Gary Windass (Mikey North)

[Chris_2k11]

Its crazy on there, im registered but I only really go on the music bit.

[Hannelene]

I'm on there and used to post a little then I stopped as there are some wierd people on there that REALLY get into soaps and showbiz issues on there it's so surreal!

[LostVoodoo]

I'm on there and used to post a little then I stopped as there are some wierd people on there that REALLY get into soaps and showbiz issues on there it's so surreal!

lol, ditto. i am so into Strictly Come Dancing and even write a blog on it but only go on DS when i'm desperate!

[alan45]

Te least I say about DS the better. Wouldnt want Norman Bates to ban me

[Hannelene]

I'm on there and used to post a little then I stopped as there are some wierd people on there that REALLY get into soaps and showbiz issues on there it's so surreal!

lol, ditto. i am so into Strictly Come Dancing and even write a blog on it but only go on DS when i'm desperate!

Me too!

I remember joining in on the debate whether Arlene was being replaced on SCD it was such a great debate on there!

[Hannelene]

Te least I say about DS the better. Wouldnt want Norman Bates to ban me

That won't happen!

[lizann]

A CONTROVERSIAL new plot line in Corrie will see squaddie Gary Windass go AWOL because he fears being blown up in Afghanistan.

New recruit Gary, played by Mikey North, has a crisis of confidence after seeing a fellow soldier lose both legs and an arm while serving his country.


He decides to flee his barracks and return home to Weatherfield before he's sent out to the warzone. Copper-haired Gary collapses into his mum's arms and sobs: "I'm a coward!"


Viewers will see his parents initially hide petrified Gary when Army bosses come looking for him. But dad Eddie eventually decides he has to turn his son in.


The storyline - which begins next month and runs into May - is a major departure for the ITV1 soap, which has always steered clear of political issues.

Producers are understood to have liaised with Ministry of Defence officials before going ahead with the new story.


A Street source said: "A lot of planning went into this plot as we like to feel we never shirk sensitive issues. We are conscious that barely a week goes by without some terrible news breaking that a soldier has lost his life or has been horrifically injured."

[Chloe O'brien]

They will have to jail him for going AWOL if they want to keep the story real.

[Perdita]

Coronation Street's Windass family have been around since November 2008 but they don't really have a lot to show for it.

From the outset, they annoyed me - as do the majority of new soap families until you get used to them (or not) - but Corrie's resident bunch of misfits quickly turned into a promising character set - and that's mostly down to Anna, played by Debbie Rush.

Maybe their under-use has been deliberate?

They've approaching their one-and-a-half-year anniversary with the ITV soap and - in my opinion - really haven't been given an opportunity to shine. The David-Gary rivalry and Eddie's cake-making skills have been the thrust of their existence thus far but they seem to have fizzled somewhat in recent months.

There's a glimmer of hope, though, as my pictures below show.

Just like Anna going AWOL from the café - though Roy's need to cut staff hours - Gary's army plot comes to the fore in mid-April when he runs from his barracks after being called to serve in Afghanistan. His parents realise that something's amiss but by the time they do, Gary goes on the run again...


DS

[tammyy2j]

I find the whole family boring and useless