The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

August 9, 2019 - Crim Bait

Some great stuff and some not so great stuff this week. See if you can work out which is which. Imran decides that he can share a duplicitous plan with Toyah without consequence after he learns that the bail hostel across from Claudia’s may never be built, and lives to regret this decision, Eileen’s wrestling moves, particularly her clothesline, have come on leaps and bounds this year and, as Rachel’s face will testify, she’s probably due a shot at the next WWE PPV, while Robert’s awful lies continue, thankfully briefly, for another week. Meanwhile, Evelyn has a whole number of simultaneous scams running at Dev’s while he’s away and she gets the upper hand against both Mary and Steve, and the writers have made Emma sad this week and this cannot be allowed to continue — Emma is lovely and needs to be happy at all times; capiche? Elsewhere, Carla stinks at making even the most basic of breakfast meals while Roy is screaming for painkillers in the background, Gary’s plans for world domination continue unabated, and Kev doesn’t think much of Kim Kardashian’s par five arse.

August 2, 2019 - Oprah Flaming Winfrey

A slightly longer episode as we cover this week and the tail end of last week. It would appear that Kev is disinterested in renewing his Weathy County season ticket while Sophie manages to forgive Paula of stuff that she probably didn’t need to forgive. Kate wants to keep her room at the Rovers and not pay rent while she has a perfectly good room over the road and she doesn’t take kindly to Jenny’s plans to convert her upstairs (but not like that) into a B&B. Robert’s lying goes to such extents that we have Inception level lies within lies and we’re all going to need a wee dreidel spinner to remember just what is the truth anymore. Abi gets her job back at Kev’s garage and then immediately lays the ground work to lose that job as quickly as possible, although to be fair, she does so with a lovely new haircut. Claudia decides that Ken doesn’t need four brown jumpers. Eileen, inexplicably, agrees to continue a relationship with Jan who has openly lied to her several times and quite frankly, she gets the boyfriend she deserves at this point. Bernie steals a tree and shows Chesney her floof.

July 24, 2019 - The Quadfather

We're away this weekend, so it's a shortened podcast covering Monday and Wednesday's episodes. Gary of all trades and master of none finds himself trying out a new role, which is all a bit like In At The Deep End with Chris Serle off of out of the 80s (hi, kids). Ali reacts ridiculously while tending Maria’s twisted ankle and then Michelle tears her a strip when she catches her with a new beau. Sucks to be Maria. Gemma’s mum, Bernie, shows up and is more Gemma’s mum that anyone could have reasonably guessed, but she does shed a light on Gemma and Paul’s real names and wastes no time at all in making an indecent proposal to a terrified Chesney. Evelyn has very exacting standards when it comes to electrical work while Mary takes a more direct approach to getting her point across. Kev suddenly has a problem with Paula, Liz and Tracy find out the secrets of Steve’s gym bag, and Kirk has an itchy arse.

July 19, 2019 - Freak Magnet

Eileen’s history with dodgy builders looks set to continue as Liz digs up some dirt on Jan, who it turns out is Polish after all. DS Beckett is keen to remind us all that the roof collapse happened four months ago, a girl died, and no one has been brought to justice, which gets Nick’s and Gary’s knickers in varying knotted states, and mugs may or may nor go missing and unreported. Roy’s wiring is still in a bit of a fankle so he moves in with Tyrone, much to Evelyn’s chagrin who thinks Roy has his eyes on her unmentionables. Maria’s desperate for a man and then men she meets this week are notably desperate with one in particular being sent home with his tail between his legs. The Knicker People realize they’re actually Packing People and are keen to get the factory back up and running again, but because they’re now shareholders, they’re going to have to forgo their bonus to pay for the repairs and Beth IS NOT happy about this development as she has Love Island plans for her money. For Ches and Gemma, stuff also happens.

July 12, 2019 - The Good Ones, The Posh Ones

For the whole week, Michelle is initially suspicious. Paul does not take kindly to Billy’s interference but very quickly manages to move on, leaving Sean to appear quite butch to Beth who is keen, but not as keen as Issy, to take some photographic evidence of such. Steve’s partnership with Michael is at least as stupid as previous partnerships with Tim but, perhaps for the first time, this involves a missing horse that’s impersonating a unicorn and Sean has to re-evaluate his relationship with Co-Op sandwiches. Michelle is initially suspicious and Robert, the world’s worst liar, doesn’t even have the common sense to switch his phone on to silent. Kirk is back and Beth is taking more photos while Sinead comes to terms with the results from her latest scan, and Daniel comes to terms with the fact that he and Sinead aren’t really married after all. Nick does not settle into prison life thanks to a weird Scottish cell mate and a bloke covered in pen and he contemplates doing the unthinkable; telling the truth. But Leanne has other ideas. Roy’s wiring needs attention more than Evelyn needs a double brandy and Cerberus needs a floor sausage. Michelle is initially suspicious.

July 5, 2019 - Goodbye Mister Torso Meat

A busy old week on and off of the cobbles. Tim’s Dad is responsible for overactive bile production in the viewing millions as his coercion of Yasmeen continues, for the moment, unabated, Maria is looking for her perfect match, who Emma thinks sounds like a cross between David Gandy and the actual Gandhi, but more likely is going to end up in the shape of Dr Ali who is permanently in the market for a haircut and none of this excuses Maria’s Robert De Niro impression. Meanwhile, Sean and Paul decide to have a feud this week which quickly escalates when loose lips around Moira result in the old bill conducting an interview at Speed Daal, but at least Bluetooth Billy gets a new set of headphones out of the deal, Carla is back from Carlisle with Peter and (briefly) Simon and she’s got some revolutionary ideas for what to do with the factory that are going to make the Knicker People very happy, and Peter and Nick very angry, Nick and David can no longer remember who was responsible for what when in comes to stealing Audrey’s money and now both become embroiled in a game of oneupmanship as the blame game increases in intensity to such a degree that a mannequin Audrey topples over in shock. In other news, Steve’s secret plans for Tiny reveal a potential relationship with Beth that, frankly, neither of us saw coming, Roy gets his ironing done, Netflix and chill has never generated more photo messages on a British soap opera, and Toyah is exceptionally well-prepared to serve up some veggie lasagna.

June 28, 2019 - Pimped Up Horses

Warning — this episode of The Talk of the Street contains segments that feature frank discussion of Tim’s Dad, who by any measure has officially become one of the more dastardly characters on a show that also contains a free-wheeling liar in the shape of Robert, whose efforts in keeping Irish Tina and Michelle unaware of each other are starting to creak under the strain of so many spun yarns, and Gary who we’re still expected to accept as the principal villain of the piece. Elsewhere, Gemma is tempted by the prospect of some easy, baby-related money, despite Chesney’s protestations otherwise, birthday boy Steve fails to satisfactorily construct a wardrobe and then is distracted by unicorns, and David concocts a novel way of putting Shona’s mind at ease ahead of next week’s sentencing. In other news, Maria has got to the point in her life where she’s spending evenings hanging out with Gail and Audrey, Emma gets lucky, and Craig is tired of being everyone’s Commissioner Gordon.

June 21, 2019 - A Loft of Sorts

Beth’s impromptu photography competition coincides with Sinead’s scan and it could all turn out horribly but is saved by a white sheet and Daniel with a box of paper petals, Rick the Chin is out of jail and out for revenge with Gary firmly in his sights, Adam is WAY too smug at getting his hole with Sarah, and Wayne and Brian’s continued search for RP annoys Roy to the extent that all the evidence may wind up in Brian’s Loft of Sorts until quiet words of common sense from Cathy and then Evelyn help Roy see his errors of the past and a path for his future. Meanwhile, the Baileys have another strong week and Claudia finds out she may have bitten off more than she can chew with Aggie and there’s not enough cotton wool in the world to save their ears from over-enthusiastic Mexican football commentators, Jack, Kev, Tim, and Steve are all star-struck with James and happy to be fleeced by a wheeling and a dealing Michael, and one man whispering lie machine Robert tells so many lies to the two women in his life that at least some of them might end up being true by accident, and how is his idea of a super secret wedding that stays out of Irish Tina’s social media feed going to go down with Michelle? Hint: Badly. Elsewhere, Phil (remember Phil?) stuffed course work down the toilets at the school, Beth doesn’t buy dinner for Bertie, and Bethany has a car.

June 14, 2019 - The Fondue Tip

Corrie is really spoiling us with another good week. This week, thanks to no one in soaps having a clue what to do with their mobile phones, Leanne turns a bit Nick as she attempts to track down the elusive Natalie, who is lucky to get out of Tracy’s cab in one piece and not in Aberdeen, Adam’s dry spell on the street is almost at an end as he and Sarah turn a fairly unethical business relationship into a fairly unethical romantic one, all the while keeping a sulky Gary in the dark, and Ken is a regular misery-guts when he isn’t allowed to watch his documentaries so he soon clashes with the builders renovating next door, but are the builders all that they seem? Meanwhile, Michelle has a proposal for Robert that appears all well and good until we discover that the reason for his frequent and mysterious departures is revealed to have an Irish accent, Tim’s Dad continues to delight no one and a darker side is once again hinted at as he tries to get Yasmeen out of the horsey syndicate, while Sally’s been down the costume shop again and looks to whip Tim up those stairs faster than he can recount an erotic dream with his beloved horse. Elsewhere, Gemma checks with Gary about the likelihood of her four kids coming out ginger, Sinead gets notice of an upcoming hospital appointment that isn’t ominous at all, and Abi hates poetry.

June 7, 2019 - Craig Tinker's Light Switch

Another enjoyable week on the Cobbles sees Gary try his hardest to upsell on people’s stolen passports, later attempting to shift second-hand 10p mix-ups for £17.40, Gail unreasonably thinks that Audrey should forgive and forget the chaos that her offspring have created and Audrey looks like she’s coming round until an unfortunate spelling of Nigel Havers puts paid to that, and Dev’s heading out of the show for a while and rather than think of something to keep his kids occupied for a few months, the show takes the path of least resistance and sends them all on a plane to India, much to Evelyn’s joy. Meanwhile, Gemma’s a twin; her mum was a twin; her nanna was a twin; she really likes the movie Twins, but she and Chesney aren’t quite prepared for the number of buns in this particular oven and they take turns passing out, and Peter and Carla have found a bed for in a lovely facility but it means moving to Carlisle for a bit. So that’s what they do. They take Simon, because why not. Elsewhere, Tim’s relationship with Tiny may be over before it begins when Sally’s syndicate falls apart quicker than a game of Jenga on a pogo stick, Norris and his chums reminisce about drag nights and Eartha Kitt and fables from Commonwealth Games of yesteryear before he gets in that big black taxi to Edinburgh, and in particularly sad news, Sarah’s phone was not insured.