Bill Podmore was producer for the seventh and final consecutive year, sharing duties with Pauline Shaw from Episode 2216 to Episode 2261 and Mervyn Watson from Episode 2262 until the end of the year. After this four-week period, Watson took over as sole producer, although Podmore continued to work on the programme as its executive producer. The new outdoor set was ready for filming by May. Costing £170,000 to build, the backlot was a scaled up version of the one at Grape Street in most respects, with the main differences being the new No.7, an alleyway between the Rovers Return and No.1, new fibreglass chimneys, and a section of Rosamund Street which would later house the Graffiti Club. The houses were proper concrete-and-brick structures but nevertheless still too small and impractical to permit shooting interior scenes there, with recording carrying on within the main Quay Street studios building. The new house, built by Len Fairclough within the programme's narrative, was designed by Peter Shuttleworth, winner of an office competition at BDP. Shuttleworth drew up plans for a modern brick house in light morter with Georgian-style windows, marking it out from the rest of the row. The set was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on 5th May. The royal visit was organised by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire when planning the Queen's route in the Castlefield area of Manchester when she was in the city to open a new library. Escorted by Granada executives David Plowright and Sir Denis Forman, the Royal couple made their way down the length of the street, meeting and greeting Tony Warren, producer Bill Podmore, writer H.V. Kershaw, the programme's original designer Denis Parkin, and the entire cast, who were stood outside the houses where their characters either lived or worked (where applicable) and wearing their characters' best clothes. The event was shown live on ITV under the title The Queen in Coronation Street. The Grape Street set was used for the last time in Episode 2203 (12th May 1982) (although the ginnel was seen in Episode 2207 two weeks later) and the new exterior first appeared on-screen in Episode 2210 (7th June 1982), which prominently showed the exterior of the new No.7. The last shot of the title sequence was also updated for the new set in that episode. Demolition of the old backlot began on 1st June, and the area became the entrance to the Granada Studios tour in 1988. Len and Rita foster Sharon Gaskell With the Faircloughs moving to the new modern No.7, No.9 was freed up for a new family. Teddy Turner's Chalkie Whitely, a friend of Eddie Yeats on the bins, moved to the street in July after appearing in two episodes five months earlier. With Chalkie came his grandson Craig, the first child to move to the street since 1964. The setup didn't last the year, with Craig's father Bob coming back for his son in December and Chalkie written out the following August. However, Craig's gravel-voiced grandmother Phyllis Pearce, played by Jill Summers, was kept on and her role grew over time. Len and Rita's fostering storyline carried on with them taking in 16-year-old Sharon Gaskell, played by Tracie Bennett. Sharon was another short-lived attempt to represent the younger demographic, lasting only nine months. Meanwhile, Eddie Yeats was given a girlfriend in the form of Veronica Doran as Marion Willis. William Tarmey's part as Jack Duckworth continued to grow, with 14 appearances and his first major storyline with Vera. None of the established cast left the programme although Christopher Quinten was absent from February to June to appear in a theatrical tour. This was written into storylines with Brian Tilsley working in Qatar for a few months. Once he was back, Brian bought into Sykes and Tilsley's Garage, later simply Tilsley's Garage. From this point onwards, the programme has always included a garage as one of its main workplaces. Bert Tilsley was also absent from May to November, due to Peter Dudley's legal troubles. No on-screen explanation was given for Bert's disappearance. There were also brief appearances by Amanda Barrie as Alma Sedgewick, Peter Baldwin as Derek Wilton, Meg Johnson as Eunice Gee, Sue Nicholls as Audrey Potter and Bill Kenwright as Gordon Clegg, the latter for a storyline in which Gordon's birth father was revealed after eight years as Ted Farrell, former wartime sweetheart of Betty Turpin. Two Scouse characters named Cyril and Wesley McGregor, played by Carl Chase and Tony Osoba respectively, were featured in Episode 2203 as guests at Eddie and Marion's engagement party. They made such an impression on writers Julian Roach and John Stevenson that a spin-off named The Brothers McGregor was later built around them, launching in 1985. On 16th November, Granada released The Magic of Coronation Street, the first Coronation Street commercial release. It contained six episodes from the 1960s, including Episode 1, and included newly-recorded scenes in which Len Fairclough, Elsie Tanner and Annie Walker talk over old times as a means of introducing the episodes. (Corripidia)
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic background info about the new set and storylines - many thanks! Funny how the younger characters (in this case Chalky's grandson Craig and the precocious foster teen from hell Sharon Gaskell), so often fail to impress the viewers. It's a miracle Tracy Barlow has survived to this day! Just want to correct a little mistake that was no doubt taken from an official Corrie website. Christopher Quinten's absence from Feb-June was not due to a theatrical tour. As Bill Podmore explained in his autobiography, Quinten defied the total ban on the cast doing panto, by accepting a lucrative starring role in a provincial theatre production. Despite Podmore's warning to him of dire consequences, he stuck to his guns and fulfilled the panto contract. Podmore and senior producers were furious, and seriously considered writing Brian out of the show for good. Obviously they decided against - but wanted to teach him a lesson. So they suspended him from the show for several months on no pay (ensuring his panto earnings were negated), and explained Brian's absence to viewers with the improbable storyline about him going to work in a Qatar garage with Ron Sykes. The blanket panto ban was introduced after one Christmas producers learned to their horror they had allowed too many of their leading men to accept roles as Prince Charming, Widow Twankey etc up and down the country, leaving them short of actors for their all-important Christmas and New Year episodes!
@ellenjohnson3346
Жыл бұрын
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@jstewart3517
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for such classic of real actors ( ken not included or dederi)
@robclark4507
5 ай бұрын
Hi did they have a funeral for bert ?
@Lar308
3 жыл бұрын
I was 23 in 1982 and worked in a factory that required a lot of hard work and skill (measuring / metal fabrication / painting etc) and I used to be wrecked when I came home and I used to find the silly trials and tribulations of the corrie set very relaxing to watch - still makes me feel that way now - thanks for uploading.
@williamf4544
3 ай бұрын
Ha i was 22 - Nana na nana
@shylinh5939
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for all these episodes, I can't believe how different this programme was. Stan and Hilda are wonderful characters, I love their scenes.
@nicolemclean9028
3 ай бұрын
Didnt like stan workshy lazy lay about while poor hilda had 3 jobs
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
Mike’s ‘complement’ to Vera. “You are the most curly-haired, big mouthed future unemployment statistic I’ve ever seen.”
@glamdolly30
3 жыл бұрын
These vintage scripts were pure gold! Mike was in his element as the cock strutting round the factory hen house!
@RiaLake
2 жыл бұрын
Vera countered the 'compliment' well! :)
@lindarowe8550
3 жыл бұрын
Professional gun 66 you're a star thanks very very much for this much appreciated
@jillboyer-gunn3234
7 ай бұрын
What a wonderful old show. I had forgotten how lovely it was 😊.
@glamdolly30
3 жыл бұрын
11:00 Poor old Frankie Baldwin is very breathless, it's obvious he's struggling to deliver his lines. Actor Sam Kydd died of Emphysema soon after these scenes were taped, in March 1982, aged 67. Modern audiences may not know he was a star in his own right, and quite a big celebrity guest for the Street to have secured. Kydd was a leading film star of the post war years, making over 240 movies - more than any other British actor. He was the subject of a THIS IS YOUR LIFE in 1974. God bless him, he was totally believable as Mike Baldwin's dad - I can't imagine any other actor playing the lovable old rogue better!
@alliemaria532
3 жыл бұрын
He was a great actor x
@nicolataylor6011
3 жыл бұрын
You can see the poor man struggling speaking his lines
@NICKROBERTS23
3 жыл бұрын
Glamdolly, I did read that Sam Kydd was planned to come back for another stint, and had rehearsed the following episode (which was hastily re-written) but fell ill and this led to his death. I totally agree with you that he was totally believable in his role as Frankie Baldwin. The Street really has had some big stars on the cobbles!!
@glamdolly30
3 жыл бұрын
@@NICKROBERTS23 Indeed it has an amazing list of past guest stars, and Sam Kydd was one of the best. How sad he couldn't return and film more episodes, I recall reading that a scene which had been written between him and Mike had to be re-written after his death, with Mike speaking to him on the telephone instead. Very sad he couldn't have been in the show longer, I loved his sparring with Corrie son Mike - a chip off the old block for sure!
@Stiffd1
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Sam Kydd! Class actor. He really piled it on too! Thin as a wick in Crane and as Orlando.
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
Stan “Y’can’t give them to a workin’ man, for ‘is dinner, in the middle of February.” Hilda “Yer’ quite right, Stan. And I wouldn’t give ‘em to a working man. But since you don’t fit into that category...” 😂😂😂
@jahno7154
2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know he was sick i thought that was his own unique style of acting always having a slight pause in between his lines.
@poppytop3806
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for these uploads! I'm loving watching these classic episodes of REAL Corrie at it's finest.
@christinefougere
11 ай бұрын
Bert really is a sweertheart, always cheerful no matter what.
@bethshields4903
2 ай бұрын
Great character. Loved Bert.
@professionalgun6674
Жыл бұрын
1:53:20 is the beginning of a brilliant scene featuring Annie, Hilda, Bet and Fred ending with Fred saying he will get the Rolls ready, Annie's face. It's a packed little scene that I'm sure CS hasn't had anything near as good in the last 25 years or more.
@acesigma06
8 ай бұрын
It’s such a brilliantly packed scene ,with characters popping in with lines,and then Mrs Walker reminiscing about Brideshead Revisited was brilliant dialogue quickly pulled down with Fred’s “I’ll get the Rolls” 😂
@bethshields4903
2 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree. Clever writing and brilliant acting. Nothing today compares.
@bethshields4903
2 ай бұрын
There are so many great scenes in this . When Hilda thinks Alf has sent her that card 😂
@theresapierce3934
3 жыл бұрын
Ken is so selfish, Deirdre should never have married him. She should have left him and gone to Mike when she had the chance.
@professionalgun6674
3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget whatsername, the beauty consultant that Ken was getting closer to, remember? Well it was Mike who blew his chance with Deirdre by running off with her at that party he had and after what Ray had done she wasn't having any of it.
@maggieb369
3 жыл бұрын
@@professionalgun6674 when did that storyline occur? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen it. Do you have that episode(s) posted? I would appreciate being able to watch.
@professionalgun6674
3 жыл бұрын
@@maggieb369 Check out March 1981 and also the episode on Missing Episodes March 1981
@maggieb369
3 жыл бұрын
@@professionalgun6674 lovely! Thanks so much. I can’t wait to watch it 😊
@Hulk2k6
3 жыл бұрын
Mike would have traded her in for someone else!
@Bessie66
2 ай бұрын
2:42 - love bet with the beer bottle as a microphone for Hilda and Fred’s responses - absolute classic Corrie at its best 😂😂😂
@queendeirdre7436
Ай бұрын
Boy this brings back memories. My sister and I used to have a CB radio. 😊
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
Anne Kirkbride turned 28 this year, and had recently lost a helluva lot of weight! Compare these with her earliest scenes, dating Billy Walker, marrying Ray Langton aged around 22, and then as a single parent to Tracy, lodging with Emily (when she had a decidedly frumpy period). She looks very different. It's surprising how much people physically change during their 20s. I always thought it was a shame she wore the huge glasses as Deirdre, as they hid her pretty face. Biggest mistake though was her chain smoking - often you'd hear it in her voice, especially when she had to fake crying. It was no doubt a big factor in her sadly premature death in 2015 at just 60. Ironic how often the scripts referred to the big age gap between Deirdre and Ken Barlow, and the assumption she would outlive him - when in reality, sadly Anne Kirkbride is long gone and William Roache is still going strong (and playing Ken), aged 89. Only the good die young!
@bibakroll8999
2 жыл бұрын
It's my understanding that Dreary wore those big glasses, in part, to separate her character from her private life. The glasses were a kind of inverted disguise.
@MultiKs22
Жыл бұрын
Glam dolly 30 that statement is absurd long gone. gone where. she is only gone to god's heavenly home to be with her family and one day, we all reunite when we depart this life. she is gone from this earth you mean everyday living world. in the cathloic faith religion we are rise up the last day.
@bethshields4903
Ай бұрын
She (the actress playing Deirdre) ), had a bout with cancer in the 90’s as well. Hodgkins I think. She recovered and had regular check ups for the rest of her life.
@lindarowe8550
2 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone tell hilda to shut up when she starts singing. I think her singing is wonderful.
@bsaunders5271
2 жыл бұрын
I wish she would be allowed to finish one whole song! Even just once!
@lindarowe8550
2 жыл бұрын
@@bsaunders5271 me to
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
It's the crazy vibrato in Hilda's voice that's pure magic - I can't think why she didn't release an album it would have sold millions, no question!
@lindarowe8550
2 жыл бұрын
@@glamdolly30 absolutely right glam
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
@@lindarowe8550 ❤❤❤❤❤❤'Hilda's Greatest Hits' - We can dream! XXX
@rocawill23
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You!!!!
@itallia666
Жыл бұрын
Just been watching some of the earlier Black & White episodes of Corrie, the early 1960s ones & id thought Elsie must have had some cosmetic surgery since then but on reflection her early appearances were that she was abit more chubby in her younger days. Looking at her here, she looked so much more attractive with more mature looks Her face has more character & has better defined features Whatever is said, Elsie ( Pat Phoenix) was one hell of an attractive woman! Very beautiful eyes & great hair! Super figure when she was slimmer, there's alot to be said about the more mature woman! Regards 🇬🇧👧
@bethshields4903
7 ай бұрын
She had at least two facelifts , first one was fine but subsequent ones didn’t look so good .They weren’t as good at lifts in those days but she was still a fine looking woman nevertheless.
@bethshields4903
7 ай бұрын
I remember When someone else uploaded these episodes and we were commenting on how funny annies hair looked when she went to the” do” . Great episodes!
@aflutteroffeminineconfusio1986
Жыл бұрын
KWatar.....love the pronunciation Ron...bloody hilarious 😂
@WillVenusASMR
3 жыл бұрын
When Gordon says “house” high-pitched 😆
@Stiffd1
3 жыл бұрын
Doesn’t know if he’s a scouser or manc with t’ accent!
@R31922
Жыл бұрын
Bet,Hilda & Betty at the bar...brilliant.
@mrsWELCOME008
3 жыл бұрын
3 :15 Loved the Space Invader machine played by Alf Roberts, and getting pissed off with Annie, after she switched it off. LOL.
@Stiffd1
3 жыл бұрын
That machine was/is Galaxian. Like Corrie. A Classic! I own three of these stand-alone machines.
@TheMeeja
Жыл бұрын
@@Stiffd1 it's not a Galaxian machine... The sounds aren't correct for that. I recognise the sounds but can't quite place the machine... It's infuriating!
@leeorr9071
Жыл бұрын
The best days on Corrie with real life and not now
@chloewilletts1534
3 жыл бұрын
Great video keep it up
@queendeirdre7436
Ай бұрын
Hilda thinking Alf sent her the Valentine's card!😂😂😂😂
@analogueandy8x10
3 жыл бұрын
One thing a really like about these old episodes are the multiple views we have of everyones flats. Not like today, where the cameras are always on one side of the room. We never get to see the nice fireplace in number 5, for example. What I don't like of the old episodes is seeing that unrealistic looking backdrop of the community centre!
@gracegomez1060
2 ай бұрын
I love Hilda and Stan!
@paulinecorreia5538
2 жыл бұрын
Stan @ Hilda are really hilarious 😂!!
@ivandickson6063
2 жыл бұрын
ahhh they're brilliant and Bet Lynch too!! there's such good humour in these episodes lol
@ibaisaic
2 жыл бұрын
1:37:24 I wonder how Bet managed to go to the bathroom when the stairs clearly levelled off. You can see her waiting almost out of shot.
@acesigma06
8 ай бұрын
It looks like she sits down on the step 🤣👍🏻
@bethshields4903
2 ай бұрын
That’s hilarious! Never noticed it before 😂
@cherylreid-panasiewicz6485
Жыл бұрын
I really feel for Deirdre with the baby storyline. Anne Kirkbride's acting is really amazing here. My heart broke for her.
@nicolemclean9028
3 ай бұрын
Look how tracy turned out!!!!!
@lindarowe8550
2 жыл бұрын
Margaret swain the house keeper in the children's series black beauty in the 70's
@louisedyce2183
2 жыл бұрын
It makes me chuckle when I hear the word 'flaming' - they all say it except Mrs Walker, Ken & Mavis.....they wouldn't say that! 😀
@michaelroberts7374
Жыл бұрын
The word was in popular use in Salford in the 70s I assure you ;)
@cicerodiello1
10 ай бұрын
My grandpa used to say flaming and bloomin and bloody, and bugger and blast. Most of of all everyone was called a bloody bastard.
@clareshaughnessy2745
8 ай бұрын
@@cicerodiello1I still do!
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
Why don’t I trust that man who’s seeing Elsie? Not just because of the slight resemblance to Lewis Archer...
@williamf4544
2 жыл бұрын
You would have thought a nice big house like Bettys would have had an entrance hall - having said that it looks very like the house Hattie Jaques and Eric Sykes lived in so maybe it was a common thing
@MultiKs22
Жыл бұрын
william f gordon is something to admire .what is your verdict.
@kuchikopi4631
Жыл бұрын
@@MultiKs22 the actor is a very rich man now, much to be admired 😂
@williamf4544
Жыл бұрын
@@MultiKs22 Oh no - the ginger repair guy is way better
@user-dq6kr2gd1y
8 ай бұрын
Gordon was played by Bill Kenwright; RIP 23 October 2023@@kuchikopi4631
@user-dq6kr2gd1y
8 ай бұрын
It's a set, not a real house you know ...
@allangilchrist5938
13 күн бұрын
Such a funny storyline with Annie's fancy do. The actor who plays Fred always gives such a very convincing performance. Annie Walker looking like a Dowager Duchess escorted by Fred in a bow tie! 😊
@ibaisaic
2 жыл бұрын
4:24:45 That Hoover Junior got shared around a few houses. It looks like model U1012 from the mid 70’s. Sounds pretty rough though and could do with a good service.
@rodkirkbride2230
Жыл бұрын
Well spotted. The 70s workhorse.
@olgagarcia5710
7 ай бұрын
Oh Deidre that’s what you get for marrying an old man who’s set in his ways and didn’t raise his own kids. Should have discussed that before marriage.
@chicagogyrl4846
18 күн бұрын
Emily is richer than hell! She doesn’t need that “measly” two grand!! 😂🤣
@liamb8644
Жыл бұрын
RIP to Barbara Young aka Mrs Stockwell
@josephbland3904
Жыл бұрын
Ken was right not to want another child… what with Albert as well to look after… he was right.
@gilliangrant8764
7 ай бұрын
Albert only lasted another couple of years! Ken was downright selfish not to consider Deirdre's feelings in this, especially considering he fathere Daniel over a decade later. Deirdre should have married Mike to begin with imo.
@dianaosullivann5075
2 жыл бұрын
Makes me laugh they work on machines all day and drink in the rovers lunch time .Don't know how they work properly or how they can afford it on there wages
@acesigma06
2 жыл бұрын
I liked Alec,I wished they had developed his character and he could me made more permanent
@mikemossy5768
8 ай бұрын
Proper Banter between Fred & Bet - Had me in hysterics
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
Mike ( to Frankie) “Talk about Steptoe and Son.” Don’t think he ever called Frankie “You dirty old man!” Mind you, when he discovered Sylvia ( Frankie’s girlfriend) was younger than HIM...not that he has much room to talk, going on to marry Ken’s daughter Susan!
@glamdolly30
3 жыл бұрын
True - like father like son. Though Sylvie was much more attractive than Ken's drippy daughter Susan. No wonder Corrie bosses wrote her out pretty quick - like the viewers and Johnny Briggs who played Mike Baldwin, they realised there was zero chemistry between Susan and Mike. He would not have gone on a date with her, never mind married her!
@thebadtemperedbrit
2 ай бұрын
Oh no! The beginning of the end of lovely Eddie has just turned up, Breaker Breaker!
@williamf4544
Жыл бұрын
R.I.P Eunes Gee
@josephbland3904
Жыл бұрын
Annie Walker scowling at Fred for him offering to Waco her to the license vitualers booze up… She was an ungrateful sack of bones… If I’d of been Fred I would never of lowered myself to her & even offered. She treated Fred like a damn doormat.. Chauffeuring… fetching, carrying, big cleaning… handyman… he put up with waaayy too much.. No wonder he helped himself to the optics….
@chicagogyrl4846
18 күн бұрын
This man’s wife said that Elsie is older than she expected her to be. Ha! Elsie is actually 10 years older than she is, and looks much better! If I were that woman, I would wear bangs!!
@MsArrowroot
12 күн бұрын
Wife looks like a man in drag.
@chicagogyrl4846
18 күн бұрын
“QUAY-TAR”. 😂🤣
@carasmith549
Жыл бұрын
4:58:48 - Gail's new chatterbox neighbour Jackie Moffatt was Daisy Peel, under-house/parlourmaid in the original "Upstairs Downstairs" . She was brilliant in that, but awful in this.
@leroywallis3142
Ай бұрын
Jacqueline Tong
@leroywallis3142
Ай бұрын
Jacqueline tong
@cise748
7 ай бұрын
I noticed that Frankie was very short of breath. Just googled him and discovered that he passed away not long after his last appearance
@nicolataylor6011
3 жыл бұрын
I want to work in the rovers with Betty Bet and Fred
@GeorgiePotter
3 жыл бұрын
Me too! Best Rovers barstaff trio EVER, recent years Rovers ar staff are so easily forgotten.
@analogueandy8x10
3 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgiePotter I agree! Nothing ever happens in the Rovers anymore as well. It's no longer the centre of the street, sadly.
@GeorgiePotter
3 жыл бұрын
@@analogueandy8x10 It IS sad. Why Jenny Bradley was chosen to be the present Landlady and Queen of the Rovers I do not know, it's the most dullest years of The Rovers ever and I've recently, seen her bar staff and they just mean nothing. Betty Bet and Fred are true Coronation Street legends, unlike the present easily forgettable characters behind the bar now.
@adrianconnew5309
27 күн бұрын
Fred gee & Fred feast farted & burlped all over the place.
@jstewart3517
Жыл бұрын
Vera is such a gabby mare so nosey rosey
@adrianconnew5309
27 күн бұрын
That clown needs to belt up
@michaelroberts7374
Жыл бұрын
Smashing!
@josephbland3904
Жыл бұрын
Old Ferret face Gail moaning yet again at Our Brian… If is of been him I wouldn’t of even hesitated to accept Ron’s offer of working abroad… £200 a week.. sun , sand etc… And didn’t she realise they could pay the mortgage off at another £100 a week for 6 months.. £2600’was a chunk then …
@juliewebb1335
Жыл бұрын
It's funny when Gail and Deirdre talk about the future love life's of Nicky and Tracey.
@cicerodiello1
Жыл бұрын
Indeed. Tracey went to bed with David one night and Nick the next. What a rotten creature she turned out to be. Premeditated murder and some flimsy miscarriage of justice storyline to insert her back into the programme Then she inadvertently killed a couple of characters in attempt to murder Carla Connor while her own child was sleeping. Tracey Barlow is one of the many reasons Coronation Street today is absolutely appalling. It seems that everyone has had an intimate encounter with every character in the show. It’s disgusting.
@MarcoNegrisEye
2 жыл бұрын
It's amazing, nay mind blowing to see a man win a 50p piece in the pub and kiss it as if it were the Koh-I-Noor 😂 For everyone who has ever commented on Bert's "you know what I mean?" tic, why has nothing been mentioned of Stan's constant "Eh!?" And if you ask me, Bert's attitude of certain jobs being beneath him despite his lengthy period of unemployment greatly undermined his initial character (courtesy of Ivy's references) being a working class Union man. Although on second thoughts ...
@bibakroll8999
2 жыл бұрын
I've been cringing every time Stan says "Eh?". Imagine living with that!
@londonlady227
Жыл бұрын
They ruined Bert's character but I think they wanted to portray how people were broken through unemployment. Being a statistic is demoralizing.
@andrewmachin6619
4 ай бұрын
Interesting, because there was also a storyline where Bert took a job delivering papers for the Kabin but Ivy went crackers and put paid to it. I'm not sure if Stan always said Eh? all the time, but I think Stan's dialogue was increasingly reduced due to the actor's health deteriorating.
@chicagogyrl4846
19 күн бұрын
Fred said we can’t all have big fancy cars. Well Al certainly could have bought a car that he actually fits in comfortably!!
@itallia666
Жыл бұрын
God, what would Corrie be without the glorious Bett Lynch! I know its the script writers whos brilliant writing made Corrie what it was, but its Betts delivery that is so divine ! I just cant say the same about Fred Gee! What a vile disgusting character he is! Theres not one redeemable good point about him which is what the script writers want but theres something so creepy & unsavory about him. The writers could have given him some good points but hes just so unlikable! Ive met some types like fred & they make your skin crawl. I think most women have & are thankful they dont have to work or come into much contact with said types. Corrie could have picked a better actor & modified his character. I mean Stan is a lazy so & so but Bernard Youens who plays Stan is adorable & makes his part so endearing! Stan & Hilda are just so cute together & Stan isnt offensive either like Fred! Urgh! Thank you PG 66 🇬🇧👧
@MultiKs22
Жыл бұрын
peter Alexander the infamous Phil Pearce as he was in Emmerdale farm in 1986-1988. he was handsome in that soap and now back in coronation street in 1982.
@williamf4544
2 жыл бұрын
Marraige licenses should be renewable say evey 7 years it would save a lot of trouble - i mean imagine marrying a nice young lass and one day waking up next to Ivy
@RiaLake
2 жыл бұрын
Good idea about marriage licences. :)
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
God yes! But if they were, the world would be full of gone-to-seed husbands like Stan Ogden and Len Fairclough unceremoniously dumped by liberated former wives, clicking their heels with glee as they dance off into the sunset with half the marital assets!
@ChristineNicholson-bk9jq
Ай бұрын
Was that idiot Fred really expecting Alf to pay for the cleaning of the suit HE borrowed!!!!,???.?
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
What would Hilda say to hearing Eddie tell Marion his hired help is ‘Mrs Ogden’? “I’m ‘is hired...RIGHT!” 😱😱
@user-dq6kr2gd1y
8 ай бұрын
Fabulous Elsie in the restaurant ... England's Sophia Loren!
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
1 episode-two first appearances ( Marion Willis and Chalkie Whitely).
@chicagogyrl4846
19 күн бұрын
How can could you be married for 15 years with never seeing your spouse??! 😂🤣
@bsaunders5271
2 жыл бұрын
Why are Gail's mates so awful? This new one, Jackie, is as cringey as hell but the previous one, the one married to flirty Colin (I've blocked her name from my mind) was unreal. If the actress who played her was a tenth as irritating as her character, she needs walling up somewhere quiet.
@antoinettehowes6964
6 ай бұрын
Was it Susan?
@londonlady227
Жыл бұрын
Betty's son became Chairman of Everton FC, since 2004. He is now a CBE.
@susi-emily
6 ай бұрын
OMG, Gordon is Bill Kenwright! I knew he looked familiar, but I'd never seen him prior to him becoming involved at Goodison.
@acesigma06
2 жыл бұрын
Oh no!! It’s the storyline, where Brian goes to the place nobody in Coronation Street can pronounce properly, Cattar (Qatar)
@itallia666
Жыл бұрын
Lol, its so funny when each of them say Kwater! Did the script writers do this on purpose? It kind of makes the characters look idiots, it wouldnt have happened in todays current of Correctness! Which is sometimes a good thing but theres no give & take in a fictional soap. I must admit to hearing some hysterical pronunciations of places or names by especially older people Casting no aspersions on their Intelligence but some pronunciations were wrongly said so long ago, they were taken as correct! I remember a old lady neighbour of mine who i found very intelligent & savvy but did pronounce certain words wrongly like the word Awry & said it Orie & wouldnt conceed it was Said Au wry, so i didn't correct her as it would have belittled her. Thanks for your observation Regards 🇬🇧👧
@clareshaughnessy2745
8 ай бұрын
@@itallia666of course it was deliberate. My guess is, despite political correctness, if you showed the general population the name Qatar now 80% would say kwatar
@jaynehinds3339
2 жыл бұрын
Wills wife looks forty years older than Elsie lol 😂
@bibakroll8999
2 жыл бұрын
Look at the size of that answering machine next to Mike's phone! At least, I'm assuming that's what it is.
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
Just read today that Mike Baldwin ( actor Johnny Briggs) has died in real life now.
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, sad news - there won't be any of the Coronation Street icons left soon. Johnny Briggs created an unforgettable and much loved character in Mike Baldwin. It often amazes me how you can watch his first appearances in 1976, then (thanks to our friends on KZitem), see him 20 years later in 1996, and he's barely aged a day! I'd love to know what his youthful secret was, monkey glands perhaps?!
@williamf4544
2 жыл бұрын
@@glamdolly30 Could be Gypsies tears my mother used to swear by them and granted she looked years younger than she was - very hard to get now the younger generation are not as open to being beaten - some of the old ones are still happy enough but a lot of them are dying off - its a shame really
@professionalgun6674
3 жыл бұрын
Double Barrel Classic Corrie!
@glamdolly30
3 жыл бұрын
WOWZER! Nearly 6 hours on the cobbles, what bliss. You are spoiling us! HAPPY NEW YEAR AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU! XXX
@uszatku9417
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@chicagogyrl4846
19 күн бұрын
If Wet Weekend doesn’t want the money, why doesn’t she donate it to the community center??!
@Stiffd1
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Dreary couldn’t resist the death sticks either.
@ara8253
16 күн бұрын
Basically Elsie is the street's bicycle.
@MsArrowroot
12 күн бұрын
Closely followed by Bet.
@stevek6432
3 жыл бұрын
4:42:50 granada studios in the background, bonded warehouse and MOSI building. didn't go far for location scenes did they
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
Good catch!
@bibakroll8999
2 жыл бұрын
They didn't need to. When you have quality scripts and acting you don't need fancy sets, etc.
@alexanderjones9572
3 жыл бұрын
Why did conversation so easily get into badmouthing the Ogdens? Emily tells Deirdre and Ken she doesn’t want Arnold’s money and Deirdre says “Well, keep yer’ voice down, coz Hilda’s a great believer in charity beginning at home-as long as it’s her home.” Where did that come from-in a chat about Arnold’s money?
@glamdolly30
3 жыл бұрын
The Ogdens fulfilled an important function for the other residents of Coronation Street - in looking down on them, it made the rest of the street feel superior! Sadly that is human nature - people love a pecking order. And as long as they feel they are not at the bottom of it, they can feel good about themselves, and their life. It's interesting to see the elevation of Hilda as a character over the years, most notably after Stan's death. She was never just the nosy neighbour, street gossip and nagging wife - the writing was too good for that. She was multi faceted, and could show vulnerability, kindness and empathy along with the harder edges. She was also bloody hilarious! That's why viewers took her to their hearts. After she was widowed, a new Hilda emerged, and a gentler, more mature and philosophical side came to the fore. Neighbours were in conflict with her less, and respected her more. When she was attacked by burglars during a break in at her employers' house just before she left the show in '87, everyone in the Street was horrified and rallied round. Even her old enemy Bet Lynch was shaken up and visited her in hospital. And she got the best send off at the Rovers any character has ever had! Hilda wasn't only a big hit with viewers. After nearly 30 years, her friends on the show loved and respected her too. The journey the character went on during those years, and her eventual status as a national treasure, is testament to the acting talent of the superb Jean Alexander. In a lesser actress's hands, Hilda Ogden would have been just a stereotypical, gossiping char lady with a sharp tongue. But Jean Alexander breathed life into Hilda gave her a heart and soul, and made the nation fall in love with her.
@bsaunders5271
3 жыл бұрын
One of Hilda's chief roles, as official nosey parker, she has certainly earned that reputation over the years.
@kuchikopi4631
2 жыл бұрын
Well, Hilda does manage to come up with really good quips if someone tries to insult her XD
@mattburke3457
2 жыл бұрын
It sucks, u get a great charecter like Eddie in modern Corie and they make him a murderer or something. No grey area, one extreme or the other
@denisetrott5085
10 ай бұрын
That's why I can't watch anymore.
@chicagogyrl4846
18 күн бұрын
Fred always rubs his hands together!
@ara8253
16 күн бұрын
All this fuss about just 6 months abroad. Thousands of Brits did the same in the 70s and 80s, including me. Many stayed for years and never went back, including me, ttf
@bowler8
5 ай бұрын
This is the first time Ive seen the actress who plays his wife as a snooty, she usually plays chars...such as in Midsomer Murders
@nicolemclean9028
3 ай бұрын
Thank god derdrie didnt have another baby, look how tracy turned out
@katy4779
3 жыл бұрын
What on earth is that Elsie is serving for lunch?
@nicolataylor6011
3 жыл бұрын
Custard on toast by the looks of it
@Stiffd1
3 жыл бұрын
Haha...Sick on toast or what!?
@glamdolly30
2 жыл бұрын
I think it's supposed to be Welsh rarebit - which is basically cheese sauce on toast. But it shouldn't be as runny as that!
@mattburke3457
2 жыл бұрын
Hahahah so glad someone asked that I was wondering too, if it was in America I wdve assumed it was country gravy but I know u guys don't eat that
@clarea1801
Жыл бұрын
Are Len and Rita going out, or going out out
@Bessie66
2 ай бұрын
4:32:48 - Eddie shuts the door and one of the ducks falls off the wall - stans face 😂
@chicagogyrl4846
19 күн бұрын
Why does Deidre care about what Emily does with her money??! It’s Emily’s not hers!!
@aluminiospalmagrantribulex3436
2 жыл бұрын
kuolla rakkaudesta music
@TheGlassman63
2 жыл бұрын
Had to laugh how the middle bird on the Ogden's mural fell to the floor when the door was slammed. Surely that was meant to happen ?? Watch at 4:32:44
@neighbourhoodwitch18
2 жыл бұрын
_ahem_ ‘muriel’ I think you’ll find it’s called 😁
@annmc8392
Жыл бұрын
@@neighbourhoodwitch18 😄
@itallia666
Жыл бұрын
I agree about Ken being self centred & opinionated Deirdre is still a young woman & to deny her another child is so selfish! It was only when Mike was interested in Deirdre that he forced his hand Prior to that he was happy having Deirdre as a girlfriend to take out as & when! She is a bubbly & gregarious person or was, prior to living with Ken over the years Had she stuck with Mike who i believe was seriously keen on her she would have had a better life Its a shame they ( the script writers ) didnt do a one off special about, What ifs! Ie Deirdre marrying Mike, Len marrying Firecracker Elsie Eddie Yates becoming a successful business entrepreneur & Stan & Hilda winning the Pools! It would have been entertaining At least! Its sad to think these wonderful actors are no longer with us! How the heck old is Ken nowadays? Poor Anne Kirkbride ( Deirdre) also gone at a youngish age Gail is long in the tooth but who else is still in Corrie? Thanks 🇬🇧👧
@kuchikopi4631
Жыл бұрын
Rita, Audrey and pretty sure actress who played Mavis is still alive.
@antoinettehowes6964
6 ай бұрын
Yes, Ken is a patronising know it all and I always felt that Eddie would have been a hugely successful salesman. He was clever and had a way with people, crafty yet well able to read a room at times. Shame there will never be the likes of Stan & Hilda again. Modern Corrie is all about sensationalism and glamour. Half of them on the street end up in prison these days. The elderly get very little exposure now too. I was a kid when these episodes aired but I find them more gripping. Corrie Gold this is ❤
@queendeirdre7436
Ай бұрын
Is that Ron singing on the radio in Elsie's house??? Sounds like him!?? That is Ron who Elsie dated.
@Paulzor923
2 жыл бұрын
😆 Bert's hair 🤣
@TheMeeja
Жыл бұрын
When Ron said he was selling up and had a contract in "Kway-tar(!)" He said that the new bloke worked on his own, so no job for Brian. No mention at all of Brian's long time co-mechanic Ginger (Chris Fairbank)... What happened to him?
@londonlady227
Жыл бұрын
Guitar and Catarrh were the other pronunciations.
@user-ns4wt9zf6x
4 ай бұрын
I wish Fred would call bet by her 1st name instead of lynch all the time it’s just so rude bet does have a 1st name Fred!!
@mirandawinstead6540
Жыл бұрын
I always thought it was just easier to call betty Elizabeth because of bet or else it would be bet and betty 😂
@rozdoyle8872
8 ай бұрын
Ivy and Bert really deserve each other , Miserable Gits.
@chicagogyrl4846
18 күн бұрын
The way Mrs. Walker was talking on the phone, she acted like it was the end of the world!! 😂 Elizabeth bought a dress for the wedding she’s not going to, so why didn’t Mrs. Walker ask her to go with her, since her travel plans got canceled??! I would have! It’s not necessary to go with a man, and she would be much better to accompany her than Frog Face Fred!!
@yvetterock2728
8 ай бұрын
Bet can be extremely annoying and spiteful..disguised as humour.
@rbr2023
3 ай бұрын
‘Kway-tar’ 😂😂
@ritanolan9492
2 жыл бұрын
Does Emily ever SMILE!!!!
@francesgillotti1378
2 жыл бұрын
Yes all the time😊
@kw3593
19 күн бұрын
She is a misery guts for sure, she seems to thrive on feeling put upon .
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