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(May 2010)

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JW
JamesWorldNews
Duty Free. Gosh. Blast from the past. Loved it, actually.
RM
Roger Mellie
BBC WORLD posted:
Duty Free. Gosh. Blast from the past. Loved it, actually.


Aye, that was her best-known role. Before Coro she was Aunt Peggy in Heartbeart, the last of the 'loveable rogue' lineage on the programme. She looked a lot less glamorous with lank, long grey hair, a tatty hat and (false) decayed teeth!
WA
watchingtv
Kevins newspaper had Malaysian F1 on the back cover, someone really put thought into a small prop.
DA
David
watchingtv posted:
Kevins newspaper had Malaysian F1 on the back cover, someone really put thought into a small prop.


and then they lose all sense of realism by having Sally's doctor played by Moira Stewart.
PT
Put The Telly On
Roger Mellie posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
Duty Free. Gosh. Blast from the past. Loved it, actually.


Aye, that was her best-known role. Before Coro she was Aunt Peggy in Heartbeart, the last of the 'loveable rogue' lineage on the programme. She looked a lot less glamorous with lank, long grey hair, a tatty hat and (false) decayed teeth!


And Conjugal Rites..? No? Just me then...
JW
JamesWorldNews
nok32uk posted:
Roger Mellie posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
Duty Free. Gosh. Blast from the past. Loved it, actually.


Aye, that was her best-known role. Before Coro she was Aunt Peggy in Heartbeart, the last of the 'loveable rogue' lineage on the programme. She looked a lot less glamorous with lank, long grey hair, a tatty hat and (false) decayed teeth!


And Conjugal Rites..? No? Just me then...



And Barbara. With that other lady from Corrie.
WA
watchingtv
David posted:
watchingtv posted:
Kevins newspaper had Malaysian F1 on the back cover, someone really put thought into a small prop.


and then they lose all sense of realism by having Sally's doctor played by Moira Stewart.


The same newspaper is now in the back of The Rovers!

10 days later

CR
City Road
Great news about Sue Johnson joining the cast, and Betty's secret also revealed by Phil Collinson on This Morning...

Quote:
Collinson confirmed the full storyline on This Morning today (April 2), explaining: "What they discover as they're clearing out her house is that Annie Walker, who was the landlady of the Rovers Return for the first 20 years of the show, actually bequeathed The Rovers to Betty in her will.

"Betty carried this secret and never took up this bequest. So she's left behind a bit of a bombshell, really! Certainly for Stella in terms of who owns the pub now and what happens going forward.

"But more brilliantly I think, she'll always be the longest-serving landlady of the Rovers Return by right, which I think is such a brilliant tribute to her."

Collinson promised that Betty's farewell is "brilliant and moving", adding that it was "incredible" to see Bill Kenwright reprise the role of Gordon.

He explained: "Bill had become very close to Betty since being her on-screen son - he talked about her as being another mother. He came back to say goodbye to her, and it feels so personal and raw. It was for everybody, actually, as she was a very much-loved member of the team."


link
CH
Chewy
I'm looking forward to the Jubilee special, I hope its similar to Roy and Hayleys wedding
CR
City Road
Chewy posted:
I'm looking forward to the Jubilee special, I hope its similar to Roy and Hayleys wedding


It has the hallmarks of a classic Corrie episode from what I've read,
Rita getting kidnapped on her wedding day


Also the men Rita gets involved with usually end up dead after a short while, I hope her wedding to Dennis isn't the lead up to his departure as I quite like him on the street. Laughing
CH
chris
City Road posted:
Great news about Sue Johnson joining the cast, and Betty's secret also revealed by Phil Collinson on This Morning...

Quote:
Collinson confirmed the full storyline on This Morning today (April 2), explaining: "What they discover as they're clearing out her house is that Annie Walker, who was the landlady of the Rovers Return for the first 20 years of the show, actually bequeathed The Rovers to Betty in her will.

"Betty carried this secret and never took up this bequest. So she's left behind a bit of a bombshell, really! Certainly for Stella in terms of who owns the pub now and what happens going forward.

"But more brilliantly I think, she'll always be the longest-serving landlady of the Rovers Return by right, which I think is such a brilliant tribute to her."

Collinson promised that Betty's farewell is "brilliant and moving", adding that it was "incredible" to see Bill Kenwright reprise the role of Gordon.

He explained: "Bill had become very close to Betty since being her on-screen son - he talked about her as being another mother. He came back to say goodbye to her, and it feels so personal and raw. It was for everybody, actually, as she was a very much-loved member of the team."


link


I don't quite understand how this would work in reality? Who took over from Annie Walker?
RM
Roger Mellie
BBC WORLD posted:
nok32uk posted:
Roger Mellie posted:
BBC WORLD posted:
Duty Free. Gosh. Blast from the past. Loved it, actually.


Aye, that was her best-known role. Before Coro she was Aunt Peggy in Heartbeart, the last of the 'loveable rogue' lineage on the programme. She looked a lot less glamorous with lank, long grey hair, a tatty hat and (false) decayed teeth!


And Conjugal Rites..? No? Just me then...



And Barbara. With that other lady from Corrie.


Indeedy so: Sherie Hewson, who played Maureen Holdsworth

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