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Old 31-12-2016, 10:11
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Why would Johnny pay £105 for three bottles of champagne in the pub? Anyone else would have gone to a supermarket or shop where it would probably be about £25 - £30 per bottle.
Most of the time, making a purchase is in the Rovers is met with a "It's on the house" response, so he was probably hoping to get them gratis. It wasn't his lucky night for some reason.
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:20
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When Kevin got the call to go and pick up Mr Connor (forgotten his name), Anna said "don't worry, we'll celebrate when you get back".

The next shot is the house is in darkness, Jack is downstairs and Anna is upstairs. For some obscure reason, the light on the landing didn't work (was there a power cut? The rest of the street looked ok), she went to walk downstairs and did a dramatic fall to the bottom. Even I can walk down my stairs in darkness.

Then, for another obscure reason, Jack opened the front door and then stood gormlessly watching the fireworks!!!
That's one funny description of Jack. Gormlessly. I won't be able to watch that episode without thinking of your description and bursting out laughing. Even now I find it hard to stop. Now I can't wait to see it. I wouldn't be dead for dollars to miss it. 😁😁😁😤
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:25
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I'd rather discover that than Anna. 😁
Just in case anyone is wondering that was not a typo.
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:25
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Mary swanning out of the florists for the last time but still wearing her work pinney. As if Tracy wouldn't have ripped it from her in a heartbeat.
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:32
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The scene between Tracy and Mary in the florists was quite vomit inducing Tracy being nice to people doesn't' work, they need to get Tracy back on the vinegar and battery acid cocktails ASAP.
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:33
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Why the hell would Leanne be visiting Janice when Toyah has just turned up! And wouldn't Toyah also visit? After all she is Janice's daughter!
This puzzled me too - but I'm thinking now maybe they just told Si Leanne was at Janice's to explain her staying in hospital
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:42
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Very sensible. Thanks Janet.

I'd vote for - the scenes are filmed on a set and not in a real hospital.
It all depends on what you mean by 'scenes', how Janet has phrased her e mail to David Nugent and how he interprets the question and then replies.

Anybody who thinks the Corrie crew do not go 'on location' to use both the outside and inside of building for obvious economic and common sense reasons is living in cloud cuckoo land. Or do you really think they spend ages filling a huge area of the studio floor to build, for example, an old fashioned court room on set, complete with old fashioned seating, a raised bench for the judge, a dock for the accused and best of all the old stained glass windows, complete with Latin mottoes for the sake of letting someone have a few minutes in court?

They do it all the time - that is why the production vehicles can be seen all around the Manchester area and adjacent counties as the actors and camera crews are filming inside.

If you or any others insist I make these things up, it means that the set builders made a very good job making the set in this pic of the Platt family coming out of a building with its weathered stone pillars and steps and the old court room used in the same story episodes.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u...ears/#gallery0
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Old 31-12-2016, 11:59
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That's one funny description of Jack. Gormlessly. I won't be able to watch that episode without thinking of your description and bursting out laughing. Even now I find it hard to stop. Now I can't wait to see it. I wouldn't be dead for dollars to miss it. 😁😁😁😤
was a very silly scene.

Jack see's Anna is hurt, thinks "I must go to get help." gets outside, runs into the road, thinks "Where shall I go to find some... OOH FIREWORKS!"
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Old 31-12-2016, 12:05
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It got towed away by the Council after she got told she couldn't live in it parked on Coronation Street. We never saw Mary try to retrieve it or anything, it just seemed to get forgotten.



Me too. It's a mess flashing before your eyes at breakneck speed. When you're convinced that you've missed an episode but haven't, something's very wrong. It's turned into a cartoon.
Exactly true that you think you have missed an episode. Total mess just now, with half baked storylines reaching conclusions with no substance to them e.g. who ended up with the big TV, what about the investigation in to the new flats, hairdressers closed, all the staff are AWOL, and on and on it goes.
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Old 31-12-2016, 12:43
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It all depends on what you mean by 'scenes', how Janet has phrased her e mail to David Nugent and how he interprets the question and then replies.

Anybody who thinks the Corrie crew do not go 'on location' to use both the outside and inside of building for obvious economic and common sense reasons is living in cloud cuckoo land. Or do you really think they spend ages filling a huge area of the studio floor to build, for example, an old fashioned court room on set, complete with old fashioned seating, a raised bench for the judge, a dock for the accused and best of all the old stained glass windows, complete with Latin mottoes for the sake of letting someone have a few minutes in court?

They do it all the time - that is why the production vehicles can be seen all around the Manchester area and adjacent counties as the actors and camera crews are filming inside.

If you or any others insist I make these things up, it means that the set builders made a very good job making the set in this pic of the Platt family coming out of a building with its weathered stone pillars and steps and the old court room used in the same story episodes.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u...ears/#gallery0
I don't bother to think any of the above out. A straightforward issue has been made far too complicated. I can see from watching Corrie that very occasionally they film on location. But I thought this was just a simple dispute about where Corrie hospital interior scenes are filmed. Is it on location in a hospital or in a studio?
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Old 31-12-2016, 12:56
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so has Simon been flying his drone since boxing day?

Yes. Illegally with no regard to the distance between buildings people and so on. Currently the law seems to suggest around 100 or more metres. The little weasel has been hovering at just a few feet over the roof tops.

Anyone doing that round here would most likely be having multiple catapult attacks in the hope of crashing the ludicrous toy.


If the batteries ran out and, by good fortune, it landed in my back garden he would be welcome to the assorted and mis-shapen wreckage, of course.
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Old 31-12-2016, 13:08
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I know we shouldn't be surprised any more, as it happens each time a character leaves the Street, but Mary was packed to leave for a new life in SA with just three small hold-alls. Who can really pack up their life so quickly and neatly? I take more than that for a week's holiday in Spain...
Decide to go one day and leave the next day. That's our Corrie.


So, Jude left his pregnant wife in South Africa over Christmas and will return with a complete stranger who he announces is his long lost mother.

I bet she will be thrilled.


New Year's eve - arguably the busiest night of the year and all the staff of The Rovers and the Bistro have the night off? Landlady Liz the only one serving at the Rovers and despite Robert being owner and head chef of the Bistro appears to be the only one front of house.
Well, quite clearly Eva did the early shift and Liz did the evening shift. What's wrong with that? Corrie are stupid they seem to have only one bar person no matter what.

It got towed away by the Council after she got told she couldn't live in it parked on Coronation Street. We never saw Mary try to retrieve it or anything, it just seemed to get forgotten.



Me too. It's a mess flashing before your eyes at breakneck speed. When you're convinced that you've missed an episode but haven't, something's very wrong. It's turned into a cartoon.
That's why within minutes of the start, i was confused. I asked if we'd missed an episode!

Mary is the mother in law everyone would want

Especially at short notice and at considerable expense of the air fare too. Being left alone and pregnant over Christmas will soften the blow I am sure
Mary has proved her worth with children and will be a godsend to when it comes to raising her grandchild. Just look at the way those lovely Alahan kids turned out.

When Kevin got the call to go and pick up Mr Connor (forgotten his name), Anna said "don't worry, we'll celebrate when you get back".

The next shot is the house is in darkness, Jack is downstairs and Anna is upstairs. For some obscure reason, the light on the landing didn't work (was there a power cut? The rest of the street looked ok), she went to walk downstairs and did a dramatic fall to the bottom. Even I can walk down my stairs in darkness.

Then, for another obscure reason, Jack opened the front door and then stood gormlessly watching the fireworks!!!
You'd think there'd be folk standing outside the bistro having a fag or have they suddenly discovered a beer/fag garden round the back?!!


This puzzled me too - but I'm thinking now maybe they just told Si Leanne was at Janice's to explain her staying in hospital
Sorry I know that bit about it being a story to tell Simon. I just thought it was a stupid excuse. Simon's a bright kid and would wonder why Leanne had gone when Toyah's just turned up etc...

Where Corrie's concerned i'm feeing a bit like Nick this week -

http://www.dailyllama.com/spam/misce...sepad_mp4a.jpg
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Old 31-12-2016, 13:48
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Why would Johnny pay £105 for three bottles of champagne in the pub? Anyone else would have gone to a supermarket or shop where it would probably be about £25 - £30 per bottle.
Actually with pub mark ups £105 is cheap for 3 bottles of 'good' champers. Was the label displayed as part of their Product Placement Payments?

Agree with everyone's "confusion" posts. My head is still reeling after watching Christmas Eve/Day/New Year's Eve episodes in rapid succession.

For such special events there should be a 3 line whip for the characters who would expected to be working on the most used sets for special occasions. There is no way the MacDonald clan wouldn't be in the pub and the Bistro would certainly need more than Robert working. I must've missed the bit where Steph got fired.
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Old 31-12-2016, 14:16
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I don't bother to think any of the above out. A straightforward issue has been made far too complicated. I can see from watching Corrie that very occasionally they film on location. But I thought this was just a simple dispute about where Corrie hospital interior scenes are filmed. Is it on location in a hospital or in a studio?
It was! It was me originally wondering about Phelan's latest ward appearing different to THE private ward he and all the others occupy. But a thread newbie deliberately misquoted me, took the pi$$ somewhat and others seems to accept his/her misquote as if I had actually said it and it became a bee in my bonnet and one where I had to make a point.

Your post was the only convenient one this morning for me to reply to and have my Mancunian four-penn'orth - nothing personal.
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Old 31-12-2016, 15:19
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Not to mention her camper van. Did we ever find out what became of her huge camper van - or mobile home, whatever she called it?
and it's always struck me that, given that the camper van disppeared without any apparent concern from her - she has a remarkable number of objects from her life still in her possession.
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:00
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and it's always struck me that, given that the camper van disppeared without any apparent concern from her - she has a remarkable number of objects from her life still in her possession.
All of these type of irritants and giant SORs would be obliterated with just a few lines of dialogue between relevant characters, a simple conversation would explain rationally & believably many of the loose ends which infuriate & insult the viewers
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:01
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Actually with pub mark ups £105 is cheap for 3 bottles of 'good' champers. Was the label displayed as part of their Product Placement Payments?

Agree with everyone's "confusion" posts. My head is still reeling after watching Christmas Eve/Day/New Year's Eve episodes in rapid succession.

For such special events there should be a 3 line whip for the characters who would expected to be working on the most used sets for special occasions. There is no way the MacDonald clan wouldn't be in the pub and the Bistro would certainly need more than Robert working. I must've missed the bit where Steph got fired.
Wouldnt Johnny have gone to a whole salers like Costco for his christmas drinks??? Then he could have put the receipt through his books for the tax man .
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:08
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and it's always struck me that, given that the camper van disppeared without any apparent concern from her - she has a remarkable number of objects from her life still in her possession.
I would also have assumed that her passport was in the camper van....
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Old 31-12-2016, 16:21
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Actually with pub mark ups £105 is cheap for 3 bottles of 'good' champers. Was the label displayed as part of their Product Placement Payments?

Agree with everyone's "confusion" posts. My head is still reeling after watching Christmas Eve/Day/New Year's Eve episodes in rapid succession.

For such special events there should be a 3 line whip for the characters who would expected to be working on the most used sets for special occasions. There is no way the MacDonald clan wouldn't be in the pub and the Bistro would certainly need more than Robert working. I must've missed the bit where Steph got fired.
Alcohol isn't permitted under Product Placement so if a named brand was visible you can bet OFCOM will rap ITV's knuckles. Things like the bar's optics, sweets in The Kabin etc are fine as no money has exchanged hands so they can dress the sets.

One thing when Anna fell down the stairs... where was that random shaft of light coming from? And did anyone else notice how both Steph and Phelan seemed to have more lighting on them... something to suggest 2017 is the year they meet their maker?
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Old 31-12-2016, 17:06
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How on earth did Anna manage to fall down the stairs? It wasn't even pitch black!
i think she was pushed by the ghost of les dennis.
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Old 31-12-2016, 17:09
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a shaft of light in number 13?

wonder if they will have Jack having a dream about an old lady with curlers in his room asking what's happened to her Muriel

then Kevin gets the call about Hilda passing


one big christmas SOR is there has been no nativity, maybe nobody's parent turned up drunk or had a baby so wasn't worth filming

now all this talk of hospital sets when they film in schools they do seem to use real schools
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Old 31-12-2016, 17:11
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It was! It was me originally wondering about Phelan's latest ward appearing different to THE private ward he and all the others occupy. But a thread newbie deliberately misquoted me, took the pi$$ somewhat and others seems to accept his/her misquote as if I had actually said it and it became a bee in my bonnet and one where I had to make a point.

Your post was the only convenient one this morning for me to reply to and have my Mancunian four-penn'orth - nothing personal.
I saw all that mess with the misquoting. The issue just seemed to grow. Beyond filmed on location in a hospital or filmed on a set, It was far too hard for me to follow! I tend to glaze over and drift off into a geriatric daze nowadays if anything gets too complicated!

And surely you mean nowt personal!
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Old 31-12-2016, 18:44
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a fun story would be Kevin and Anna tying the knot and when Jack finds out he's so shocked at the thought of Anna being his step mum he begs Jenny to abduct him again
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Old 31-12-2016, 18:49
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Corrie invested a lot into a hospital set, hence why it is used so often.
Reply from David Nugent at Corrie:

"All hospital scenes are shot on set at our studio complex, years ago(25) we use to use Manchester Northern Hospital but it became impractical.

Once again many thanks for your e-mail and may I wish you a Very Happy New Year. Best Wishes, David."
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Old 31-12-2016, 18:59
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Overuse by Corrie producers of the call to Tyrone or Kevin for the vehicle breakdown service.
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