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Old 31-08-2014, 17:58
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Out of these 4, which Baddie is the best?
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:00
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Best as a villain, Richard Hillman definitely. Most likeable bad guy... Brendan Brady.
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:01
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I think Silas will always be my favourite villain.
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:02
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I can't choose between Silas and Brendan! both good, too hard!
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:02
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Hillman by far, Brian was chilling.
Nick was good at first, lost it around 2000.
Silas was ok, 2nd out of those mentioned.
Brady was a loser and completely overrated.
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:11
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Hillman by far, Brian was chilling.
Nick was good at first, lost it around 2000.
Silas was ok, 2nd out of those mentioned.
Brady was a loser and completely overrated.
I agree with Richard Hillman and Silas was great.

Not really sure about Nick Cotton as I didn't watch EE when he was on it but Brenda Brady is a terrible baddie.
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:25
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Richard Hillman every-time! (He's Norman Bates with a Suitcase)
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:31
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Richard Hillman every-time! (He's Norman Bates with a Suitcase)
100% agreed but it was Norman Bates with a brief case
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:35
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I agree with Richard Hillman and Silas was great.

Not really sure about Nick Cotton as I didn't watch EE when he was on it but Brenda Brady is a terrible baddie.
Ah I forgot his dad called him that!
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:43
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Nick Cotton was menacing in the 80s but was a joke during his most recent 2009 stint.

Although Richard Hillman was great and his storyline one of my favourites in corrie history he was less of a baddie than fellow serial killer Silas Blissett. The difference being Silas killed because he enjoyed it Richard only ever killed when he felt he had to to save his own skin.

Brendan brought humour and likability to his character and had a very complex backstory in which you could sympathise with him he was more of a tragic character than a baddie.

So I would say the best baddie as in the most evil was definitely Silas.
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:55
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Richard Hillman by miles
How is Brendan a villain?
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Old 31-08-2014, 18:59
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Am I the only one who read this thinking: "FIGHT!!!"
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Old 31-08-2014, 19:23
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Brendan was strictly speaking a villain, but he wasn't textbook like the others. There was more to it than him going around murdering and ripping people off. He had real, deep relationships with people such as Mitzeee, Ste and Cheryl. Everything he did wasn't malicious like the other three.
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Old 31-08-2014, 19:29
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100% agreed but it was Norman Bates with a brief case
What am I like!
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Old 31-08-2014, 19:33
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Silas for me
He carried HO for an entire year and was a genuinely amazing villain

Brendan I never considered a villain, more of a damaged hard man like Grant and Phil
I only saw Nick for about 6 months but he wasn't that great from what I saw
I didn't see any of Richard
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Old 31-08-2014, 20:19
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Silas, easily. I loved that he didn't look or seem remotely like a murderer with his cosy grandad jumpers and silly name but was utterly insane.
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Old 31-08-2014, 20:32
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Silas, he had many layers. Nick was a joke when he returned, it was so panto and he tried too hard but it made things worse. Brendan I adore but I didn't see him much as a baddie as he did bad things to protect others. Silas was also so unsuspecting as he had a 'near enough sane' family that weren't murderers so it didn't make sense at first.
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Old 31-08-2014, 20:33
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As a baddie, Silas Blissett with Richard Hillman a close second then Nick then Brendan.

As a character though, Brendan was by far the best.
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Old 31-08-2014, 21:00
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Richard Hillman by miles
How is Brendan a villain?
The whole killing Danny Houston, Seamus Brady, his own grandmother, and Walker might have something to do with it

I did like Brendan though, a decent all round sort of bloke.
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Old 31-08-2014, 21:44
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Old school Nick Cotton. In the early days he was chillingly evil. His plot to kill Dot was one of the best story lines ever in my opinion.
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Old 31-08-2014, 21:45
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Old 31-08-2014, 21:52
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Old 31-08-2014, 22:00
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The 'Nasty' Nick Cotton- before the naughties, that we knew and loved. I'm hoping his re-introduction will provide us with that- not - the pantomime villain that became a joke.
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Old 31-08-2014, 22:18
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Yep, I think like a lot of people on here, I'd rate Silas as the best villain, and I always thought it was a crying shame he didn't get the BSA for it. Jeff Rawle just played him SO brilliantly, and his scenes with India, Rae, Lynsey, Texas, and even Nancy back in the day, were totally spine-chilling. His entry into the pub dressed as Santa, after just murdering India, will stay with me a LONG time.

My favourite character of all of those was Brendan, but he was a lot more than a villain. He was a properly rounded character who functioned sort of normally (for him anyway) a lot of the time. And he was a victim as well as a villain.

Silas framing Brendan for Rae's murder was such a brilliant moment. Which just goes to show, Silas was the bigger villain.
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Old 01-09-2014, 13:24
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