Coronation Street

With thanks to our blogger Tvor who runs the Canadian version of our Coronation Street Blog, we bring you the screen grab of Roy from last night's Corrie. Roy wondering who Dolly Parton was while presenting his big iced buns with a cherry on the top was a cheap laugh but a good one and worth a blog post of its own. And in that same scene he butted in wonderfully when Hayley was singing The Carpenter's hit: "Jambalaya, crawfish pie... bacon sandwich".  Superb. I do hope this is a taste of...Read Full Story

Coronation Street, Friday 1 June at 7.30pm   TINA CATCHES TOMMY WITH RICK. Tina's convinced Tommy's hiding something and urges him to confide in her. Tommy wavers but then decides to maintain his lie. At the garage Tina watches Tommy and when he goes out she decides to follow him in Rita's car. Witnessing him greet Rick, Tina's horrified. Back at home she confronts Tommy, reminding him that Rick was responsible for her dad's death and partially for her own accident. Staggered that Tommy's...Read Full Story

First they changed the dates upsetting fans who had bought tickets, travel and hotel rooms. Then it was panned with terrible reviews. Then it was postponed. Then national treasure Paul O'Grady slammed the musical's producers for not paying staff and now there's another story in the paper about the Coronation Street musical Street of Dreams. Could it get any worse? Should it even be resurrected? The Mirror reports today that the musical's backstage staff are refusing to work until they are...Read Full Story

Here's a sneak video preview of tonight's first Coronation Street episode. Tommy admits to Tina that he owes Rick money and confesses to what he's doing to pay off the debt. Tina is furious and throws him out. Follow the Coronation Street Blog on Twitter and FacebookRead Full Story

Barbara Knox, who plays Coronation Street’s Rita Sullivan (and my favourite Corrie woman) was interviewed live today on ITV’s This Morning. She talked about Rita’s upcoming wedding to Dennis which we’ll see on Corrie next week and how honoured she feels about Rita’s wedding being played out at the same time as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.   Barbara talked about starting work back in the 1960s on Coronation Street with some of the most incredibly strong women characters and...Read Full Story