tills encourage you NOT to take a receipt? Surely dozens of people walk out of supermarkets without paper receipts every day?

Yes. But all the info is on the tills whether you take a receipt or not. You would only need to point out the till you were at.
I know this from my friend who works at Tesco!

why on earth didn’t she just dial 999 from the supermarket office?

My point exactly!

I always try to take a receipt, but I also have a magic handbag that hides whatever I'm looking for.
I wish they would cut a couple of episodes a week and ditch the stupid bits like the wedding dress thing and anything Aggie related. And Leanne should go and visit Stella.

@Roussette

don’t most self-service tills encourage you NOT to take a receipt? Surely dozens of people walk out of supermarkets without paper receipts every day?

Yes. But all the info is on the tills whether you take a receipt or not. You would only need to point out the till you were at.
I know this from my friend who works at Tesco!

@Roussette, how bloody dare you be the voice of reason 🤣 This is a drrrrrrraaaama dontcha know. I haven't watched until the end yet, but has Ronnie gasped in an obvious stage whisper 'my grandchild' yet? I suspect the established actors are not shielding, they are refusing to return until the script returns from lala land

Aww bloody hell corrie is just a joke now, the acting is so utterly crap and the storylines are terrible. What the hell was all that rubbish in the bistro with the wedding dresses, I really can't be bothered wasting 3 hrs of my life every week now!

SimplyMarrvellous

I know! Silly old me with my sensible head on 😂

Only watched first ep so far and haven’t read the last few pages so sorry if it’s already been discussed but I love that Abby has obv, on show tattoos on her left arm, love that it’s starting to creep into ‘normal’ shows, should be more of it

Quite few them have tattoos I’m sure Carla and Maria both have on arms or back. though even in summer we have never seen her arms before so must have been some discussion.

As if we needed any more obvious signals that Tyrone's virtue was in jeopardy they give giggly Alina a "cute" smudge of engine oil on her nose! We get it, scriptwriters, we get it.

Yep.

We need him checking then shoving his phone in his pocket whilst whistling though.

Not done that yet.

The Alina bit about knowing about cars is beyond pathetic. Really it is.
I am not decrying anyone having a knowledge about what goes on under the bonnet but it is really not believeable from someone who worked in a nail bar and had a dog that died

This is interesting... maybe Corrie is being wound down? Article from BBC here
It's about the BBC moving jobs and programmes out of London.

The relevant bit is...

The plans include:

'Two new soap-style network drama series - one from the North of England and another from one of the Nations - produced over the next three years'

Perhaps Corrie knows this and is just coasting?

Corrie is ITV

I know haha! I watch it three times a week 🤣

I just wonder if they new this was coming and have given up the ghost somewhat

I doubt ITV would give up the Uk longest running soap because A different TV channel were planning a new soap. If anything it would start a ratings war.

You're probably right. Sorry I was just thinking out loud. And bear in mind my brain has shrunk to the size of a small baked bean during lockdown, the thoughts don't make sense!

Nah; Corrie is a cash cow when it comes to advertising. That’s why they went up to six episodes a week (arguably at the expense of quality).

ahem it was their cash cow when they increased the number of episodes but now.........?
As I said previously, if I worked in advertising I would be looking very carefully at their viewing figures and rates they charged from then until now before I reviewed any advertising contract
You can't afford sit on your laurels in that game

I miss the meerkats, they were good characters.

@SimplyMarvellousDarrrrrrling

ahem it was their cash cow when they increased the number of episodes but now.........? As I said previously, if I worked in advertising I would be looking very carefully at their viewing figures and rates they charged from then until now before I reviewed any advertising contract You can't afford sit on your laurels in that game

But what’s the alternative? I understand that the advertisers can choose to spend their money elsewhere - but that doesn’t mean ITV would drop the show, as they’d need a replacement. And even if a slot during Corrie isn’t the must-have for advertisers it was years ago, it’s still going to sell for more than a slot in the middle of an untested show with no following.

Well, I was wrong.
A couple of weeks ago, I said it couldn't get any worse.
It has.

The acting, dialogue, scripts, all of it - total trash.

@StillCoughingandLaughing, I've no idea but they need to pull their socks up. It's all very good us taking the piss but it has become beyond dire

I agree with the comment about Alina suddenly being an expert on car mechanics. Silly, so silly.
Not very long ago they did a similar thing with Toyah. Maybe wondering where her character could go or where she may work, hey! Make her an already trained counsellor so she can work 5 yards away at the surgery.
I would hate to see Corrie end forever but unless something drastic is done then it is for the dump.

Me too! I want it to carry on better.

I remember it on in black and white, that's how old I am 😂