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Coronation Street [News, Spoilers and Discussion] contd

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    #9782
    Immortal Starlight
    Registered Users Posts: 2,074 ✭✭✭Immortal Starlight


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121529960#Comment_121529960

    Oh definitely that would be even better because then they’d probably take gormless grumpy Chesney away with them too😀



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    #9783
    Barbie2k23
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Barbie2k23


    How come Corrie or Emmerdale ain’t on for an hour Xmas day



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    #9784
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121530938#Comment_121530938

    Probably know Eastenders are going to wipe the floor with them rating wise and just aren't bothering.



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    #9785
    DT2016
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭DT2016


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121530938#Comment_121530938

    Disgrace we aren’t getting hour long episodes first time in 29 year this has happened. We are getting extra episodes during the week but still.



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    #9786
    threetrees
    Registered Users Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭threetrees


    Jenny sold the pub as it was making losses. She got a wad of money for that. Now she's buying it back with stolen money - how much of the original cash has she left?

    Why would she buy a loss making pub? Because it's in her blood? Eh no. She's only in the pub 6 years or so, I don't count that as "in the blood".

    I would absolutely love a reintroduction of Vicki the posh granddaughter of Alec Gilroy, she married Steve McDonald as a teenager, or at least very young.

    She'd be ideal to come back as a rich lady, who buys the pub and sends a few ripples down the street.

    Scriptwriters are you listening?



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    #9787
    littlevillage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,845 ✭✭✭littlevillage


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121532909#Comment_121532909

    Actually yes. Have the scriptwriters forgotten that Jenny sold the pub about 2-3 months ago because it was loss making, now she is buying it back presumably at a higher price than she sold it for... or is it Daisy who is buying the pub and just hiring Jenny to help her run it? (because Jenny did such a great job originally).

    The real reason of course is both Jenny and Daisy have no reason to be hanging around Coronation street if they don't have the pub. Jenny is unemployed and renting a room off (?) and Daisy is unemployed and crashing with Jenny in the house share after getting booted out by Daniel.



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    #9788
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    They don't own pubs in the UK. If she bought anything it's the lease, which doesn't cost that much, and she wouldn't have gotten that much in return for it. The breweries own the pubs, and the buildings. If she's needing a mortgage size amount of money to buy it now it's probably a case of the brewery selling the freehold, which would mean Jenny would then own the while building.

    (I've only been half paying attention to Corrie lately so I could be completely wrong on that)



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    #9789
    littlevillage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,845 ✭✭✭littlevillage


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121533247#Comment_121533247

    Its actually hard to know what the exact situation is because they haven't really explained what Jenny was selling and how much she got.... but your explanation actually does sound about right.

    Of course, its still nuts to sell a loss making lease hold to then go back and buy the actual pub.



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    #9790
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121533284#Comment_121533284

    No, it doesn't make sense from Jenny's POV. At least when she was just running it she wasn't financially at risk if it failed. No idea why she thinks she'd be able to make enough money out of it now. Although, she's not exactly planning on paying for it out of her own pocket, I suppose, but even then she'd be solely responsible for all the running costs and what not.

    I get that they like to shake things up every now and then with the pub but I don't know why they shut it down just to have the same people end up back in it. Maybe they needed the space on the stages for other sets or something. Who knows.



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    #9791
    Shakyfan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Shakyfan


    Was it not sold by Newton and Ridley and sold to a buyer who were going to make the staff reapply for their own jobs?



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    #9792
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,729 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    they - (the new owners) were going to flatten it and make flats . Jenny sentiments got in the way of that one - maybe sentiments over profit . But its a silly storyline, shut down the pub then open it up again with the same ones running the pub.



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    #9793
    CollyFlower
    Registered Users Posts: 6,014 ✭✭✭CollyFlower


    Must be getting their storylines from Fair City...😕



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    #9794
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,249 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    This character is exiting in Summer 2024.

    Alex Bain who plays Simon Barlow.



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    #9795
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,729 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121536060#Comment_121536060

    good - shame got to wait til then...



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    #9796
    prunudo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,093 ✭✭✭prunudo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121536060#Comment_121536060


    Serious case of small man syndrome from his character lately.



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    #9797
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,238 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Is the footballer Tommy staying permanently

    Best part was Todd, love him

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    #9798
    DT2016
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭DT2016


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121536412#Comment_121536412

    Hope so



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    #9799
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,729 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    They should write it that Tommy O has an affair with Tracy Barlow haha



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    #9800
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users Posts: 30,249 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121536935#Comment_121536935

    There was certainly chemistry between the pair last night.

    I wonder what will they do with him?



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    #9801
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,729 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    Knowing how goofey Steve acts in the soap she would most probably say "Steve babe I have been unfaithful" and then him in his carry on voice will go "ok who is he I am gonna punch his lights out!!" - and then she says " its with Tommy" and then he says "Tommy who" then she says "Tommy O , he is a footballer" and then he goes "THE Tommy O ?" - then she says "yes, steve please dont be angry" and then he goes "you should have said it was Tommy O - he is a legend , you can have his babies if you want .... can you get me his autograph and a VIP ticket for me and Tim?"



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    #9802
    lmahoney79
    Registered Users Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭lmahoney79


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121536935#Comment_121536935

    I thought that's what they were getting at last night also with Tracey and Steve talking about taking a year off from each other..



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    #9803
    Pipmae
    Registered Users Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭Pipmae


    I love Tracy - they should have her in it more often.



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    #9804
    steinbock123
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭steinbock123


    The whole episode last night was stupid I thought.

    Imagine if your wife just arrived in with a one way ticket leaving TOMORROW MORNING FFS, and you gleefully head off, without even saying goodbye to your only son.!! I know how long it takes me to prepare for a weeks holiday in Spain, and Peter heads off with only a shoulder bag.

    If the actor who plays Peter needed a year off or wanted to leave the show, they could have had him arrested and jailed for killing Stephen with the car.

    Anyway, I’m convinced the scriptwriters live in a parallel universe, where mobile phones are either uncharged or switched off or have no signal 80% of the time, where everyone has radar like hearing (to listen to conversations 500 yards away), and where most people get to make a “fresh start” at some stage or other.



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    #9805
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I think Peter's exit is a classic case of a soap actor not doing what the powers that be wanted. They plan storylines months, maybe years, in advance and if an actor makes the choice to leave themselves then they have to give enough notice that a proper exit can be worked into everything else that's going on.

    I'd assume something like that has happened here. Initially he was only supposed to be leaving to do Panto, then suddenly he was leaving for good. This one way ticket thing smells like a panto exit, one they didn't plan on having to follow up for the other characters, and then they just didn't bother changing it.



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    #9806
    threetrees
    Registered Users Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭threetrees


    Door is wide open for "Peetah" to come back. I think they are just having another go at the mental health story rather than sending him to prison.



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    #9807
    Lennox Gilbey
    Registered Users Posts: 765 ✭✭✭Lennox Gilbey


    Coronation Street fails to make top ten Christmas Day TV shows for the first time in decades as EastEnders soars

    https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/26/coronation-street-falls-top-christmas-tv-first-time-decades-20026313/

    Beaten by Dr. Who. 🤦



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    #9808
    Andy From Sligo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,729 ✭✭✭✭Andy From Sligo


    see how they change things or maybe how the newspapers sensualise stories -last summer I am almost sure the papers said "Explosive exit for Peter Barlow when he leaves soap at christmas" - what a damp squib it was in the end. ridiculous.

    again they hinted that Karen in EE was going to die in the cafe fire , I am pretty sure they did



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    #9809
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users Posts: 85,238 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Chris as Peter is a big loss to the show, great actor and character

    https://forumofgames.com/




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    #9810
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,926 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121542121#Comment_121542121

    Those headlines are usually phrased as a question. "Explosive Exit For Peter Barlow At Christmas?" and then the article speculates a few ways he could go, before acknowledging they have no idea how he'll leave.



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    #9811
    DT2016
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭DT2016


    New guy is always annoying AF



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