Conversation Street

On the latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Corrie broadcast in the UK between the 27th and the 31st July.   This week, Gary does his best to cover his tracks when he realises that Bernie picked up a particularly valuable treasure during her trip to the woods, but when Sarah discovers the gruesome truth about Rick's comeuppance and tries to call the police, it's Gary's life that ends up b...

For this week's bonus podcast, we have a character profile of Renee Roberts. This shopkeeper may be best known for her grisly death rather than anything she actually got up to on the Street, but now that we've had the chance to watch some of the episodes she was in in the late 70s, we thought it was the perfect time to take a look back at her time on Corrie and share our thoughts. 

On our latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street shown in the UK between the 20th and the 24th July (Episodes #10,090 - 10,092).   This was the week we'd been looking forward to for quite a while - Friday in particular, which was the first episode to be fully filmed since lockdown, and therefore make reference to coronavirus. We start the Street Talk segment of the podcast di...

For this week's bonus episode, we're excited to be joined by Shelley King, who's at the centre of one of Corrie's most engrossing storylines at the moment. Magic, marriage and murder most fowl... Yasmeen's certainly been through a lot in the past year, and in this exclusive interview, we discover what it's been like bringing the issue of coercive control to our screens.

For our latest podcast, we take a look back on the week of Corrie between the 13th and the 17th July (Episodes #10,087 - 10,089).. This week sees Geoff get his hooks back into Yasmeen as he convinces her to go along with his plans to get her out of prison and back under his control. Meanwhile, Leanne and Nick find out about Toyah and Imran's fostering plans, Abi misses out on a chance to say goodb...

Our bonus podcast this week is a listener question segment, where we share our thoughts on two more topics sent in by you guys. Firstly, we've all spent longer in our homes than ever this year thanks to lockdown, but if six Corrie characters were to be quarantined together, who would we pick, and why? We go over a few ideas, wondering whether it'd be better to go for people who get on, who'd antag...

On this episode of the podcast, we take a look at what went on in Weatherfield in the week of the 6th to the 10th July. After a bit of a break, the coercive control story returns in full force this week, with Yasmeen gaining a firm supporter in Sally after talking with her during prison visiting time. With Tim refusing to betray his dad and Geoff getting an unexpected ally in the form of Tyrone, t...

For our bonus podcast this week, it's time for another vintage Corrie discussion as we reach the end of our 70s boxset. With 1976 seeing legendary Coronation Street producer Bill Podmore taking the helm of our favourite soap, the second half of the 70s is seen by many as the start of a golden era for the show, but did it live up to its reputation for us? Join us as we discuss classic episodes incl...

On this week's podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street shown in the UK between the 29th June and the 3rd July. After a somewhat disappointing week last week, this set of episodes were right back on form, with some fantastic performances from the entire cast in the wake of Oliver's diagnosis. As Leanne and Steve reel from the news that their son's not going to get better, Toyah and...

Poor Elsie Tanner had had a bit of a bad track record with men up until the late 1960s, but when Alan Howard showed up on the scene in 1969, she thought she'd finally met Mr Right. In this character profile, we take a look at the life of Elsie's husband number three, who was actually played by the actor who went on to marry Pat Phoenix in real life. The chemistry was clearly right off-screen, but...

On our latest podcast, we cover the episodes of Coronation Street shown in the UK between the 22nd and the 26th June (Episodes #10,078 - 10,080) Despite a lot of the main players being characters we actually quite like, we sadly didn't find a whole lot to maintain our interest this week. There were baby steps taken in the David and Shona story, and the same with the mystery surrounding Carla and S...

We've reached the end of June, which means we're already halfway through Corrie's 60th year, and as is our annual tradition, our bonus content for this week is a reflection on last six months in Weatherfield. Well, we say say that, but it's actually more like four and a bit months in Weatherfield and six for us, as the global pandemic we've faced has meant that, like the rest of the world, Corrie'...

For our bonus podcast this week, we take a closer look at the character of Cathy Matthews, who's recently racked up five years on the cobbles. From her introduction on the show as a potential love interest for Roy to her current role as a sidekick to bumbling Brian, we chat about our highlights and lowlights of the character brought to life by actress Melanie Hill, and ponder what might be in stor...

On our latest podcast, we chat about what went down in Weatherfield between the 15th and the 19th June (Episodes #10,075 - 10,077). This week saw some characters thrust to the forefront who it feels like we haven't seen a lot of lately, namely Carla, Peter and Daniel, the latter of whom, fresh from getting over Sinead by bunking up with Bethany, comes close to getting over Bethany by bunking up wi...

For this week's bonus podcast, we decided to chat about some of Corrie's finest bad guys from over the years. Here at Conversation Street, we love a good villain, and to add a bit of a twist to the discussion, we knocked up a set of Top Trumps cards featuring some of Weatherfield's biggest bad boys. Comparing categories like notoriety, cunning and damage caused, we pit dastardly duos against each...

On our latest podcast, we delve into the episodes of Coronation Street broadcast in the UK between the 8th and the 12th June (Episodes #10,072 - 10,074). There were some fantastic scenes between Yasmeen and Alya in the run up to Yas' plea hearing this week, and an edge of your seat cliffhanger on Monday that kept us guessing whether or not she'd muster the courage to say 'not guilty'. Also this we...

On our latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Corrie shown in the UK between the 1st and the 5th June (Episodes #10,069 - 10,071). This week, Corrie fans around the country could finally stop asking, "But why hasn't anyone found Geoff's camera?" and even though we may not have got a satisfying answer, at least we could enjoy the walls starting to close in on him. Will the Great Magnifico ma...

For our bonus podcast this week, which we're releasing early as it was just sitting there ready to go (and also the nature of the subject matter means it could well go out of date at any time!), we're chatting about Corrie's back to work plans. With lockdown measures easing and the number of episodes recorded up to March getting smaller and smaller, it's back to the cobbles for the cast and crew n...

Sorry for the late bonus episode this week! Somehow, despite having half as much Corrie to watch at the moment, we still managed to run out of webspace for May! In this listener questions segment, we tackle two more of your Corrie queries. First off, Rachel wants to know how what's the furthest Corrie has ever filmed away from the set. Yes, that could be a question we could answer and move on from...

In this week's podcast, we take a look back on the week in Weatherfield between the 25th and the 29th May (Episodes #10,066 - #10,068). Before we get going with that, though, we're joined by a special guest from the cobbles, who picks out a winner in our Royal Mail stamps competition, then we chat a bit about some of the Corrie merch that we've been buying this week. When we finally get round to d...

If you've been enjoying listening to our journey through 60 years of Corrie, you'll be pleased to hear that our bonus material for this week's podcast is a look back at the first half of the 1970s. This period saw the debuts of characters who'd go onto be Coronation Street icons including Deirdre and Blanche, introduced Corrie viewers to the Kabin, and saw the show film abroad for the first time a...

On our latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street broadcast in the UK between the 18th and the 22nd May (Episodes #10,063 - 10,065). It was a pretty heavy week this week, with the dominating stories being Oliver's diagnosis of mitochondrial disease and Ed standing up to racist Bistro manager Don. Though the message in the latter story was hammered home a little too heavily at...

With Street Cars recently celebrating its 20th anniversary, this week's character profile is of one its founders, Vikram Desai. Actor Chris Bisson may be better known for his role in Emmerdale these days, but back in the early 2000s, his character Vik was busy working his way through the women of the Street. We chat about some of his more memorable stories, reflect on the legacy he and his family...

On our latest edition of the podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street shown in the UK between the 11th and the 15th May (Episodes #10,060 - 10,062). This week, Steve and Leanne's worries about Oliver escalate as his seizures intensify - does he have epilepsy, or could it be something even more severe? Meanwhile, David gets a buzz from being chased through the scally estate, the odi...

On the latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street broadcast in the UK between the 4th and the 8th May (Episodes #10,057 - 10,059). After last Friday's shocking cliffhanger where she was driven to attack Geoff with a wine bottle, Yasmeen has to face a grilling from Weatherfield's most tenacious police officer, DS Abney. Did you act in self-defence? Was Geoff still holding the k...