Coronation Street - August 1986

[@michaelgregory8322]

If I was Brian, I would phone Ian & absolutely beg him to come back & fetch Gail & take her as far away as possible

[@Deborah4Antiques]

Think of all the years ahead without Gail, if he did that!

[@luvmifro]

Hilda !!!! I love you 🙌🏾💚💚💚

[@jillboyer-gunn3234]

Just love dear old Hilda. What an icon😊

[@clarea1801]

"Who's Samantha Fox?" "Oh she's that puppet on Saturday morning TV" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Guitargirrrl]

Rita to Derek: ''Oh no, the attack from me would be purely physical. I'd leave your mind to torture itself.'' What a boss babe she was.

[@bsaunders5271]

Rita is brilliant

[@kuchikopi4631]

She says that to Derek and she falls for a man who wants to murder her. Anyone with eyes could have seen he was a bad person from a mile off, he was two timing her with Gloria, said she was old and no one would want her when Rita rejected the first time he proposed and the worst thing is that he unleashed his she beast of a daughter on Rita. Yea....

[@stevek6432]

I think Bet appreciated Hilda a lot more than Annie did

[@4evernate28]

Well, Bet didn’t ride such a high horse as Annie did, constantly putting on airs and all that.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Anne's bark was worse than her bite.

[@bsaunders5271]

Mrs Walker looked down on Hilda chronically.

[@zanducktv2398]

Annie and Hilda had some classic encounters! Face like a pan scrubber is my fave! 🤣

[@madwatermelon1316]

​@4evernate28 That's why Bet was better than Annie.

[@bsaunders5271]

I don't see how Gail can be so unreasonable with Brian - she is the one at fault. He is the wronged party in the whole mess, so she really doesn't have the right to yell at him!

[@professionalgun6674]

For her to be unreasonable is her feminist right and since she has been married to Brian she can do no wrong and even when it's blatantly obvious she is wrong she still wins.

[@bsaunders5271]

@@professionalgun6674 I reckon it's more Gail's awful character than anything to do with feminism. She's a born misery.

[@remyhocage9854]

@@professionalgun6674 Feminism is still misunderstood ! Defined as "equality between the sexes" Gail is not a feminist. She is angry about her dull life. Blame her mother for giving her an abnormal childhood. Blame herself for jumping into marriage before growing up. I guess this is the stuff of Soap Operas.

[@cathy3613]

Gail s treed up - no pun intended so she has no right to mess with someone innocent. Her marrying later that kid is ridiculous

[@bibakroll8999]

@@bsaunders5271 I totally agree. It's just Gail, isn't it? Nothing at all to do with feminism. I do sometimes wonder if people understand what feminism is. There's certainly not much of it about on Corrie!

[@theresapierce3934]

Everytime Gail has a bit of a meaty storyline, the blinking kicks in.

[@julesordish3419]

😂😂

[@vernicemccall7467]

LOL!

[@zanducktv2398]

She seems. To insert random. Full stops whenever she’s. Having a bit. Of a rant as well 😂

[@zanducktv2398]

Don’t forget the obligatory sweeping her ‘70s hair away from her face too!

[@londonlady227]

Then the simpering sets in....that baby voice.

[@helenwebb8881]

Love Hilda

[@lorraineydays57]

Love Hilda's outlook on life, she seldom let it get her down, class!

[@kryzondaan1855]

For me, this is the point where Gail changes from being (very) irritating to incredibly annoying, and then goes on to spend the next 30-40 years with the same sullen look etched on her face, through which passes that moaning, shrieking voice that feels like a cheese grater on your ear drums.

[@sueferris3685]

100 percent agree!!!!!

[@marieince1479]

Gail is a slapper just like her mother

[@eyezj7412]

​@@marieince1479and daughter

[@chrisfrob]

She made Coronation Street into Neurotic Nation Street.

[@simplywonderful1]

And for the past decade they made her into a soft-talking dotty Grandma

[@trae7302]

Thank-You These episodes are wonderful.

[@MISSJENNYSHERE]

Thank you I love these old episodes 😁

[@HelloImNik]

Nicky was the most adorable kid - I've said it before and I'll say it again, such a shame they axed him like they did

[@HelloImNik]

"not to mention the time you leave poor women in the chair with their hair burning different colours' was Alfs finest line 😂

[@theresapierce3934]

Gail was quite happy to lipsticks, take Nick and run off to Australia with Ian. Now she says" I never stopped loving you Brian and I want you back". She's also playing the victim, as if Brian going to Scotland was a case of desertion and neglect. Pathetic and badly written storyline.

[@stormhawk3319]

The beginning of the Bet/Alec partnership, arguably the greatest duo in Corrie history.

[@brendang8177]

Not a chance hilda/stan beats all others.

[@stormhawk3319]

@@brendang8177 different sort of double act. Stan was a punching bag whereas Bet & Alec gave as good as they got.

[@raidenwolfe6495]

Bet my girl, you're one in a million! nobody is more then more deserving then our girl Hilda ❤

[@damiencrowley5546]

Damn. I wanted Hilda to get £50. Alf was being a knob here.

[@shylinh5939]

Yes, a total knob, he and Audrey treated Hilda dreadfully over this. Audrey didn't seem to give a shit that she made her look ridiculous and ruined her special night, and Alf was only interested in how tight fisted he could get away with being.

[@4evernate28]

@@shylinh5939 While I totally agree that the Roberts were being unreasonable here, Percy had no business stirring shit up with them all.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Always a tight mean minded git.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Audrey was a gold digger.

[@francesgillotti1378]

Alf is so cheap !

[@catlady6463]

Thanks for uploading all these episodes. I love watching the old soaps

[@michaelgregory8322]

So let's get this right, Gail does the dirty but yet it's everyone else's fault, if it was other way around, Brian would of been burnt at the stake

[@tinaquinn9042]

Gail stop going on like you've done nothing

[@user-ns4wt9zf6x]

I was so happy 😀 for Hilda when she was asked to make a speech at the opening ceremony at the rovers, She was a great actress I love ❤️ her character

[@angieo5513]

Brilliant - thanks.

[@TheGlassman63]

Missing episode is on KZbin. I did post where, but once again i find my comment deleted.

[@alexanderjones9572]

The way Gail snaps at Martin-and in a few years he ends up married to her!

[@bsaunders5271]

He should have known better

[@irenemorley75]

@@bsaunders5271 We can only expect a comment like that coming from you, you are just anti women🙄

[@kuchikopi4631]

A street full of swingers, it's only the beginning for Gaile, I forget how many times her surname changes. I won't even go on about the Barlows 😅

[@KKollective]

Too be far, in Gail’s case hers kept dying 😂

[@francesgillotti1378]

Brian looks like he’s from the Flintstones lol

[@vernicemccall7467]

Now the Flintstones theme song will come to mind whenever Brian appears on set! LOL!

[@bsaunders5271]

Alf is a total miser. I know opposites can attract, but on paper, his penny pinching and Audrey's frivolity are oil and water.

[@howiseeit5129]

Audrey wanted a good life and a dependable man she could control. So Alf was the answer

[@howiseeit5129]

Audrey brings charm and lightness to Alf's life he needs someone to bring him out of his shell.

[@bsaunders5271]

@@howiseeit5129 I can see what you mean.

[@Guitargirrrl]

That new barmaid reminds me so much of Angie from the early days of Eastenders!

[@tonypike763]

really

[@flumpaustin1994]

How dare you lower the tone by mentioning that depressing stinky program.

[@carasmith549]

2:30:59 - Gloria is clearly holding things in front of her to try and conceal her (real life) pregnancy. And a few minutes later we witness Gail having her umpteenth leap into hysterics over her unwanted one. Has the "Gail in Hysterics" count reached double figures yet for 1986? I've lost count.

[@deee1776]

Gail is really getting on my nerves! Saying it’s Nicky that’s keeping her going when, not so long ago, she was fine with binning him off for Ian!!!

[@97channel]

29:20 Aye aye, it's Mick Johnson from Brookside! Louis Emerick.

[@lizauger9828]

Love it, life and folk at their best in a time when the world made sense and we knew where we where.

[@journeybymoonlight3216]

Julie Goodyear looks better without the wig

[@paulacookgomez1046]

Who was writing these storylines back then, 14 year olds? First rule of staying happily married Keep your gob shut until there's no other option. Why destroy another person if you don't have to. Keeping your guilt to yourself is kinder in the long run.

[@bsaunders5271]

It wouldn't have made as interesting a storyline though...!

[@eph2817]

So just lie then?

[@MissMarie1377]

@@eph2817 yes

[@eyezj7412]

First rule is staying faithful

[@ThatMattOne]

Absolutely love Hilda!! "There'll be no more cups of tea and petits fours biscuits....oh no, she'll have the knife polish out!!"

[@donmitchful]

baby is brians in the end

[@paullynton-green6570]

Does Webster ever stop eating.

[@mosaicmuse9797]

Wow! Gail's attitude. Like as if Brian is the villain. I feel sorry for him, and Gail is so selfish. She is annoying the heck out of me lol

[@mattburke3457]

Yuck, would it kill BogFace Barlow to button up his shirt properly, his poor "daughter" has to sit in an office w him all day like that..🤢🤢🤢

[@bibakroll8999]

I agree but, on the other hand, Susan's outfit is disgusting in a different way.

[@dementednun1175]

Phyllis wasn't used much sadley she should of been involved more

[@danaciszewski7536]

Not Derrick again 🙄

[@simplywonderful1]

I find it a bit ridiculously unbelievable how happy and welcoming Mavis’ attitude was to him after they jilted each other

[@londonlady227]

Brian was hypocritical about Gail, Brian had flings, that was implied. If he made another pregnant, he'd be the first to beg forgiveness.

[@marieince1479]

Gail is a bully no wonder nick turned out a spoilt brat

[@Deborah4Antiques]

Gail is nuts and that story goes forward.

[@kaitlynrowena5463]

So Gail chests on Brian cos she doesn’t want him and supposedly loves Ian and then when Brian finds out she wants Brian back? Like wtf how does that work and make sense haha

[@bsaunders5271]

It makes no sense, but that's Gail all over!

[@irenemorley75]

@@bsaunders5271 Brian cheated but blame the woman every time🙄

[@bsaunders5271]

@@irenemorley75 I think you're getting a bit obsessed with me

[@lastoneoutturnoffthelights8235]

Spoken like a true feminist.​@@irenemorley75

[@clairemelia4950]

Mick Johnson off Brookie😅

[@user-hc8sn1vs2k]

Norman and Dee got the battle glasses

[@juliewebb1335]

I could quite easily strangle Gail

[@timmytrimble4069]

27th August is on youtube

[@Alan-ss3xp]

Does Kevin look like one of the Chuckle Brothers?

[@chrissywales6575]

Super Mario comes to mind 😅

[@WillVenusASMR]

2:43 love this moment! 😀

[@jstewart3517]

Brian is so innocent with his straying ways he's just like Ivy

[@deee1776]

How immature and blind is Gail???

[@sueferris3685]

I guess it wouldn't be a good idea if Gail had told Brian that she;d be in Australia right now if Ian had said "yes" to her at the airport. She was begging Ian with the same crazy hysterics as with Brian.

[@LadyOfShaIott]

Why is Gail so humpy and rude with Ken and with Kevin at 1.54.40??? She brought this situation on herself and now she acts like the wounded party....unbelievable.

[@anamariadelacasa63]

Why when they pull pints the glasses are always half full?

[@kuchikopi4631]

Probably easier as they are infront of a camera and pouring a pint will take a while.

[@francesgillotti1378]

Why did Gayle tell Brian anything? She has ruined everything now .

[@remyhocage9854]

I agree. Guess she wanted to hurt someone as she was hurt by the cousin's rejection.

[@nicolataylor6011]

Because Gail is nasty evil and vile through and through

[@tonypike763]

its a game

[@alexanderjones9572]

Odd comment about Elsie Tanner-her hair WAS the colour Hilda’s was!

[@bsaunders5271]

A bit more subtle...

[@mattburke3457]

She rocked it well

[@remyhocage9854]

I like Bet's new wig. I wonder what her real hair is like ? She's a beautiful woman; wish they would up-date her 1950's / 60's fashion. Aack, Audry...Gail, too ! Why, why, why would she tell Brian. Talk about "salting the wound ! "

[@bsaunders5271]

Many couldn't live with the guilt so tell their husbands, but I don't reckon that's the case with Gail. I think she tells Brian out of spite, and so that he agrees to her doing away with the baby, as that's what she wants to do.

[@irenemorley75]

@@bsaunders5271 Are you talking from experience ?

[@bsaunders5271]

@@irenemorley75 you'll never know.

[@irenemorley75]

@@bsaunders5271 I guess you must be then.

[@alexanderjones9572]

Hilda’s hair doesn’t look that bad really. Lots of women ‘of a certain age’ have hair that colour and look good. Linda Marlowe (former EastEnders character Sylvie Carter) springs to mind...

[@kuchikopi4631]

I am sorry but that hairdo looks hideous on Hilda. Maybe not her colour, and ill-fitting wig.

[@katy4779]

If there was one thing I couldn't abide, it was the whole Mavis/Derek saga... sooo irritating lol.

[@matthewirwin141]

It got better when Des moved next door

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Mavis and Derek were a pair of drips!

[@bsaunders5271]

Mavis's voice is starting to give me a nervous tic.

[@francesgillotti1378]

Love Derick and Mavis they make the whole show great 😅

[@michaelgregory8322]

Which bloke would be able to deal with Gail everyday, Brian working all hrs at the garage, he even backed down so Gail could work at the café because that's wot she wanted, doesn't Gail think that Brian might be sick of things. It's called life, deal with it Gail

[@startracker5895]

Nothing wrong with a woman working. It shouldn’t be up to Brian whether Gail worked or not. He wasn’t her father he was her husband. Husbands and wives should be equal.

[@startracker5895]

Gail expecting Brian to be fine if the baby might not be his. But the bright side it could be Brian’s so that’s okay! 🤦🙄. Gail was a nightmare. What did Brian ever see in her? 😒

[@markstevens9660]

Never rated Chris Quentin ….but his acting here along with misery guts herself is splendid 👏 I suspect in real life the Brian character would have hit/slapped her but not good for the Corrie crowd viewing 😳🤔

[@user-hc8sn1vs2k]

What did happened to the other pub before the doctor surgery 🤨

[@0ldvids]

Gail “my husbands deserted me”… Ah he took exception to YOUR infidelity Lovie and is finding it impossible to love and cherish your cheating little self, wake up Gail. Oooo writers were good back then,look at us commenting as if the were real people.

[@anamariadelacasa63]

Dam Ivy treating Alf like that

[@LadyOfShaIott]

Percy was the future - Health and Safety and compensation culture.

[@madwatermelon1316]

The guy who plays Brian Tilsley is hunky.. But one hell of a poor actor.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

I don't know why certain people bother watching these what with their fragile characters. There's certain things I don't agree with, phrases etc that are alien to me but I don't take to the comments section with my indignant outrage. Some of us are intelligent enough to realise we are dealing with another era, an era I actually wish had never passed despite the oh so shocking language and attitudes of course...🙀😱🤡

[@MissMarie1377]

I watch just for the attitudes/phrases/morals/values/outlook on life(excluding the Womens lib nonsense they are pushing so hard by this time. The 60’s/70’s was the best era) It’s refreshing to watch this time, I think we have only gone backwards and gotten worse. “Progress” my eye.

[@user-hc8sn1vs2k]

Now curly t shirts in the 80s funny

[@user-hc8sn1vs2k]

Bet back in the TARDIS pub cheer to that 😉

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

Hasn't Gail heard of contraception?

[@bsaunders5271]

I was thinking the same!!

[@irenemorley75]

@@bsaunders5271 🙄🙄🙄

[@irenemorley75]

Hasn't Brian🙄

[@flumpaustin1994]

​@@irenemorley75🙄

[@user-hc8sn1vs2k]

Oh here is Dolly bet Parton wrong Mrs o😅😅😅😅 1:13:30

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

1:26:04 Bet & Alec #doctored 😅

[@nicolemclean9028]

Gail crying my husband abandoned me its her own fault for being a s**t

[@donmitchful]

Why did theyhave to bring back dopey dozey boring derek

[@flumpaustin1994]

Because you weren't available.

[@francesgillotti1378]

Oh Brian shush now .

[@philstrachan]

How is Gail the victim in this?

[@eivissalyn655]

Don't like this new Bet

[@rol1517]

The new rovers is absolutely horrible decor as is the current 2013 version of the same muck

[@deedee5562]

bsaunders..... about brian.:... .he had had affairS. What should he expect about that😉?

[@alexanderjones9572]

Hate that phrase Alec used on the phone ‘Play the White Man’. How can it sound anything but racist?

[@montrayjones1947]

Not the white man, the Wight man

[@bsaunders5271]

It's definitely the 'white' man, and it is totally racist. It was used in Coronation Street often earlier in the 80s

[@montrayjones1947]

@@bsaunders5271 it was also used in the 70s, Fred gee favored it then.

[@bsaunders5271]

@@montrayjones1947 I remember that

[@montrayjones1947]

@@bsaunders5271 it's Fred's use of the term that compelled me to look it up. I had never heard it used this way before.