He's probably got a purple pullover at home! I love the way Noris indignantly flaps his wrists about, even camper than Sean. Dev always says "OK" all the time, getting progressively louder as a sentence progresses!!
"Catch yourself aaarn" was another of Jim McDonald catchphrases.
Richard Hillman was the best. Menacingly roll your eyes down, sneer, and say: "She's not long for this world" or "you should have stayed at the party Maxine".
It's pity we can't replicate the Gail Platt pout in type isn't it? Along with her
Planet of the Apes
haircut!
I can't copy the pic so you will have to open the link Note that archie street was two houses longer than coronation street.
Very interesting pic - thanks for posting it. Also note how there is no pub at the other end, I presume they just put up a sign when they filmed the Street in the closing credits in 1960/1. On old 1970s episodes, the street in the opening titles seems to be Archie Street - I know it was demolished in '71, but the colour titles were filmed in (or around) '68.
Im not sure about the street on the 1970s titles to be honest - it looks like a different street to me. Those tiles were introduced at the same time as the show went to colour in 1969 and lasted until Mid 1975. For the next year we got a longer set of titles with loads of shots of rooftops and streets, before being replaced by a shorter version which included the cat falling asleep on the rooftop, which lasted from 1976 right through to 1990. The cat on the opening titles is my earliest memory of the show!
I forgot to post this, but I got a letter from Kate Ford on Saturday in response to my letter to her, i'll type it out for you all to see later.
Im not sure about the street on the 1970s titles to be honest - it looks like a different street to me. Those tiles were introduced at the same time as the show went to colour in 1969 and lasted until Mid 1975. For the next year we got a longer set of titles with loads of shots of rooftops and streets, before being replaced by a shorter version which included the cat falling asleep on the rooftop, which lasted from 1976 right through to 1990. The cat on the opening titles is my earliest memory of the show!
I forgot to post this, but I got a letter from Kate Ford on Saturday in response to my letter to her, i'll type it out for you all to see later.
The 1976-to-1990 titles I didn't particularly like, mainly because they were shot on film and the picture jumped in the middle of fading to the third picture in the titles (the one before the cat falling asleep).
I didnt like the ones from 1975-1976 as the picture changed to quickly after each picture, something like 15 pictures shown in the same amount of time as 6 in the shorter version of the titles which lasted from 76-90 - the longest they have ever gone without changing the titles.
Anyway this article is from Waveguide
Coronation Street - Return Of Familiar Face
A familiar face is about to return to cause more trouble on Coronation Street.
Actress Katherine Kelly is back as former jailbird Becky Grainger next month.
Producer Steve Frost said: "We're looking forward to having Katherine with us again in October. And hopefully she'll be established as a more long-term character after that.
Becky first appeared in Weatherfield earlier this year when she bumped into her former cellmate, Kelly Crabtree.
The machinist took pity on her one-time friend, gave her somewhere to stay and also helped her get a job at Underworld.
Becky repaid her pal's kindness by framing her for theft and then attempting to seduce her boyfriend Lloyd, before running away from the street in May.
It has been reported that it was always the producer's intention to bring the ex-con back to face the music
I hope this Factory sale works out in the true tradition of Corrie
I hope it won't turn out like EastEnders where people are constantly buying and selling half of their business, and then once bought, use them to cover up some dodgy scam going on behind the scenes
Mike Baldwin will be turning in his grave seeing his business being sold out of the family!
I hope this Factory sale works out in the true tradition of Corrie
If these Connor brothers turn out to be anything like the Mitchell brothers on EastEnders, it'll be
very
disappointing.
I think the Connor family have been good so far.
There was a letter I read in one of the soap mags this week saying when Kate Ford, Bill Ward and Bradley Walsh all leave the show Corrie will hit an all time low. I disagree with this because characters are always coming and going and Corrie are usually very good at introducing new characters - the Connors prove this. And unlike another soap they dont have to resort to bringing back old characters all the time.
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