Coronation Street - January 1996

[@jonathanbuxton6991]

It was amazing back then best soap on TV now its just horrendous R.I.P Coronation Street.

[@carasmith549]

2:42:35 - The penny finally drops for Vicky: a "who the hell did I marry?" moment. But she was hellbent on winning Steve away from Fiona, and she did win, at a cost of thousands upon thousands of her inheritance. Pride comes before a fall.

[@vernicemccall7467]

Yes finally 1

[@shylinh5939]

They should have stuck together, they deserved one another.

[@SuzyQ334]

Steve was a little sh** when he married Vicky just for her money. Ultimately, he stayed in the show for long enough to morph into a half-decent human being. Incredible when you consider that his screen father, the mad Irishman, was one of the most unlikable characters in the whole show. And he talked rubbish. I have a close friend who was born and bred in Belfast and she swears she hasn't a clue what "Jim McDonald" is ever talking about.

[@paullynton-green6570]

I agree.if he had a brain cell hed be a plant.

[@maggieb369]

Thanks for posting these!, what a treat to binge watch the Golden age of Corrie!

[@jillboyer-gunn3234]

Just love Curly and Raquel together 😊, so warm and fuzzy.

[@tazzie2shoos]

I'm not a huge Tricia fan, but isn't it truly awful that this country has put people in prison for not paying a TV licence, and still do. I felt very sorry for that character.

[@NadeenaMorgan]

Is that true? If so, wow 😮

[@tazzie2shoos]

@@NadeenaMorgan It's sadly true.

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

Was it the fine for not having a Tv 📺 licence that she went in prison for? I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure she didn’t pay the fine

[@Artsylady2030]

eve henley you are an ANGEL for uploading these ....I am sick in bed and this show my comfort thank you so much

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

Vera says she saw the ghost of Ivy. Much later the ghost of Vera appears to Jack and they have a conversation. That was very touching!

[@robyneastlake5740]

Steve was a real plonker in his younger years i really dislike him here

[@leejones8582]

That awful facial hair does not help either.

[@angelapryde1902]

Nasty isn't he n that constant nail biting gives me the irrits

[@claredrew8039]

Horrendous actor when he started out. Obviously evolved and became a comedian in later years.

[@David-h4z2s]

He looks like he needs a good feed here he's skinny Boy back in mid 90s So was I that age😱😱😓

[@sheilaoneil18]

Terrible!!!!

[@normasouthwood3182]

Apart from all the awful things happening im the Street, of course Audraaaaa has to be centre of attention and a mega manipulator. I really cannot stand her!

[@paullynton-green6570]

Me too.and to think she's still there coining it.poor old alf well gone.

[@sheilaoneil18]

Sally Whitaker's an absolute natural with children. It's beautiful to watch her. Lovely Sally.

[@Chillmax]

I've never like the character Denise, or the actress that much, but I have to say she's acted really well in the last few episodes & if this was her final departure it was well done & rather heart-rending!

[@EveHenleySpread]

I think she’s made the odd return in recent years - although I don’t watch it, my mother still does! Obviously Daniel is in his mid twenties now

[@Chillmax]

@@EveHenleySpread No, this isn't still on is it, what's it called now, Equality Street? ;-)

[@EveHenleySpread]

Lol yeah something like that..Woke-oration Street perhaps lol 😉

[@Chillmax]

@@EveHenleySpread lol, sickening isn't it, we just have to hope this fades away like a hideous fashion, I hear anecdotally that young kids think millennials are nuts, but who knows!

[@mattburke3457]

Omg it is so refreshing to hear comments like yours. I thought the "wokefulness" was just ridiculously bad here in the states and maybe Canada. I thought when they started giving out participation trophies years ago for sports and pretty much everything else here that it was bad, little did I know what was coming...

[@HelloImNik]

Denise's 'Brian' is the most dreary man ever 😂

[@maxinenickolls1065]

Audrey Roberts is a selfish woman especially to Alf and Raquel and curly are a good match

[@londonlady227]

He got his own back when Alf left her nothing in his will. He bought the salon for her before he died so she could actually work and have something for herself. I think I might be right.

[@-ej--]

How was she selfish to Raquel and curly?

[@Thisistrulyoddtv_Mark]

@@-ej--think it was two statements in one and saying Raquel and curly are a good match after saying about Audrey and Alf

[@jackfoster501]

Horrible character she is

[@carasmith549]

The last couple of episodes of January 1996 are notable for the arrival of St. Stephen of Canada, long-lost and illegitimate son of Audrey Roberts, who exalted him as a paragon, but as I remember he was pretty ruthless all told. And the return of Ivy - as a ghost, in a scene that either makes you shiver, or laugh.

[@londonlady227]

She appeared as she was unhappy, she couldn't move on, even after death.

[@paullynton-green6570]

Stephen the robot.terrible actor.ugly like his mother.

[@Roryvhs]

Joe Gilgun was brilliant in the Tricia going to prison storyline.

[@emmaclarke2885]

5:02:25 Gail meets Stephen for the first time 5:24:11 Stephen meets Sarah, David and Nick

[@PendleWitch01]

I Wish Steve Would Stop Chewing His Nails.... You Get To See Him Chew The Bits He's Snapped Off.....Yuk!

[@emz2210]

After all these years I'm surprised that Steve hasn't chewed his arms off or eaten himself from the outside in...but I agree, no one wants to see the bits going in for another chew 🤢

[@londonlady227]

Sickening.

[@NadeenaMorgan]

I wonder if it was in the script 😅

[@EveHenleySpread]

Funny how storylines get revisited in soaps! This one whereby the Malletts are complaining about the state of No9... hmmmm, where've I heard before?! Didn't Chaulky Whiteley do the exact same thing when he bought it off Len Fairclough '82.

[@michaelroberts7374]

Brilliant continuity! Stretches back years :)

[@jennajones5464]

Same as real life really, history repeats itself

[@jennajones5464]

And with the fire places, Steve did the same in about 99/2000 with Dougy Ferguson and stole fireplaces

[@shylinh5939]

Mile Baldwin used to be an interesting character, now he's just a petty-minded, irritable bully. He's lost so much of his personality, all the humour and charm has gone, along with his ability to focus on making money and still spare a thought for others.

[@montrayjones1947]

I think it’s due to the sudden death of his father and the fact his midlife crisis coincided with witnessing his boss’s death.

[@SuzyQ334]

I agree. I've always had a soft spot for Mike despite his cockney barrow-boy swagger and questionable business morality. But he's really become very unpleasant in the past couple of years despite being married to softie Alma. Deirdre seems to be the only person who can reach his nicer side.

[@cicerodiello1]

That big cheesy grin is nauseating. I don’t know when his character went to the dogs but it might have been when he sold the factory.

[@shylinh5939]

@@cicerodiello1 I think you're right..He was always a horrible boss with the factory girls, but if any of them were in trouble, he was there, and he helped. Like he did with Hilda.

[@915madness]

To be honest he lost his wideboy ways when he married that jaqui back in 1991

[@02bher1]

The nerve of Denise; I wonder if they ever did a DNA test to see if Daniel even was Ken's child?

[@barbaracockerill6367]

Vicky and steve get òn my nerves

[@bonbon0416]

5:17:50 Alma’s description of Canadians cracked me up! I am Canadian, and it was so fun to hear what she thinks of people from this country. 😊

[@londonlady227]

Canadians are lovely people, prefer them to Yanks tbh.

[@lukedaley17]

@@londonlady227 I had a teacher in Secondary school who’s Canadian.

[@02bher1]

Audrey so excited to hear from her Stephan little does she know the future for that killer son! Like mother like daughter both like Ivy ; "Our Brian; our Nickie; our Stephan!"

[@paullynton-green6570]

Yeah.all horrible.

[@DuruttiVisca]

It’s not real 😂

[@russellthompson9271]

Best part of the January season is the episode where Ken finds out Denise was having an affair. Brilliant acting.

[@zanducktv2398]

Clever lines too, like a contract for mutual satisfaction and the waves don’t crash against the rocks anymore, then the penny dropping for Ken - quaint euphemism.

[@londonlady227]

William Roche (ken) can really do angry scenes really well. I'll always give him that.

[@cicerodiello1]

@@londonlady227The episode from February 1983 when he and Deidre are confined to the house is a masterpiece.

[@Chillmax]

I may have lost my sense of humour this week, but that may be the stupidest thing I've ever seen on the Street, not to touch anyone after you've had an electric shock, not just instantly, but up to a day later. This stupidly written & annoying new character seems to think her husbands from the Marvel universe & is some kind of northern supa 'ero, pulease!!

[@boru25]

My Mam would love this.

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

The Ken Denise love quadrangle is rather tiresome. Not very credible, and hard to care about any of them!

[@SuzyQ334]

Agreed. Thing is, no one has liked Ken since he stalked Deirdre in the 1980s. Plus Ken has been one of the worst fathers in Corrie ever - none of his kids want to know him. And yet, Ken, in his 80s, is still in the show. Nice work if you can get it. xxx

[@normasouthwood3182]

Ken would not have been so aggressive to Fiona!

[@justmanic9673]

Here to see the first appearance of the great Uncle Stephen

[@EveHenleySpread]

Who turns out to be the next Jack The Ripper of Weatherfield I gather... absolutely beggars belief!!

[@mariemurray3638]

Is that an x-rated jelly mould on the wall at 1.05 in Ken and Denise’s kitchen? Or is it my bad mind?

[@katy4779]

Always thought that 😆... wonder why they left it up, an inside joke? I think it's a lobster fish mould really.

[@katy4779]

OK folks, what's the name of the background violin music while Denise and Ken are sitting at the table 45 minutes in?

[@ingridhansensmythe9650]

Méditation by Massenet.❤️

[@katy4779]

@@ingridhansensmythe9650 Thank you so much! x

[@londonlady227]

The thing about old Duckworth's house, the Mallett's got it cheap anyway. They should do the rewiring checks before, buyer beware!

[@barbaracockerill6367]

I thought nurses had to get changed before they came out of the hospital

[@NadeenaMorgan]

Yes, anyone in a uniform, police, supermarket workers, nurses, et al, must at least wear a coat or jacket or cardigan to cover their uniform if they don't change out of them

[@ginagina9720]

Denise how could you do this to Ken and your baby?

[@rthompson7282]

What about her poor SISTER!

[@tresfeles2784]

Was Vera really ironing Jack's Y-fronts???

[@williamjhughes9460]

Aurdey is such a snob. It's all about money and how she looks to people. Hard to believe that Gail turned out so normal, when you look at her 🤔 What was she wearing at The Airport ? 😱

[@juliemitchell3013]

You actually said Gail and normal in one sentence!

[@briangatt2956]

Steve McDonald's got more lives than Katie Price.

[@1mysticsage]

I agree about the statement of Audrey Roberts. She just annoys me so much because she is selfish and and she think she’s all that and she’s not. It’s just really sad to me.😢

[@jstewart3517]

Audrey believes she's royalty

[@londonlady227]

The repeating like Foghorn Leghorn and the scotch and thread haven't come yet with Fred.

[@itallia666]

Its a tribute to the acting of Sue Nicholls as she plays the increasingly nauseating pomposity & snobbery of the cold feeling, extremely selfcentred, Audrey Roberts!! She was always a barrel of laughs when she occasionally popped up in Corrie to sneak a visit to daughter Gail However since becoming a main character shes really shown her colours! She treats every one that she cant benefit from, with contempt, especially poor Alf who is a stick in the mud but at heart will help anyone & is a real softie. He was so desparate to remarry after Renee died & couldnt believe his luck when Audrey said Yes! Then as soon as she agreed she began her systematic bleeding Alf dry of his savings The poor man was so manipulated by this cold narcissistic viper he couldnt refuse her anything. But, recently hes come to see what she really is. Even Gail knows what a selfish cow her mother is, Audrey is only out for Audrey Sue Nicholls plays her to perfection! Able to give her character such a personality that is so disliked by everyone! I must say, ( as far as i know) she was never unfaithfull sexually, to Alf Her desire was only Alfs cash! Poor poor, silly, soft Alf Cheers 🇬🇧👧

[@paullynton-green6570]

Beautiful put.i couldn't describe her better.horrible gold digger.

[@davidbutter7433]

I used to love classic coronation street, but by 1996 it was spoiled by the likes of fiona the scowling hairdresser, and mind numming Jim,so it is ,McDonald, not so funny either , thanks for fred I say fred Elliott, marvelous actor and so funny Mavis &rita kept me watching ,also Jack &vera ,magic ,they had to make it more for younger audiences, as if they dont have enough to watch, give me stan& hilda any day, stopped watching todays version years ago,talk about far fetched story lines, and no humour, shame .

[@katy4779]

Loved Fred Elliot... hilarious!

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

3:08:21 nice little nod to the infamous Ken/Mike/Deirdre scene

[@jacinta992]

thanks

[@christinefougere]

Steve and that nail biting is sickening.

[@londonlady227]

Paranoia will destroy ya Don. He should've kept his cool on the outside and the courts most likely would've gone his way. That will was malicious.

[@elizaann1888]

Really don't take to the Malletts characters. Too daft and dreadful actors, simply don't fit in.

[@olgagarcia5710]

I agree and I feel the same about the woman and her kid that are Mikes tenants.

[@olgagarcia5710]

Ken acting like a caring father to his boy but yet sent off his other two to the grandmother to raise when their mother died.

[@David-h4z2s]

The Mallets are to aggressive Miss horse 🐴 face And Mr Neanderthal

[@staceygrove5976]

@@olgagarcia5710 I think Tricia's more likeable than either of the Malletts, and I wish she'd never come into the show with that awful kid.

[@Elcapitan71]

Poor old Nick…blew the whole 12 grand on acting lessons

[@HelloImNik]

What does steve look like here - I know irl he had some issues with drink and drugs but oof

[@sheilaoneil18]

Steve behaves so strangely. Weird.

[@dementednun1175]

The headmistress it's a really good actress it's a shame she never made it

[@lawrencejhutchinson]

Don losing his marbles is well acted!

[@leejones8582]

He was a good character I think being with Ivy started it and the stuff with Mike escalated it.

[@SuzyQ334]

Don was a really likeable character. I have heard that any soap actor who pi**es off the producers/script-writers ends up getting some really bad storylines. Jeez Don, what the bloody hell did you do?

[@leejones8582]

@@SuzyQ334 I think showing his descent into madness was well played

[@davidcartmell2141]

jim i'm so irish it's unbelievable

[@Chillmax]

This seems to be Roy's promotion month, maybe he move to the street after this?!

[@londonlady227]

I don't think he moved to the street ever, his moved into a permanent role in 1997 as he took over Gail's Cafe and formed Roy's Rolls, they then moved to Victoria St. His character was supposed to be a psychopath for 6 episodes but they turned him into a gentler man living with Asperger's.

[@dickterpene8697]

@@londonlady227 Not a psycho just creepy

[@chadyepipia8383]

​@@londonlady227Remind me I remember Roy Cropper was so different in his early appearances as a creepy weirdo and stalker psycho and dodgy but when did Roy changed gradually into a loveable buffoon autistic gentle guy and what year and month he gradually changed exactly and I heard the actor David Nielsen who plays Roy revealed he secretly made gis character autistic in order to keep him in the show. Did you know that.

[@markgraham7669]

Judy Mallett quickly becomes the most annoying character on the Street

[@SuzyQ334]

Nah, I disagree. Judy's just a young Vera IMHO. My award for the most irritating female Corrie character is the spectacularly narcissistic Audrey Roberts closely followed by "I'm just a poor, sad single mother" Tricia. As for the fellas, for me it's Jim "catch yourself on" McDonald.

[@brendang8177]

Vera wins by a country mile.....nasty nasty nasty

[@annmc8392]

Someone should remind Ken about glass houses 🤔

[@johnp6260]

Steven has a bit of an accent when one hears it amongst the others. Do we Canadians sound like that?

[@EveHenleySpread]

The actor playing Steven is actually American 🇺🇸 so perhaps he’s not very good at the Canadian 🇨🇦 accent? 🤣

[@David-h4z2s]

Fancy a Scotch Steve🥃 Classic line from Jack

[@Ravenswalk]

Oh look it’s Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire coming out of jail she’s better actor than a Labour Mayor.

[@gregbouchard414]

U do a rally good job on here keep up there good work on here keep up there good work on here keep up there good work on here

[@johnlakin5895]

Steve is nothing short of a ponce

[@EveHenleySpread]

I'm not sure I'm really buying this "Don going bonkers' storyline! It seems to be starting gradually in recent months.

[@Chillmax]

It did look like they're readying him for departure, but then it died away as quick as it started.

[@lucyjane103]

The Nasally little boy Jamie. Is that a real English accent...?

[@londonlady227]

No, his accent is unusual.

[@dickterpene8697]

Yes. Chorley, Lancashire accent. 20 miles away from Manchester

[@barbaracockerill6367]

Had to laugh when ken said danial cried a lot 2day more than i ever heard him cry

[@briangatt2956]

As a security guard who worked in countless so called haunted buildings for nigh on 30 years i never saw or heard a thing if i took a shot for every person who said to me 'Aren't you scared of ghosts?' i'd be an alcoholic. How come no one's ever seen a naked ghost?

[@londonlady227]

I knew someone who was a Yeoman at the Tower, he heard screams every night, tortured spirits not at rest, perfectly reasonable he used to say. He went on his rounds knowing he would be safe and he used to talk to them, introducing himself everytime and telling them to be at peace.

[@briangatt2956]

@@londonlady227 Na that's life in London there's always people screaming and shouting and foxes scream like women.

[@lukedaley17]

4:52:43 The first appearance of Stephen Reid.

[@michaelgregory8322]

Fast forward til tday & Audrey,s baby son Steven is a murderer

[@helenwebb8881]

What the heck is a tv licence?

[@EveHenleySpread]

You're not British 🇬🇧 then? We're forced to pay for the BBC (the woke state broadcaster) etc over here by way of a TV licence, if you don't pay you potentially can end in jail believe it or not!

[@02bher1]

Who does their invitations at the Pub? Tacky Ken!

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

Surprises me that Ken didn’t try to get his leg over the school principal….

[@EveHenleySpread]

Spoiler alert - he does! You've got that to look forward to! ;-)

[@NadeenaMorgan]

Anyone else notice that Daniel always pushes Denise's face away? 😅

[@dr.phibes7359]

Barlow the grass!!..

[@cicerodiello1]

The storyline about the wiring at the house the Duckworth’s sold to the Mallet’s is stupid. A building inspection would have revealed any defects. What a waste of screen time.

[@wrestlingsubmissionfan]

vera shitting herself running down the stair lol lol , i think the ivy ghost scene was brilliant

[@NadeenaMorgan]

Liz has no experience in retailing? 😅 Norman!

[@GinaRussell-c2c]

I wish Steve would stop ✋ biting his nails 💅 and he chews them ewwww yuk!

[@NadeenaMorgan]

So, Bill (William) becomes, "Wally" in Irish 😅

[@anitamilligan8149]

A very odd view of canada. Im canadian, far more to canada than montreal and toronto.

[@sueferris3685]

Of all the people in all the seasons so far, I dislike Audrey the most. Hands down!! My fondest dream is that her beloved son finds out how bossy and selfish she is, and tells her off.

[@jujuoliver6959]

If so many weirdos, psychologically damaged, bad tempered, cheaters and criminals lived on one street you would run a mile or ten. To me this is when gradually the characters in Corrie got more grimey, tacky, nasty and darker. It's very gradual, and I haven't watched it for 10 years or so when storylines got ridiculous, but you can just start to see the darkness gradually creeping through in the middle 90s. Through the 60s, 70s and 80s there was more humour and it was more lightweight and a laugh.

[@staceygrove5976]

38:59 Would an eleven year old kid really be so observant and clued up as to what was going on here?

[@barbaracockerill6367]

How does vera cope with those earrings 😂

[@ginagina9720]

Ken as been betrayed twice now who remembers the affair between Deirdre and Mike? And now Denise and Brian!

[@robyneastlake5740]

Kens not all that innocent either though

[@SuzyQ334]

Robyn Eastlake - too right. And at some point Ken was a really nasty, scary stalker of Deirdre. There is a point where I will stop watching this show because the scriptwriters have gone for rubbish rather than reality.

[@roberte5057]

So over Audrey and Gail, Ken and Denise.

[@traceyraybould7148]

Steve McDonald. Actor doing a great job because I detest him.

[@christinefougere]

Cookie, Cookie lend me your comb, Oh I'm showing my age, 77 Sunset Strip...

[@02bher1]

For your information Stephan; I am a Quebecer born and bred and hate Toronto. Go Habs Go!

[@David-h4z2s]

Roy's character is very weird here and odd what's up with him???

[@staceygrove5976]

Aspergers, never any doubt in my mind.

[@chadyepipia8383]

Yeah he has autism but he was quite different in his early appearances as a creepy weirdo and stalker and dodgy guy when did Roy changed into a loveable buffoon autistic guy and what year exactly he gradually changed.

[@Kay_Watermelon]

A bit rich for Ken to have a massive strop over Denise having an affair. I suppose he can have all the affairs he wants and demand forgiveness, but god forbid anyone dare do the same behind him.

[@bigregful]

I don't know why Denise and Des didn't get together. Selfish flakes who are perfectly nice until things don't go well for them. I suppose they wouldn't have put up with the others awful behaviour

[@jackfoster501]

Why has Jamie never got a school uniform on 🤷

[@NadeenaMorgan]

Steve is behaving like someone on uppers 😢

[@NadeenaMorgan]

Don has 12k "first thing in the morning" ....

[@barbaracockerill6367]

Mike is a horrible man hes all self i dont know how alma puts up with him

[@NadeenaMorgan]

Judging from this street, doing trade isn't profitable but having a wealthy husband leaving money for the wife is good business 😅 Corner shops pubs, and cafes are non profitable and owners work slogging away nonstop instead of employing staff

[@jstewart3517]

Whats with Denise's arm n hand

[@EveHenleySpread]

I gather she was born with that deformity

[@andyreeves8556]

£12,000 😂😂

[@christinefougere]

Omg the stupid things they say about Canada so annoying

[@maxinenickolls1065]

Judy mallet and husband are the new jack and Vera

[@angelapryde1902]

Can't agree Jack n Vera ... apart from Jack's Perry behaviour now n again Judy n Gary always look like they need a shower

[@londonlady227]

Never, they were awful.

[@davidbutter7433]

No way .

[@johnlarkin3821]

Why has Vera got two toilet seats hanging from her ears?

[@multimill]

As much as i loathe the BBC tv tax, difficult to have any sympathy for Tricia. Such an objectionable delinquent.

[@jstewart3517]

Not being rude but whats with Denise left arm n hand

[@londonlady227]

It's a birth deformity, she explained only once when she first appeared in Corrie. I'm not sure who too though.

[@davidbutter7433]

It's a birth deformity, a blind man on a galloping horse could see that .

[@flumpaustin1994]

​@@londonlady227 She explained to Don when she was cutting his hair.