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Old 08-03-2015, 15:55
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Pinching RIP_Emma's idea & applying it to corrie:

1. releasing Tracy from prison
2. Bringing Michelle Collins in to play Stella (no disrespect towards the actress but she's too well known as Cindy Beale & she couldn't do a northern accent!)
3. Molly & Kevin's affair
4. Tina & Peter's affair
5. Giving Ken an unknown illegitimate son & a grandson only for them to disappear & never be mentioned again because they were both horrid. What was the point?
6. Mary being a psycho taking Norris hostage but it all turned out to be a big misunderstanding & now we're supposed to find her funny - wtf?!?
7. Todd turning from a nice guy to evil for no particular reason
8. Tim's illiteracy when we've seen loads of evidence that he can read
9. Bet's return in the early 00s - it was so hyped & it turned out to be a massive flop
10. Having 5 episodes a week. It should be in special weeks only, IMO the overall quality of the show went downhill with the 4th & 5th episodes. It should go back to 3 a week max
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:01
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11. Turn Gail into a comedy character.
12. Axing Eddie Windass.
13. Given Nick brain damage, David epilepsy and Max ADHD because they only bring it up when it suits.
14. Have Hayley commit suicide.
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:05
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Add Max's ADHD to 13 that seems to have been forgotten about too!
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:11
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15. Introduced the Nazir's with Jimi Mistry
16. Done a fake Gavin storyline then introduced real Gavin to kill off
17. Brought back Dennis Tanner
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:18
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18) Rob murdering Tina
19) Tracy murdering Charlie
20) The whole storyline where Tracy pretended that Roy was Amy's Dad.
21) Killing off Susan Barlow
22) The Michelle baby swap storyline where Ryan wasn't her real son.
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:28
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1) Hired Stuart Blackburn
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3) Hired Stuart Blackburn
4) Hired Stuart Blackburn
5) Hired Stuart Blackburn
6) Hired Stuart Blackburn
7) Hired Stuart Blackburn
8) Hired Stuart Blackburn
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:33
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17. Brought back Dennis Tanner
More like axed Dennis Tanner!!
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:41
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1) Hired Stuart Blackburn
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3) Hired Stuart Blackburn
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5) Hired Stuart Blackburn
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Beat me to it, and I don't even watch Corrie.
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:42
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Have characters disappear for months at a time with no explanation.
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:48
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- Have every character survive the bus crash
- Introduce the Mortons
- Play the White Man
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:53
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killed off Mike Baldwin and Fred
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:59
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A very good & accurate list emilyb, espcially agree with all your top 4!!
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Old 08-03-2015, 16:59
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More like axed Dennis Tanner!!
He was awful when he came back.
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Old 08-03-2015, 17:23
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Giving todd that daft scar.
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Old 08-03-2015, 17:38
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1. Wasting the tram crash story. It's like it never happened. It was a beautiful set of episodes but nothing really came from it. They killed of Ashley, but Claire was gone two weeks later. They killed of Molly but she is all but forgotten now. With Kevin being lumbered with Jack the only long term outcome to that story. And the Charlotte stuff was just an addition to John Stape story, rather than the tram crash. The shops were reopened months later and it was like nothing ever happened. It could have had such a massive effect on that community that they could've still been getting story material from it now.

2. Tina McIntyres exit. It ruined Carla/Peter, it ruined Tina, it ruined Tracy/Rob. What was the outcome of the story? Carla is now exhausted as a character with even less connections than before, Tina's forgotten about and Tracy is tied up in some cheap affair story when she showed potential to be so much more with Rob. Every time they try to develop Tracy we end up back where we started. Moving us onto the next point...

3. Tracy Barlow. The mess of Tracy Barlow. People have cited bringing back Tracy as a mistake, but I think the mistake was having her actually plan and go ahead with the murder of Charlie. It ended up being a fairly decent story, but to make a character we have watched and grown up with a cold blooded killer was odd. To then try and ignore that 10 years later is weird and uncomfortable. It needs to be addressed and we need to see Tracy develop because otherwise we are stuck in this rut. She has shown massive potential in the past year but this Tony affair has her stuck back in the same rut. Hopefully the passing of Anne Kirkbride and Deirdre Barlow can finally move the character into a new direction after all these years...

4. Wasting characters with massive potential, and overusing those that don't. We have the likes of Sean, Ches, Fiz, Sophie and Andrea stinking out the cast. Characters that have been poorly recieved, poorly acted and frustratingly given story after story. Yet we have seen the likes of Wiki Dankowska, Teresa Bryant, Daryl Morton, Natasha Blakeman, Angela Harris, Amber Kalirai, Eddie Windass and Dennis Tanner. And also wasting potentially other fantastic characters that leads to the actors getting bored and quitting Janice Battersyby, Kelly Crabtree and now Julie Carp.

5. Wasting sets. The Corner Shop used to be a staple of the show. Now it's just nothing. A place for Sophie Webster to whine some more. The factory is unbelievable nowadays. And when was the last time we saw Liz and her team actually doing something other than bitching by the bar. It'd be nice to see those old scenes of them having a cup of tea in the morning before opening up etc

6. Lack of friendships. Gary Windass has been in the show since 2008, how many solid friendships does he have? Mikey North is a fantastic talent, they should make more of him and Jason. Ryan and Mikey could really work well together. Leanne was once good friends with Carla but they destroyed that for plot purposes, now Leanne walks around scowling because she has no one to socialize with.

7. Destroying the New Barlows. Leanne, Peter and Simon worked so well as a unit. Carla and Peter worked so much better as a forbidden romance. The Nick affair was plot driven too and never really worked this time around. We could have been saved the awful Tina affair too. It would have been much better seeing them struggle through life as this solid little family unit, and maybe Chris Gascoyne wouldn't have jumped ship because Peter might not have been completely exhausted as a character.

8. Giving up on long term characters. Look at Gail. Once a solid, independent women. Now just a joke character, with no job, no real friends and nothing to show for her life. Even her son now owns her home. She is being wasted on awful material. For a long while Deirdre was treated the same but while Ken was away, they gave her back her back bone and she started standing up to Tracy and began morphing into her mum, so they saved her. Dennis Tanner. Rita's been treated awfully by the writing department these last few years. Norris is a two dimensional character nowadays. When was the last time Audrey had decent material? Eileen's just sour faced nowadays. Liz has become a stuck up cow. Kevin was stuck in a rut until the Jenny Bradley story. Only Sally seems to be blossoming at the moment and that's more down to the actress' comedy timing rather than the material they've been giving her.

9. 5 episodes, and no Sunday ep. The doubles are bad for the show, they only ever show one day in Weatherfield, Leading to a desperate need for a cliff hanger. It was a better format when we saw 4 separate days in Weatherfield. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These double eps see the show become plot led rather than character led. Plus their is literally nothing else on TV on a Sunday so Corrie could become a welcome distraction.

10. Relying on the same types of plots. How many affairs have we seen? How many times have we now seen a boyfriend/partner/husband become a killer after an accidental death? How many times have we seen a topical issue become a story for a few weeks before disappearing never to be mentioned again? How many times have we seen a regular character wrongly accused and end up in jail? How many times have we seen the rough characters turning into lovable rouges? I'm not saying avoid these stories, all I am saying is tell them in a different way. Try and engage the viewers again.
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Old 08-03-2015, 18:28
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casting kym marsh,biggest mistake ever made.
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Old 08-03-2015, 18:40
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1. Wasting the tram crash story. It's like it never happened. It was a beautiful set of episodes but nothing really came from it. They killed of Ashley, but Claire was gone two weeks later. They killed of Molly but she is all but forgotten now. With Kevin being lumbered with Jack the only long term outcome to that story. And the Charlotte stuff was just an addition to John Stape story, rather than the tram crash. The shops were reopened months later and it was like nothing ever happened. It could have had such a massive effect on that community that they could've still been getting story material from it now.

2. Tina McIntyres exit. It ruined Carla/Peter, it ruined Tina, it ruined Tracy/Rob. What was the outcome of the story? Carla is now exhausted as a character with even less connections than before, Tina's forgotten about and Tracy is tied up in some cheap affair story when she showed potential to be so much more with Rob. Every time they try to develop Tracy we end up back where we started. Moving us onto the next point...

3. Tracy Barlow. The mess of Tracy Barlow. People have cited bringing back Tracy as a mistake, but I think the mistake was having her actually plan and go ahead with the murder of Charlie. It ended up being a fairly decent story, but to make a character we have watched and grown up with a cold blooded killer was odd. To then try and ignore that 10 years later is weird and uncomfortable. It needs to be addressed and we need to see Tracy develop because otherwise we are stuck in this rut. She has shown massive potential in the past year but this Tony affair has her stuck back in the same rut. Hopefully the passing of Anne Kirkbride and Deirdre Barlow can finally move the character into a new direction after all these years...

4. Wasting characters with massive potential, and overusing those that don't. We have the likes of Sean, Ches, Fiz, Sophie and Andrea stinking out the cast. Characters that have been poorly recieved, poorly acted and frustratingly given story after story. Yet we have seen the likes of Wiki Dankowska, Teresa Bryant, Daryl Morton, Natasha Blakeman, Angela Harris, Amber Kalirai, Eddie Windass and Dennis Tanner. And also wasting potentially other fantastic characters that leads to the actors getting bored and quitting Janice Battersyby, Kelly Crabtree and now Julie Carp.

5. Wasting sets. The Corner Shop used to be a staple of the show. Now it's just nothing. A place for Sophie Webster to whine some more. The factory is unbelievable nowadays. And when was the last time we saw Liz and her team actually doing something other than bitching by the bar. It'd be nice to see those old scenes of them having a cup of tea in the morning before opening up etc

6. Lack of friendships. Gary Windass has been in the show since 2008, how many solid friendships does he have? Mikey North is a fantastic talent, they should make more of him and Jason. Ryan and Mikey could really work well together. Leanne was once good friends with Carla but they destroyed that for plot purposes, now Leanne walks around scowling because she has no one to socialize with.

7. Destroying the New Barlows. Leanne, Peter and Simon worked so well as a unit. Carla and Peter worked so much better as a forbidden romance. The Nick affair was plot driven too and never really worked this time around. We could have been saved the awful Tina affair too. It would have been much better seeing them struggle through life as this solid little family unit, and maybe Chris Gascoyne wouldn't have jumped ship because Peter might not have been completely exhausted as a character.

8. Giving up on long term characters. Look at Gail. Once a solid, independent women. Now just a joke character, with no job, no real friends and nothing to show for her life. Even her son now owns her home. She is being wasted on awful material. For a long while Deirdre was treated the same but while Ken was away, they gave her back her back bone and she started standing up to Tracy and began morphing into her mum, so they saved her. Dennis Tanner. Rita's been treated awfully by the writing department these last few years. Norris is a two dimensional character nowadays. When was the last time Audrey had decent material? Eileen's just sour faced nowadays. Liz has become a stuck up cow. Kevin was stuck in a rut until the Jenny Bradley story. Only Sally seems to be blossoming at the moment and that's more down to the actress' comedy timing rather than the material they've been giving her.

9. 5 episodes, and no Sunday ep. The doubles are bad for the show, they only ever show one day in Weatherfield, Leading to a desperate need for a cliff hanger. It was a better format when we saw 4 separate days in Weatherfield. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. These double eps see the show become plot led rather than character led. Plus their is literally nothing else on TV on a Sunday so Corrie could become a welcome distraction.

10. Relying on the same types of plots. How many affairs have we seen? How many times have we now seen a boyfriend/partner/husband become a killer after an accidental death? How many times have we seen a topical issue become a story for a few weeks before disappearing never to be mentioned again? How many times have we seen a regular character wrongly accused and end up in jail? How many times have we seen the rough characters turning into lovable rouges? I'm not saying avoid these stories, all I am saying is tell them in a different way. Try and engage the viewers again.
Some great points Chrissy I agree with all of them especially Tracy. She's been an awful 1 dimensional panto character ever since her return but once she started a relationship with Rob we started to see some tiny glimpses of humanity in her. She actually cared for another person without there being anything for her to gain & she started to bond more with Amy. She even showed some concern for Ken as she was worried all the revelations about Tina's murder would be too much for him. Now she'll just return to panto baddy bitch mode
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Old 08-03-2015, 18:43
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Having Gail look older than her mother, having Nick look older than his mother and having Bethany look older than her mother. Those pesky Platt genetics!!
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Old 08-03-2015, 18:48
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Adding number 11, 12 & 13 to my list:

Steve splitting up with Becky & marrying Tracy. Tracy getting pregnant with twins after a 1 night stand with Steve meaning that they've slept together twice & conceived 3 children - they must be the most fertile couple in the world! And Steve buying no 13 & turning it into 2 flats - how would that work the downstairs flat wouldn't have a bathroom & the upstairs one wouldn't have a kitchen?? Did he go to the trouble & expense of installing those only to rip them out when he sold it to Kevin? And that's ignoring the fact that he'd never have got planning permission to do that in the 1st place.
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Old 08-03-2015, 18:49
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Having Gail look older than her mother, having Nick look older than his mother and having Bethany look older than her mother. Those pesky Platt genetics!!
Lol
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Old 08-03-2015, 19:02
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I liked the character of Brian, the headmaster, and he interacted well with Julie. I don't think they should have let him go.
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Old 08-03-2015, 19:30
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I liked the character of Brian, the headmaster, and he interacted well with Julie. I don't think they should have let him go.
She annoys me.
No wonder Brian ran for the hills !!
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Old 08-03-2015, 20:06
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1) Hired Stuart Blackburn
2) Hired Stuart Blackburn
3) Hired Stuart Blackburn
4) Hired Stuart Blackburn
5) Hired Stuart Blackburn
6) Hired Stuart Blackburn
7) Hired Stuart Blackburn
8) Hired Stuart Blackburn
9) Hired Stuart Blackburn
10) Hired Stuart Blackburn

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Ha brilliant! I'd stick Phil Collinson in there somewhere too as I dont think he was that much better than Blackburn IMO. I was so pleased to hear he was leaving I thought someone better would come in & make corrie great again...but instead we got Blackburn!
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Old 08-03-2015, 20:16
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My long term memory is awful, so I'll stick with more recent. Tina and Peter one of the sickest affairs going. Also bringing in that Asian family, not one of them can act
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Old 08-03-2015, 22:20
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I'm in a strange mood so I'm going to see if I can come up with ten missteps from Corrie's "golden age" of 1976-84 under the legendary Bill Podmore. Note that I think this is a great period - possibly my favourite ever - and have no particular point to prove, except perhaps that nobody's infallible!

1. Writing out Suzie Birchall. The justification for this was that because Gail had married Brian Tilsley, Suzie had lost her purpose in the show, but IMO that was a rather short-sighted view as she was the only young, single character left and nobody came in to replace her. If anything, Gail getting married should have made it essential to keep hold of Suzie.

2. Marrying off Eddie Yeats. This meant less scenes with Eddie and the Ogdens and made him a more serious character, which led to Geoffrey Hughes becoming bored and quitting.

3. Changing Ken and Albert. Albert Tatlock had been very cleverly written beforehand, especially in the early 70s (the Blanche of the day), but he became a one-dimensional moaner later on, in much the same way as Blanche became just a one-liner machine. Ken also suffered by being tied too much to Albert as he'd always been an independent character with a lot of go about him before. The Deirdre-Mike affair ended up being conceived as a way to breath life back into Ken, but the 'boring' moniker persists to this day.

4. Emily and Arnold Swain. A complete misfire. It was far too soon after Ernest, and Arnold and Emily weren't very well suited to begin with.

5. Not replacing Ray Langton. Ray could be a real b****** in the early 70s but was ultimately one of the good guys. We had to wait until Terry Duckworth to get another character of that ilk. Ray leaving in 1978 also left Len Fairclough on his own at the yard which led to the many interesting storylines about the building trade drying up. This happened in the same year as Len being thrown off the council, reducing him to just bickering with Rita and propping up the bar.

6. Marrying Alf and Renee. This coupling never worked, but to their credit the producers realised this and killed off Renee, leaving Alf with his one true love - the Corner Shop.

7. Bringing back Billy Walker and Linda Cheveski. 1984 was one headache after another with all the cast upheavals but this was the most unimaginative way to replace two well-loved characters, and neither paid off. Linda had never really been like her mother and Billy came back as a bad guy, ending the Walker era of the Rovers on a sour note.

8. Not replacing Christabel Finch as Tracy. Boy that baby could cry! I've lost count of the number of scenes where Tracy is wailing away and the actors are just awkwardly carrying on with the scene like nothing's up.

9. Never bringing back Nellie Harvey. Why were we never treated to any more battles between Annie and Nellie after 1976? It's possible Mollie Sugden was too busy but I've never seen a comment from anyone involved regarding this.

10. Casting hiccups. Bill Tarmey first played Jack Duckworth in 1979 but we had to wait 4 years for him to become a full-time member of the cast. We also had to wait six years for Sue Nicholls, and eight for Amanda Barrie after their first appearances, while the likes of Martin Cheveski, Chalkie Whitely, Eunice Gee and Marion Yeats were full-time from the off, all of whom were totally forgettable. It wasn't until 1983 when - due to circumstances - the writers made a concerted effort to develop new characters instead of giving all the best material to the veterans.

Okay, I was reaching with a few of those, but it was an interesting experiment .
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