The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

June 26, 2020 - Kicking Screaming Shouting Swearing

We’re back! After a one minute recap of the week we missed, we get stuck into this week’s offerings. Shona is desperate for some boom-chicka-wa-wa time and doesn’t seem concerned if that’s with Aaron, her care worker, or David, her husband, and then becomes very frustrated at a jigsaw puzzle. Scottish Vicky and Jordan get beaten up, with Carla pinning the blame on Peter, although maybe Scott, who appears overly interested in Carla, had something to do with it. After planning a family holiday, Steve and Leanne head off to the hospital for an update on Oliver’s condition. Daniel bores a sex worker with stories of Sinead, but she does her best to cheer him up. The Alina / Seb / Emma storyline time travels back to the 70s with Emma inexplicably getting her hand stuck in a vase. Toyah and a very dapper Imran have a secret appointment. Tyrone and Fiz feel old. Ken turns into a flag.

June 12, 2020 - Crime-Fighting Solicitors

Yasmeen is due to make her plea and Alya makes one last effort to talk her gran out of pleading guilty. Sally and Eileen both come to the conclusion that Tim’s Dad is one for the watching. Dev can’t afford private education and Speed Daal takeaways. There’s no shortage of men looking to creep on poor Kelly the Chin, whose mother is back on the scene with a brand new house that isn’t as far away as Gary anticipated. Leanne is worried about Oliver smashing bricks. Daniel has as stellar story about avocados he’d like to share.  With Johnny gone, Carla is inundated with mysterious strangers who know more about her than she knows about them. What possible nickname could we come up with for the new Scottish character?

June 5, 2020 - Phew With A Capital F

It was glorious to see the Rovers’ patrons turn their backs on Tim’s Dad, although Tim’s reluctance to put the hidden camera together with escorts remains a frustration. Asha’s confidence is further boosted by Nina’s words of wisdom which is bad news for ITV Corey and his band of reprehensible mates. Leanne won’t be accepting anyone’s offer of help when it comes to looking after Oliver. Michael isn’t going to Marbella. Gary’s creepy interest in Kelly The Chin remains a concern. Shona forgets oven mitts.

May 29, 2020 - Fish Gape Bedfies

A difficult week for the most part on the cobbles. Oliver’s prized possession is a red car that’s only marginally smaller than the actual car that’s used to drop Shona back on the street. The dual Bailey storyline seems to have the good grace to reach a partial conclusion simultaneously and James is thrilled to hear Kirk sing the new James song that’s sweeping the terraces. The ability of Corrie residents to get their SEO game to astonishing levels continues as Gemma’s vlog manages to attract likes and comments within minutes of its accidental release. Tim’s Dad is out of hospital and out of luck as he tries to get back into Yasmeen’s house. David irks a bunch of teenagers and lures them into an industrial estate for a potentially fatal tickling competition before the police thankfully bring it to a conclusion. Dev refuses to let it lie. Craig is a snitch.

May 22, 2020 - Mongolian Throat Singing

With Oliver seriously ill in hospital, Nick picks this moment to discuss with Leanne where he fits in to what remains of the little boy’s life. Gemma’s been to group therapy and is all better, and takes advice from Sean to record her feelings on a vlog as this was helpful to him that time he was homeless. David opens up about his self-destructive tendencies while Craig drinks water from a questionable source. Tyrone, Fiz, Hope, and Ruby all take joy from winding Evelyn up about her relationship with Arthur. Nina is amazing even when she has zero screen time, and Roy knows a Cradle of Filth track when he hears one. Ed finally works through The Bistro snag list and still has time to take racist Don down a peg or two. Michael’s pep talk to a disinterested Tianna is enough to earn a smooch from Grace. Aggie is creepy.

May 15, 2020 - Nocturnal Tramp

Poor Oliver has a tough week what with all the seizures.  Steve will do anything for a decent bit of sleep then spies Tracy’s cake. Yasmeen is a credible threat to society and a flight risk so Imran’s hopes of getting her bail are in jeopardy. Bernie’s hitting the cider at work and leads Cathy astray. The males in the Bailey household have a really bad day and Danny’s replacement at the Bistro (oh, Danny left, by the way) is not a fan of Ed’s handiwork or his color. Gemma’s not looking forward to her first therapy group session but is surprised to find others share her story, except just not with quads. Arthur invites Evelyn to an Afternoon Dance. David has a tantrum on the bonnet of a Ford Escort. Craig is made of nylon. Tall Matt speaks.

May 8, 2020 - That's A Rubbish Name

Gary continues to be inappropriately interested in the well-being of the teenaged daughter of a man he killed. David is secretly washing his torn clothes which exhausts him to the point he misses Max’s boring speech at the Community Volunteer Award Whatevers. Nina punches a young pervert and makes Asha’s life feel a lot less hopeless. Yasmeen finds herself in a spot of bother with the worst police force in the UK and is assigned a Detective Sergeant who has definitely woken up on the wrong side of the bed, and a Detective Constable who serves no purpose. Sally is a few pages ahead of Tim who fails to join the dots between Yasmeen, Tim’s Mum, and that Jocelyn Walker women. Oliver is left to run his own bath.

May 1, 2020 - Crying Me Eyes Out on't Loo

We’re not going to lie, we spend 10 minutes talking about the movie Robo-Dog, which isn’t as good as it sounds. And it sounds awful. Elsewhere, Asha is doing her best to recover from the events of last week, despite the best chat group efforts from Cossy, Jords, and Skegs, and maybe Dev isn’t the worst dad in the universe. Kelly the Chin realizes how bad both her parents are, but finds a savior in Billy, and a creepy stalker in Gary. A broken boiler (which probably isn’t broken) determines the ownership of Number One, while bearded Daniel abandons Beth and Kirk to turn back up in Roys Rolls and the Rovers. Yasmeen has contracted a STI, which apparently is her fault, loses all her clothes, but finds a hero in a bottle of wine. Cathy forgets her character, Summer is a buddy, and did we mention how creepy Gary is?

 

April 24, 2020 - Nozzle in the Bottom

It’s our 100th episode and we’re day drinking! Huzzah! It’s an incredible week for Asha, not necessarily in a good way, and poor Dev has come to realization that he’s not raising no teenagers in the 1980s. Another three episodes in and we still have no clue what the connection is between Scott and Johnny, and it doesn’t look like we’re about to find out as Johnny goes off to burden Eva with his presence for the next few weeks. The Shady Acres storyline drags itself to an unsatisfying conclusion and Ken drags himself unsatisfactorily back to number one while poor Eccles is memorialized through the medium of art. Sally’s got her heart set on a £2,000 wedding dress that Tim seems to think can be covered by the sale of a small horse. Yasmeen falls out with Cathy and Tim’s Dad is determined to get his hole. Nina calls kids Stranger Things.

April 17, 2020 - Senior Coming

The revolving door on Chesney’s house is put to good use again as Bernie comes back. Did she leave last week? We can’t remember. Liz takes a leaf from Kate’s playbook and pisses all over Gemma’s confidentiality by bursting into Dr Gaddas’s office. The fallout from last week’s protest has some unexpected consequences as Arthur reveals a history of civil disobedience, and a bit of work falls into Imran’s lap that Toyah is not happy about, then a bit of Toyah falls into Imran’s lap that he’s very happy about. It’s Fencing Week at Shady Acres, meaning a clash of egos and hair spray as Ken faces off with Charles while Norris comes across some very interesting details on the running of the retirement community. Someone from Johnny’s past scares him off, and then back on to, the lavvy and makes him want to run to France. Asha’s latest example of bad decision-making goes viral and the inexplicably-named Pastel Blue makes an unwelcome return. Cerberus had a hydrotherapy appointment but, due to financial constraints, will be thrown in the canal in future. Cathy has pitta bread ears. Oliver loves Steve.