Coronation Street

He actually once put his doctoring skills to use on my friend when she sprained her ankle at his show at the Edinburgh Festival a few years back... dontcha know.

Anyway, back to Corrie... I do love the way Becky has started referring to people as 'Cock', bringing back the old Bet Lynch tradition.

All we need now is someone to revive the Corrie tradition of 'Chuck' as a term of endearment. No-one says it anymore since Vera's gone, which I think is a shame. Even Bill Bryson once commented in one of his books about how he first found it confusing as an American watching Corrie, wondering why all the characters were called Chuck, what with it being a common American name.

Corrys having fun with the sun again in tonight's episode

Maria and Tom are outside number 7, in the sun, talking to Tony and Pat over the road, on a dull day. Tony and brother walk round the corner, past Leanne and into the cafe, on the dull day, with Tom and Maria talking outside number 7. Then suddenly as Peter comes out of the bookies and crosses to Leanne it's sunny again

and it's still sunny when we cut back to Tom and Marria still outside number 7

I miss Jack's pet names for Vera: Swamp-duck, Aberdeen angus, snow-leopard, venus fly-trap, honey-pigeon and many others.

Rita used to use chuck a lot as well, and Audrey occasionally. I certainly don't think it's gone out of fashion in NW England, I've heard it recently in the Forest of Bowland, Clitheroe and Manchester.

As for "cock", the Loose Women were discussing petnames a while back, and which they like; it gave Coleen Nolan opportunity to say: "I like cock", to much hilarity.

Excellent episode last night - loved Sally and Carla - Carla put her in her place - the pub across the road with a pool table is more suitable lol

Is it just me or was Tom looking hotter than usual last night? Now Liam is dead they seem to be turning him into his replacement. I think Tom fancies Maria but if they get together it will almost certainly mean the kiss of death for Tom.

But Corrie does seem to be on form - the last few months have seen a huge improvement in terms of the storylines and things dont seem to be dragged out as much . Plus some excellent new characters like Graham have been introduced.

Yeah great episode the other night.

The fact that Blanche knows about Steve and Becky's fling is comedy gold in itself. Somehow I reckon later on Peter Barlow finds out about it(Amy being his half-neice etc), gets into a fight with Steve, Becky kicks Peter in the stomach, he ends up in hospital and Steve will come out with another "I never laid a finger on 'im!".

It's things like that Corrie can get away with but any other soap just don't have the writers imo.

Amy would be a Peter's step-niece as Tracy is his step sister not his half sister, they have different parents

anyway how could Rosie have Liam kissing Maria on her phone.

she lost the original phone with the video on when Tony threw it into the canal. Sally retrieved the video off Rosie's computer so how did it get onto her 'new' phone?

Bluetooth? USB cable? :

Didn't that happen after Rosie had been found many weeks after Tony threw the old one away?

Shame on Jez, you fickle thing-- Liam is barely cold

Not sure about this flipping Becky/Steve storyline. It doesn't seem flipping right that Steve should suddenly fall for her like that, flipping ridiculous-- as the man himself would say. Although Steve is being his usual spineless self, no too out of character.

In today's Nottingham Evening Post , Chris Gascoyne revealed he's going to be in the Street for at least a two-year run. So ructions between Steve and Peter may well happen!

Well he comes nowhere near to the hotness of Liam but he is looking good at the moment - poor Tom - both Michelle and Maria shouting at him.

I like Steve and Becky together.

Chris Gascoyne is doing Panto here in Cardiff.

guess so, didn't know you could put videos on your phone from your computer

don't get why she would still want in on her phone though, she's already used it to cause trouble

Dont forget that Corrie is on tonight at 7.30 for those that always forget and miss it!

The Christmas episodes of Corrie look excellent and I think we are going to have a much better episode on Christmas Day than last year. Corrie is certainly on form at the moment IMO.