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Old 05-07-2015, 11:26
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I was thinking about Stuart Blackburn's tenure as Corrie producer & decided that not one of his storylibes, with the possible excepton of Tina's murder has ever really gone anywhere!! Let's look at a few 'biggies'

1) The minibus crash... Built up for weeks beforehand, spectacular in execution, but what did it lead to?? Steve & Michelle's reunion, possibly! Everyone escaped virtually unscathed apart from poor Sinead who wad paralysed but why, since we've seen virtually nothing of her struggles or her recovery!! What was the point???

2) Faye's pregnancy...Built up for months beforehand, very little of the trauma of a twelve year old suddenly finding she's pregnant, the birth which happened almost before the s/l had gathered any pace, scant mention of the incessant bullying & tormenting Faye woulld have received at school, no real scenes of Faye's struggling to bond with the baby, just Anna doing everything for her, then after a couple of months the baby is given up for adoption by the Father's parents!! Again what was the point?

3) Liz/Tony/Tracy....Built up over a period of months with some horribly cringey scenes of Tony & Tracy 'flirting' & 'getting it on' (euurrrgh, cringing just thinking about it!!), then what?? The most low key reveal ever, no screeching showdown with Liz & Tracy, just a scene (equally cringeworthy) of Liz throwing crockery at the wall, fairnenough if it had been at Tracy's head but no, all the blame must go to Tony!! What's the betting he returns just in time to save Liz from nasty Dan & they get back together, end of storyline!!

4) Maria's 'breakdown'....Hailed as a massive s/l for a character who definitely needed one, that would keep her onscreen most of 2014!! Actually a badly written load of drivel that mentioned none of the previous build up of trauma that would have caused her to have a breakdown when Marcus cheated on her!! After six weeks the whole thing was done & dusted, her miracle 'recovery' took place during a five week period off screen & barely a scene or even a mention of the aftermath of what she did to Fiz & Tyrone!! Again what was the point???

5) Finally the Victoria Court fire... Built up for weeks, killed off Kal ( thank goodness something did!!) , was indirectly responsible for Maddie's death, but really what have we seen as a result?? Leanne is just about back to normal & now seems to have some sort of past with Dan to take her off in another direction, Sophie had the whole Jenny business to distract her & again seems to be doing her mourning largely offscreen, Tracy is totally unconcerned that she started the fire that should have killed her daughter given how long she was in the smoke compared to Carla who was half dead when they got her out!! The only one affected seems to be Carla who is going to take up gambling due to the guilt of not having started the bloody fire.. give me strength!!

I'm boring myself now but I'm sure you get my drift!!
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Old 05-07-2015, 11:47
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I also found the Jenny storyline cut short. It could have been expanded with Kevin helping her with her grief. But instead we have to have the usual anyone with a mental illness is a nutter outcome. The comments by Kevin and Sophie were disgusting.
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Old 05-07-2015, 12:00
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Yeah I agree with most of this, personally I thought the bus crash and aftermath were god awful, and I still can't get over the fact Tony has vanished into thin air, it's like they have opportunities and think better of it casting them aside, I still can't over the fact there was no Carla tina showdown last year there has to be more than one person who decides on these things it's like there's amateurs in charge
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Old 05-07-2015, 12:06
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It's true These storylines mainly have suffered an anti climax. Which is a huge shame. Corrie still needs to sort some stuff out.
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Old 05-07-2015, 12:13
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Yeah I agree with most of this, personally I thought the bus crash and aftermath were god awful, and I still can't get over the fact Tony has vanished into thin air, it's like they have opportunities and think better of it casting them aside, I still can't over the fact there was no Carla tina showdown last year there has to be more than one person who decides on these things it's like there's amateurs in charge
BIB: there was even a scene filmed between them but they didn't show it!
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Old 05-07-2015, 12:40
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Blackburn is probably the most inept Producer CS has ever had...
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Old 05-07-2015, 14:55
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SB needs to go somewhere and it isn't CS.
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Old 05-07-2015, 15:35
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I'd forgotten about the Maria "breakdown" it was that forgettable. In concept some of these things sound great but when it comes to implementing it onto the show they don't pull it off and they don't carry it through to getting to dealing with the consequences.
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Old 05-07-2015, 15:40
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As inept as he is, even Blackburn can't mess up Deirdre's passing this week!

Can he????????????
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Old 05-07-2015, 15:49
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As inept as he is, even Blackburn can't mess up Deirdre's passing this week!

Can he????????????
I say yes because Johnathan Harvey is the writer for that particular episode.
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Old 05-07-2015, 15:52
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Also Michelle and the missing keys, surely she'd remember that? Unless I've missed it, and its been addressed?
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Old 05-07-2015, 16:02
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I say yes because Johnathan Harvey is the writer for that particular episode.
Are you serious? He's abysmal
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Old 05-07-2015, 17:18
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I also find it strange that some of the stories Stuart Blackburn has talked about in his interviews have not happened.

Last year he said Tim's cousin "Howie" was going to turn up

He said Michelle and Steve's wedding would involve a street party

He also said Sharif was dying about a year ago!
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Old 05-07-2015, 17:42
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Coronation Street has long since been a shadow of it's former self.
Stuart Blackburn has done a right hatchet job on the soap, with no actual big storylines that were successful.

All of his big stories were just ratings plots, to coincide with either awards shows or BGT weeks. It's pathetic.
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Old 05-07-2015, 17:49
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Yes and good characters that could have been developed and had potential like Rob, Dennis Tanner and Jennybradley were either got rid of or ruined. Yet we have pointless characters like Andrea and Erica going on and on........

Plus the Nazirs, who apart from Sharif, are pretty boring. No way would a young Muslim girl like Ayla have slept with Jason.

The boring ongoing story with Callum also bores me to death.
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Old 05-07-2015, 19:05
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Are you serious? He's abysmal
I wish I was joking, but I`m not.
Jonathan Harvey is an awful writer, and he plagiarizes other peoples work too. Namely The Golden Girls, Victoria Wood etc. .
And as sure as eggs are eggs Sean Tully will be featured as he always seems to be in Harvey`s episodes.
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Old 06-07-2015, 15:47
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Against the wishes of most viewers, he played out the under-age pregnancy story - which flopped. He followed this up with an over-age pregnancy story - which flopped.
When are we going to get a competent producer on Corrie?
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Old 06-07-2015, 16:12
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im sorry OP but your title is wrong!

they do go somewhere.... off a cliff!
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Old 06-07-2015, 16:18
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Tracy goes from nearly killing a second person in cold blood, causing a fire through carelessness which leads to the deaths of two people. Yet how do they deal with the aftermath? Tracy going into stupid childish mode and making a fool out of Brian with his false date and standing behind him smirking.
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Old 06-07-2015, 16:27
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Really surprised Stuart Blackburn is still at Corrie, how long has he been there now?
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Old 06-07-2015, 16:37
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Really surprised Stuart Blackburn is still at Corrie, how long has he been there now?
For over two-years.
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Old 06-07-2015, 16:37
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Wednesday will be two years and three months to the day since his first credited appearance as Series Producer. He's already been credited longer as Corrie producer than he was Emmerdale (just shy of two years to the day).
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Old 06-07-2015, 16:54
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Does anyone else follow corrie on other forms of social media and have any idea of how SB is perceived there? I only ask because it seems to be a universal opinion on here that he's doing a terrible job and that's many things need to change to get Corrie back on top...yet nothing ever happens!

I see comments all the time that we are 'just a few people on a forum sharing a similar opinion' but I have to say that anyone I speak to about corrie always comment on how poor the quality of the show is at the moment. What will it take to get TPTB to understand how disappointed we are with the show, and have them make some major changes?!

I don't necessarily want SB sacked, but surely he could take note of the fans opinions and ideas and implement some changes to make Corrie great again? It's really sad that it's in the state it's in, I can't bear to watch some nights.
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Old 06-07-2015, 16:59
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im sorry OP but your title is wrong!

they do go somewhere.... off a cliff!
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Old 06-07-2015, 17:01
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Wednesday will be two years and three months to the day since his first credited appearance as Series Producer. He's already been credited longer as Corrie producer than he was Emmerdale (just shy of two years to the day).
I've heard (not sure how true it is though) that by the time SB left Emmerdale there was near mutiny within the cast/crew at what he'd done to the show...

But if true it make's ITV's decision to move him on to their "jewel in the crown" (CS) even more inexplicable.

And how he's managed to survive for two and half years, producing such dirge, again, no idea... I guess the CS cast and crew are less likely to rebel than Emmerdale's.
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