The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

February 8, 2019 - Shut the Front Door

If you’re one of those people who’ve been sitting at home on tenterhooks for Chesney and Gemma to finally get it on then this is the week for you. For everyone else; not so much. Brian and Cathy’s plans to eventually put in an offer on every commercial building on the street takes another step forward when the Kabin suddenly becomes up for grabs, but how will Rita, who spends all week screaming at people, feel about this development? Elsewhere, Nick and David’s sudden misogyny is only outshone by the return of Shona’s ne’erdowell offspring, Abi will be married to Peter and sailing around the world with him before Spring has Sprung unless Tracy can do something about it, Ron from Goodnight Sweetheart is fencing stolen goods, and rather than appear in court, Liz disappears for a holiday in the sun on a cardboard plane from the 1980s. Okay, so please by all means be aware that most of the people who get in contact with us actively seem to hate Coronation Street, so if you have something positive to say, anything positive to say, you are more than encouraged to do so via email or Skype voicemail (we haven’t had one of those yet) at thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com. On Twitter and Facebook we’re @corriepodcast, which I’m still amazed hadn’t been snapped up before we got our mitts on it. And there’s a blog, but you’re not interested in that, but of the sake of consistency it’s thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com. 

February 1, 2019 - Pythagoras in Clogs

It’s been a Polar Vortex week which has seen Hell freeze over and Peter get his unmentionables of off Abi, who uses him to good effect to ignore everything else crappy going on in her life at the moment. Steve and Tracy come up with a flawless plan to deal with the Amy Situation, a returning Irish Tina is, very briefly, in the market for a DNA test, and the truth is extracted from Evelyn just before she disappears on her holibobs with that guy from last week. Meanwhile, Mary, when she’s not delivering bad news to the paper shop, is fusing Japanese and Norwegian words to describe her love for clearing out her books about fish, Rita has “that lecture” with Jenny again, Johnny has “that request” to Carla and Michelle again, and the new barber shop is unofficially named Dick’s. If you want to get in contact with us, and it’s warm enough to go without gloves for five minutes, feel free to put virtual pen to paper and drop us a note of your musings, etchings, and all other epistolary chronicles via the following means. thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com is the way to email us or leave a voicemail on our Skype, @corriepodcast is reserved for Tweets and whatever it is you call it when you write something on Facebook. And thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com is where blogs go to die.

January 25, 2019 - Big Ginger Stud

If there was a question on the lips of the soap-loving nation this week it was surely this: so is Bethany going out with Ryan or what? Aside from that, there was relative intrigue around the mystery father of Amy’s baby and poor Simon, despite his highly-publicized virgin status, seems the most likely candidate. In other news, after three nights on a lilo, Sarah would give her kingdom for a futon or perhaps one half of Adam’s waterbed. Meanwhile, Roy’s mum’s dead, Bertie’s bowels are better, Sally ruins the County game score for Tim, Tyrone’s inner calculator refuses to add two and two together following a conversation with an ambidextrous man in a car with a penchant for exposition, and in a moment of faultless honestly, Abi admits that she’s never been to Botswana. If your fingertips are tingling at the idea of telling us how much you enjoyed this week’s episodes, or tell us that The Big Bang Theory isn’t as funny as it used to be, or, as quite a few people like to do, express the notion that Corrie is stumbling from one ridiculous storyline to the next, here’s how you can put that tingle to use. Except for the Big Bang Stuff. Email us or leave a Skype voicemail at thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, we’re @corriepodcast at Twitter and Facebook, and we say we blog but we don’t really at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

January 18, 2019 - Hashtag Pray for Duncan

If we ever required proof of how small a world it’s becoming, look no further than Duncan’s dead / not really dead wife, May, who flicks the Vickies at the logistic and financial nightmare of getting from Costa Rica to Weatherfield, and turns up at Weathy General in under 24 hours. And it wasn’t even worth the complimentary peanuts. Sally has problems adjusting to life back on the street and jousts Gina with an estate agent sign, as you do. Elsewhere, there’s baby talk between Steve and Tracy that’s really going to take them down an unsuspected path, while all the talk of Baby Bertie is regarding the wee soul’s bowels. Meanwhile, Nick and David’s Mexican Stand-off might see the introduction of hipsters to a Victoria Street Barber Shop, Kate finds a new way to be selfish, and Abi is astounded to learn exactly how many of the female residents of the Street have done time. If you have an overwhelming desire to get in contact with us, who can blame you? Our email address is thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com and I believe you can use the same address to leave us a voicemail on Skype, we’re @corriepodcast on the Facebook and the Twitter, we have a blog thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

January 11, 2019 - Footprints on Uranus

This week’s Corrie requested a lot of blind eye turning from its viewing several. Gina somehow managed to extract an international telephone number from a payphone despite there being no real means for her to do so, and then Nick deposited 30 grand cash into Underworld’s account without raising the suspicions of the bank’s Money Laundering Officer. The Chesney / Gemma storyline refuses to die no matter how gloriously delightful Emma is, Brian sets his sights low for his next job opportunity, and hell hath no fury for Johnny and Jenny like a Liz scorned, run over, and left for dead in the street. Elsewhere, Billy and Paul compete in Olympic standard flirting, Seb still thinks he can adopt the twins, Abi is staying at Bonita’s don’tcha know, and Angie’s departure is so low key only dogs sensed it even happened. So if you want to get in touch with us, perhaps you’d like to wish Helen all the best with her upcoming surgery, or maybe offer me luck in keeping the household standing and in one piece and not have us eating over the sink while she’s in hospital, you are more than welcome to do so. On email, we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, we’re @corriepodcast on Twitter and Facebook and we’re still resisting Instagram because I don’t understand it, and our blog is thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

January 4, 2019 - Fancy Coat and Ethics

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December 21, 2018 - Conversational Spanish (Feliz Navidad)

Ho ho ho! Festive greetings to fellow Corrie fans and to those who can’t quite bring themselves to pull the plug on it. This week, when Rana and Kate aren’t crying, they’re about to cry. No one can think that Jenny has been handling the post-Johnny-Liz thing all that well and few could predict that the situation finds a new rock bottom. In other news, Phil literally hangs Brian out to dry but will it prove to backfire on the odious wee POS, and Seb is convinced living with him and Eileen is just what the twins need. Elsewhere, Cerberus is still separated from Evelyn, Audrey’s come into a wad of money which interests both Nigel Havers and Nick, and Tim is mostly drunk. You can send us your festive missives to us on email, we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com and you can find us @corriepodcast on The Twitter and The Facebook. Our blog is thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com. To those of you who celebrate Christmas, have a great time and we wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. That said we're in discussions as to whether we're doing this next week (not if Gav has a say in the matter -- which he doesn't).

December 14, 2018, Kebab-Shop-Owning Robots

It’s a bad week for fans of alternative therapies and non-fans of vaccinations, and fans of coherent storytelling. Otherwise the Sinead and Daniel storyline didn’t really advance all that much despite the power of thievery that was going on thanks to Beth’s bright ideas. Roy seems to be the only resident capable of tracking down a missing greyhound, Archie Shuttleworth is dead for some reason, and Brian may well lose his job thanks to that wanker Phil. Elsewhere, Kate’s eyes, Michelle’s fringe, Robert’s delusion, and Rana’s patience are all pushed to their limits as fertility clinic farce plays out. Otherwise, Imran buys Nick’s car for 250 under the asking price and Mike and Liz ain’t a thing. Gav knew this would be a shite week. They say the art of letter writing is dead. Well, we here at The Talk of the Street Towers say pish to all that and invite you all to enter into cordial correspondence with us on all things Corrie or Podcast. On email, we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com, on Facebook and Twitter we’re @corriepodcast and there’s a dusty blog at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com that would always appreciate a visit, although I’m not sure why you’d want to.

December 7, 2018 - Angry Badgers

Sinead finally begins to doubt the affects of a healthy diet, lots of vegetables and crossing her fingers is going to have on her cervical cancer, but has she waited too long? Meanwhile, Leanne and Toyah’s balcony has never seen so many concurrently untrousered gentleman visitors, Brian’s on the Pro Plus, and Fiz leaves for Birmingham five minutes before giving birth to a baby that her storyline would have us believe doesn’t exist. Elsewhere, Tracy’s ready to burn that stupid contract on the Red Rec, Kate and Robert don’t know if they’re fertile, Cathy wants a job at the Kabin until she doesn’t. Oh, and although Eileen’s back, she spends all of Friday plotting with her mates to bugger off again already. It’s like she doesn’t think of us at all. Please get in touch with us only when it is safe and legal to do so. On email we’re thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com. We’re @corriepodcast on Twitter and Facebook. And the rumors you’ve heard are true, we do indeed have a blog that can be found at thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com.

November 30, 2018 - No Jim Jams Night

Gina is the world’s worst go-between as Tim’s doubts over Sally’s fidelity are allowed to fester, while the fruits of Paula’s labour over the last months appears to be limited to one CCTV recording and two character witnesses. I’d be checking my bill if I were you, Sal. Meanwhile, Jenny manages to resurrect a previously submerged phone, Mary’s t-shirt collection welcomes an odd addition and Hope takes exception to Evelyn’s jigsaw. Elsewhere baby fever has rendered Kate and Robert incapable of empathy for their other halves, Dev runs in the wrong direction, and Brian has successfully found a bicycle helmet in his size but still needs help with left and right. There’s a little sliver of space of gmail’s server reserved for mail to us so you might as well use it. Send your words, murmurings, joy, panic, and cake to thetalkofthestreet@gmail.com. Alternatively, there’s always @corriepodcast on Twitter and Facebook. And if you’re more of a blog person, and you do look a bit like a blog person, thetalkofthestreetpodcast.wordpress.com is for you.