CheerupSilver
Very Cool!!!
Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
radiodjerikstonehvny
"Coronation Street" is an excellent and legendary British television soap. It has been on the air on UK's ITV Network, since it premiered on December 9, 1960.Sir William Roache has been playing the role of Ken Barlow since Day 1, and never looked back.Helen Worth has been playing the role of Gail since 1974.Michael Le Veil has been playing the role of Kevin Webster since 1983.Sally Dynevor has been playing the role of Sally since 1986.Simon Gregson has been playing the role of Steve since 1989.Barbara Knox has been playing the role of Barbara, on and off since 1964.Malcolm Hebden has been playing the role of Norris, on and off since 1994.Tina O'Brien has been playing the role of Sarah, on and off since 1999.Jane Danson has been playing the role of Leanne since 1997.Ben Price has been playing the role of Nick Tilsley since 2009.Alan Halsall has been playing the role of Tyrone Dobbs since 1998.Sally Ann Matthews has been playing the role of Jenny, on and off since 1986.David Neilson has been playing the role of Roy Cropper since 1995.Sue Cleaver has been playing the role of Eileen Grimshaw since 2000.Catherine Tyldesley has been playing the role of Eva Price since 2011.Antony Cotton has been playing the role of Sean Tully since 2003.
richardclarke13
I was four years old when i first viewed Coronation Street (the episode being Stan and Hilda's second honeymoon in 1977) and immediately (even at such a young age) I hoped that this show would run forever (and by the looks of it, it will!). Im 33 now and during the past nearly 3 decades I have witnessed many changes to the soap. characters have gone (Annie Walker, Elsie Tanner and Hilda and Stan Ogden to name but few) but despite many more adult story lines one key thing remains the same and thats that essentially this is a programme about a huge nucleus of people living in the same community dealing with their own problems and being there for each other (a good example of this is the relationship between the Barlow's and Emily Bishop who is always there for them).Sure it shows the negative side of life as there have been many baddies walk the weatherfield cobbles (Alan Bradley, Charlie Stubbs and of course Richard Hillman amongst others) but mixed with that is plenty of humour like when Jack (Vera's husband) tried dating several years ago only for Vera's to find out of bet lynch and use her handbag to clobber him out of the rovers return.The rovers return is the focal point of the programme. Everybody meets here and it is here that some of Corrie's finest acting moments have took place. There have been many fights in the rovers but the best ones have to be the fights between Ken Barlow and Mike Baldwin. Mike had an affair with Ken's wife Deidrie in 1983 and right up to Mikes death last year Ken never really forgave him. Story lines like this are what keeps Corrie firmly stuck in reality and may it be part of our reality for many years to come. God bless Corrie.
chrisbishop5000
Those who watched this soap-opera 45+ years ago will be stunned at the tension, gay relationships (not that they are at all harmful), the catfights, the swearing and the dark, dramatic events that occur; events that are totally shocking and unexpected but that's what draws in viewers, isn't it? I know back in the 1960s/70s/early 80s it was a whole lot calmer but this is the turn of the 21st Century and - I know things shouldn't have to change so quickly - but dramatic darkness and lifelike betrayal is the main appeal as far as television is concerned. Last month saw Kate Ford leave the soap who played Coronation Street's biggest super-bitch Tracy Barlow; though I was mildly fed up at how this ultimate troublemaker was no longer to be featured in Corrie, I know she deserved it all - she was locked up in prison and this imprisonment is to go on for at least the next 15 years! 15 YEARS!!! What a long time! And by that time, baby Amy will be a teenager so, logically speaking, she won't see her own daughter's childhood! Mind you, while I don't take any pleasure in a majority of things she said and did, I do actually agree with her mean remarks and, yes, even her many manipulative tricks to an extent. Browse through each harsh quote and you'll see just how much I agree with her harshness;ON CLAIRE PEACOCK: "Uh Claire, you are such a freak!" (She's got a point, I suppose), "See ya later, 4-eyed freak!" (Still got a point but I wouldn't have said THAT to Mrs Peacock), "Goggles" (I wouldn't have said THAT to Claire either but, for god's sake Mrs Peacock, you DO look pretty ridiculous in those horrible glasses) ON SHELLEY UNWIN: "Fat Slag", "Hippopotumus" (Definitely not; Tracy blamed Shelley for having an affair with the wicked Charlie Stubbs when it was all his fault), "you arrogant bitch" (on the same matter, NO! I stick up for poor Shelley completely) ON KAREN McDONALD: "Baron Karen" (that was in 2004 when Karen was gutted to find that she couldn't have babies and though that is a rather mean thing to say, Karen, too, was being mean at the time; a spoilt, psychotic and selfish bitch), "it would be hard showing the baby under all that lard" (again, Tracy had a right to vent her fury upon a horrible woman). It's a fantastic soap-opera that I know I'll gladly want to watch as long as it's still on the telly. It's over 40 years old, you know.
ShadeGrenade
My 10/10 rating is for the sterling work that Jean Alexander and Bernard Youens put into 'Coronation Street'. For two decades, they played to perfection the warring Ogdens. So good were they in these roles that many became convinced they really existed. When Stan got into debt, for example, offers of financial help flooded into the Granada offices. You may think that amusing, but it shows how much the public took the Ogdens to heart. The Ogdens were Stan, an obese layabout who cleaned windows for a living ( when he was not feeding his face with bacon sandwiches or swilling pints of Newton & Ridley's ), and Hilda, a head-scarved harridan with a fondness for gossip, not to say singing out of tune. They lived in less than opulent surroundings. Who can forget those plaster ducks on the 'muriel' ( mural )? In spite of their constant quarrelling, there was genuine affection between the couple. They brought humour, warmth and pathos to the show.To celebrate the Silver Jubilee in 1977, the Street's residents decided to ride around on a lorry dressed as characters from British history - Annie Walker as Queen Elisabeth 1, Len Fairclough as Sir Francis Drake, and Ena Sharples as Queen Victoria, and so on. Only Stan would be so stupid as to leave the lorry's lights on all night, hence the next morning the battery was dead!In one lovely episode, the Ogdens won a weekend at a luxury hotel, and to see them living the high life was an absolute joy. The deflated look on Hilda's face as they returned home spoke volumes about the sort of humdrum lives they led. The Ogdens helped make 'Coronation Street' ( I refuse to refer to it as 'Corrie' ) one of the best programmes of the '60's and '70's. Youens died on 27/8/84. Of course Stan had to die too. It presented the writers with a problem as Albert Tatlock had recently been written out because of the sad demise of Jack Howarth. Not wishing to kill Stan off so soon after, they pretended he was still alive but confined to bed. Several weeks later, Hilda discovered his lifeless body. An icon of 'Coronation Street' was no more. I do not watch 'Coronation Street' these days. It is a different programme now, aimed at a much younger audience. I doubt whether Stan and Hilda would feel at home in the Street these days. As Granada Plus's repeats showed, the Ogdens were simply irreplaceable.
