The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

March 6, 2020 - Forget The Elephant

It’s a wedding week on Corrie! Adam and Sarah are about to be hitched, Charles Rennie Mackintosh style. And it was lovely, even with Daniel and Bethany making eyes at each other. Through his joy, Adam decides to poke the hive and drop many hints to Gary about Maria’s dalliance with Ali (who’s had a hair cut). Tim’s Dad is clearly trying to scupper the reputation of a business he has an investment in, which makes little sense. As much as we enjoy Jade, it seems that all it took to get her to bolt was for her to have a quick winch with Tyrone and for Hope to pass judgment on it. Roy and Nina go bat watching. Craig can’t run. Liz contemplates her death by lemon sherbetAggie inexplicably receives an award for failing to save someone.

February 28, 2020 - Fifty Percent Doormat

Not a great week this week. Tracy and Peter engage in a bidding war on Number One with Carla playing, perhaps, the best hand. Kev and Abi’s alibi falls to pieces and results in someone determined to get their hole. James is deflated by Ed’s confession to Danny. Bethany somehow gets an offer to an internship at that London despite her writing being below par for a writing course and Daniel makes a life decision that Beth hates. Gemma goes stretching with people who secretly hate her. Tim’s Dad kills a chicken.

February 21, 2020 - Breadhead

James comes out to Ed who seems to take it well, seems to take it well, seems to take it well, then takes it very badly. Despite Maria continually telling Ali that she doesn’t want him, she wants him to leave, she regrets getting her hole off of him, Ali continues to pursue Maria which leads us to decide that we’re no longer Team Ali and as soon as is character is moved on, the better. Chesney and Gemma are having problems juggling their appointments with the quads which generates friction with Tara, a PR expert who seemingly has never spent a minute working in the PR sphere. Fiz and Tyrone continue their track of being the worst parents ever by wanting to be mates with their offspring, caving in to their every demand, and ignoring the fact they could stop the very thing that’s causing them such heartache. Abi and Kev finally get together but it is nowhere near as satisfying as we anticipated it to be, despite liking all the characters involved. Oliver wakes up enough to kinda blow out some of his three candles. Steve and Tim are the Hulks.

February 14, 2020 - Night Off For A Bath

In a storyline so long that Norris McWhirter and Roy Castle might rise from the grave to measure it, Detective Bethany and Daniel put their heads together to bring down Ray Weinstein, but it’s Abi who really delivers justice, not that anyone notices. David finally realizes what we all knew a few weeks ago; this shipping Max to Marion’s idea makes no sense and it only takes a suicidal skip to make him come to this conclusion. Maria’s suspicions of Gary push her into the arms, and the pants, of another until it’s revealed that Gary’s intentions are honorable. The show really hates to reward Emma's kind heart or let her be happy by dropping Alina back on the street with a shiny new job at the knicker factory and Liam’s old room. Nina’s table decorations are adorable. Ken might be on the move if Claudia doesn’t kill him first. Ed is cool as a cucumber when he learns that his old friend Danny is gay. Hope is very excited to see Jeeeeeeede again and Ruby has a strict no drugs policy.

February 7, 2020 - Liberace's Dishwasher

I wonder if, back in 1960, Tony Warren foresaw the 10,00th episode featured so heavily on people singing on a bus. Who could tell? Daniel and Bethany share an awkward wave and agree the it’s too soon for a relationship. Tim’s Dad is utterly appalling and then cries when he thinks of Tim’s Mum. Maria looks like the scales have fallen from her eyes and she sees Gary for what he is. Nina briefly de-goths, Steve and Tracy might actually love each other, and the 10,000th episode features a LOT of singing in a bus.

January 31, 2020 - De-Gingered

Somehow, Tyrone encourages Fiz to agree that letting a psycho into their house may be a decent way to appease the behavior of their misbehaving child. Tim finally gets Charlie’s signature on the divorce papers but it might be too little too late. Gemma’s exhaustion is making us to lean that there’s something else going on in this storyline. Maria and Gary have to deal with losing a baby while Gary also makes amends with an enemy and makes and enemy out of someone who probably had no clue who he was. Sarah’s wedding is going to be Charles Rennie Mackintosh themed which may or may not be awful. Tim’s Dad gets TimBot4000 in a profane tizzy. Steve and Tracy read The Notebook. Helen is forced to read Gav’s notes.

January 24, 2020 - Japanese Fish Balloon

It’s difficult to recount exactly what happened in the quads storyline but our understanding is that Billy cutting around his flat half-naked encouraged Bernie to get her taxi off of the Cobbles. Somehow, David is allowed to cart off a clearly terrified Shona out of the hospital and off to a maternity unit in Leeds while Max is shipped to Marion’s who may or may not have a flight of stairs for him to run up. Charlie plays a blinder against Tim and then with the help of Jenny, an utter irritant in everyone’s storylines this week, she finds herself with some hours at the Rovers. Bethany agrees to pick up her creative writing course because Daniel thinks it’s a decent idea. Jade’s heritage remains as confusing as ever and, apparently, police no longer look in attics. Abi is pretty much the only person on the street capable of getting stuff done. Sarah wears leather trousers.

January 17, 2020 - Tea Chest Bass

Steve and Tracy take couples counseling to an oddly violent conclusion. Tim’s Dad plumbs new depths as his emotional coercion of Yasmeen continues, although Cathy is now on the case so there’s hope. A leaflet and a nomination for an award for doing something that was ultimately futile is enough to convince Aggie to go back into nursing. Sally decides that the best way to deal with the Tim situation is to go visit Gina, who was part of another Tim situation not so long ago. Roy and Nina bond over a game of metaphor-laden chess. At the hospital, Max searches in vain for a flight of stairs to run up. Daniel’s beard continues to grow unabated. Bernie is down with the kids. Evelyn makes it clear to Jade that unless she wants to digest her own teeth, she’d best stay away from Fiz and Hope. A very special guest helps Gav through his Hindsight Corner backlog. 

January 10, 2020 - A Chipped Cat

Corrie has been great these last few weeks and this trend continues as Jade finally reveals her true intent while Fiz’s worst nightmares (that don’t involve Tyrone) come true. Shona remains in a coma for another week and despite a brief standoff that everyone seems comfortable in letting pass, David eventually finds a decent ear attached to Aggie. Gemma and Chesney get some sleep in a fancy cottage while chaperones pretend to be them for a Freshco’s shoot, which results in Dev firing Ches twice in 24 hours. Roy has to listen to Aggie’s backstory and pretend that he cares. Tim’s Dad insults Yasmeen’s lovely cardigan. Gail confirms that brain stem activity is a good thing, Daniel’s beard is coming along, and Paula bathes in her work clothes, apparently.

January 3, 2020 - One-Legged Prawns

Ray Weinstein settles in at The Bistro by not sacking everyone and giving away free drink and charity money on New Year’s Eve, ensuring it continues as a loss-making venture into a new decade. For an encore, he precedes to piss all over Kev’s chips (figuratively) and gets his hole off of Abi (literally). Busy week for Ray. Gary’s gangster ways, or some of them at least, come out into the open when Mrs Derek turns up and spills her guts to an interested Izzy about the likelihood of Derek owning a knicker factory, On New Year’s Eve, Tracy wants to drag Steve to see a band that he can’t pronounce but ends up having a more universal conversation with Paula. Shona remains in a coma while David has to struggle with either sitting by her bedside all day or nipping out for an hour or so to testify against Josh. Steve’s got another haircut and a cat, Tim can’t make balloon animals, and Mary is an obvious horse.