The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

September 6, 2019 - Falling Knives, Runaway Wives

Another wishy-washy week, with one Jimmy Bond exception. Hope’s back and already the factory has another disaster to contend with, while Gav tries to come to terms with a dolly having its head ripped off. Sean, who hasn’t had a storyline in a while, decides to appear this week to piss all over Eileen and Jan’s chips. Emma doesn’t like ham or cheese but seems to find some common ground with Steve. The most important thing about Ray’s new restaurant endeavor seems to be shaped more in line with Michelle’s knickers, and Sinead, who has inexplicably become immersed in the beard oil trade and forgotten all about her wedding that’s due to happen in the next 24 hours, is concerned that Daniel is more interested in Bethany and her unpublishable article. Elsewhere, Tim’s Dad thinks he’s Jake La Motta or Robert De Niro: he’s neither, and Craig has a birthday.

August 30, 2019 - The Zoological Quandary

It was something of an indifferent week in Corrie where we focussed on stories that either aren’t all that interesting, or ones that we thought had been dealt with, or startling developments emerged in others that snipped through our suspension of disbelief. Robert manages to get yet more lies out of this Young Offenders tall tale but looks like he’s met his match in Irish Jed, plus Craig’s fortunate positioning in the street at vital times makes it look like Robert’s web may be about to collapse. A reasonably tanned David manages to figure out why Mad Max is behaving in the way he is and gives Shona a way into the kid's good books, but is it going to be enough? Emma shows far more interest in getting to know Amy, leaving Steve to fall asleep at the switch and have filthy dreams about Fat Brenda. Gary is getting fed up with Derek’s unprofessionalism and Ryan’s taking the piss, but a moment of exaggerated frustration with Derek in the Rover’s toilets might just give Adam cause for concern. Hope and Fizz are back in town, earlier than expected, and Tyrone gets the feeling that he may have overlooked something; did he switch the iron off, did he remember to lock the front door, did he fill in that important form to make sure Hope gets an education? Evelyn has an interesting idea that may get Ty out of this hole or wind up with him further deeper into it. Elsewhere, Asha understandably doesn’t want to share a bedroom with her recently returned abandoned brother which will cause Mary accommodation issues, Eileen and Seb’s happiness may well be usurped by a character who surely must have been remanded in custody, and Tim’s Dad may have some serious medical issues and we can only pray that he does.

August 23, 2019 - Multi Story Grave

Another podcast episode recorded on a Saturday morning finds Helen and Gav a little sleepier, and far more over-the-place, than usual. If seeing Emma upset last week was heart-breaking, Yasmeen upset gives that emotion a very strong run for its money as Tim’s Dad’s gaslighting goes to horrendous new levels. Daniel hasn’t really been all that unbearable recently but he kinda makes up for it when he spills gazpacho soup into the lap of one of Nathan’s buddies and indirectly gifts Craig the temporary power of flight. Emma’s Not Dad’s funeral is this week and Steve is determined to find out the truth while avoiding Tracy and her preening scissors and bloodlust. Elsewhere, the truth of the Bailey’s arrival on the street finally comes to light and we only have to endure a little bit of Gemma’s pee to get there, Eileen’s back on the switch where she can at least earn some money while being grumpy, and Max goes mental with a plastic cricket bat.

August 14, 2019 - Drop The Wink

A shortened week for us this week, but one that packed a hefty emotional punch that ranked 7.5 on the Eileen Scale. Gary’s getting work set-up with regard to the factory repair, calling on the services of Ed and then latterly Seb who is only too pleased to bury the hatchet anywhere other than his own back. Sarah, though, needs a bit more convincing. We hadn’t really been thinking much about Emma’s dad before last week, where he was introduced as having a dicky tummy, and things are only going to be heading south for him from here on in. Would that this be the extent of the complications to Emma’s life and the lives of other residents. Dev’s back and immediately chastises Evelyn for the gambling ring but when he realizes his error and has to eat humble pie, he’s going to have to get through Ruby before Evelyn is going to agree to forgive and forget. Robert’s lies extend this week to the point where no one is quite sure how many people he’s going to get married to on his fake 50th birthday. Meanwhile, Chesney disapproves of dancing, Tim’s Dad continues to frustrate, and Carla and Peter are off to get their hole at a motorway layby. And they say romance is dead.

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.