Coronation Street

I do also think that Dev should go - as some posted here before, they did drop the wrong actor, Sunita should have stayed. Regarding the shop, it does looks like the most unrealistic exterior I have seen, never mind the interior. Even the previous design (before the ghastly blue), which had been in use for nearly 20 years, looked more realistic than the current frontage.

one of theses days they may get the shop flat to fit into the available space, the entry door keeps changing sides, now it's on the same side as the window facing the viaduct where as before the fire it was on the opposite side, and to all intents and purposes the kitchen is in mid air

it is not too difficult to work out how the interior would fit in by looking at the first floor windows

Your totally not alone there, Danny totally deserved it.

Read on Teletext today that a Civil Engineering organisations are offering the makers of Corrie £35,000 to create a character who would show engineering in a good light in an effort to encourage more young people to take up the career!


Isn't this illegal?

Ive never understood the layout of the Corner Shop flat. Before Alf had the shop made into a mini market in 1985 the only way to get up to the shop flat was via a stairs in the backroom, and the back room was actually a living room and much bigger (the shop was therefore smaller) so im not sure where they kept their stock. Now I think the only way to enter the flat is via the side door and stairs. The layout of the actual flat has never made sense either.

the only consistency they have had is that the front window is the bedroom and the side window the living room, the entrance used to be on outside wall of the flat, sensible as it would lead straight down the stairs to the side entry but before the fire it had moved to the other side wall ajoining the websters house.

now it has moved back again

lloyd and kelly's flat is rather big as well considering it's the back end of the salon

and steve's flat has a mystery kitchen window which isn't on the outdoor set (it would face the side wall of the garage)

to be honest non of the internal flat sets match up very well to their exterior counterparts

onto tonights episode and becky must have heat proof hands the way she took the dish out of the microwave without so much as an oven glove

I remember in 1990 when Alf & Audrey were living int here it was alsdo in a totally different place. It's a flat that defies the laws of physics.

Some great lines again tonight I thought!

All the small inconsistencies with the sets pale into insignificance when compared with the utter nonsense of the Rovers set! The kitchen would be in the middle of Rosamund Street if the exterior and interiors matched up - and where does that side door (visible on the Rosamund Street elevation) go to inside the Rovers?

They need to find an excuse to put that set right once and for all. It wouldn't take much to make it more accurate - maybe a new owner should get the builders in to fit a disabled loo or a door from the bar to the back yard for smokers - and then use that to shift the stairs and switch the backrooms around 90 degrees? And some new wallpaper - it's 20 years old this year...

But don't get me started on that viaduct to nowhere over Rosamund Street - it doesn't even tie up with any of the rear shots of the street shown in the opening titles - but did anyone notice that they showed the view beyond and through the arch (as per the opening titles) when Danny drove into the Street a few episodes ago?

I've also noticed that into Part Two today, they had a shot of the old triangular canopy over Underworld's door - I'm sure it was recently replaced with a flat roofed porch. What's with the polythene and "men at work" stuff inside the factory too?

Good episode tonight and good to see a love triangle featuring jealous pensioners rather than the usual teenage Jason / Sarah saga.

Yes its high time the Rovers got a makeover. It will be 20 years next month since the fire which was the last time they changed the wallpaper!

However the current inside set of the Rovers looks far more realistic than the set they had before the fire. As well as the main bar and the snug they also had quite a large function room (The Select).

This gives it away doesn't it? How would anyone else know to send a card on that particular day?

Yes, that viaduct is stupid. It's not just the rear shots on the titles when it doesn't exist. It's not even there on the opening wide shot from the front. Plus if it supposedly continues behind the street, it will join the other (original) viaduct at a right angle which would be impossible.

And re your earlier point about Adam's acting. I'm glad it wasn't just me that thought it had improved. Maybe knowing he'd have a big story coming up, they used his recent absence to give him some intensive coaching.

Another unconnected point... I've got to say how much I love Sean referring to 'Miss Leanne'. It's just sooo Crossroads.