[djfunnyman]

Eastenders had Sharongate , Brookside had the body under the patio

A storyline like this for Corrie would have helped them in that era

[ads84]

One of its best storylines of all time, 'Free the Weatherfield One' was in the 1990s.

[djfunnyman]

Originally Posted by ads84

One of its best storylines of all time, 'Free the Weatherfield One' was in the 1990s.

That was in 1998 , I'm talking early 90's

[ads84]

Soz, didn't read that bit

[David the Wavid]

Originally Posted by djfunnyman

Eastenders had Sharongate , Brookside had the body under the patio

A storyline like this for Corrie would have helped them in that era

Why do you think so? The ratings were already very high in the early 90s, higher than what EastEnders was getting.

[summer_ste]

Personally I don't care about rating, as long as I'm enjoying something that's all that matters to me, and yes I thought Corrie sucked in the early-mid 90s. It did have a lot going for it in terms of humour, character and relationships, but it lacked plot a lot of the time, and the writing was unenthusiastic, episodes ending on the dampest of squibs rather than emotional/poignant endings or dramatic cliffhangers.

So yes, I agree with the OP.

No doubt someone with a vast amount of Corrie knowledge will come along and post a list of long running Corrie storylines from the early 90s. But to me it did feel like you could watch for months and nothing happened.

[David the Wavid]

Originally Posted by summer_ste

Personally I don't care about rating, as long as I'm enjoying something that's all that matters to me, and yes I thought Corrie sucked in the early-mid 90s. It did have a lot going for it in terms of humour, character and relationships, but it lacked plot a lot of the time, and the writing was unenthusiastic, episodes ending on the dampest of squibs rather than emotional/poignant endings or dramatic cliffhangers.

So yes, I agree with the OP.

No doubt someone with a vast amount of Corrie knowledge will come along and post a list of long running Corrie storylines from the early 90s. But to me it did feel like you could watch for months and nothing happened.

It was much better than the late 90s. Disagree about the writing being unenthusiastic, parts of 96/early 97 maybe but the six years of the 90s before that were brilliant.

[emmerdalelover]

I've just been watching 1989 and loving it - the new houses and shops going up, Mike Baldwin being conned by a heartless yuppie, Mr Watts and Kimberley, the final year of the Alan Bradley saga, Ken and Wendy, the McDonalds moving in...

It's not quite the early '90s, but if they're anything like 1989 I think I'll be glued to the screen!

[summer_ste]

Originally Posted by emmerdalelover

I've just been watching 1989 and loving it - the new houses and shops going up, Mike Baldwin being conned by a heartless yuppie, Mr Watts and Kimberley, the final year of the Alan Bradley saga, Ken and Wendy, the McDonalds moving in...

It's not quite the early '90s, but if they're anything like 1989 I think I'll be glued to the screen!

They're not.

[scone]

That Alan Bradley's daughter really annoyed me, another one that Rita took under her wing, I can't even remember her name

[callumfreeman]

Originally Posted by scone

That Alan Bradley's daughter really annoyed me, another one that Rita took under her wing, I can't even remember her name

Jenny.

[scone]

Originally Posted by callumfreeman

Jenny.

*shudders*

[David the Wavid]

Originally Posted by summer_ste

They're not.

???

The same producer was in charge Jan 1989-Jan 92, Mervyn Watson (with David Liddiment as EP), so emmerdalelover should love the early 90s. You're starting to sound like you've got an axe to grind!

[djfunnyman]

Originally Posted by David the Wavid

Why do you think so? The ratings were already very high in the early 90s, higher than what EastEnders was getting.

Originally Posted by David the Wavid

It was much better than the late 90s. Disagree about the writing being unenthusiastic, parts of 96/early 97 maybe but the six years of the 90s before that were brilliant.

I liked the humour back then and it was doing better than Eastenders , but it was still outdated back then

And yeah , 1989 was great

[bazellis]

And the

[allthingsuk]

Originally Posted by David the Wavid

It was much better than the late 90s. Disagree about the writing being unenthusiastic, parts of 96/early 97 maybe but the six years of the 90s before that were brilliant.

1990-95 was proper Corrie, albeit with a bit too much comedy, but I suppose the middle-class drama was becoming a bit dated for the mid 90s. I think it entered a slump in 96/97 but by then, Corrie had become outdated and needed a revamp, which Brian Park did. I thought 1997 and early 98 was pretty good actually and gave it a new lease of life.

[Honestweegie]

when did Brian Tilsey die?

[djfunnyman]

Originally Posted by emmerdalelover

I've just been watching 1989 and loving it - the new houses and shops going up, Mike Baldwin being conned by a heartless yuppie, Mr Watts and Kimberley, the final year of the Alan Bradley saga, Ken and Wendy, the McDonalds moving in...

It's not quite the early '90s, but if they're anything like 1989 I think I'll be glued to the screen!

Originally Posted by Honestweegie

when did Brian Tilsey die?

Where have you been watching the 1989 episodes ?

And he died in February 1989

[Helicase]

EH?

Corrie had loads of different stories in the early 90s and, contrary to popular belief on here, was actually a successful period of the soap after a revamp in the late 80s. It went downhill shortly after Bet left in late 95.

Stories I can think of are the rather acrimonious divorce of the Barlows and Tracy going slowly off the rails (especially after finding out about Deirdre's affair with Mike).

There was Curly going out with Kimberly Taylor ever more committed against his will in a very short space of time.

There was the saga of Terry marrying Lisa while in prison and doing a runner, fathering Tommy, Lisa being killed and Tommy subsequently being sold to the Hortons.

Also Tayna Pooley and the destruction she caused to numerous relationships as well as making Racquel's life a general misery.

Deirdre marrying Samir, him being killed and an overdosed Tracy getting his kidneys.

I'm sure there's tons more to add to all that.

[djfunnyman]

Originally Posted by Helicase

EH?

Corrie had loads of different stories in the early 90s and, contrary to popular belief on here, was actually a successful period of the soap after a revamp in the late 80s. It went downhill shortly after Bet left in late 95.

Stories I can think of are the rather acrimonious divorce of the Barlows and Tracy going slowly off the rails (especially after finding out about Deirdre's affair with Mike).

There was Curly going out with Kimberly Taylor ever more committed against his will in a very short space of time.

There was the saga of Terry marrying Lisa while in prison and doing a runner, fathering Tommy, Lisa being killed and Tommy subsequently being sold to the Hortons.
Also Tayna Pooley and the destruction she caused to numerous relationships as well as making Racquel's life a general misery.

Deirdre marrying Samir, him being killed and an overdosed Tracy getting his kidneys.

I'm sure there's tons more to add to all that.

All of those apart from the Terry and Lisa stuff which I've put in bold weren't great storylines

I don't remember much of 1989 when it was originally on , but I watched it in its Granada Plus run between October 2001 and April 2002 and it was a great year , better than the early 90's

Deirdre and Samir was the worst of all those storylines

[David the Wavid]

I loved Curly and Kimberley, and her harridan of a mother! In fact I loved all the Bettabuys-related storylines. Also Alf standing against Deirdre, Alec and his penny-pinching ways, Des and the boat, the brewery trying to turn the Rovers into a Yankee theme pub, Ken's attempted suicide, the Duckworths with Joss Shackleton and his royal bloodline, Mike and his scheming with Jackie Ingram and stealing Alma from Ken, Carmel the mad nanny, Ken dating Maggie Redman and finding out her son is Mike's, and of course Raquel. It really was a golden era for the show. I'm surprised by all this negativity.

[djfunnyman]

Originally Posted by David the Wavid

I loved Curly and Kimberley, and her harridan of a mother! In fact I loved all the Bettabuys-related storylines. Also Alf standing against Deirdre, Alec and his penny-pinching ways, Des and the boat, the brewery trying to turn the Rovers into a Yankee theme pub, Ken's attempted suicide, the Duckworths with Joss Shackleton and his royal bloodline, Mike and his scheming with Jackie Ingram and stealing Alma from Ken, Carmel the mad nanny, Ken dating Maggie Redman and finding out her son is Mike's, and of course Raquel. It really was a golden era for the show. I'm surprised by all this negativity.

Carmel the nanny was classic , and this era wasn't that bad but the late 90's were better

[Helicase]

Originally Posted by djfunnyman

All of those apart from the Terry and Lisa stuff which I've put in bold weren't great storylines
I don't remember much of 1989 when it was originally on , but I watched it in its Granada Plus run between October 2001 and April 2002 and it was a great year , better than the early 90's

Deirdre and Samir was the worst of all those storylines

So you don't think they were great? So what, there's plenty that would disagree.

[ads84]

Originally Posted by Helicase

So you don't think they were great? So what, there's plenty that would disagree.

Me being one of them. I loved (to hate) Carmel the nanny. She truly was scary

[kitkat1971]

I'd say that the Raquel / Des / Curly triangle was a storyline that went on for several years in the early 90 with various other people involved (like Kimberley and Tanya and Des' boss) and was very succesfull.

Apologies to anyone that did watch live and disagrees, but I think that long running storylines tend to become bigger in hindsight. I loved Sharongate, I still think it is one of the strongest plots to appear on any soap, as was the Dirty Den Who's the Daddy and then no-one knowing but Michelle and Den, but these plots were not on the front burner constantly though the couple of years they played out - there would be months when they weren't mentioned - which actually made it better - the audience knowing it was there, waiting to erupt but for example with Sharongate, Phil and Sharon stopped sleeping together and she was fairly okay with Grant for several months after his release from prison early 93 - it was only when he got together with Kathy in Paris that the plot started up again. A litlle different to the Bradley/ Max / Stacey affair which really did dominate all through 07.