Coronation Street Part 7: Gail Force

What a beautiful portrait of my Gail. I only wish she'd let me trim em dead ends.

Are the cat gifting her with a chin as a going away gift?

Cast not cat. Damned autocorrect.

Poor Toyah's neck is creping

Shut yer face GRIMshaw! I 'av a going-away present waiting for you. I haven't forgot you pouncing my No.5 (Les Dennis).

You never could stand that men can't get enough of me, could ya? Even snivelly Martin is on his way back to work me, that Pratt. Best you could do was a graverobber

Aye, Gail. All th' heartache and tears are due to on' thin', Cock. You heathen', you lead my Brian down th' road to SIN with your separatin' and divorce. And now, he dead! Repent, sinner!

Go Home Ivy, you're drunk!

OH KEN!

Oh shut up, D'dire!

Ain't that right, "Drearie"?

Kiss my front bum Becky

Martin won't be back after all.

[quote] "Sean Wilson has stepped down from filming for personal reasons," an ITV spokesperson told us.

[quote] A representative for Wilson has also been approached for comment. His spokesperson told The Sun: "Neither he nor I will be making any further comment or statement.”

[quote] According to The Sun, all of the scenes Sean filmed since he returned to set late last month have been scrapped and will no longer air.

R12 wow, what's upset him this time?

Him exiting has shat all over Our Gail's exit storyline. I'm not sorry if the intention was to pair her off with Martin again, she was always a much stronger character than he was and I didn't like his acting.

And Gail doesn't need a man, she can be happy alone.

Gail and her new chin, r14?

R14. Aye, us street women need no man to take care o' us!

1. Old Bailey is back, so the husband and I were happy to have the opportunity to scream OH, FOR THE MUSE OF FIRE when our favourite actors' actor came onscreen

2. Tracy's return has been underwhelming, except for the cute Mary bit.

3. Maybe it is time to cut out the Battersby girls once and for all

Meanwhile, Kit is becoming more attractive every day. Too bad the show probably has enough gay characters right now.

The actor who plays Martin has left “for personal reasons”, and the scenes he has been filming for several weeks have been scrapped. Gail’s send off will have to be totally rewritten. Nobody is telling what really happened.

It must be health related if they're keeping this quiet. It would have leaked by now if it was something scandalous.

R19 I'm not so sure. Reports say Sean Wilson was summoned to a meeting then promptly left the set. If they aren't even trying to salvage some of Martin's visit and going to the trouble of filming lots of new scenes to replace them, its suggestive.

Plus his agent saying “Neither he nor I will be making any further comment or statement", sounds angry and defensive.

If it's not health, then it's vulnerability to liability.

I hope Gail's exit isn't going to be generic a "going off to find myself" extended trip, it need to be more final.

R23. I lef' to go find meself, Chuck. Then Alec dragged me back...

I wonder if he was caught doing drugs on the set.

It must be something like that given how quickly they dumped him.

Or he leaked something.

Maybe he came back to deliberately sabotage Helen's exit storyline, as he knows she belongs in the show.

R23 Ye left 'cause ye couldn't hack it runnin' the flamin' Rovers luv. Ye ran that place int'a ground! Is it any wonder I wouldn't sink my hard-earnd brass to bail ye out?

Well the official statement says he left for personal reasons, which could mean anything.

I'm fully expecting the whole story to appear over the next few days.

I hope he wasn't up to Bruno Langley's old tricks, sticking his fingers where their not invited.

*they're

R27. "LUV!?" "LUV!?" Next, you'll call us PALS! PALS! Hard earn'd brass?! Don't make me laugh, Cock. You'd have no brass for that flamin' red wig you call a'ir if not for Len's harde'rn'd money that 'e lef' you. Go back to whatev' basement rat nest you crawled out a' you washed-up showgir'!

Now Bet, please be reasonable. The way you should will bring on one on my migraines. And I think you both have lovely wigs. Both highly flammable.

Come along, Mavis. We need to feed the parakeets.

Oh Derek really! Harry is a Budgie, not a parrot.

I'm starting to think Victor was right about you. Eat your parsnips!

Still no news on his departure?

He was summoned to head office and then left the show, so he was probably sacked.

Maybe he was trying to hock his cheese?

You're drunk, Mavis!

Maybe they wrote a big twist, Martin was Bethany's father all along! Nowadays they go for sensationalism, and Sean quit before when they tried to write him as a pervert into young girls

So it turns out they've cast John Thompson from Cold Feet as Gail's love interest, basically giving away the storyline. He was in Corrie years ago but slummed it with Grimshaw.

Sean was axed 2 weeks ago.

So we'll get one last round with old Gail and Eileen?

Sean is out? For real?

Sean who played Martin.

Eileen looks like a different person since she lost the weight. Not in a good way

R41 if only it was that Sean! Dead wood.

Damn, r42 -- I was excited for a moment. Ta.

Me too, r45. Me too. I can't believe it took nearly 20 years for him to stop being old Eileen's lodger.

Sean has helped drag Eileen from being a great character to a complete annoyance. Also, working with Simon (Steve) hasn't helped as she mirrors his face pulling and overreactions too much. The actress Sue Cleaver was much better in her first few years.

Wasn't she an opera singer?

Now it is suggested lawyers are involved in Martin's messy exit, with top bosses "not allowed to talk".

One of the writers. Damon Rochefort, posted on FB that he wanted to make a donation to the Harris/Walz campaign but was informed he wasn’t eligible as a UK citizen. They should send Gail to the US as a volunteer for the Harris/Walz campaign and have her end up marrying some Yank.

Our Gail would have drawn blood on Donald Dump. So would Audrey. Claudia would have flirted with him cause she's a tart.

New promo:

Unavailable in the US, r92.

R53, Aye, me Jack and I couldn't watch it on our telly in the Vegas casino, Chuck. I hoped Terry would tape it but he didn't.

R54 Not "Our" Terry now, eh? Finally realised what a piece of shite he is after he killed poor Judy Mallet in that cut'n'shut?

Oh, and your Tommy is another piece of crap (although I'd still ride his cock). What d'ya think of that ye OLE homophobe?

R55. Aye, ye cheeky sod! Too yella' to sign your own poisoned words 'n lies?! Our Terry never touc'ed a 'air on poor Judy's head. We wus in a carriage wreck you fool! That's what 'appened! Who is this? Ida? Don? 'Ayley? Me Jack will give you a thumpin' when he comes from the Rovers. You betcha!

R56 he'll have to find me first ye mithering old bitch. No wonder all the neighbours 'ate you and Jack can't get it up!

I'll giv ye a clue, I'm the one smellin' of yer Tommy's cum!

R57. Aye, you and ye foul words. That's why I 'anted to get to Blackpool, Cock. To get away from you and ye kind. Our Tommy wouldn't touch ya. He likes the ladies. And if this is that trollop Tina MacIntyre...you're barely a lady, ye floozy.

We need a tram crash on this thread.

R59. I nearly lost me wig in the last one!

Is it true Emily Bishop wasn't fucked since Ernest got shot in the 70s?

R61. I don't think she got screwed while Ernie was alive, poor bloke.

Buh bye, Beth. And good riddance.

What was her exit storyline?

R61,

There used to be a hilarious series of old episodes of Coronation Street where the dialogue was dubbed, and the storyline involved everyone on the street having a sexual perversion. Ernest was impotent, and was always trying new ways to get hard in order to satisfy Emily.

R65 Buggernation Street! Thanks for the reminder

I can’t find the episodes on YouTube, but here’s an article with details of the plots.

So Beth is gone. I saw a video of Lisa George sitting in the knicker factory talking about it. She's lost a LOT of weight.

Will she be back? What will Kirkie do?

And when the hell is Paul going to kick the bucket?

R68 well who knows but Lisa is definitely gone, contract over. Has panto lined up for Christmas.

Kirk is a terrible character, he didn't start out like that, the shite writing have made him into a running joke, and not a funny one

Lisa left because she has a condition that is slowly making her lose her vision. She wants to try other roles first. Beth always felt like a rehash of bawdy Cilla to me, so I never warmed to her.

We will say goodbye to our Paul next week.

R71. Aye ye Martha Longhurst. Nothin' but a weasel in specs.

Now r72, Ena and Martha were friends, Ena could be sharp, but she did care for Martha -- and Minnie too.

I was looking for The Road to Coronation Street on a streamer, but it isn't available for streaming.

R73. I did care for my Martha and for my Minnie. They were me pals...unless they made me cross! Which was oft'n!

I really enjoyed that show, R74. Jessie Wallace was surprisingly well-suited to the role of Pat Phoenix.

R76. It WAS a great movie. It's funny how Doris Speed went from a secretary (although a trained actress) to the Queen if the Cobbles Annie "Lilac Time" Walker.

I liked it when I saw it on BritBox, but it isn't available to stream any longer, r76, r77.

Does this soap have any gays left?

Well...Paul, Billy, Todd, the excreable waste of flesh called Sean....some lesbians or lesbian-adjjacents....

Lynda Baron was great as Violet Carson.

And it was produced by the BBC, not ITV. Which makes no sense to me.

R79. It's a shame. This show prided itself on its gay characters in the beginning...Ernie Bishop and Fred Gee being the biggest of them all!

That was actually a surprisingly well-done goodbye to Paul. Neither Bernie, Gemma or Summer are characters I'm particularly fond of, but all three actresses gave great performances. And I like the twist of Bernie letting Billy believe Paul was still alive to hear his goodbye. I hope they leave it at that, and don't have someone let the truth slip to Billy.

I predict Billy will mope for a while about how he'll never love again, then be banging Todd by New Year.

R84 or have a horny fuck with him while Todd is helping clear out Paul's things, then be wracked with self-loathing

Has Our Gail's exit storyline kicked off yet? She's only got just over 3 months left

I saw some link announcing what it is, so it must be soon. I'm a week behind so it may have started now that Paul's gone. We've also got Bethany in a stoma after botched lipo to look forward to.

WTF, they stopped airing new episodes on britbox.

ITV player is VPN- friendly.

Get yourself a VPN, ditch Britbox and watch it on ITVX. I did.

SPOILER

Poor Bethany hardly needed liposuction! Now she's left with a lifelong stomach. Brave of them to have the repercussions be so enduring and not have it be resolved in time for Christmas.

*stoma

Liposuctions are not just for Christmas.

Gail’s exit storyline should have been her search around the world for a chin to enjoy before she croaks.

Doesn't Mr. Chin own th' 'aundry ov'r on Victoria Street?

Shurrup Raquel and bring me a vodid n' tonic!

Still catching up and just watched Paul's death episodes, which were surprisingly well-done and well acted. The show's been shit for so long that it was good to see something work. Can't stand anti-vaxx Daniel Brocklebank, though. Relieved I won't be seeing him as much for a while. Jane Hazlegrove's masterful as Bernie, though. I hated her at first, but she's subtly and slowly captured my heart.

Also hoping Aadi and Amy become an anchor couple that they don't fuck with too much. Writers deserve some credit for the care they are taking with those two. I was worried they were going to fuck it up by frittering away our Deirdre's inheritance and not taking the loss of that as seriously as it should be, given how much we all miss and love the poor gal.

R95. Aye, that's our Bet...keepin' it sloppy, I see, dearie? Shut 'er up and go smoke a fag, ye olde chim'nee.

Saw this on reddit

Sue Cleaver's doing some rounds with the press, saying she lost all that way because she stopped drinking wine.

Weight*

Pat Phelan wouldn't look twice at her now. He liked 'em big and chunky.

What was the storyline reasoning for him marrying her any way?

Looks like the dreadful Summer may be Dark Crystal extra Toyah's long lost sister. 🤢

Carla and Swain "Swarla" confirmed by Ali King herself!

Don't they know that bumpin' pussies is against the rules?

Eh Ena, it's different from your day love.

Carla's had some decent cock in her time

Adam

Ali

Liam

Daniel

Paul

Tony

Trevor the hot binman

Robert

Nick

Peter

Frank Foster before he turned into a rapist

Eh, Ena. I use to bump into pussies e'vry day. My pussy Bobby would 'always be runnin' into my legs, luv.

My Rommel loves bumpin' 'is 'ead int'a my shins o' a mornin'

I would have given Ali a great bj

R108. Mrs. Ogden. As interested as we are in your...um....feline's morning habits, will you please finish up cleaning those table tops? You still haven't touched the parlour.

Blow it out yer arse, Mrs Walker! Ya stuck up 'ol bat. Yer son's been up me minge more times than I can count and he can't stand you either!

If we're talkin' the number of blokes up ye sk'rts, Bet, luv, we'd need a cup' o' ev'nings just to get thru A to F...

R112 Weatherfield Entrepreneur? You'd have nowt to yer name apart from that raggy orange wig if it weren't fer the men whose brass yer inherited! Gold-diggin' ol murderer!

R113. Aye, shut yer gob. Callin' 'ol Rita a murderer. You beat up Our Terry! All he done was fl'rt with that slag Gloria Todd. Rot in Hell, Al'n Bradley!

I wonder if Bethany is talking to her own stoma.

R115 lol what?

CHESNEY ON ICE!! 🔥🧊❄️❤️‍🔥🍦

R117. Poor thing.

R118 hardly. He parlayed being a loveable kid on the show into 20 years of barely competent acting, getting paid a fortune each year for his wooden performance.

Sam Aston (Our Chesney) still acts like he's the kid Ches. He needs to act like an adult.

Has Our Chesney been shirtless?

R121 Gives new meaning to hourglass figure.

He roided up major for his wedding to Jemma, and it was this weird, bloated fit-fat, bless him. Yes, I'm too lazy to find photos.

Oh Our Chesney....such a good lad.

Gail's love interest John Thompson arrives on the cobbles next week. Smartly they have a backstory where he knows Gail from Thailand and has come to check on her, instead of them barely knowing each other.

Gail selling the house to pay for Bethany's medical bills is silly though, why not get a mortgage against the value?

I thought David owned the house through some deal with Gail? Let Bethany rot in Istanbul.

I vaguely remember David selling it cheaply during the sinkhole drama. Gail bought it back with her inheritance from her gay dad Ted

Thanks, r127.

I’ve blocked the deeply tiresome poster giving us fake dialogue over and over. As a result this thread is much improved.

R129. Good for you!

Me too, r129.

R131. Me too!

We can't hear ya, luv. Sling your hook.

Looks like Maureen Lipman is taking a longer break than she let on. She said she was coming back in 2025 when they announced her departure in July, but it looks like it's indefinite now.

Oh damn. I like Evelyn and what she brings to the Street.

That really is a shame. She was one of the show’s strongest actors.

Jonathan Harvey, who wrote Beautiful Thing, is leaving the show after 20 years and over 300 episodes. Paul's funeral was the last one.

Sarah Lou needs to fuck off for a few years again. She's not serving cunt in the fun way.

There aren't many fuckable men on the cobbles these days. Adam and maybe Daniel after a few pints at The Rovers.

Stu's exit was like his tenure: awkward.

Who cares about old Stu

Lisa Swain has to be the one who murdered Joel.

R142 who cares?

It's Ronnie and Ed who did it.

It was Hope Stape.

Carla is more than welcome to buy the Platt's place if it means Sarah Lou and her stoma spawn move out of Greater Manchester.

Can't see Carla in a house for some reason. Right next to work too.

Maureen Lipman recently got engaged after many years of widowhood. Coronation Street won’t be her top priority. Good for her.

So they're killing off Les Battersby offscreen. They guy who played him was a notorious drunk, and ITV covered for him for a long time because he was famously involved with the Yorkshire Ripper case and all the optics with that. As long as they keep their paws off Janice, I'm grand, but what a weird ending for Les and Chesney!

R149 what's Chesney got to do with it?

The actors on Corrie always seem to such terrible or sordid off-screen lives.

R151 stop being so dramatic. They're human like anyone else and stories get made up of sensationalized.

Gemma's out for an extended break. I'm very okay with this.

Gemma and Chesney need axed

I haven’t watched Coronation Street regularly since the glorious Raquel left. She was the best thing in it.

Did you see her 2-hander with Curly at the millennium? Still a wonderful episode where she returns for a divorce

For you R155

Oh I love Sarah. Lancashire, NOT Platt.

Sarah Platt has got much hotter cock than Raquel ever did, with fugly Curly and Des.

Sarah Platt doesn't know what to do with it though.

Oh she totally knows her way around a big, horny pulsating cock does our Sarah Lou..

David's my kind of cunt.

David is quite sexy in some scenes but he isn't especially hot. And he's made Gail's life a misery

The Jesse storyline is pitiful. I understand the writers were in a tight spot due to the short-notice axing of Sean Wilson, though.

Oh it's not that bad. I hope they give her a 7th onscreen wedding though, never thought we'd get to see that!

At least the guy playing Dev seems to have pulled it back a bit with the hamminess.

Ken is 85? Bill Roache must be, too. Damn, he’s impressive. Although I think when his decline starts it will be rapid.

R166 Bill Roache is 92. Ken was played as a young uni graduate when the show started.

Bill Roache is 92. He also dodged a "me too" accusation, and recently went insolvent (bankrupt).

R168 he actually avoided declaring himself bankrupt after paying his tax bill, but he was bankrupt in the 90s after stupidly suing a rag (The Sun) for calling him boring and unpopular! He won the case but had to pay huge legal fees. Imagine working all those years then losing a fortune over something so stupid!

Wow, right, I forgot he was actually in his early 90s. You must admit he looks and sounds quite remarkable for that age.

I'd let Adam & Daniel use my holes, in Ken's bed, while he's on hols with Cassie

Our Max dressed as Tinkerbell, because why not?

The sooner they move on from Joel and Billy, the better.

Paul's quick return was lovely, despite anti-vaxx Brocklebank.

Rumours about that Daisy's going to get killed off.

He was known as Cock Roache when he was young and fucking all the actresses on set. Allegedly he took on Pat Phoenix.

Pat likely chewed his dick off and neutered him.

I wish she'd come back from the dead to chew off and neuter the current producers.

I just stumbled on a music video with dear Peter Kay marching with our Deirdre and Ken, among other things, so I'm posting it here.

R177 that was a great charity single!

I loved it when David pushed Gail down the stairs. Apparently the actor who plays him was attacked by old Brit ladies when he went grocery shopping.

WHACKED by a gigantic purse!

I am bored to tears of this Joel storyline. I'm not even excited to find out who killed him, I just want it to be over.

Completely with you.

Also wondering if Paddy Bever (Max), who reminds me of Damon Albarn for some reason, is going to leave and try to do bigger things.

And maybe they’ll replace him with a hot blond boy who can actually be convincing as heterosexual or bi.

No gonna lie, I would have let Joel fuck me seven ways to Sunday and cum wherever he wanted.

Who could have guessed that the person Max was covering for was... Lauren, his girlfriend, who had previously been attacked by Joel? What a twist!

Does the actor playing Mason wear guyliner?

It looks like it, r185. Mason and Max need to get together. Know what I mean?

Mason was vicious to poor little Liam, Carla should have bashed him on Liam snr's behalf.

The show is the worst I think I've seen it right now. What a load of underwhelming pandering to audiences who don't exist.

All I'm going to say is Tram Crash. That's what we need.

Me daft wig can't s'vive 'nother bloomin' tram crash!

I cried. But I watched on CBC. Paul came back as some kind of ghost.

Carla has now licked a fanny

I cried because Paul was one of the few things on the show that was working. It's a steep decline from there.

You know what's annoying? There are very few friendships left on Corrie. That was very obvious in yesterday's episode, with Leanne confiding in her nemesis Tracy and Chesney in his mother-in-law - because neither of them have any actual friends. The most developed friendships are probably Roy's with Carla and Evelyn. I like David and Billy's friendship, but we don't see much of it. Sally used to be very close to both Rita and Gail, but she never talks to either of them anymore.

Tim and Steve seem a lot more separate lately.

And it looks like Evelyn might not be back at all.

Sean Wilson (Martin) was axed due to (later found to be unfounded) historic sex abuse allegation

^ If Sean's version of events is true, then ITV handled the situation very poorly. Maybe they overreacted due to the criticism they received over Philip Schofield.

The David/Shona storyline is just highlighting how ridiculous it was for them to get married in the first place. David, there are plenty of women out there whose sons DIDN'T murder your wife...

Christ, Sarah Lou's a shrill fishwife-ness is OTT these days. I hope Tina O'Brien's contract is up soon.

R200 well she's not coming with me! I've suffered enough

Corrie created a Carla gay storyline 20 years too late

Yeah, The Bill was still on back then.

Carla falling for a woman makes much more sense than when she was the street sexbomb having affairs with gorgeous Liam or gruff Peter.

Her least interesting partner was actually Nick, he was not her type at all and it felt forced. They should have paired her with Kal and had Yasmeen as her mother-in-law.

If she married Lisa it would be the soap's first lesbian wedding.

Adam "big dick face" Barlow is looking great with the #2 clipper cut. I'm also glad to see Alya back.

Toyah's getting nicked for Christmas after being stitched up by our Leanne.

Chesney looks like he's finally going to get some money.

Daniel "anti-vaxx" Brocklebank must be on an extended break. Thank fuck.

Jenny's back after being missing for a bit. Haven't seen Rita in yons.

Skinny Eileen and earth mother Gail had a mini-spat last night. T'was hilarious.

Eileen looks terrible and they better wrap up the feud before Christmas, because at this point Eileen just looks like a miserable bitch.

Spoiler:

Richard's ghost is set to haunt Gail one last time next week! I'm loving the new producer and these fantasy sequences

Poor Sue Cleaver needs her eyebrows seen to.

Has it gotten any better? Any hope for a tram crash? Maybe multiple drones taking out Bethany, Gail, Steve, and a few others?

Marginally better now that the Joel story has wound down, but now it's Lauren endlessly crying. I'm suspending hope until next year. The lesbians have something with Swarla (Swain and Carla), I suppose.

Who could we pair Adam with? Male, preferably.

Imran was on his level, looks wise. Maybe he could turn that scamp Mason around

Imran was much hotter than Adam.

I'd love to be spitroasted by Imran & Adam. I'd also let Kit have a bit too.

I'd need a couple of drinks for Kit.

I'd just be curious how hung he is, since he's 6' 4"

Richard Hillman return for Christmas episode well done. There's life yet for Corrie.

Aaaaand it went right back to shit again afterwards.

I enjoyed the episode but they really didn't build Gail's exit up enough, or focus on all her history. The least they could have done was a 2-hander with her and Audrey.

Richard's return was well done but Gail's become too dotty, nothing like the fierce woman she once was. Plus the running joke of her marriages isn't particularly funny since two of them were murdered, one died in an accident, a fourth tried to kill her family after losing his mind and boring drip Martin cheated on her.

Looks like Gail's settling in to the South of France!

Already tanning her tits by the villa!

Aye, our Gail certainly isn't shy.

What a bunch of crap. Producers are already saying she'll be back for one-offs, so it's likely they gave Helen Worth this big hoo-ra to get her off her expensive annual salary.

Another stabbing crime next week, with a freshly reformed Mason getting the sharp end of a blade.

Mason shows off a six pack today. They've reformed his looks, too, but there's no fixing that face (bless him).

Gail's exit has me thinking how much credit Jack P. Shepherd deserves for his 24 years as David. I think he's managed transition from child to adult actor better than Tina O'Brien has as Sarah, and he's taken what the writers have given him and created a character with conviction and depth. Many have attempted to do what he's done and failed.

R224 yes Jack does well, and is excellent at comedy and drama. But hell is David an annoying, whiny little shit.

I actually think Mason is good looking. He's no Imran or Adam but he's certainly not a butterface.

Think of all the nasty shit "Divid" has done over the years. Weren't there stories of Jack Shepherd being attacked by little old ladies while he was out shopping?

He'll never be my favorite character but he's one of very few successful characters.

Verificatia of Mason sizemeat?

Confimatia of rosebud or coinslot?

Ask that strumpet Betsy, R227. She had no interest in his romantic three course meal, practically dragging him up Sally's stairs to whip off his boxer-briefs!

That shrew Betsy is going to be dumped at the first opportunity. Such a little cunt. And how many little blonde teen ingenues in a row are we at now? Four?

I don't mind Betsy, I can't stand Lauren, I fucking hope they drop that story and stop giving Max such prominent stories, he's not a strong actor.

Betsy will disappear for a few months and then return as a barrister, company executive, or similar. That's the way of the Street.

If writers were smart they'd remember that Carla should be furious that Mason almost drove Liam jnr to harm himself (the only kid of the supposed love of her life).

Speaking of Liam jnr, where are Gary and Maria?

The actors apparently a t in blocks so they go for gaps of time without being on set. Not like the old days when you'd see most of the (small) cast frequently

*act

Mmmm nice abs on Mason

Those Radcliffe brothers are dumb as rocks, putting on balaclavas in public

Mason stabbing trailer just dropped.

I used to fancy Rob Donovan. I would have sucked his knob right in the middle of Underworld

From that era, it was Gray O'Brien who played Scottish villain Tony Gordon who made me swoon.

Gray O’Brien was fucking hot. And that Scottish accent? Woof.

Maria was on for a bit earlier this week, she was sat in the Rovers

I'd rather have rode and grinded on Liam's cock while he talked filthy to me in that Manchurian accent. He's the only one of Carla's men I would have rimmed

Manchurian?

Manchurian? MARY!

MANCHURIAN?!?!?!?!

Sorry, I mean mancunian accent! My mistake, Ena and Angie

Haha now I'm picturing Ena Sharples as Eleanor Shaw!

Someone posted on Reddit that Sue Cleaver (Eileen) is leaving after 25 years. Debbie's on her way out, too. Looks like we have a bit of a purge coming.

At least Debbie will have a year long Alzheimers storyline before she goes.

I hope Sean leaves with Eileen-that would make sense. However I believe the stories that the actor who plays Sean knows where the bodies are buried at ITV which is why he has never been sacked.

Antony Cotton's a Russell T. Davies chum, as well as an Ian Ian McKellen chum, so there's some ITV insidery clout there.

I won't miss Eileen, she used to be great in the early days but has been poorly written as a sarcastic shrew for years now.

She peaked with the Phelan story, and it hasn't been the same since.

Link on the Eileen departure.

Good for Sue for having the guts to leave a nice steady paycheck where she's amongst friends and could have pootled along til retirement. I hope she gets some challenging roles to enjoy.

Rumour has it that the show is so out of budget that they didn't have a Christmas party this year and they've put many veteran cast members on short-term contracts for the same reason.

How often are William Roache and Barbara Knox seen these days?

Roche is on regularly. Knox is at about once every month or two. More on that at link.

Today's show was the best I've seen Corrie do for a long time. The mix of Mancunian social realism and community spirit was brought forward, and it finally made all this crime and police drama work. Give it a watch if you haven't. There's hope for the show yet. They even made Antony Cotton look good. Poor Mason.

ITV have greatly cut their budget, there are loads of complaints they can't do any location shoots anymore, and wardrobe is blah.

Maybe Helen retired to help they save a few bob?

[quote]testing

[quote]Mason shows off a six pack today. They've reformed his looks, too, but there's no fixing that face (bless him).

Hope you're feeling bad about slagging off poor Mason now!

Well, I get why they showed off the six pack now. He'll have a nice reel to help him get his next gig!

He's good looking, just needs a better haircut than

And to have his teeth done. The grill is what turned me off.

Yep. Bad teeth.

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy) has quit. That will be a big blow for the show. If it was a US soap they’d definitely recast Daisy fairly quickly.

I like Daisy. This is disappointing. Given the budget issues I bet they lowballed $$$ her contract renewal/renegotiation.

When can we start calling this purge a bloodbath?

The big oaf who plays Craig is also leaving which is no huge loss. Horrible actor.

Shame about Daisy. She had potential. The Rovers needs a shakeup, though. Wonder if Sally Ann Matthews is on the way out with her for blabbing all that insider info on social media.

I'm sure she was a pain in the ass, but there's a lot of complaints about the show losing its soul and a Bev Callard return could help with that. I'd love to see what happens with Liz and an adult Amy.

Will anyone recognize Ms. Callard?

I dunno, but in other news, they're giving Kevin testicular cancer just in time for Debbie dementia exit story to kick in.

Good times!

I'm surprised Daisy has stayed for as long as she has. When the actress was getting lots of praise for the acid attack episode, I thought she'd leave soon after and aim for the sort of success that Suranne Jones, Katherine Kelly and Michelle Keegan have had.

I'm glad Craig's been axed. Corrie rarely axes deadwood.

Ten years ago, I would have been sad about Sue Cleaver leaving, but Eileen is a shadow of her former self. She's just bitter and snide now.

Great to see sexy Rob back again

Gay treasure Jonathan Harvey's back again, too.

Yasmeen is leaving in March!

It's time, and the cast really is too big. She has been aimless since the Geoff storyline ended, but I don't like that this leaves Alya untethered and vulnerable.

Talent agent and trashy novel author Melanie Blake got in hot water last week for Tweeting who she thinks should be axed, including Maria, and the fur FLEW.

Maria is surplus to requirements, in my opinion. Her and Gary both.

Like I've been saying, we need another tram crash. Or two.

At least they put Eileen in the Sean storyline a bit and made her be kind to the kid with massive lips.

Rob is such a cunt.

I was a bit concerned about all that God bothering crap until the end. Phew!

Shivving good, God bad. It's the DL mantra!

God's fine if that's your cuppa. Bothering, not so much.

I felt a bit bad for Matty crying at the end. I would have given him a consolation blowjob.

Etcheverry - Flayvah shaping up to be epic. My loins are conflicted!

Here's the copy/paste journalism on Yasmeen/Shelley leaving.

At least Mason got fucked before he croaked

Will Betsy fall pregnant?

Actors' banquet Max (Paddy Bever) is out. Thank fuck.

I’d love to have shot my load on his cum gutters, that’s for damn sure. I suspect he would have loved it if that sort of thing had happened with Kit.

The Platts are going to have an inferno tragedy soon, so maybe Max does get the DL treatment and dies in a greasefire.

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So that's Max, Yasmeen, Daisy, Craig, Eileen and Debbie all on their way out. Bethany is going on maternity leave and Evelyn is leaving for panto.

We know, r292.

I wonder if R292 (Kit) is the one who blocked me after I called her out for making fun of the autistic character Kojo, calling them Cujo, on the EastEnders thread.

Sorry, R293, I missed the previous link about Max. And I've never posted on the EastEnders thread!

Phew! You're lovely in other posts and I was perplexed!

[quote]So that's Max, Yasmeen, Daisy, Craig, Eileen and Debbie all on their way out. Bethany is going on maternity leave and Evelyn is leaving for panto.

And yet Sean hangs around like a herpes sore.

Sean's actually doing a little bit better now that they've given him more to do than queen around and represent the Canal Street homos. I really think this is his last shot, so it's Antony Cotton's to fuck up.

Maybe the actor playing Max will be better cast as a gay character on something down the road. I think by the end of the year we’ll see a hotter looking, “butch” Max. I hope the dreary Lauren heads out the door with him.

Damn.... I was so looking forward to a Mason/Max love story.

About time Carla ordered those two bitches Daisy and Jenny to pay up.

Excuse me…those two THIEVING bitchesl

I still don't get how Daisy blew the whole £250,000 she stole. The Rovers didn't cost that much

I'm surprised they're keeping Jane Danson. Leanne has become a one-note fishwife in the past five years or so and has lost her way.

She's been a sanctimonious shrew since she took up with Peter and became a stepmom to that annoying little shit Simon.

She forgets her affairs, prostitution, helping con Mike Baldwin when he had Alzheimer's, arson, drugs.

Another Abby goes cuckoo storyline.

Another Leanne and Steve fuckfest.

More Harvey bullshit (though the actor is well fit).

So which character will be next to become a doctor, barrister, company head, successful entrepreneur without any education or experience? Isn't it time for Max to become an MP? Or maybe Liam becomes a championship footballer with the quads owning the team??

Tram crash, please!!!!!

Leanne reverting to bring a right slapper was quite fun to watch

R306. Let me glue on my daft red wig...

The Platt house will apparently be set on fire and the dreary Lauren will die from smoke inhalation. I believe the speculation that Not-So-Little Lily is whodunnit.

R309 it's arson. Either Harvey "Big Cock" Gaskell or David for the Insurance Im guessing

Isn't Hope an arsonist?

Hope is a bad seed.

Hope murdered Mason!

Hope Stape is worse than my friend Julie. And my friend Julie is a real cunt!!

Looks like a good looker is moving in to the house behind chubby whinger Chesney

City on fire! City on fire! Oi, just an ‘ouse? Never mind, then.

Aye, Our Chesney looks so grown up!

Corrie was actually good for about five minutes at the beginning of the year (Mason's stabbing and the initial aftermath) and now it's shit again. The CGI flames last night looked like a 00s screensaver.

Great episode tonight. I would have ridden Randy Rob's rod before they send him back inside (if he's still alive)!

David very good so far tonight - pathos building scene by scene.

He was very good but the split screen shit along with the incidental music was awful. So not Corrie.

I guess Daisy will lose her baby and leave Weatherfield alone.

That new lad in juvie with Dylan is a snack.

too much jail stuff of late

I hope Rob gives Tracy a mean fuck before he shoots her.

R322 he is a hottie, I bet Sean went home and had a furious wank over him.

R324 Rob's wound is surely infected so he probably smells like rotting flesh

R326 ...as is Tracey's pussy!

My name is Cheryl, not Tracy, r327.

The big oaf who plays Craig has finally filmed his last scene.

I wouldn't mind sucking Mick off in the ginnel after a few shandies in The Rovers

Mick and his wife are vile. I bet they’re out of the show by the end of the summer. Maybe their kid will murder them.

Rather nasty Mick than boring Chesney

I prefer Kit

Mick shows off some nice bulgeage in those sweatpants

It's almost been 15 years since Carla was last held at gunpoint, when Tony went mental and took her and Hayley hostage during "Siege Week" at Underworld. That was a great storyline!

Big sexy Mick is off this July, hope he lasts longer in the sack than he did on Corrie!

Well, he really did suck. At playing Mick, I mean.

He was no worse than Kirk, Chesney or Izzy and much hotter

Todd was so taken with that hot guy that he was broadly grinning while talking about his own aunt's terminal illness. Is he a DLer?

R330. Aye, the good 'ol days.

R339 Todd just wants him up his hole, he's almost desperate enough to shag Sean

Shut your cakehole, Elsie Tanner, you slapper!

New guy Theo is handsome in a store mannequin sort of way and the actor is uhhh…just a tad stiff.

R342. Aye, Mrs. Sharples. Th' face o' a bulldog, the mo'th o' a sailor. Sh'uldnt you be orderin' your fourth milk stout o' the night, you agin' lush?

I'd let the builder bend me over and ride me like a dog, right over his scaffolding in front of Big Eileen

What happened to Moses? Didn't he and Todd have a thing? #justiceforMoses

Jack Shepherd (David) is on Celebrity Big Brother along with Mickey Roarke.

New guy shagging Todd has a homophobic wife

And Debbie just found out she has early onset dementia. Bummer.

On Canadian schedule...

Toad's new guy is sizzling hot

He is hot but he looks so much like a department store mannequin. Waxen complexion.

I haven't seen him well enough yet. Need a larger TV in the kitchen.

The department store mannequin Theo looked even more like one when we saw him in his underwear this past week. I want to see Theo and teen Brody get it on this summer, that would be hot.

The Julie storyline is weird. Why have they brought her back just to kill her off? Why is she encouraging Eileen to dump George and find someone "exciting"? Eileen's in her sixties, has two sons by different dads, and her late husband was a serial killer. Surely Julie would just want to see her finally settled down with a decent bloke?

The actress playing Julie (Katie Cavanagh-Jupe)-has two young sons who are doing extremely well as actors in TV/film. Both have already shot projects in the US. Noah played the son on the HBO limited series The Undoing, Jacobi will be in a very high profile film, Hamnet where he plays the title role opposite Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. Katie apprently is always with them when they’re working. I guess this stint timed out well for her to do it. I think it’s nice that Julie’s story,ine is obviously leading into Eileen’s exit storyline.