I thought that was odd as well. I've never heard of the complainant meeting with the Environmental officer at the premises that they complained about. Aren't they meant to be anonymous?


Didn't Michael put the phone on silent in case it went off whilst he was snooping around at the yard and someone heard him?

Has she ever successfully planned a wedding?

Yes. I wasn't sure was Anna basing her performance on Quasimodo or Gollum.For effect she should have crawled on her belly dragging the legs behind her.

Did Phelan do anything with Anna's mobile after he found out about Les Dennis being at the yard? I saw him throw her crutches across the room but I can't recall whether we saw him doing anything with her mobile. If not there was nothing stopping her ringing Michael warning him that Phelan was on his way back

Or just ringing the police.

But Michael had put his mobile on mute when he was hiding behind the cabin and heard a vehicle pull up outside the gates. It was the driver delivering tiles not Phelan. I assumed he didn't switch the sound back on so would not have heard it ring even if Anna called him when he was in the office later looking for evidence.

Yes. She would have been better ringing the police because Michael's phone had been put on mute by himself.

When Eileen was first taken to the site, she was 'kidnapped' and driven to view in a white van so it's not a stroll around the corner.

Where was Faye when Anna and Phelan had their meet in the flat? She'd been sent to her room earlier.

That's a good point actually, Anna would surely need her bandages to be changed every so often and with the risk of infection, it'd surely require a professional. I wonder how long they'll have Anna in recovery for. Different circumstances, but Katie Piper was burned several years ago and she's still having procedures done. She had to wear the pressure garments for two years. No doubt Corrie will have dusted over Anna's recovery in a few months.



It is Les Dennis after all.

Pretty sure the answer is No!

Hooray Michaels dead.

Why would Brian eat at a restaurant he is inspecting for poor hygiene? Does he want to cuddle his toilet? And anyway, you're not allowed to eat 'on the job' - it could be seen as a bribe. I reported my local curry house to environmental health when I found a shard of glass in my rice, they never offered to meet me there, complaints are anonymous and they HAVE to inspect following a complaint.

Also, Brian didn't visit the street as it held too many memories /it was too raw but yet he's been back in the UK presumably without Julie for months, enough time to find a place to live, retrain and then get fed up of a job! And in all that time he never visited his old friends?

There is far too much going on at the moment for one small street in Lancs.

Maria's arrest for murder
The Phelan/Vinnie scam with Michael's death
Anna's burns recovery
Ken's stroke recovery
The Barlows newly enlarged family fall-outs
Roy and Cathy's wedding plans
Platt/Windass romance angst
Rita/ Gemma's homeless story.
Mystery man snooping around The Barlows



They seem to be just chucking everything into the mix to see what works. I'm exhausted by it all

After running several plot lines that not unlike children's fairy stories in their inception and lack of credibility, the writers have to show how clever they are in their jokes by having Phelan call Anna ' Nefertiti' because of her bandages but the fishwife, another Egyptology expert, gets his Egyptian mummy joke. which many viewers would have missed.

I certainly got the egyptian jokes and thought they were quite witty. The actor who plays Phelan is good and delivers his lines with conviction.

On another note would Roy & Cathy really employ Michelle (the bloody useless wedding planner) for a small wedding and the added expense of her ballsing it up for them? I think not as Roy is quite a frugal man

Well I for one am pleased to see him arrive back safely in the UK from Wales, I expect he is suffering from jet-lag after his long journey.

Someone like Roy, who loves nostalgia, would be drawn in by the prospect of a wedding with a VW Camper Van as a wedding car.

As soon as I saw THE pink folder, I immediately thought of this thread

yes, all in the same two episodes. It's like the fall-out from some Management Meeting shake-up. Are we to presume those Barlow lads are kipping at Ken's along with Tracy, Peter, Ken and Amy?

I wonder if they realise how lucky they are to have acquired her services, she is usually far too busy doing her nails, to come on house calls at this time of night.

What day of the week was y'day meant to be set? It seemed like Wednesday as the tile driver dropped them off (literally, I hope) early instead of Thursday, and Chateau Gail had a "mid week roast"

He'll be luckier as no doubt when she pops round after the latest argument with her buffoon husband, she will lead Roy up the stairs, into the bedroom and start undressing on the bed and planning to have sex with him.

Seems like they are all staying there. The other night Tracey said that no one was having her room, so Peter said Daniel could have Ken's room, and he would take Amy's room, as she's staying at the pub. Now that Ken's home, Daniel must be sharing his bed, and Adam sharing with Peter, only way it could work.

Also, now that poor Les is gone, I imagine that frees up a space for Gary at Gail's Tardis.

[quote=dobbybear;84615119]I certainly got the egyptian jokes and thought they were quite witty. The actor who plays Phelan is good and delivers his lines with conviction.

they were witty but we always got the feeling that they are more the sort of thing that gets mentioned amongst the chattering class writers as they chat at parties etc than the characters they write about in their very closeted life in one street and one hospital ward.

there are several in-jokes and remarks made especially by Kirk which are quite good but would not be understood let alone be made by characters in the street..