Brilliant! What lines! "You can run away to Israel and live in a kebab." And "Don't talk to me about controversial. We were first round our way with hanging baskets."

Gems. Complete gems.

Just keep posting them, Jem. Don't make me watch it.

It was Jonathan Harvey last night, wasn't it? A playwright of some clout. He gets all the big episodes. (I obsessively check who writes each Corrie script and have favourite and pet hate scriptwriters. My OH and I sit clucking, oh it's Carmel tonight, I wonder if she'll slip in a, "make a Fresh start." )
My recent fave was a couple of eps back when Steve discovered Lloyd and his ma. "I came out from between those legs." "Thank you Steve, we know what it's for." Glorious! And all that French farce hiding behind the sofa. I love the wit in Corrie and how it sends itself up all the time. Couldn't stomach watching Eastenders or any of those doom and gloom soaps but Corrie is so fine when it's on form.

Yes, that was a gem wasn't it!

Agree, when Corrie is on form it's better than anything else on telly.

Haven't watched Corrie for years, but someone once said that Israel/kebab line to me! Cross my heart and hope to die.

I love the fact that Corrie always credits the writers first, before the cast and producer/director. Do you know of any other TV dramas do that these days? The writer is usually an afterthought.

On a different tack, what about the super little kid who plays Ken Barlow's grandson. What a find. And what are they going to do about little Amy, now confined to The Rovers' Return attic for weeks on end. Are they trying to find a mini Freda Kahlo look-alike who can act, and hope we won't notice the difference? It's not so easy as voice transplants, like in The Archers. Maybe she'll have to fall out of the sky-light off-stage, like Greek drama.

Sheila

He is very good, isn't he? I've never seen a child actor as wooden as Amy, have you?

No. Maybe she was somebody's daughter. It's not her fault, but she obviously hated being in front of the camera. Perhaps she's having acting lessons.

Sheila