Browsing: Coronation Street

On big national occasions, my family — like millions of others — want to be together. For jubilees, royal weddings…

Has Corrie’s Max overdosed on spinach? Is there any other explanation for his having sprouted up 3ft in lockdown?Yes, it’s a…

Fathers and sons have mercurial relationships. No sooner had we enjoyed an ‘Ahh’ moment between Emmerdale’s Cain and Nate, when…

Jaci Stephen reveals what we can expect from this week’s soaps including Kaffy insisting that Ian Beale sees a doctor…

When they are not having affairs, falling sick, murdering each other et al, soap characters endure considerable boredom. In EastEnders,…

Tears were shed; there was weeping and wailing in the streets – well, sort of. Yes, it was the last…

Partnerships, romantic or otherwise, have a tough time in soapland at the best of times; so, imagine being holed up…

Why does everyone in soapland rush into relationships so quickly? One minute they’re having a drink in the pub, and…

There is tentative good cheer in soapland now that shows are in negotiations to start re-shooting, following the coronavirus hiatus,…

The longer coronavirus restrictions go on, the more other-worldly soapland feels. A major difficulty is that owing to the reduced…