Covid Corrie
Overnight, Covid-19 will hit Weatherfield. People who had been freely walking around Coronation Street without a corona care in the world will be masked and distancing themselves. Tonight in Britain,…
Corrie 10000
I haven't watched Coronation Street since June 2018. But I watched Thursday and Friday's episodes. Episode numbers 10000 and 10001. I figured out that I'd watched regularly since about episode…
Leaving The Street
This week I only watched Monday's double episode. I decided at the end of it that I'm leaving the Street. Not forever - I hope. But for now, until something…
Corrie the Soap
When did Corrie become a soap opera? Here I mean that in the derogatory sense of the phrase, denoting melodramatic, formulaic and often illogical storytelling. About four months ago. That's…
The Uncles’ Great War
An uncle and two great-uncles are my touchstones for the First World War. The one I knew best was Charles Scanlon, husband of my mother's older sister Ada. He was 20…
Corrie Street Aug. 25/13
Facing Consequences David saw Nick, and saw what his vengeance had wrought. He likes playing out the nasty games he thinks up in his head but doesn’t imagine how serious…
Corrie Street June 23/13
What happens with Rita “What happens with Rita stays with Rita” is what Tina wanted to hear. Tina needed to hear what she'd said moments earlier when they talked beside…
Corrie Catch-Up
CBC’s Coronation Street is now only two weeks behind the UK. Wow! We’ve never been that close before. In an RCI interview with Carmel Kilkenny, CBC Executive Director of Content…
A Local CBC Solution
Stick with what you do well and others can’t do – that’s my suggestion for CBC Radio. An example, from this past week’s Sunday Edition, the story of The Investigator,…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 15/12)
Sin “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23). Words that Tracy, Faye and Deirdre would do well to remember. Friday saw the start of the unraveling of…
RCI The Link
There’s a CBC Radio secret that night people in Canada know about. Radio Canada International’s The Link, produced in Montreal, airs from 2 to 3 a.m. Monday to Friday on…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Feb. 5/12)
Nightmare on Coronation Street Monday and Tuesday – great writing, acting, story and character development. Hard to pick one scene but that’s the task I have set myself. So, Audrey…
Tourist Board TV
Last night I watched the first episode of Arctic Air, CBC’s new series set in Yellowknife and surrounding lands. Tonight Republic of Doyle, set in St. John’s, returns for its…
Coronation Street 50th
Coronation Street began due to a government mandate for home-grown television programming. A Canadian producer at Granada, the late Harry Elton, knew the popularity and longevity of American soaps and…
The Oscars 2011
The dresses, that’s the Oscars for me. The beautiful gowns and the ones that make you wonder ‘what possessed her?’ So anything that provides both oohs and aahs of admiration…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 23/11)
Movin' on down A scene I liked in a storyline that’s not up to par. First, the scene (a two-parter): Sunita and Dev in the Rovers talking to Ashley and…
Corrie Scene of the Week
Corrie Scene of the Week Excerpts Scene of the Week dates follow the Canadian timeline, 2 weeks behind the UK. For episodes before 2018, go to page numbers above 'comments'…
Panhandling: Community or transaction?
This summer, I was driving and listening to, I think, Tapestry on CBC Radio. A man affiliated with a Cathedral somewhere was talking about panhandling near the church. His thesis…
Coronation Street
Coronation Street Post Excerpts click for Scene of the Week Ken Barlow (Dec. 9/22) At the Granada Coronation Street Gift Shop in the 1990s, I dithered over souvenir key rings.…