Corrie 2026

I agree with you Buckie I too think she was very underused

Well we can see where the Bernie, Gemma, Kit story is going the very least likely will have ‘it’ and be another public health story
I think it’s really good when Corrie does a storyline that shakes people knowledge or lack of it up ……BUT …….. give it a break Corrie we don’t need one after the other after the other.

Thanks for no spoilers, Calendargirl. They really do spoil the show for me (including who is leaving).

I agree about Todd - he’s gone from nice to nasty in very short order. Maybe he has PTSD after Theo? As I’ve said, I much prefer the domestic storylines to high drama - murder, prison, hospital, gangsters etc shouldn’t be in soaps IMO. Maybe one big drama every couple of years would work, but not something that drags on and on, as happens now.

It was good to see the quads for a change. Surely the council would rehouse them - five children and at least two adults in a two bed house is very overcrowded by today’s standards.

Maybe those scenes at Gemma's house and the fees problem for Joseph are to underline their need for money then hey presto - a long lost aunt died! Hmmmm. Will Gemma inherit a fortune? What might she do with it? Doesn't bear thinking of!
Note this isn't a spoiler, just me wondering.

I think Kit will be diagnosed with breast cancer. It will be a TV first for a man to get breast cancer I believe.

My husband carries the BRCA1 gene and discovered a big lump in his chest. After tests at the breast clinic they decided it was caused by one of his meds and not breast cancer thankfully. The clinic was very busy and he was the only male in there.

I think highlighting issues on soaps to raise awareness is fine, the problem with Corrie (I don't watch any other soaps now my beloved Neighbours is no more) is that they don't usually follow them up. Paul's MND was beautifully acted and realistic as was Peter's alcoholism but most other issues are forgotten. This includes Toyah's ovarian cancer, David's epilepsy, Jack's amputated foot, Tracey and Carla's kidney transplants, Nick and Shona's head injuries, Tim's illiteracy and Bethany's stoma to name a few. Children are born after a two minute labour and usually anywhere but hospital and then go in the childcare cupboard. I know it's a drama but why only highlight part of a story.

The uniform swap scheme has been happening in my area for years, Gemma hasn't invented it. And like everyone else on the Street they can afford to eat and drink out all the time.

School thrift shops have been around for decades

Bukkie

The uniform swap scheme has been happening in my area for years, Gemma hasn't invented it. And like everyone else on the Street they can afford to eat and drink out all the time.

Yes, if Gemma and Ches cut out a few visits to the Rovers, (not sure who is minding the quads), they could afford a few pairs of serviceable children’s shoes.

Calendargirl When Gemma and Chrsney are out the quads are colouring in the childcare cupboard with Glory, Alfie and Frankie. There's space now because Harry has left after 10 years in there and Bertie has an endless supply of new mummies to look after him.

😂😂😂

Aveline

Maybe those scenes at Gemma's house and the fees problem for Joseph are to underline their need for money then hey presto - a long lost aunt died! Hmmmm. Will Gemma inherit a fortune? What might she do with it? Doesn't bear thinking of!
Note this isn't a spoiler, just me wondering.

That eventuality crossed my mind, too, Aveline.

There could be a lot of comedy value if Gemma and Chesney become the Posh and Becks of the cobbles. Imagine Sally's reaction, for a start, and think of the possibilities for Gemma's wardrobe .

Oh yes!!

I want to live In’t Street! 🤣🤣
You get a home visit from your GP at the drop of a hat.

When my husband came out of hospital after a major stroke I asked for a home visit for the first time in our lives.
I was asked did I have a car and why I couldn’t take him to the surgery. I said because he cannot walk and I physically cannot get him in the car. I was told to ask a neighbour to help!

Yes, also amazed that Bernie warranted a home visit when she isn’t even ill, but Doctor Gaddas is the GP we all want.

The woman must be due for an NHS Saint Award.

And didn’t she look so pretty with her grey/white hair?

Primrose53- that's awful!

I wish they would stop showing Gemma shovelling food into her mouth like she is starving, whilst screeching at others to not eat their fair share because she was taking it home for the quads. It's tedious and unnecessary. Her mother Bernie doesn't eat like it.

More ticking boxes, it gets tedious.

How many health stories in one street?

The ones I can recall are breast cancer, MND, epilepsy, kidney disease, Harper’s surgery, Frankie’s ill health, diabetes, dementia, other cancers (Hayley, Siobhan), bipolar, alcoholism, mental health issues, depression, limb amputations, stomas, ….

There must be more, but we really don’t need a new one every other episode.

Dr, Gaddas's locum must be exhausted after working 2 weeks there. At everybody's beck and call and having the time to do unnecessary house visits.

I wonder where Todd is heading? I used to like the character but now he is a drunken lout. He will end up in prison if he isn't careful.

In real life Kit didn't realise men could get breast cancer so it has done some good because he will not be alone.

Calendargirl you are spot on. But as I said in an earlier post they don't follow these stories through. Shona seemed frustrated with Harper last night (who is now in the childcare cupboard) Summer's diabetes was forgotten for years, there have been more transplants than anywhere else in the country etc....
What job does Ronnie do? Where does Lauren live?

Yes, Shona is already fed up with little Harper, despite being bereft when she was in hospital all those months after her birth. She looks remarkably well now, which is good.

Jodie’s past seems to have been forgotten again. How many times have David and Shona ordered her to leave, but she still seems firmly entrenched in the Platt household.

Now she looks ready to lure Kit into her web.

Don’t do it Kit!

Re Ronnie’s job. Ages ago, he and Ed seemed to go into business together building some new houses/flats.

Did they ever get built? Ed is a one man band, so would take a while.

As for where Lauren lives, must be at a childcare nursery, as she rarely has to mind Frankie.

She is either serving punters at the Rovers looking mardy, cuddling with Ollie, or visiting poor Betsy, who would be better off without her.

Aveline

*Primrose53*- that's awful!

Awful, but true. A friend rang me yesterday to update me on her husband's progress, post surgery. She phoned her GP for a visit from the nurse to do dressings. Neither of them have ever driven. She was told someone would get back to her. Later in the afternoon she went to answer the door to find she was being handed boxes of dressings for her to use.

Last night Shona said David was away - where?

I think Jack P Shepherd is away having a heir transplant.