The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

December 18, 2020 - The Talk of the Street

At any given time, one Corrie resident is contractually obliged to be in an induced coma, and this week it’s the turn of Adam to be out for the count while everyone on the street behaves suspiciously enough to be a prime suspect in his whacking. Paul is twice convinced to break helpdesk rules by a kid whose only acting credit up to that point was playing the dog in The Wizard of Oz. Shona and Simon are best friends now and so celebrate this by breaking into the Bistro and stealing well-garnished cocktails. Tim’s Mum tells Tim to resurrect his window cleaning business in an attempt to make him forget that he asked her to move in with him and Sally. Leanne is growing tired of Toyah and Nick walking on eggshells around her when it comes to their own child-related storylines. Billy’s moonwalking has come on leaps and bounds. Daisy is an evil stepdaughter. Kirk is having a nightmare. Gail decorates the toilet.

December 11, 2020 - My Nanki Poo Days

It’s Corrie’s 60th birthday, and it looks like some characters may not be around to celebrate the 61st. Leanne has decided to run away from her grief and disappear to France for a bit, but a misplaced charger and a flossing pre-teen contrive to make her change her mind. The Rebel Alliance set up camp outside a brewery to stop the bulldozers of progress make way for a skyscraper, forcing Ken to grab a couple of plastic bags from the Co-Op and become Weatherfield’s Tank Man. Peter’s reluctance to trust Carla moves him to overcome this by proposing to her and then scooting off together to the ever-popular Kefalonia. Daniel is ushered out of every home on the street. Yasmeen’s house’s roof is comfortable but slippery. Kev mispronounces Kirkcaldy. DS Abney believed Yasmeen all along. Cathy insults a corpse.

December 4, 2020 - A Star Wars Reference

After 18 months of build up and 8 months after she swung a wine bottle, Yasmeen finally gets her day in court and finds herself up against a prosecuting barrister who might be DS Abney without the wig. Leanne wants Oliver’s funeral to be a celebration of his life but an unexpected and unwanted guest threatens to permanently destroy her very fragile mood. Led by Abi, who possesses more in the way of detecting skills than the combined whole of the Weatherfield Constabulary, the residents begin to put ask questions of the proposed development of a massive skyscraper on the street, while Ray has resorted to form in a hotel room, this time with trainee manager Faye. A sheepish Johnny comes home from a night in the cells, intending to plead guilty to his part in the demise of Grant the Security Guard. Shona may live to regret lending a supportive ear to impressionable Simon but at least she’s getting an old iPod out of the deal. Sarah’s drunken public recap of Carla’s dalliance in the Knicker Factory office simultaneously troubles Peter, Adam, and Carla. Daisy sets Jenny up on Tinder. Tim’s Dad borrows Pauline’s pass for ten minutes. Craig could be a bit more supportive.

November 27, 2020 - American Nonsense

Jenny puts the rapid deterioration of her marriage on the back burner while she becomes reacquainted with her ex-step-daughter and her boating boyfriend. Leanne has been to the library for lots of big books as she contemplates teaching herself law in the 48 hours ahead of Oliver's appeal, until Nick, Steve, Toyah, and circumstance force her to accept an impossible outcome. Johnny finds it impossible to get rid of Grant the Security Guard's Mum, whose presence only serves to confuse events of that robbery four decades ago. Alya has a plastic bag theory and then discovers that Tim's Dad's magic room wallpaper is far worse than she could ever have possibly expected. Summer really has forgiven Todd who manages to shmooz his way into Games Night, much to Billy and Paul's chagrin. Ryan talked to a donkey. Shona is not dressed for the school-run. We all become more familiar with Oldham postcodes.

November 20, 2020 - Blue Steel

Ray Weinstein leaves plans for his massive skyscraper in plain sight on his desk, presumably a deliberate act to relieve the monotony of dealing with people on the street and so he can have some fun messing with PC Tinker. The idea of possible Supreme and European Court appeals helps Steve come to a resolution, while Emma does her best to ease tensions by suggesting a memory box of Oliver and his apparently mahoooosive feet. Peter takes a vape break in the wrong part of town, where the villains steal taxis and the guardian angels carry hipflasks. Adam gets to know his Auntie Carla a little better. Todd is still determined to replace Paul but is shocked when Summer returns from Granny Geraldine's Gulag. At Sean's definitely-not-a-pyramid-scheme party, Fiz helps Tyrone find his feminine side. Billy does the work of Kofi Annan a severe disservice. Daniel is panic-buying Easter eggs.

November 13, 2020 - Stupid Smug Scottish Git

As Oliver's court case approaches and tensions run high, Leanne may be about to resort to one of her more infamous mistakes. Alina's love life doesn't interest Sarah until it absolutely does. Sarah continues to be a miserable cow to Paul who is just trying to have a quiet life and stay out of horrid Todd's way. Billy's failure to inform Paul of a visit from a bishop has been lifted from a Brian Rix farce (one for the kids, there). Eileen gets a visit from The Undertaker who continues to work his charm on her. Everyone tells Nick not to give up on Leanne. Kirk is in charge of team-building. Sean is a peacock. Steve borrows a tie.

November 6, 2020 - Diss My Biscuits

Alina is the Queen of Bad Advice this week, encouraging Emma to admit to what turns out to be a trumped up Money Laundering charge, and getting Michael to see pregnant Grace in prison. Now that we know Debbie is scheming with Ray Weinstein, she's far more open with her conniving troublemaking as she turns Tim's Dad into an even bigger villain of the piece by giving him a loan of her Shaggy CD and ghetto blaster. Sean is worried that he doesn't earn enough money or have a good enough job to impress Dylan, while the rest of us worry that this storyline will put us to sleep. ITV Corrie buys Asha a truly horrendous pair of training shoes while Aadi continues to be the invisible twin who spends way too long hanging around outside a cathedral for a Dad and Lad day that doesn't show up. Simon is quick to move when Wendy The Guardian leaves her precious Dictaphone thingy unattended, unaware of the bother this is going to cause when Leanne inevitably listens to what people have been saying in their interviews. Grace's prison guards love a bit of gossip. Johnny worries that Craig has PTSD. James has off-camera bants with Dobbo. Aggie still can't cook.

October 30, 2020 - A Fabulous Pair of Undercrackers

Scott regales Johnny with tales of what they call a Quarterpounder with Cheese in Kent, while plans for one of the stupidest and most pointless capers ever to grace the cobbles gains momentum. A minor prediction last week seems to bear fruit as the apple of Undertaker George's eye does not appear to be Mary after all. Evelyn accidentally discovers why Arthur has been making excuses to avoid her since the day they met up again and it has nothing to do with worming tablets. Wendy the Guardian interviews Nick and Gail who have different opinions on Oliver's level of consciousness while Leanne is confident that a twitch from a slammed door proves that her little boy can hear everything. Tim's Dad has a nylon shirt and he isn't afraid to use it as he easily hoodwinks Alya into believing that a woman named Doris and her zimmer frame are next on his line of conquests. Dylan is good at football because everyone says so. Abi is becoming suspicious of Deb and her laptops's continued presence in Weatherfield. Craig gets shot to impress Faye. Roy plays muzjiks. Ryan is called a genius and it probably wasn't sarcasm.

October 23, 2020 - Deliverance Without the Banjos

Todd shifts gears from being petrified of rubbish gangsters to basically annoying everyone he comes into contact with this week, getting Billy and his manbag into a right old tizzy. Gemma and Bernie do a power of needless shouting as a watered-down bottle of dish soap convinces everyone to successfully find new jobs in a seven hour window. At the behest of Ray Weinstein, Gary cajoles David into making a decision about Number Eight and its rapidly deteriorating sinkhole situation. Despite there being more gangsters on the street these days than cobbles, Scott decides that the best person to help him pull a caper on the Bistro is Johnny. Steve gets a break from Leanne by going to Germany to talk to Dr Schmitz in the hope that he’ll change his mind about Oliver’s prognosis. Natasha needs Nick’s bank details. Mary teaches Billy about Church of England exorcisms. Tim is chased round his taxi by a disgruntled homosexual.

October 16, 2020 - Seagull on a Sausage Roll

We reprise a hair-related Shona assault this week with an unsuspecting hipster stepping into Bernie's soggy blouse. Stairmaster Todd has installed himself in Eileen's attic, but Mick the Gangster is hot on the trail and no amount of head injuries is going to hold him back. Arthur and Evelyn's caravan trip comes to an abrupt end thanks to Tyrone's leaking air mattress, but what on earth has got Arthur to work on his two-second smile fade or taken him to Weathy General on the fly? Billy and his manbag have a very important meeting with the bishop. Scott has a painting by numbers caper to get one over Ray, which apparently depends on Johnny doing the driving. Gary's reluctance to sell the factory may well scupper Ray Weinstein's evil plans, which are finally revealed and they're not quite what anyone was expecting. No, seriously. David and a bottle of wine retreat to the sinkhole for some peace. Dev contemplates slave labor. PC Tinker will see himself out.