Really good episode tonight - Deirdre had some cracking lines.

 

Norma

LOL at Dev running at Amber really excitidly :lol:

Coronation Street could not be faulted for the humour tonight!

 

Mary 'Some nights I just lay stroking my meu-meu until I doze off' :lol:

 

Norma

the one thing i really enjoyed about tonights soap awards id corrie loudly speaks of how the show has great humour and has more than the rest of the soaps and they didnt make the final nominations for best comedy performance..hopefully they will hold back on the critisism of other soaps now...cough cough

 

although i will admit blanche has some brilliant comedy lines

Another two Coronation Street characters are to be written out of the show, Digital Spy can confirm.

 

Darryl Morton and Vicki Dankowska - played by Jonathan Dixon and Wanda Opalinska - will bow out of the show later this year owing to "natural story progression".

 

Meanwhile, Nikki Patel (below), who portrays Dev Alahan's (Jimmi Harkishin) daughter Amber Kalirai, will now appear on an "episodic" basis as opposed to an ongoing contractual one. Her storyline will see Amber leave for university in September and make numerous reappearances thereafter.

 

However, reports claiming that Andrew Whyment (Kirk Sutherland) it to be written out of the Weatherfield soap are unfounded as he recently signed another contract to remain with the show for at least another year.

 

 

A spokeswoman for the soap this afternoon told DS: "Some characters will be leaving Coronation Street later this year as part of natural story progression. Characters have always come and gone in Weatherfield, some stay for years, others pass through. This is not about cost cutting it is about storytelling."

 

Dixon, 20, joined Corrie in March 2007 and is now the only remaining original member of the Morton family - most of whom were axed last year. Polish actress Opalinska, meanwhile, first appeared on the Street in February 2007 and has mainly served as a background character at local knicker factory Underworld.

 

Other recent or upcoming storyline-based departures include Sharon Duce (Paula Carp), Sophiya Haque (Poppy Morales), Pattie Clare (Mary Taylor), Edward de Souza (Colin Grimshaw), Ayesha Dharker (Tara Mandal) and Andrew Sachs (Ramsay Clegg).

 

In March, Philip McGinley was written out of the show as his character Tom Kerrigan had 'run his course'.

 

What the hell are they playing at axing Wiki :angry:

Mary has gone :( I thought she was hilarious the other night :heehee: Bring her back :w00t:

Mary has gone :( I thought she was hilarious the other night :heehee: Bring her back :w00t:

 

I agree! I hope she brings her meu meu with her too to show it off to everyone!

 

Norma

LOL at them all storming round :heehee:

Chesney seriously needs axing asap.

Former Coronation Street regulars Charlie Lawson and Nicholas Cochrane are to return to Weatherfield for a "big old McDonald wedding", Digital Spy can exclusively reveal.

 

The duo, who play father and son Jim and Andy McDonald (below), return to filming at Manchester's Granada Studios later this month for their son and twin brother Steve's (Simon Gregson) second wedding to loudmouth barmaid Becky Granger (Katherine Kelly).

 

Speaking to DS, the soap's producer Kim Crowther said: "Lloyd [Mullaney]plays quite a major part in Steve's next wedding when Jim McDonald makes a reappearance. The thing that Jim gets embroiled in isn't what you'd expect, though."

 

She continued: "Lloyd manages to cause a rumpus at the nuptials without it all panning out as you'd think - considering Lloyd's going out with Liz, that is. Jim - and actually Andy, too - reappear, so it'll be a big old McDonald wedding."

 

A Corrie source added: "It's a lovely McDonald family reunion but as with all soap weddings, there's an extremely dramatic ending to the day."

 

 

Earlier this year, Steve and Becky's first wedding didn't go to plan when the blushing bride turned up at the register office in an inebriated state. The registrar subsequently refused to marry them.

 

Lawson briefly reprised his role as Jim at the end of 2007 for his former screen wife Liz's (Bev Callard) sham wedding to Vernon (Ian Reddington).

 

Cochrane, meanwhile, was last seen on the cobbles as Andy on February 20, 2004, when he left for a new life in Spain after serving as a witness at his brother's second marriage to Karen McDonald (Suranne Jones). Andy has since been cited in several scripts but has remained unseen.

 

Steve and Becky's "bigger and better" second nuptials are due to air in mid-August.

 

There are dramatic times coming up in Coronation Street.

 

Claire Peacock will try to throw herself off a hospital roof after miscarrying.

 

She loses the baby due to a potentially fatal blood clot on her lung.

 

Claire (Julia Haworth) and husband Ashley (Steven Arnold) are set to go through a rocky patch in their marriage and constantly row over cash. In heart-stopping scenes, Claire will collapse and be rushed to hospital, where doctors reveal to Ashley that his wife could die from a blood clot that’s formed, and also that she’s pregnant......

 

Corrie was very, very funny tonight! Some of the one-liners from most of the cast were hilarious.

 

Norma

This might get a little confusing! Could make for interesting viewing!

"We’ve seen a fair few love triangles during our love affair with Coronation Street.

 

But this love PENTAGON is a new one on us.

 

Hold onto your spoiler hats, there’s a big one coming in.

 

Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) will come back from tour and find herself embroiled in a sizzling fiveway."

 

Also Tony Gordons partner at the factory Luke I think hes called has quit the show.

Getting fed up of Fiz crying now :mellow:

The Kevin/Molly storyline is TOSH

Atm Corrie just seems to be affair after affair.

Inside Soap magazine has revealed soapland's most-loved lineup of characters.

 

After a 10-week vote, Britain's favourite fictional drama queen, villain, landlady and bitch, among others, have been named, with EastEnders taking the top spot in half of the categories. Coronation Street have four favourites and Hollyoaks one. ITV rural drama Emmerdale, however, failed to top the votes in any category.

 

Walford's Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) was honoured as soap's greatest ever matriarch, while her son Grant (Ross Kemp) topped the 'leading man' poll. Loudmouth Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) took the 'drama queen' accolade, and the 'greatest gossip' title was won by Dot Cotton (June Brown). Albert Square's dearly departed canine companion Wellard took the pet prize.

 

Speaking of her character's title, Barbara Windsor said: "I'm really thrilled, darling! What I love about Peggy is that it's so un-me! I loved doing those scenes where Peggy and Pat fought over Frank, it was terrific. But Peggy hasn't changed much since. I just did a scene where she's so up herself that she thinks she is Queen Victoria! I'm still enjoying every minute."

 

Jessie Wallace commented: "Considering I left EastEnders over three years ago it's great that Kat is still in people’s memories. Kat was such a fantastic character to play… Tony Jordan [former chief script writer] told me if Kat had stayed in Walford, she would have been a completely different character. After all she'd been through, she'd take off her face and just be a plain Jane. That would have been depressing, wouldn't it?"

 

 

Meanwhile, Weatherfield psycho Richard 'Tricky Dicky' Hillman (Brian Capron) was voted as the public's greatest villain and leopard print-clad Bet Lynch (Julie Goodyear) as greatest landlady. Murderous Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) took the 'bitch' gong and Maggie Jones's alter-ego Blanche Hunt bagged the title of soap's all-time greatest comedy character.

 

Brian Capron said: "This is great. I'm surprised I beat Tony Gordon - he's certainly making a massive impact on the Street… Everything Richard Hillman did was to keep the family together and I wanted him to be terrifyingly normal. I wanted to use my eyes, which was a very important feature of the character... Being part of the family at Coronation Street will be something that I’ll always remember."

 

Chester soap Hollyoaks, meanwhile, was handed one award for soap's 'greatest ever youngster', which was won by Ellis Hollins for his portrayal of Tom Cunningham.

 

 

This Molly & Kevin storyline is really cringy, however Auntie Pam :heart:

when i do watch corrie and its only occasional i have to say i like Auntie Pam she is hilarious and probably is one of the very few charactors i like in corrie

:rofl: at Graeme stealing all those sweets :lol: