Forgive me if i've missed something, but Carla is awake and talking so I presume has been interviewed by the police. She would have told them that the attackers had asked for Steph by name. The police records would show the revenge porn charge and that Carlas description of him matches closely with the accused, EVEN if they did'nt know about her boyfriend and brother getting him sacked from his new job. Case closed.

Why doesn't anybody ever get the tram ?? They made a big deal of the tram previously, yet people get the Wayfarer or a taxi - the tram will take you directly into Piccadilly Station

Wasn't Barlow's Buys some form of pawn brokers as well ? Seem to remember some hilarious scene with Liz and Eileen and some bit of tatty jewellery that she got from dreary and had to buy back - or something equally as dull ??

Surely there will be customers who only pawned stuff to get them through Christmas and would now want to be buying it back

I might as well join in on this brilliant forum, Why was Ken wearing a scarf to go in the Rovers? surely he wouldn't need to wear it if he just lives next door

Which reminds me : when nick, leanne, steph and notgavin were standing outside the bitro, nick said to the policeperson "we've told all the staff".

How many staff are there supposed to be, for what should be a tiny cafe in a railway arch?

Welcome to the forum Russ! Ken could just stroll round to the Rovers in his kimono and slippers but putting him in a scarf is a great way to signal to viewers that it's January. ..

But the kimono is no more .

The way Ken was wearing the scarf wasn't the usual old man's way of wearing a scarf to keep him warm. It was designed to make him look all cool and trendy along with his floppy hairdo He has to keep up his image of being a ladies man, you know!

What happened to it? Was there a s/l about this? Was it hilarious, dramatic, interesting?

It was none of the above. When brian the headmaster stayed with ken he came down to breakfast wearing it and then I think ken dumped it.

Well, it seems the done thing to nip behind the bar and serve yourself!

To hide his lovebites.

it's like children's comic characters in winter, always wear a scarf and sometimes a woolly hat and nothing else apart from their regular clothes

ken ditched the kimono after brian wore it. he was probably sick to death of every cheeky bugger who visited wearing the dam thing. because that's what you do when you visit somebody, wear their clothes

Sophie. Lives with her dad, works with her dad, wants to go on holiday with her dad. Spends all her free time with her mum and dad, pensioners like Rita or kids still at school. Is she a grown woman ? For gods sake, give her some mates to hang around with so she can be normal.

Also, the other burglar referred to Jamie by name and I'm sure Carla will remember that.

Is she still a 'born-again' Christian?

Anna Windass My God. she has a severe case of overacting. She exagerates everything! She "ran" twice during Mondays episodes-running/walking fast towards carla and she made it look so contrived and fake, and her conversation with Izzy about her relationship with Kevin was awful. The director needs to sit the actress down and tell her that less is more. I thought Liz had her moments but Anna-Wow!!

But Sophie does have mates.

On the odd occasion, Sophie has left mummy and daddy Webster and gone on a night out with Sean and Billy because as we all know they are gay and she is a lesbian. Kate Connor, also a lesbian has left the inner sanctum of the empire of the Connors and has also been out with them.

Maybe the director was directing and told her to run or walk fast.

Anyone remember when Gail came in to ask Ken if she could borrow his kimono, not sure why, think it was something to do with a themed dinner party or something she was having to impress Michael? I didn't imagine it! I remember thinking it really odd when she went in to ask him for it, as I don't think I had ever seen her in Ken's house before.

I presume Tracy's florist's delivery van is parked with the rest of the missing vehicles - we haven't seen it yet.

... and it seems that the new enterprise is getting as much custom as the 2nd hand shop.

I quote below extracts from a review of the most recent episode of "Endeavour" (broadcast 25th Jan), which has appeared in www.theartsdesk.com

Not a lot here we don't already know.

"In the Age of Austerity, budget cuts leave no time for script development, so it often feels like first drafts are being filmed. The bean-counters want to see every pound spent on the screen: far more attention is paid to period detail [really?] than plot.

"So what? I hear you say. It’s only telly. There is nothing “only” about the most powerful medium on the planet. That’s why the Aldi-isation (*) of the art form is such a cause for concern. Yes, the aisles are full of similar, familiar-looking products but none of them tastes like they once did. If Inspector Morse was caviar for the general population, Endeavour is cod roe.

While the soaps gave up any pretence of realism years ago, crime drama used to make a point of being realistic, reflecting the world, telling the truth in all its nitty-grittiness. Nowadays, the way soaps cynically exploit “difficult” issues – racism, euthanasia, mental illness – to lend dignity to their nightly cavalcade of screaming chavs is despicable. Relentless financial cutbacks have also created a poverty of ambition.

"The only brains on show are those in formaldehyde or splattered on graffiti-covered walls. They portray a moronic inferno in which cartoon buffoons flout authority and flaunt their insecurities to reassure us that they are supposed to be human too.

"Perhaps viewers – with one eye always checking their phone or tablet – are only meant to watch such crap with half a brain. Perhaps that’s why so much foreign drama seems so powerful: subtitles demand your full attention, they force you to concentrate (**)

"Actors can only work with what they are given: ................ flashbacks to several previous episodes: a first for the series and a further demonstration that recycling has replaced inspiration."

(*) further proof, as if any was ever needed, that the script-writing is in the capable hands of Dev's children

(**) Ye Gods. Corrie in Swedish with subtitles? (On the other hand, it'd be good to see the Weatherfield plod behaving like the French Fuzz do in Spiral and Spin.)

She is indeed, but the scriptwriters seem to have forgotten that, often having her sniping behind people's backs and blaming Carla for Maddie's death.

She began losing her faith since Maddie died.

Yes, I remember that. Another ridiculous storyline

The police, who are working on the robbery at the Bistro, and have been interviewing staff for days, walk into the Bistro and ask to see the owner.

Surely they would KNOW who the owner was??!!!