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Coronation Street's John Stape and Colin Fishwick reunited in death (or on stage)

DaveLee — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

So John Stape first stole teaching colleague Colin Fishwick's identity, then Colin tried to blackmail John when he found out, then John murdered Colin (or didn't, or manslaughtered him, or something. Let's not get into this again). Then John hid...

Are Coronation Street bosses planning to make Leanne pregnant?

DaveLee — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:30:00 GMT

There's an interview in this week's Inside Soap with Corrie star Jane Danson. She says she would like her character Leanne Barlow to return to Weatherfield pregnant. She told them: 'I think that would be a great storyline! Leanne...

Coronation Street spoiler: Monday Feb 20, 8.30pm

shinychris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:32:00 GMT

A panicking Faye finds Anna and Owen. They rush over, and as Owen barges the door open and puts out the fire, Anna takes Joseph clear of the smoke. Returning home, Chesney is horrified to see what's happened. As Katy...

Coronation Street spoiler: Monday Feb 20, 7.30pm

shinychris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:50:00 GMT

Chesney has agreed to look after Joseph while Katy goes shopping, but has to cancel when a market meeting is called. As Joseph cries, Katy is clearly struggling and, desperate to escape, she leaves him alone in the house. However,...

Nikki Patel to leave Coronation Street

DaveLee — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:26:00 GMT

Corrie bosses have announced that Nikki Patel, who plays Dev Alahan's wayward daughter Amber, has filmed her final scenes on the soap. Amber returned to Weatherfield last year after a period at university but, apart from acting as an unconvincing...

Kym Marsh to play Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street musical

DaveLee — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:15:00 GMT

As well as starring former Corrie stars such as Julie Goodyear and Kevin Kennedy, the upcoming musical Street Of Dreams will feature current Weatherfield residents William Roache and Kym Marsh. Kym will play Corrie legend Elsie Tanner for two nights...

Before Lewis Archer returns to Coronation Street, remind yourself how he left it

DaveLee — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:39:00 GMT

So Nigel Havers is back in Corrie tonight as suave lothario Lewis Archer, but as it's been over 18 months since he jetted off Barbados (wonder if he bumped into Becky?) we thought we'd offer you the chance to remind...

Has The Sun accidentally outed Coronation Street's Fat Brenda?

DaveLee — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:30:00 GMT

Captain Mainwaring's wife in Dad's Army, Arthur Daley's wife in Minder, the wife of Norm in Cheers and Mrs Columbo - what do they all have in common? Well, apart from all being wives they are all characters that are...

Coronation Street's Rita Sullivan to become Mrs Tanner?

DaveLee — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:05:00 GMT

If the rumour mill is to be believed it looks like Corrie's Queen of the corner shop Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) is going to marry again, this time to newly-recovered King of the road Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie). Loyal viewers...

Coronation Street writer spreads confusion about Weatherfield

DaveLee — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:49:00 GMT

Every Corrie fan knows that the soap is set in Weatherfield and that Weatherfield is a fictional suburb of Manchester. But after two mentions of Salford in a recent episode writer Jonathan Harvey has taken to Twitter to try and...

Coronation Street spoiler: Friday, Feb 17, 8.30pm

shinychris — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:24:00 GMT

Having struggled to give up alcohol, Audrey and Gail decide to take up power-walking. But a country pub, is tempting, they decide to stop for a drink - but when they bump into Lewis, they're gobsmacked. Lewis buys the pair...

Coronation Street spoiler: Lewis returns! Friday, Feb 17, 8.30pm

shinychris — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:24:00 GMT

Coronation Street spoiler: Tyrone proposes. Feb 17, 7.30pm

shinychris — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:54:00 GMT

(Champions League football on Thursday, so Thursday's episode moves to Friday, 7.30pm) Tyrone is devastated after wrongly accusing Kirsty of an affair and Tommy feels terrible. Going to see her at the police station, Tyrone begs Kirsty for a second...

Coronation Street gets 7 nominations for the All About Soap Awards

DaveLee — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:19:00 GMT

You can vote for Corrie in one of seven categories in the All About Soap Awards. Voting opens on Valentines Day on the All About Soap wwebsite and closes on February 27th, with winners announced in the subsequent issue of...

Coronation Street shooting schedule goes into overdrive ahead of move

DaveLee — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:00 GMT

With Corrie's move to their new Salford Quays set planned for later in the year, it's being reported that the show's bosses are planning to 'stockpile' episodes in case there are any hitches during the flit. The Sun quote exec...

Coronation Street spoiler: Friday, Feb 10, 8.30pm

shinychris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:05:00 GMT

Jason's is really low as he returns to Number 11, revealing that Rosie has dumped him. Only to discover that Eileen has given his room to Paul and Lesley. Feeling betrayed by those he loves, Jason heads to the pub....

Coronation Street spoiler: Friday, Feb 10th, 7.30pm

shinychris — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:33:00 GMT

Rosie still hasn't been honest with Jason,she tells Sophie that she'd rather let their relationship fizzle out than hurt him, But when Jason decides that he's going to London with her, Rosie panics. With Jason out of the way, she...

The plot thickens: Now there are six suspects for the Coronation Street murder

DaveLee — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:18:00 GMT

As we predicted earlier in the week, more suspects are emerging in the Frank Foster Corrie murder plot. The Daily Star has today named six suspects and their motives. They are: Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor) after she finds out Frank...

Coronation Street's Katy Cavanagh thinks that Julie will be a 'ridiculous' mum

DaveLee — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:27:00 GMT

Corrie actress Katy Cavanagh has been talking to Inside Soap about her character Julie Carp's impending pregnancy. 'Julie will be ridiculous!' she says 'She'll take everything people tell her literally. It will drive her sister Eileen absolutely mad!' And she...

Ex Corrie stars bare all in Mike Stott's Funny Peculiar

shinychris — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:18:00 GMT

Well it's not Coronation Street but this caught my eye for a number of reasons! Not only does it feature Corrie greats such as Craig Gazey - the hapless Graeme Proctor - and Vicky Entwistle (Janice Battersby) it's also coming...

Coronation Street spoiler: Thurs Feb 9, 8.30pm

shinychris — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:00 GMT

Carla returns to work, insisting she won't walk out on the business she started. She's ready for a fight. But back at home, Carla's drained and - with the day having taken its toll on her - she reaches for...

Chip butted! Brian gets a face full of fast food in Coronation Street

DaveLee — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:48:00 GMT

Corrie school headmaster Brian Packham (Peter Gunn) is set to get a slap up feed when he tries to stop Kylie Platt (Paula Lane) feeding chips to kids. Brian and Kylie have been at odds lately about his healthy eating...

Don't read this if you don't want to know who (maybe) kills Frank in Coronation Street

DaveLee — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:00 GMT

Last chance to stop reading..............still with us? OK. Sally will kill Frank. Or maybe Kevin. Or maybe someone else. The truth is that Corrie producers have started their 'Who fingered Frank?' campaign so they are leaking various suspects and theories...

Terry Duckworth to open Coronation Street lap dancing club

DaveLee — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:23:00 GMT

In a rare racy move for Corrie, Terry Duckworth (Nigel Pivaro) is to open a lap dancing club. Terry is due back in the street very soon and it seems that as well as being reunited with the son he...

Coronation Street fans to get the chance to Sing-A-Long-A-Frank

DaveLee — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:08:00 GMT

Corrie actor Andrew Lancel, who plays nasty knicker factory boss Frank Foster, has been talking about is plans to return to his singing career once life on the cobbles comes to an end. Before Corrie Andrew had been in the...