Betty admitted to hospital

[alan45]

Betty and Alec Gilroy in bed (7minutes)

[parkerman]

So is that it then with the "Betty owning the pub" story? Gordon's not going to pursue it. Well that was worth getting their own history wrong for!

[alan45]

So is that it then with the "Betty owning the pub" story? Gordon's not going to pursue it. Well that was worth getting their own history wrong for!

I watched this sorry story play out last night and at the end I just thought WTF.

It seems to me that it was yet another story designed to garner sympathy for St. Ella

Totally pointless

[Chloe O'brien]

What a load of tripe. Betty should be turning in her grave at the half-hearted send off they gave her. Why was there no service or faces from the past paying their respects instead of having to watch Karl/Sunita. The only good thing about last nights episode was the genuine tears that Rita, Emily & co were shedding when Ken and Gordon were making their speeches.

[parkerman]

Well said, Chloe.

[alan45]

What a load of tripe. Betty should be turning in her grave at the half-hearted send off they gave her. Why was there no service or faces from the past paying their respects instead of having to watch Karl/Sunita. The only good thing about last nights episode was the genuine tears that Rita, Emily & co were shedding when Ken and Gordon were making their speeches.

Very well said Kath. This much heralded tribute to Betty was an absolute pile of keek. It's not as if they didn't have plenty of time to give her a fitting tribute. She was an iconic character played by a distinguished actress..Her funeral was almost a sideline story to Karl and summits torrid relationship and the non story that was Betty supposedly owning the pub. Shame on you ITV

[Perdita]

Coronation Street star Antony Cotton has promised that Betty Williams's hotpot legacy will live on at the Rovers Return.

The actor's character Sean Tully recently had an accident as he tried to recreate Betty's famous dish, dropping the recipe into the hotpot mixture.

Betty had entrusted the secret recipe to Sean so that the Rovers regulars could continue to enjoy the pub's signature meal.

Cotton told This Morning today (April 25): "It appeared to have perished, but that recipe is invincible and will be back. The recipe has gone into the hotpot for the moment, but it will be back and hopefully the recipe and Betty's legendary dish will continue.

"And it will always be Betty's hotpot, not Sean's. But Sean is the keeper of the hotpot."

In real life, Betty Driver - who played Betty for 42 years - passed away in October 2011 following a period of ill health.

[Dennis tanner]

Betty and Alec Gilroy in bed (7minutes)

No thanks

Coronation Street star Antony Cotton has promised that Betty Williams's hotpot legacy will live on at the Rovers Return.

That's great as long as he doesn't have to keep reminding us