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Nov 5, 2017 14:56:36 GMT
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Post by loureviews on Nov 5, 2017 14:56:36 GMT
As far as I'm aware Eileen Derbyshire has retired and Emily will not return.
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Nov 5, 2017 15:52:21 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 15:52:21 GMT
I liked Emily. Emily Twin-set, Vera once called her! Upright and moral with her strong faith, she was never afraid to open her eyes, her ears and her mind to ‘new ways’, as long as she saw good in someone or something. We’re bereft of someone like this in the street now.
If she has indeed retired, I wish Eileen Derbyshire well, but it’s a little sad that such a Long Server wasn’t given a farewell episode or has not received a special tribute programme.
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Nov 6, 2017 18:22:33 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2017 18:22:33 GMT
I think that’s likely to be true, monkey. I read a little about her after posting yesterday, and found out that her son is Oliver Holt, the sports journalist, who defends his mother against claims of her being a recluse. He says she is simply a quiet person who enjoys her privacy...
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Nov 7, 2017 0:28:38 GMT
Post by tonyloco on Nov 7, 2017 0:28:38 GMT
As far as I'm aware Eileen Derbyshire has retired and Emily will not return. I am sure that within the past few months Emily's return was trailed in one of the many announcements about Corrie that intrude into my Apple iPhone via Google from Digital Spy and other such publications, but some of these events just never seem to happen.
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Nov 7, 2017 13:14:40 GMT
Post by wickedgrin on Nov 7, 2017 13:14:40 GMT
I think Emily's departure from the show epitomises how shoddy the show has become. A long serving, much loved character written out to go to Peru of all places. I suppose at some point a cast member will have the task of getting a phone call to say that she has fallen off a mountain or eaten by cannibals or something equally ridiculous!
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Nov 7, 2017 13:23:08 GMT
Post by zak97 on Nov 7, 2017 13:23:08 GMT
Emily will have to die, as a character, at some point and I just wish that could be on-screen, as the character has too much history to be off-screen. Even if it was to be the standard coming back from travels and passing away (as with Deidre and Blanche), it could be as simple as the taxi arriving on the street, people going to greet Emily and initially think she's sleeping and has passed away quietly on the way home.
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Nov 7, 2017 17:51:25 GMT
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Post by loureviews on Nov 7, 2017 17:51:25 GMT
Is the character of Hilda Ogden officially dead now?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 13:51:01 GMT
After Luke's sad demise, leaving the garage with staff shortages, not to mention a further health and safety hazard in the form of his shrine in the corner (is it a good idea to light candles in a garage with all that fuel? You'd have thought there have been enough catastrophic fires in one street by now but anyway...) Tyrone was left in charge of recruiting a new mechanic on Friday. The interview was conducted in the Rovers' back yard so you knew it was going to be a tough one for the only candidate. "Boxers or briefs?" Tyrone asked, and he was given the job based on his preference for boxers.
I'm still not sure whether Tony Warren is smiling or cringing in his grave...
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Post by alece10 on Jan 28, 2018 15:11:14 GMT
After Luke's sad demise, leaving the garage with staff shortages, not to mention a further health and safety hazard in the form of his shrine in the corner (is it a good idea to light candles in a garage with all that fuel? You'd have thought there have been enough catastrophic fires in one street by now but anyway...) Tyrone was left in charge of recruiting a new mechanic on Friday. The interview was conducted in the Rovers' back yard so you knew it was going to be a tough one for the only candidate. "Boxers or briefs?" Tyrone asked, and he was given the job based on his preference for boxers. I'm still not sure whether Tony Warren is smiling or cringing in his grave... And let's not even start on Audrey and the first time she had a courgette.....
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Post by theatreian on Jan 28, 2018 17:18:56 GMT
And the fact that Claudia had a dog called Madison! Some of the lines are still brilliant, though not as many as in years gone by.Still I will keep watching it.
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Post by drowseychap on Jan 31, 2018 1:25:56 GMT
It’s getting silly now the extra show had taken its toll silly stories some dropped halfway through and fizzle out or carried on too long .... did they ever find the lap top ? Phelan going on way too long .... and now the blood brothers routine with Eva’s baby ,..... Corrie needs a new boss and writers Oh and put some water at least in those obviously empty coffee cups everyone keeps drinking !!!!!
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Post by tonyloco on Jan 31, 2018 13:12:18 GMT
I agree totally with drowseychap and the theatremonkey. The current writers and producers of Corrie don't seem to be too bothered about continuity or facts or even common sense with some of the story lines they have foisted on us recently. I still continue to watch in a half-hearted manner but I am sure it is getting worse and it makes me very sad.
As to epileptic David going into a boxing competition, well that's just to set up a storyline about male rape (sorry if that's a spoiler – it has been trailed endlessly for the past few weeks in the media) which I rather feel for a soap that goes out before the watershed is a totally unsatisfactory subject anyway.
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Post by TallPaul on Feb 1, 2018 13:38:58 GMT
After I'd spent all morning donkey stoning front step, I read in't paper yesterday that this somewhat sleepy backwater of Weatherfield is to get not just a branch of the Co-op, but also a Costa. I've not watched for years, but the latter, in particular, seems unlikely in that location.
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Feb 1, 2018 17:22:06 GMT
Post by tonyloco on Feb 1, 2018 17:22:06 GMT
After I'd spent all morning donkey stoning front step, I read in't paper yesterday that this somewhat sleepy backwater of Weatherfield is to get not just a branch of the Co-op, but also a Costa. I've not watched for years, but the latter, in particular, seems unlikely in that location. I read somewhere that the arrival of a Co-op in Weatherfield is going to be a major blow to the Kabin, but surely it is Dev who will suffer most, particularly as it is intimated from time to time that his prices are rather high. And what about Roy's Rolls when Costa arrives? It has always seemed to me that the whole idea of Weatherfield exists in a kind of time warp – take the Rover's Return for a start! Have we ever seen Freshco's? I remember that nasty manager woman was frozen to death inside a freezing room at the store but I can't ever remember actually seeing the shop itself. Nick's Bistro has never felt entirely comfortable to me and to bring in real shops like the Co-op and Costa is surely allowing reality to infringe unnecessarily on what is otherwise a world of its own! Do we ever see real life in EastEnders? Even the tube station looks like a fantasy. Just wondering!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 18:30:04 GMT
After I'd spent all morning donkey stoning front step, I read in't paper yesterday that this somewhat sleepy backwater of Weatherfield is to get not just a branch of the Co-op, but also a Costa. I've not watched for years, but the latter, in particular, seems unlikely in that location. I read somewhere that the arrival of a Co-op in Weatherfield is going to be a major blow to the Kabin, but surely it is Dev who will suffer most, particularly as it is intimated from time to time that his prices are rather high. And what about Roy's Rolls when Costa arrives? It has always seemed to me that the whole idea of Weatherfield exists in a kind of time warp – take the Rover's Return for a start! Have we ever seen Freshco's? I remember that nasty manager woman was frozen to death inside a freezing room at the store but I can't ever remember actually seeing the shop itself. Nick's Bistro has never felt entirely comfortable to me and to bring in real shops like the Co-op and Costa is surely allowing reality to infringe unnecessarily on what is otherwise a world of its own! Do we ever see real life in EastEnders? Even the tube station looks like a fantasy. Just wondering! Blue Co-op bags made an appearance a couple of weeks ago, which I thought was odd, and was it last Friday or Monday that we saw three Costa cups rear their ugly heads?! Now I’m pretty sure that we saw an Accessorize bag as well recently so no doubt they will be opening a branch nearby too! With regard to Freshco’s, I think we used to see it when it was known as Bettabuys (sp??) because Hayley first appeared there. We’d already had Reg and Curly working there. They used to march up and down the aisles looking important. (Didn’t Alma do a stint there too, and didn’t she introduce Hayley to Roy?) I like the Bistro and often comment to Annas that if it were at the end of our street, we could go there for once a week treats. It feels cosy to me, although it clearly doesn’t belong at the end of Coronation Street. And while we’re at it, do the sets keep getting BIGGER AND BIGGER?!?
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Feb 1, 2018 21:44:28 GMT
Post by tonyloco on Feb 1, 2018 21:44:28 GMT
Well-remembered Caiaphas. I have had long periods when I never saw Corrie for years on end so I am sure you are right with all that detail about Freshcos.
As to the sets, yes, they are indeed getting bigger and bigger. I believe they moved the basic filming set several years ago and they are now in the process of enlarging it, as you rightly say.
As to the Bistro, I feel uncomfortable because it can't quite decide whether it is a restaurant, a bistro or a kind of drop-in bar that is happy to serve glasses of wine or cups of tea and coffee at any hour of the day or night when we already have the Rovers and Roy's Rolls for that. I am also worried at the small tables that sometimes have four people struggling to squeeze into a space barely adequate for two diners, but I suppose that's dramatic licence.
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Feb 1, 2018 22:08:19 GMT
Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 22:08:19 GMT
I wonder if they will do the David Platt male rape storyline whereby he is drugged and effectively "date raped". When I read they where doing the storyline, I wondered if they they might go all out and have someone get ultimate retribution on Phelan that way. Maybe Gary Windass gets a couple of old army mates to do it or help do it - always stories that some Para types have done that to each other to sort of pecking order like they do in male prisons. Or even if you wanted to go really dark, have Phelan think that it might have been Seb who is HIV positive or Seb knows what has happened to Phelan and hints he may have been behind it. Phelan is totally broken and confesses all.
Emily going to Peru was stupid, why not just say she has gone to stay in Mavis.
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Feb 1, 2018 22:11:30 GMT
Post by Honoured Guest on Feb 1, 2018 22:11:30 GMT
Emily going to Peru was stupid, why not just say she has gone to stay in Mavis. Because that would be bizarre.
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Post by wickedgrin on Feb 1, 2018 22:43:44 GMT
The Co-op and Costa is all about lucrative product placement.
Those poor actors now have to not only know their lines and hit their marks but ensure that the Costa coffee cups are held facing the camera! It's known in the industry as a triple threat!
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Feb 2, 2018 6:59:06 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Feb 2, 2018 6:59:06 GMT
Emily going to Peru was stupid, why not just say she has gone to stay in Mavis. Because that would be bizarre. Emily is back and looking after her niece Freida. She was the deaf character who used to appear every now and again.
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Feb 14, 2018 20:48:08 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Feb 14, 2018 20:48:08 GMT
Bethany with CO OP carrier bag. The sponsorship has started.
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Feb 15, 2018 14:40:22 GMT
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Post by welsh_tenor on Feb 15, 2018 14:40:22 GMT
Robert announced he was considering changing the name of Nicks’s Bistro last week, I wonder if he’ll consider franchising and re-open as a Nando’s!?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2018 17:05:48 GMT
A couple of years ago when Sue Johnston was playing Gloria (great character, I thought, and brilliantly played too) she made a comment to Stella about Dev’s children who she called “Asda” and “Aldi” so I suppose references to real shops etc aren’t that new... (It also made me giggle .)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 9:13:09 GMT
Audrey went on a course yesterday. She only arranged it last minute it seems as she has to pass her booked-in client (Brian) over to Maria who then passed him to Bethany the pole dancer-cum-nail-bar manager) and she didn't have to travel far because she left well after 9am and was back in the Rovers by midday. Anyway it was on 'Hairdressing in the Virtual World' and from this she learnt that The Customer Is Always Right. This made all the other nonsense in the double episode worth it... (Bethany actally made a good job of Brian's hair although the storyline was trying to make us believe that it made him look ridiculous.) Another highlight was Liz's leggings. (Years ago I read that Simon Gregson calls Beverley Callard 'Legs Open Liz' off set. )
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Feb 27, 2018 11:50:17 GMT
Post by wickedgrin on Feb 27, 2018 11:50:17 GMT
Plus Billy called urgently to school to discuss Summer and then next seen casually sitting in the Rovers with a glass of wine! The scene in the church isle of him and his brother off their faces on heroin had me howling with laughter - is this wrong? Good to see the comedy back on the show!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2018 20:15:17 GMT
We’ve had some stinkers in our time... Child actors. Nicky Tilsleys and endless Tracy Barlows spring to mind. But since little Chesney appeared (better as a child than as an adult if truth be told!) we’ve been on the up. Hope Stape has been stealing scenes for a couple of months now. Her take on why people eat kebabs and her advice, bawled across the street to Sinead and Daniel, was just priceless! And I’m glad Moira’s back...
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Mar 12, 2018 17:51:06 GMT
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Mar 12, 2018 18:18:40 GMT
Post by theatreian on Mar 12, 2018 18:18:40 GMT
It will be weird seeing the new set. Can't imagine Ena Sharples popping into Costa for a latte! Still I am sure I will get used to it.
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Mar 12, 2018 19:44:11 GMT
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Post by alece10 on Mar 12, 2018 19:44:11 GMT
And Sophie Thompson has just popped into Audrey's to make an appointment.
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Post by anita on Mar 13, 2018 10:22:01 GMT
Getting really sick of "Corrie" [ & Emmerdale] - I stopped watching "Eastenders" years ago. I think the Phelan storyline has gone on far too long.
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