The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

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.

May 31, 2019 - Lorraine Kelly on a Pedalo

In Britain’s Got Talent week, we’re warned that the truth hurts. Well, it certainly does for a few characters on the street during a much improved week. The net is closing in on Nick whose lies are becoming more and more fanciful as he tries to talk his way out of his situation, not aided by the fact that Natalie is able to transport herself across vast distances in a heartbeat. Paula’s fancy dinner party and Sally’s horse storylines travel to Cern where they smash into each other in the large hadron collider, where they come out as a storyline from umpteen episodes of Terry & June. Einstein was right after all. Rick the Chin has excess amounts of jam this week and finds Gary’s face very spreadable. And in other news, Carla’s psychosis reaches new levels where she thinks she sees several ghosts from the past and actually does see the new uber-super-villain. Elsewhere, eagle-eyed Imran spots a potential fire hazard, Wayne would be proud, and Gail is arrested for the attempted murder of Lorraine Kelly’s arse.

May 24, 2019 - Another Illusion Shattered

We’re ready for Corrie to get to wherever it’s building towards, but this was not the week where that happened. Instead, Kirk sings a song about Beth’s puppies and then GoLucky’s his backside over the horizon to Pontins for six weeks, Toyah and Imran concoct a cunning plan to catch Nick which also involves Toyah and Leanne being able to break into Rick the Chin’s office, and Steve follows his disastrous week last week with another belter, somehow managing to get himself and the cab firm into more hot water. It’s just lucky that the women in his life have a better idea of how to run things. Elsewhere, Roy continues to behave in a most unRoy fashion, much to the displeasure of Wayne, while Sally jumps on the horsey bandwagon set by Paula and Sophie and ropes Yasmeen, Jenny, and Sinead into a seemingly speculative investment while unashamedly wearing a sleeveless bodywarmer. Meanwhile, Bethany’s latest charity case sees Gary getting a job of some description as a fully-fledged member of the Knicker People, Natalie stops being fun and trots out the same threat over and over again while flirting with David and annoying Shona, the Platt's holiday plans are almost at fruition, and Craig gets a superfluous shave.

May 17, 2019 - Queen of Edge

It’s an up and a down kind of week on the cobbles this week, which sees frantic residents do their best to track down Carla — she’s always round the corner — and Ken becomes very angry with Roy and, oddly, we see ourselves on the side of Mr Barlow for a change. Seb and Alina are getting closer, despite Seb’s inability to keep out of her place of work for five minutes, or read between the lines of what appears to be Alina’s very distressing backstory. Natalie’s back and as hyper as ever, only made worse by all the birthday cake she must’ve eaten before starting her shift on Wednesday. Streetcars is having financial difficulties and Steve, who should know better, follows Tracy’s advice, while knicker-related tensions simmer at home between her and Liz. The Rovers has a talent competition and someone told Tim’s Dad about it. That person, we hope, is no longer in the circle of trust. Oh, and we talk way too much about Game of Thrones. Don’t worry. It’ll be over soon.

May 10, 2019 - My Name Emu

It’s our one year anniversary episode where we’re a bit rushed for reasons that will become clear. Norris is back and appears to have been holding on to some correspondence for Mary without her knowledge, which leads Mary to hold all her happiness hopes in the one basket, and we see more of Asha this week that we have all year as her character attempts to become embroiled with a young suitor unfortunately named like a nickname for the show. Meanwhile, Ryan’s inability to adequately explain a simple series of events lands him in hot water with Bethany and Alya, Tim briefly constructs kebabs for a pregnant Gemma at Prima Donner before learning of the results of his heart challenge and then invites way too many people to have a sniff of his pits, and random characters prove a help and then a hindrance as a deceitful Robert bumps into a lost character and attempts to bring her home. Elsewhere, Paula and Sophie are going pony-trekking if ... ya know what I mean, Emma’s plans on a Rovers’ Talent Show may have to include Dev’s impression of David Bowie, and Gav fantasizes about Tim’s Dad handcuffed to a radiator in Phelan’s basement. Again. Thanks to our listeners who’ve been with us from the start, and also those who have jumped on along the way. Here’s to another twelve months of Corrie! Sláinte!

May 3, 2019 - Sausage Rolls For Heads

It’s our 50th episode! As far as meaningless milestones is concerned, that’s a pretty big one so to celebrate, we interviewed the lovely Glenda Young from the Coronation Street Blog. That comes at the end of our recap of a bunch of episodes where Ken, it seems, has never been to an alcoholics anonymous meeting before and it’s unlikely he’ll ever get invited back as The Bank of Claudia comes to the rescue once again, Imran has his nose punching fists on and woe betide anyone who gets their nose in the way of it, and Tracy reveals herself to be something of a quinoa expert at Sally’s fancy dinner party for Tim’s new health regime, but what on earth has he tried to sneak into the cab office from Dev’s? Meanwhile, Polish builder Jan has no shortage of woman courting him for his attentions, but his habit of lying instead of telling uncomfortable truths will probably mean he has to open an account at the florists, for some reason the writers are ignoring the DNR notice on the Chesney / Gemma relationship and we go around the houses one more time while Gemma looks for somewhere new to live, and an old character reappears with an urn in a handbag.

April 26, 2019 - Your Soul, My Soul, Our Souls

Well, that was a much better week on the cobbles. Gemma, who has reverted back to be more like the Gemma we’ve loved in the past, tries to salvage a relationship by burning a fish pie, while Chesney moans an awful lot about everything, ahead of receiving some startling news, while Seb makes a new friend with Alina, a Romanian nail technician who works for a character Gav completely forgot existed. Meanwhile, Moira looks to get her nails into lovely laborer Jan, Peter’s attempts to find Carla are causing him such stress that ancient demons are reawakened, and at Bertie’s naming ceremony, with tensions raised between the Tinkers and the Barlows, Kirk discovers that there’s not much that can’t be settled by wearing a tie round your head and singings songs about how beautiful our souls are. Yes, you heard right, Tracy. Elsewhere, Gary is prepared to stoop pretty low to salvage his relationship with Sarah and manages to jam a couple more lies into the mix for good measure, Brian thinks Abi is after her jollies from him but the truth, thankfully, is a lot more chaste, and at the Rovers, a shrinking Johnny threatens to disappear into a suit of armor.