Coronation Street General News Thread

[Perdita]

Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw) is reportedly dating ex-Hollyoaks actress Candy McCulloch.

The pair were spotted on a date at an Italian restaurant in Manchester on Thursday and later moved on to Sakura bar, the Daily Star Sunday reports.

A source said: "Candy's been friends with Ryan for a long time but it was never anything more until recently because they've both been in relationships. They went on their first date and got on like a house on fire."

McCulloch previously dated rapper Professor Green but the couple recently split after growing apart.

"Candy's a lovely girl but things with her and Professor Green just weren't working out," the source added. "They both decided it was time to move on.

"When Ryan asked her out on a date she was over the moon and while it's early days it seems like they're both really into each other."

McCulloch recently guest-starred in Coronation Street's online spinoff Just Rosie, playing the arch rival of Jason's girlfriend Rosie Webster.

[Perdita]

Former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson's cheese has been voted one of the best in the world.

The actor, who played Martin Platt in the ITV1 soap for 20 years, established The Saddleworth Cheese Company in 2009.

He produces a medium-soft blue cheese called Smelly Apeth, which triumphed at the World Cheese Awards last week at Birmingham's NEC, winning the 'Best blue cheese in silver foil' award.

"I am delighted it did so well and beat so many other great cheeses from around the world," Wilson told the Daily Star Sunday.

"I only entered it at the last minute after I tasted a batch and realised it was absolutely gorgeous."

Wilson has previously spoken of his desire to make a comeback to Coronation Street and be reunited with ex-wife Gail (Helen Worth).

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Former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson's cheese has been voted one of the best in the world.

The actor, who played Martin Platt in the ITV1 soap for 20 years, established The Saddleworth Cheese Company in 2009.

He produces a medium-soft blue cheese called Smelly Apeth, which triumphed at the World Cheese Awards last week at Birmingham's NEC, winning the 'Best blue cheese in silver foil' award.

"I am delighted it did so well and beat so many other great cheeses from around the world," Wilson told the Daily Star Sunday.

"I only entered it at the last minute after I tasted a batch and realised it was absolutely gorgeous."

Wilson has previously spoken of his desire to make a comeback to Coronation Street and be reunited with ex-wife Gail (Helen Worth).

He owns a cheese and created a cheese?
Ive never heard of this

[Katy]

yeh he does, its nice!

it does well in the shops in the lake district and i spotted that he was at the christmas markets selling it in manchester on their opening weekend.

[Dennis tanner]

Former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson's cheese has been voted one of the best in the world.

The actor, who played Martin Platt in the ITV1 soap for 20 years, established The Saddleworth Cheese Company in 2009.

He produces a medium-soft blue cheese called Smelly Apeth, which triumphed at the World Cheese Awards last week at Birmingham's NEC, winning the 'Best blue cheese in silver foil' award.

"I am delighted it did so well and beat so many other great cheeses from around the world," Wilson told the Daily Star Sunday.

"I only entered it at the last minute after I tasted a batch and realised it was absolutely gorgeous."

Wilson has previously spoken of his desire to make a comeback to Coronation Street and be reunited with ex-wife Gail (Helen Worth).

With him doing so well it would for Platt junior to join him wherever he is

[Perdita]

Coronation Street bosses have invited Tony Blackburn to take a set tour after he expressed a desire to appear on the soap alive or dead.

The veteran DJ yesterday joked that he would be willing to have his body stuffed and put on show on the set of the ITV1 soap.

The 68-year-old has often spoken of how he would like to make a cameo on Coronation Street, but he has yet to put in an appearance on the cobbles.

Blackburn told Monday morning's Daybreak: "I've only got one ambition in life. When I die I want to be stuffed and end up in the Rovers Return. That would be my idea of fun."

Offering an alternative idea, he continued: "I would like to appear on Coronation Street just sitting there having a beer. I've hinted at this for 20 years and never been taken up on it."

Responding to Blackburn's suggestions, a Coronation Street spokesperson told the Daily Star: "We once had a fan from Canada whose last wish was for their ashes to be scattered on the street, so we let their family do that. This is the first time we've ever had a request to put a stuffed body on show.

"I couldn't say whether we would give him a cameo at this stage, but it's always great to know we have celebrity fans. He's welcome to come down to the set and meet people and have a walk around."

Coronation Street continues on Thursday night at 8.30pm on ITV1.

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Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson, who play Coronation Street lesbians Sophie Webster and Sian Powers, were in Lapland this week.

The girls from Corrie joined other celebrities for a day trip to Lapland organised by the charity When You Wish Upon A Star.

When You Wish Upon A Star is a charity specialising in making dreams come true for children with life threatening illnesses. The charity takes up to 300 children to Lapland every year.

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Corrie fans can get a chance to be part of Coronation Street when three classic scripts by Jack Rosenthal are performed in the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester in January 2012.
For the first time ITV has given permission for the scripts from 1968 to be performed live, with the traditional Manchester pub becoming the Rovers Return for two weeks.

Landlord Gareth Kavanagh said: “We are hugely grateful to ITV and Jack’s family for allowing us to stage these episodes and can’t wait for you to see them. These brand new, full cast dramatisations will take place in the ground floor of the Lass, making them a totally immersive and dramatic presentation.”

The first two episodes cover the wedding of Dennis Tanner and Jenny Sutton with a host of well-loved characters such as Ena Sharples, Minnie Caldwell, Elsie Tanner, Annie and Jack Walker and Albert Tatlock. They will be performed in the main pub with the audience becoming the onset extras. Complementing these two classic slices of Sixties writing is a new adaptation of Coronation Street’s episode 788, which centres on Stan Ogden treating Hilda to a slap-up Chinese meal, which will be performed on the stage upstairs.


They will be performed by a new cast brought together by June West, the Street’s casting director for over 15 years, and directed by theatre stalwart Helen Parry. Rumour has it a few familiar faces have expressed an interest in playing the classic characters!

Episode one will be on Monday (Jan 9th at 6pm, 7.30pm and 9pm), episode two on Tuesday (Jan 10th at 6pm, 7.30pm and 9pm). The standalone Ogdens’ episodes are on Wednesday (Jan 11th at 7.30pm and 9pm) and Thursday (Jan 12th 7.30pm and 9pm). Then on the Sunday the Ogdens is repeated at 4pm, followed by an omnibus edition of the first two episodes of 6pm.

To complete the tribute, the Lass will also be staging Hot Fat, a Jack Rosenthal Play For Today from 1974 that was lost when the tapes were wiped by the BBC. That will be on Friday Jan 13th at 6pm and Sunday 15th at 1pm and explores how friendships and deals are made and broken in a sauna.

Rosenthal is one of the north’s greatest literary sons and author of classics like the BAFTA award-winning Bar Mitzvah Boy, The Evacuees and Spend, Spend, Spend – about the pools winner Viv Nicholson.

There will only be 30 tickets for each intimate performance and tickets will go on sale on December 9, Coronation Street’s 51st anniversary.

[chelseehealey]

I think this storyline with Kylie David and Owen is hilarious!!!!!! I wonder whats to come fro Kylie and david!?????

[Dennis tanner]

I think this storyline with Kylie David and Owen is hilarious!!!!!! I wonder whats to come fro Kylie and david!?????

I am hoping that David and Kylie get killed