Tag Archives: Coronation Street
Coronation Street: Farewell Becky
(Mild spoilers, including pics) ALL TV soaps go through peaks and troughs. Like waves on the shore, they take time to flow towards moments of crashing brilliance. Footprints in the sand captured on screen to be remembered forever. Tonight brings … Continue reading
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Betty Driver: Home At Last
God must have wanted a hotpot. Had forgotten, until today, that I took this short video (below) at the Coronation Street 50th anniversary launch in September 2010. Betty Driver, then aged 90, could have been forgiven for not joining the … Continue reading
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Coronation Street: Betty Driver
SHE may be 90, but there’s still a twinkle in Betty Driver’s eye. Corrie’s hotpot queen has been in showbusiness for 80 years and was a leading lady of stage, film and TV long before Weatherfield came calling. Betty is … Continue reading
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Coronation Street: Tram Crash 2005
DEDICATED Coronation Street fans will know that this week’s tram crash was first suggested six years ago. My exclusive story was published in the Manchester Evening News on November 25 2004. It revealed that a story proposal for 2005 – … Continue reading
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Coronation Street: Tony Warren
A special edition of The Weathefield Gazette – Coronation Street’s very own newspaper – was published yesterday. The 32-page tram crash issue was printed in the Manchester Evening News, with the full support of ITV, to mark Corrie’s 50th anniversary … Continue reading
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Devastation Street
“THERE’S been an explosion. It’s Coronation Street…Weatherfield, yes. There’s flames everywhere. I think there’s people still in there.” Deirdre Barlow dials 999 next week… A tram carriage dusted with snow was still hanging from the viaduct when I visited the … Continue reading
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Coronation Street: Night To Remember
THERE was a lot of love in the room for Coronation Street last night. A special event at the British Film Institute on London’s South Bank, hosted by both the BFI and BAFTA, to salute the longest running drama serial … Continue reading
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Accused: Christopher Eccleston
IT’S no secret that Christopher Eccleston is one of my favourite actors. Maybe yours too? He’s a class act and as intelligent off screen as on. I spoke to him recently – on the day after the government’s spending cuts … Continue reading
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Coronation Street Tram Crash
ITV has released behind the scenes photos of the tram crash set to devastate lives in Coronation Street. They include the first image of the “replica tram” after it was positioned on the cobbles, ahead of filming of the disaster … Continue reading
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Coronation Street Podcast
THE stars of Coronation Street talk to me on the cobbles about the show’s 50th birthday – and the tram crash. This 20 minute podcast includes interviews with actors Ian Puleston-Davies (Owen Armstrong), Antony Cotton (Sean Tully), Craig Gazey (Graeme … Continue reading
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