The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

April 19, 2019 - Nut Juice

In an underwhelming week, Imran shouts at a health and safety official and then conducts a business meeting in a restaurant despite having a perfectly good office while a jam-smeared Gary does Irish Tina a turn and pirouettes a female debt collector into a wardrobe. Meanwhile, Dev takes a whole day off work to play with a blood pressure monitor at the cab office, as a supposedly busy Kev apparently wanders into the barber’s to play table football with David, Robert has a friend who requires a supportive audience when changing a car tyre and Michelle is unreasonable. In other news, Joseph does his best to not murder Chesney and Gemma, Daniel is put out when Sinead’s family want different things from his family, Jan tells Seb to get on his bike to look for work, and Ken steps in a dog shit.

April 12, 2019 - Polished The Weasel

It’s another tough week for Carla given she doesn’t know if she’s Zola Budd or Doctor John Nash from one day to the next. One minute she’s leaving a bloody trail along the Cobbles from her battered bare feet, the next she’s solving complicated mathematical problems with a marker on Ken’s wallpaper while thinking the crossword is speaking to her. Meanwhile, Sarah’s pleasant, helpful attitude to a request from the police may well be enough to ensure Nick and David end up in jail for Easter, and Natalie stays off the coke long enough to put in a decent trial at the Barber’s, but will it be enough to get the job? In other news, Hardman Rick is definitely not cut out for a career in children’s entertainment if his puppetry skills are anything to go by, Sinead rings a bell while Daniel decides that a humanist christening is more in keeping with their wedding (which definitely wasn’t a thing), Chesney and Gemma plan a filthy getaway to a caravan site and do some practicing on that poor couch, Abi is caught —ahem— taking the TV remote upstairs again, and Steve's heart is older than Ken.

April 5, 2019 - Cheesy Balls

It’s Ranamorial in an eight episode Coronation Street spectacular. This gives Peter his cue to insist to Carla that everything is going to be fine and then go behind her back to get everyone to cover for her. He gets short thrift from everyone and so jumps to his regular plan B; head for the coast. A confession kinda spoils the mood in the Community Garden. The Rage of the Knickerpeople continues to brew. Elsewhere, a slightly less coked-up Natalie manages to secure work at the barber’s and provide Leanne with a reasonable excuse why she isn’t Nick’s solicitor after all. Tim, Steve, and Dev construct the biggest bacon roll we’ve ever seen in our lives, and Robert replaces Ryan with a younger, non-Irish version of Irish Tina then tells Michelle to lawyer up. In other news, during Bertie’s Christening Party — a rival to Seb’s 18th — Ken and Claudia make the other guests throw up in their mouths a little bit, Summer forces Billy and Paul together, Chesney is only now realizing that Gemma is a total nightmare, and the seeds of a pointless Tim’s Dad storyline that were planted six or seven months ago finally bear fruit. The crop failed.

March 29, 2019 - Suez!

In the aftermath of Rana’s death, there’s an awful lot of people shouting at other people. A letter from Kate melts Saira’s heart but not enough to do any permanent damage. Gary contemplates Peter’s offer despite Sarah insisting that if he accepts it, he won’t be getting his hole any time soon. Bertie comes home and sleeps his way through that storyline — good baby. Meanwhile, Wayne steals Brian’s thunder and after inspecting Roy’s Mum’s ring, reckons that the answer may lie in Egypt, and on his return, Robert’s survives a sneaky ninja Windex and pepper mill attack. Elsewhere, Sally feels responsible for Rana’s death, Carla does a runner with Peter, Detective Imran destroys other people’s belongings, and it’ll be a cold day in hell before Tim lets Abi anywhere near that switch. If you have any information on the culprit behind the roof collapse, you can send your thoughts, suspicions and accusations our way and we’ll likely read them out. We’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com for email and Skype, we’re @corriepodcast on Twitter and Facebook, and we have a blog that you can find at thetalkofthestreet.wordpress.com. Thanks for making it to the end of another episode. We’ll be back next week with more Talk of the Street.

March 20, 2019 - End in Disaster

It’s one of those event weeks on Corrie, and in one of the worst kept secrets, something falls on something and the something it falls on winds up being the something you assumed it was going to be ages ago. Beth’s early morning rendition of Edge of Glory in the factory is enough to wake up Gail, but not Gary. A coked-up Natalie is back on the scene taking selfies with Audrey while her hair is inadequately cut and then looking to play table football with Nick for her future. The real reasons for Kate’s jump suit are finally revealed, and Ken does his best to drive Peter to Southampton with a topless mermaid on the back seat, and a packet of mints in his pocket. Oh, and does that roof look safe to you? Okay, if there are any special words you’d like to leave us then you are more than welcome to do so but if you’re going to back mouth the show then please try to do so in a way that is at least partly entertaining which means not saying how crap something is every week for two months. Here’s how you can do that. On email we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, we’re @corriepodcast on Facebook and Twitter, and this week’s episodes may be enough to coax me to write some thoughts on our blog over at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

March 15, 2019 - David Scissorhands

Carla speaking Mandarin was the strangest moment of the week until it turned out that Kirk can also speak Mandarin, Michelle takes a football to the boobs and decides she definitely doesn’t want to have a baby. Elsewhere, Evelyn is back and ends up paying off her debt at the garage by polishing windows with knickers that don’t belong to the mother of twins, and Eileen tempts fate by dating another builder. Meanwhile, Lolly goes psycho, Mary’s planning a one-woman show, Gary is so angry he can’t eat his beans on toast, and Nick would rather employ Stevie Wonder. If you want to pull a Robert and blame us for everything, feel free to send us a notice of complaint that we shall delete upon receipt. For all other correspondence, we’re @corriepodcast on Facebook and Twitter, we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com on email and we have a fancy dancy blog at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

March 8, 2019 - Paris Hilton of the Cobbles

Shona runs out of the Junkie Paddington House and then runs straight back into it because she forgot to stab her son and then later, a stuffed weasel and a conned grandmother will save the day. Meanwhile, a miscommunicated note leads Seb to see half of Sarah’s bits and pieces and then he has to endure the worst 18th birthday party in the world, Lolly continues to ruffle the feathers of Kate and Rana and has all the eligible bachelors on the street polishing pennies, and Tim’s Dad is a dick when Yasmeen has hole-related issues, Gemma moves in with Chesney, Beth goes looking for custard cremes in the factory office and finds much more, Evelyn has her Lost in Translation moment in Paris, and Summer displays an almost unhealthy obsession with cheese and pineapple on sticks. We may not be able to offer a shave and a trim for a quid, but we do offer numerous methods of ways to get in touch with us. We’re nice people. You should get in touch with us. Our email address and address for Skype voicemail is thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com. Leave us a message and so long as it’s fairly clean, we’ll play it on the next podcast. On Facebook and Twitter we’re @corriepodcast. We have a freshly updated blog that you can acquaint yourself with that’s available on the internet, which is a thing now, at www.thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

March 1, 2019 - Claudia McClaudiface

We're not sure if he mentioned it or not this week, but if Clayton goes back to prison, he thinks he’ll wind up dead, so he skips through a graveyard at his old man’s funeral and then eats some Jammy Dodgers. Meanwhile, the prospect of a halfway house cropping up in the area is enough to make Claudia get somewhere to the right of Enoch Powell, and Seb is one angry son too many this week. Elsewhere, the one time someone has any liquid in a cup this week, it pours all over Daniel’s laptop, frazzling his uber-important essay and that, Kev clears a few things up for Gina, and Roy snoozes to a record of train noises. Amy’s decision regarding her baby will ultimately result in Tracy and Irish Tina fighting in the street, and Steve will successfully change a lightbulb. If you have a desire to get in touch and tell us of other celebrities who share the initials RP or explain why I can’t get the mix minus thing working on my Behringer mixer, here’s how you can make that happen. Send us an email or a Skype voicemail to thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, you can tweet us and facebook us @corriepodcast and you can read out of date articles and ill-informed opinion at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

February 22, 2019 - Sex Boob

In a condensed week, the mystery of the whereabouts of Roy’s slippers and jacket is finally solved with ramifications for Abi, Peter, Carla and an elderly police constable. Bethany is there to help Amy make up her mind about the baby, which is the cue for Steve and Tracy to get the baby fever. Kev is in the habit of accepting packages that are addressed to other people, Kate’s annoying friend Lolly shows up, and Mary isn’t against the idea of procreating with Tyrone but suspects she wouldn’t enjoy it. None of this matters. The only thing that matters is that Mary flosses. If your fingers fancy dancing out a message to us, then here’s the routine. Our email and Skype address is thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, on Twitter and Facebook we’re @corriepodcast, and our blog is thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

February 15, 2019 - Eggy Pie

Poor Peter will soon be returning his Captain Haddock outfit to his unintelligibly Welsh friend when the boat he’s been working on for the last few weeks turns out to be highly flammable. Irish Tina is back with a recipe for morning sickness and a plan to get herself, and an unsuspecting Tyler, into Amy’s baby’s life. Meanwhile, the show insists that we care about Clayton getting his head kicked in by a bloke covered in pen. Elsewhere, Chesney and Gemma’s pursuit of their hole runs close to infringing the copyright of a Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze movie from the 90s, Dev takes his pet empty cup for a walk around Weatherfield, and Summer is very temporarily in possession of a banana. If you want to send us virtual samples of your writing so we can compare it against Mary’s, please do so in these tried and tested formats. Our email and Skype is thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, if Twitter and Facebook burns your boat we’re @corriepodcast, and you can find our freshly updated blog over at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.