As a suggestion to improve a once flagship drama

How about having guest writers to freshen it up

Whilst having guest writers on a soap doesn't address all the issues (cast, length, plots, etc)

Anyway here's my 3 guest writers to start off with

1) Danny Brocklehurst

2) Craig Cash & Phil Mealey

3) Peter Kay

Craig Cash would be a great addition to the Corrie team.

Corrie has some fabulous writers, it's a shame to see the show in the state it is now.

The person that wrote the "Carla gambling" rubbish, should have all the nibs on there pens broken off .......... utter dribble

Do you think it's the wrong sort of storyline for Carla at this point or just badly written?

@ wot point are you talking about ?

Why are people so against the gambling storyline?

I read that as penis broken off

I've always wondered why Corrie only have half the writers that EE have? Is it because its on the BBC so its cheaper to hire more freelancers to write for the show unlike the other soaps who seem to have more of a tight knit group of regular writers. I guess that should mean they know the characters better but looking at Corrie at the moment you certainly wouldn't think that.

For me because it's come from absolutely nowhere with no steady build up to it!! I can undrrstand an addiction built up over time but one minute we've never even heard that Carla knew how to play poker or blackjack or anything else gambling related, thr next she's a hardened addict who's about to lose everything!!
It's all so contrived!! You can practically imagine the panic as Ali King announced her intended break from the show & the writing team desperately trying to scramble together some storyline that hasn't been done with Carla already!! " Oh yes, let's make her a gambling addict so she loses the factory & has to be bailed out by some Connor who's never ever been mentioned by Michelle, Paul, Liam, Tom or anyone else in the family!!"
What I don't understand is, she is already teetering on the brink of alcoholosm, that was how her & Peter started off, so if they wanted her to have a reaction to the guilt of thinking she'd started the fire that killed Kal & Maddie, why not just build on the addiction she already had!! It would have been far more realistic than just suddenly inventing a gambling addiction!!
The whole character is tired, worn out & suffering from chronic overkill to my mind!! Thankfully Ali K obviously agrees!! Carla was & still could be a great character but we need a long rest from 7 years of practically non stop huge storylines for her!! She's not the only character on the Street capable of playing out big storylines, & I am looking forward to some of those others coming back centre stage again once we get a change of personnel at the top!!

Penis... Dribble...
Can't cope

Agreed about Craig Cash!!!!! That 'Early Doors' style gentle northern humour, based entirely on characterisation is what Corrie was originally built on!!
I would LOVE to see all the Rover's scenes written by him & Phil Mealy, using Corrie's great existing cast of richly varied characters!!

Good post notdebbie, u sum up everything wrong with the gambling storyline perfectly. It would have made a lot more sense to revisit her alcoholism but that seems to have been forgotten. No doubt when she does return she'll have somehow got all her money back & the gambling addiction will never be mentioned again.

Can anyone lend me a Tena!!