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Old 03-07-2007, 18:00
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Its been ten years this month that the Battersby arrived in Coronation Street. Can you believe the impact they made when they first arrived in the show and how they are still so popular ten years on. The originials were brilliant. Great that Janice is still there and also Leanne even though Les has been axed from the show.
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:11
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Leanne and Janice (arguably) are the only good members of the family
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:16
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Toyah?
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:16
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I think the Battersby family were great at their arrival, Janice is still great now as is Leanne Battersby. They have now expanded them to the Battersby-Browns and Cilla is good too, Les was great too and Chesney and Fiz are both great too. However Les and Cilla have had far too many comedy type storylines and not enough serious storylines because of this their popularity has been effected its a shame with Les leaving (off screen) and Cilla leaving this year which just leaves Fiz, Chesney, Janice and Leanne.

However i would also like to see Toyah return for a while too she was great.
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:18
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I have never warmed to Les but love the women.

Georgia Taylor as Toyah was especially good, the scenes where she told Janice she had been raped were exceptionally well acted
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:20
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I have never warmed to Les but love the women.

Georgia Taylor as Toyah was especially good, the scenes where she told Janice she had been raped were exceptionally well acted
Yes, I would really like to see Toyah back.
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:23
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I forgot about Toyah. Whoops. Consumed with rage over Cilla
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:46
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Wow, 10 years has gone so fast...

Jane Danson and Vicky Entwistle are still excellent in their roles as Leanne and Janice and are two of the best actresses on the show!

I always enjoy their scenes very much! These two are still very important characters in Corrie.
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:52
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I never liked Les at all, but Leanne has become a mainstay of the show since her return.

Not forgetting Toyah either - it's a shame she hasn't returned at some point as well.
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Old 03-07-2007, 18:56
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Janice was axed once. I personally have never cared for them. Im glad Bruce Jones has been fired as he is a vile creature.
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Old 03-07-2007, 19:21
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Janice was axed once. I personally have never cared for them. Im glad Bruce Jones has been fired as he is a vile creature.
I remember the outcry that was caused from Corrie viewers when the Battersby family arrived! Many called for them to be axed as they "ruined what was meant to be gentle family viewing". Crap, I say! The Battersby bunch livened the Street up! I'll never forget Les smacking Curly Watts in the face for throwing Toyah's hi-fi out of the upstairs window! Onlookers Rita, Percy, Mavis and Emily were horrified!

It's a shame Bruce Jones turned out to be the bigot he is. I used to have a lot of respect for him but not anymore. They should have sacked him years ago when he first went off the rails. He was given far too many chances.
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Old 03-07-2007, 19:40
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I don't think Les is missed, and most people probably won't notice that he is gone.

I never liked Janice before, but recently she has become one of my favourites. I think it has been the recent scenes with her and Jane Danson (Leanne) which have been fab. We have seen a different side to Janice, which has been good.

Cilla could have been a great character, if only they had made her less one-dimensional. It doesn't matter now that Wendi Peters is leaving, and I don't thinik she'll be missed much either. We hadrly see her anymore, and when we do she is just the same old cartoon character.

That only really leaves Chesney, and I wonder what will happen to him when Cilla goes. Stay with Fiz again? Personally, I think his expiry date is up too. He used to be the cute little kid, but now he's growing up and is getting a bit dull. If he does stay in, they'll probably start the usual teenage rebellion storylines pretty soon, I'd imagine.

As long as Janice and Leanne stay in the show, that's the main thing in my opinion. They are about the only interesting characters in Corrie at the moment.
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Old 03-07-2007, 20:09
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Toyah was OK. She needs a name change
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Old 03-07-2007, 21:44
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I don't think Les is missed, and most people probably won't notice that he is gone.

I never liked Janice before, but recently she has become one of my favourites. I think it has been the recent scenes with her and Jane Danson (Leanne) which have been fab. We have seen a different side to Janice, which has been good.

Cilla could have been a great character, if only they had made her less one-dimensional. It doesn't matter now that Wendi Peters is leaving, and I don't thinik she'll be missed much either. We hadrly see her anymore, and when we do she is just the same old cartoon character.

That only really leaves Chesney, and I wonder what will happen to him when Cilla goes. Stay with Fiz again? Personally, I think his expiry date is up too. He used to be the cute little kid, but now he's growing up and is getting a bit dull. If he does stay in, they'll probably start the usual teenage rebellion storylines pretty soon, I'd imagine.

As long as Janice and Leanne stay in the show, that's the main thing in my opinion. They are about the only interesting characters in Corrie at the moment.
Leanne are Janice are the main reasons I tune in at the moment. The Violet and Sean stuff just isn't working, which is a shame. Violet's character has never been really explored in much depth and now this obsession for a baby is becoming painful to watch! Her time is well and truly up and the sooner she leaves the better!
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Old 03-07-2007, 21:52
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I remember the blurb before they brought in the Battersbys, about how they would be a really rough family who got everyone else's back up, but how long was it before they turned most of them into a comedy act? OK, then they brought in Toyah's rape, etc. But by that time, they were characters you could empathise with...
The same has been said about the Mortons, but now they're turning them into a comic family. Why can't Corrie bring in the Neighbours from Hell and keep them as such? There are enough reality docs about these people and the war goes on for years. It really would make a nice change...
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Old 03-07-2007, 22:26
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Last week Leanne was bleating and sobbing about 'Why does everybody hate me....I'm trying to turn over a new leaf.....why do I deserve this?' and a lot more self pitying nonsense.

Since you asked Leanne, it;s because you are a self-centeredhttp://images.digitalspy.co.uk/forum/smilies/tongue.gif
, nasty, petty minded, money grabbing, selfish, ignorant whore.


And the Weeble's (Janice) moral stand on her step-daughter's
recent choice of career just doesn't ring true. The equally lacking in morals and atavistic bitch would, in my opinion, be
encouraging rather than disapproving.
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Old 03-07-2007, 23:10
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Toyah was OK. She needs a name change
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Old 03-07-2007, 23:31
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They got it mostly right with Janice, Leanne and Toyah. Les never worked and Cilla is just as bad. Thank god he's gone and she's going. Janice and Leanne are brilliant characters and for me the two best characters on the show right now. It would be great if Toyah returned as well. I actually cried when she left - she was a great character.
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Old 04-07-2007, 00:55
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They got it mostly right with Janice, Leanne and Toyah. Les never worked and Cilla is just as bad. Thank god he's gone and she's going. Janice and Leanne are brilliant characters and for me the two best characters on the show right now. It would be great if Toyah returned as well. I actually cried when she left - she was a great character.
I agree with most of what you said, except I love Les and Cilla, i think their fabulous! I'm feeling deprived of Les at the moment. Cilla is just classic.

Oh and Im not a big fan of Leanne Battersby. She's o.k. in small doses lol.
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Old 04-07-2007, 06:58
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I think the Battersby's were great when they first arrived, I think they've (only recently) started going past their sell-by date.
For me, the return of Leanne was not needed, and she's not been off screen since which has been slightly irritating.
Chesney was a brilliant edition to the show and obviously made a huge impact...... is now one of my worst characters in Corrie. He's no longer cute, yet still being fed cute lines which make him look uncomfatarble and his lines seem to be very stiffly fed.
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