Coronation Street - October 1995

CORONATION STREET - OCTOBER 1995
EPISODES 3916 - 3928 (All 13 Episodes)
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[@rayoflight6505]

Julie Goodyears presence as Bet was second to none. She was like a soap version of Bette Davis 😍

[@garry760]

She was brilliant ❤.

[@davidjones6470]

DAMN RIGHT THERE, 110%

[@jayheywood9635]

shame she now has dementia

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

The soul of the show died when Bet left.

[@EveHenleySpread]

Unquestionably!! Bet was the heart and soul of Corrie for me, she had every facet to her character.. the toughness and yet at times so vulnerable! For me it was NEVER the same without her! Shame her short lived return in 2002 was so naff!

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

@@EveHenleySpread thank you for uploading these episodes in monthly blocks. Such a clever idea.

[@matthewa.morgan6214]

Bet wasn't a patch on the great Elsie tanner though

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

@@matthewa.morgan6214 Bet surpassed Elsie in the end. That’s why Bet is called Queen of the Street.

[@matthewa.morgan6214]

@@DeepScreenAnalysis true ,but I'll always prefer Elsie then bet 🙂

[@cicerodiello1]

2:29:40 This is a classic scene. Bet is wearing all black. Look at her expressive eyes. Without pulling faces, tears and altering the tone of her voice, she communicates great emotion. This is testament to an actress who had put her heart and soul into the characterisation for 25 years. ❤

[@16SKORPION80]

😅

[@mattburke3457]

After I finish the 90s I'm going back to very beginning, if I can find them, and going to watch 60s,70s and 80s. I hope they r available. Thank you for posting this collection like you have. It has been such a treat. You have brought joy to a lot of people by doing it. I am very grateful ❤️You r very kind, it had to take ages. Thank you

[@Chillmax]

At the beginning of 'the thing' to keep me company, as I live on my own way out in the countryside, I went back as far as was possible, which in 2020, was 1975 & I just dropped out in 1996, as I no longer like all the characters & storylines. Some of the channels that had uploaded all those shows have been taken down, but they slowly get put back up 😅. So, maybe for fun look at some of the eps from the 60s & early 70s, but for for the most available shows start mid 70s, also the show starts to pick up from around then. Good luck.

[@SuzyQ334]

@@EveHenleySpread I think between ProfessionalGun66 and yourself, you helped get a lot of people through those bloody awful COVID lockdowns. I live in Australia, which had some of the harshest lockdowns in the world and I'm an old person who lives alone so KZbin has been my life-saver. One of my passions is live rock music and great British TV drama. I have loved catching up and binge-watching old Corrie. Thank you so much for the uploads. 😊

[@EveHenleySpread]

You’re very welcome Susannah! I’m glad it was of some help during this strange period we’ve all lived through - I was the same as you, binge watching ProfessionGun66’s compilations throughout lockdown. It was only when he stopped I looked into the possibility of continuing where he left off - amazing it didn’t take me long to get the hang of it! Glad it’s been of some use to folk all over the globe 🌎 😂

[@jstewart3517]

Im the same only care for the true gems nowdays theres no real actors like before

[@itallia666]

Ive done or nearly done the whole kit & Kaboodle from the 1st episode of Corrie in late 1960 through every year until this current Oct 1995!! Its taken me over 6 solid weeks of watching! I 1st made a file & put every episode on it ( bar missing earlier ones) to make the follow ons easier to find from my created list. I found Professional Gun 66, then the really early black & white episodes from a channel called Auntie Corrie, then the bulk from EveHenleySpread There are many videos with missed episodes on, i watch these at the end of each year pertaining to each set of missed ones. There are single episodes from small utubers that are widely scattered! Also one off specials like a full video of Elsie, Gail & Suzy episodes Other vids like Corrie Secrets .... Barmaids, Deaths, Hunks, Bad Girls, Kens list of girlfriends over the years, Corrie Kids etc Im so ensconced in my cozy abode watching all these thousands of Corries from Number 1 I thoroughly recommend it, its like going back in time. The very early 1960s & 70s Corries are BRILLIANT! Regards 🇬🇧👧

[@pandacutlets83]

I watch so much Corrie lately I've started talking in a Lancashire accent, throwing around the slang..mithering and daft haepeth and supp up are regulars...thank you again for the uploads..🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@EveHenleySpread]

Ha the funny thing is I’m a big Prisoner fan, I still watch it occasionally on here.. and at times you’ll catch me referring to booze as grog, or the toilet as the dunny! 😉

[@pandacutlets83]

@@EveHenleySpread lol...never got into Prisoner, nor the new imagining called Wentworth...you need to learn more Aussie slang.. My mum was a Yorkshire lass, but never spoke with a Yorkshire accent or in slang..she came to Australia in 62..

[@pandacutlets83]

@@EveHenleySpread ps My real name is Eva, Brenda lee is just a silly nickname

[@EveHenleySpread]

@@pandacutlets83 oh I see! Well lovely to chat to you Eva.. warms my heart to know Corrie is still being watched down under! Infact I get to see where the audience is based, and there’s quite a few from Oz.. plenty from the USA too! Take care x

[@mfitzy100]

Oh yer alrigh cock

[@johnjoyce341]

Jack and Vera were simply sublime as a soap couple.The dialogue and on screen chemistry was excellent and you could just tell that Bill Tarmey and Liz Dawn got on do well off screen.

[@rickyodriscoll9729]

Bet lynch my fave I adore her the best ever character ❤️ I love classic Corrie the new Corrie does not hold a patch on the good old days ❤️

[@nandsall9492]

A blast from the past when two Corrie superstars are going at each other hammer and tongs. The Rita and Bet scene as their beautiful friendship ends is a classic moment. The tension generated with its emotion and almost violent climax was fitting for two brilliant characters and was reminiscent of the show at its peak..

[@kuchikopi4631]

That's it for me, thank you for all the uploads. I know there are more, but as soon as Julie Goodyear left, that's it for me. I wish Julie had never left the show, but what can you do, not as if we can turn back time and make her stay on. Only thing that gets me is that I wish Bet Lynch had been given a good sending off and a happy ending she deserved, she was the heart, the soul and the only one who genuinely cared about everyone on the street. Anyway, thank you again for all the uploads. It's embarassing, but I had tears in my eyes as I watched this compilation, haha.

[@EveHenleySpread]

Yep don’t bother watching her short lived 2002 return, they gave her crap scripts to work with - no wonder she quit after 2 weeks.

[@Chillmax]

Me too Kuchi, me too, please see my main reply to this. I'm just trying to see the end of a few storylines, then I intend to head off also. I see Curly & Raquel are about to Marry in a few months, this also leads to the first feature length spin off, where they & some others go on a cruise, I'd like to see that & luckily we can on YT via Concepta Hewitts channel. I see there are some awful characters on the way though, really dragging the Street down't pit, so I have no intention of witnessing the start of the long, slow demise to what I imagine is an identity politics driven mess of today. Sad.

[@Chillmax]

@@EveHenleySpread I did see the 2003 stint a little while back, the seaside stint with Jim on the run, that was reasonable if I remember?!

[@youtubehatesus2651]

Hilda has always been my favourite, but I carried on watching after she left.

[@mfitzy100]

Her return in 2002 was woeful, cliched rubbish

[@elizaann1888]

Amazing to see Sarah Lancashire as Raquel knowing just what a great career she was going to have. Been binge watching Corrie for weeks while recovering from surgery and loving it. x

[@linpin9343]

These episodes are gems 💎 Thanks for sharing. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@doreentimmins3356]

Was so sad to see bet go, all the old actresses was the best, Corrine today is just not the same,

[@abbieroseholden4174]

Loved Betty so much she was like everyones Grandma ❤❤

[@dhcrasher1]

I always loved Bet, her and Hilda were Coronation Street to me. I think Rita very soon forgot who was the one who came looking for her and found her singing in that hotel, suffering a breakdown and memory loss after Alan Bradley, and brought her home... Some friend Rita turned out to be when Bet needed support, she was about to lose everything she knew, and it was Rita's idea to go into the pub in the first place, she just took the pip cos the cat got let out of the bag early...that really put me right off her character ☹

[@zanducktv2398]

Rita later claimed she and Bet were never bosom buddies which I found very strange cos they were the best of pals before!

[@lynnem3300]

​@@zanducktv2398And Rita LITERALLY told Ken that Bet was her best friend.

[@eyezj7412]

It was a bad deal with Rita taking all the risk for almost no reward. Rita made the right decision

[@simonshreeve5580]

@@eyezj7412 If you ask me Rita is just as bad as Mike Baldwin. They both look after number one and they are just as vindictive as each other. Mike Baldwin is smart. He never made a move to have a romantic relationship with Rita because Mike Baldwin knows full well that it would never work as they both want to have the upper hand.

[@plokijm22]

​@eyezj7412 helping a friend shouldn't be seen as risk. If the pub made money, which it clearly did otherwise, how did it have a manager and 3 or 4 full-time staff on the books, then Rita wasn't losing out. Also, already in her 60s with no kids and she wants to just sit on that sort of money like a dragon on a pile of gold. Never made sense to me

[@davehenson7104]

That whole scene at 2:19:20 was incredibly painful to watch and probably one of the most cringeworthy ever. Steve just came across as a complete moron and creep. Why is he talking in that really breathy voice? And as for the faces he pulls certainly made for some uncomfortable viewing. Watching Bet's hopes crumble away because of him didn't help either.

[@woohooboy]

Annie Walker may have been the first landlady of "The Street" but for my money, Bet Lynch was the best. Unlike Annie who always thought she was a cut-above everyone around her, Bet thought of herself on the same level as her patrons and staff. Kind, caring but firm and assertive when needed, she was no pushover. But she also deeply cared about the community where she lived and was there if anyone needed help. It's a pity that no was there for her when she needed it the most.

[@malcolmclements9254]

The ghosts of Annie Walker, Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner standing behind the bar shaking their heads as Bett walks to the door and Hilda Ogden closing it behind her.

[@toffeetoffee6457]

When coronation street was worth watching.

[@ddrose06]

Taking Bet's name down, from the front-door of the Rovers and replacing it with Vera's name, is like taking down a rose, and replacing it with 3 pounds of tripe.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Why do these characters CONSTANTLY push Maude...IN AN ELECTRIC BLOODY WHEELCHAIR!!!??? 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@lynnem3300]

😆🤣

[@morrieholmes6384]

Thanks Eve. Looks like another month of drama. ❤️

[@lynnem3300]

Dreary's tearless crying gets so old.

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

😱😭🥱

[@BubblyJubbly]

“If it weren’t for him, you’d be nowt but a clapped out chorus girl!” “Better than a clapped out barmaid!” I miss this era of Coronation Street.

[@krish2427]

Thank you for these they are great thank you so much just realised I may have put a spoiler will post it on next month's hope no one saw it

[@bibakroll8999]

I'm always astonished at the rows that happen in the various businesses. Customers walk in on the most vicious exchanges sometimes and everyone seems to think it's okay.

[@normasouthwood3182]

@bibakroll8999 I have thought the same thing several times...no way to run a business!

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

The marriage rate in Coronation Street has to be many times the national average.

[@briangatt2956]

You're not wrong there it's almost like legislation that you must be married or risk being fined.

[@PendleWitch01]

Aww Bet please don’t go…! 😭😭😭 it shouldn’t have ended like this for Julie Goodyear, They should have had Charlie turn up in a white cab and drove off into the sunset 😭😭😭😭

[@zanducktv2398]

Tanya stole Charlie!

[@elizabethkeyes8750]

He came back after Tanya dumped him. Bet told him to get lost.

[@SuzyQ334]

Charlie was a total sh*t. I'd rather have seen Bet ride off into the sunset with Alec. At least she could have kept her eye on him on his "cruises". x

[@lynnem3300]

I wish she'd stay, but Charlie was a duplicitous waste of space who ALSO betrayed Bet.

[@user-ns4wt9zf6x]

Maude made me giggle 🤭 calling her son in law slap head! I think she was a great character Maude always says it as it is 😂😂😂

[@user-pd8ey4ip8t]

I like Maude, she's great fun 🎉

[@user-ns4wt9zf6x]

@@user-pd8ey4ip8tyes she always made me giggle 🤭

[@angelapryde1902]

Steve McDonald is really a little slime ball Bets lifes in his hands Vicki's deserving all she gets

[@lynnem3300]

He's so oily, I'm surprised slick Steve doesn't slide on his way out of the Rovers.

[@chrismacdonald7955]

I wish Steve would spit out the damn gum he CONSTANTLY chews, with an open mouth and as much noise as possible ! 🤬

[@R31922]

Yes its disgusting.

[@howiseeit5129]

Not a tear or a worry from these people that Bet lived her whole life knowing....what a waste of her life.she was there for everyone...

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

I think Jack is forgetting that Annie Walker was constantly upstairs with "a meeegraine" rather being "at it" working behind the bar.

[@uszatku9417]

Referring to Anne Walker as ‘some old landlady’ broke all our hearts!

[@Chillmax]

The writers showing the harshness of advancing time, as those who were once important become almost forgotten.

[@shylinh5939]

It was dreadful. Annie Walker "some old landlady"! She would have shut Liz up in seconds.

[@paullynton-green6570]

@@shylinh5939 Annie had class.

[@markgraham7669]

@@paullynton-green6570 Something many of the rest didn't have!

[@peter0010]

Tbf, she didn't know her, she'd probably heard things on the grapevine.

[@normasouthwood3182]

Raquel's lavender wedding outfit looks very like the outfit that Mavis wore at her and Dereck's 1st attempt at a wedding!

[@leannetrotter4414]

LAVENDER WAS PERFECT ON BOTH WOMEN AND PURPLE PLUS NAVY WAS GOOD TOO !!!

[@mfitzy100]

Slightly ridiculous in reality Bet wanting Rita and Vicky to put up ALL the money to buy her a pub- if she was that interested she should have had made long term plans herself- they were taking on all the risk which is not how the real world works.

[@ddrose06]

If Jack got his name above the door, it might have included the fact that he was the Pratt that had burned it down, a few years since.

[@peter0010]

Yeah but ultimately that meant it for refurbed at more in keeping with real life pubs of the time. It looked very dated until 1986

[@londonlady227]

Rita wasn't really nice to Bet after all those years.....but Bet should've had some savings to offer towards the deal. She should've just kept her mouth shut. Vicky was another matter.....Vicky owed Bet a lot....she should've helped. She did leave turning her back on everyone but she should've saved.

[@02bher1]

As always it was actually Mavis who opened her big gob not Bet. Does anyone know why the necklace Audrey wore while acting as Mayoress given to her by Fred was never mentioned as coming from the neck of a pig in his shop?

[@briangatt2956]

The idea of Jack and Vera running the Rovers since Jack worked in the pub for years is like me telling people i'm a dentist because i go to the dentist.

[@lynnem3300]

... and have an addiction to laughing gas. 😅

[@flumpaustin1994]

Nothing like that at all.

[@kato2644]

Shadrack Dingle from Emmerdale as the wedding photographer.

[@Uksoapfan]

The line at 1:58:28 from Bet Gilroy is one of the most memorable lines from the shows history.

[@stephenstandring7632]

STEPHEN STANDRING

[@zanducktv2398]

Rita struggling with her emotions and seemingly stamping her foot just before the credits roll. Is she thinking nice one Rita, damn, what the hell have I done, sorry but it had to be said, or wasn’t expecting that outcome ☹️ Great writing from Adele Rose. Love the clapped out chorus girl jibe.

[@kellyscourfield741]

Oh no, won’t be the same without Bet, the best ever soap barmaid/landlady 💔 it’s hard to remember a time when she wasn’t there in the rovers.

[@briangatt2956]

i guess Gail thinks it's ok for Nick to drive a car at 14 and reverse into Don.

[@bibakroll8999]

Gail thinks anything Nicky does is ok.

[@briangatt2956]

@@bibakroll8999 He's a little .....🤣

[@bibakroll8999]

@@briangatt2956 He certainly is!

[@lynnem3300]

Gail thinks a lot of things. She really should leave her brain to science.

[@carasmith549]

I think the producers or writers really missed a trick when they brought in the Malletts. Ian Mercer had already played Pete Jackson in 1987, an old army pal of Terry Duckworth's, and Terry had ruined the friendship by having an affair with and then running off with Pete's wife. So why not bring Ian Mercer back as Pete, his original role? We know Terry had broken up his marriage, so he could have returned with a new wife - Judy. That would also have given scope to a new or ongoing drama between Pete and Terry when the latter returned to the street and found his old rival living in his parents house. I've always felt the Malletts were a missed opportunity, they should have been the Jacksons, with Judy as his second wife.

[@EveHenleySpread]

It’s nothing new bringing back actors playing different parts.. remember Mark Eden playing Wally Randall in ‘81.. then returning as Alan Bradley in ‘85.. countless examples of that over the years lol

[@pandacutlets83]

@@EveHenleySpread the actor who played Norris originally played Mavis' spanish boyfriend who tried marrying her for english residency

[@gilliangrant8764]

@@pandacutlets83 Yes, Carlos lol

[@mattburke3457]

That's kind of a common thing on American soaps. But it's normally temporary and they will announce, "the role of so and so, will be played by (actors name,)"and they announce it the first time the appear daily on the show for a CPL weeks and it becomes their new role some times. Other times its temporary and they reappear on same show or dif soap as a new person sometime in the future.

[@loisfromfamilyguylol]

I agree, Judy Jackson sounds nice

[@SuzyQ334]

If Bet is gone, this is definitely my last Corrie.

[@EveHenleySpread]

She’s definitely gone I’m afraid Susannah, and it was a pretty poor exit let’s be honest! Poorly written and certainly wasn’t fitting of a what a tremendous character Bet Lynch was. They did persuade her to return 7 years later but she only lasted 2 weeks before quitting!

[@lynnem3300]

​@@EveHenleySpreadThat's another poorly managed exit. How sad that both actor and viewers invest so much, only to be cheated of a proper farewell. Given today's consensus that Corrie went rapidly downhill, there's obviously zero regard for what the audience wants. I guess feedback doesn't matter to the writers which is pretty baffling.

[@normasouthwood3182]

That big row in the Kabin between Bet and Rita was distressing an not necessary.

[@leehambleton9919]

Bet had a heart of gold but she was asking a lot of Rita to put 60 thousand in to the Rovers and Bet not put a penny in and just run the pub

[@lynnem3300]

Oh I completely agree. I also agree that it's astonishing that Bet hadn't any savings to contribute after all those years at the Rovers, especially since she spent money so freely. She clearly was not good with money and Rita was right to be concerned. Still, Rita handled it terribly. She got offended by the wrong thing, and somehow Mavis got off Scott free. As for Vicki, she was a heartless, ungrateful bitch.

[@helenm2169]

rita pulls out again promises promises promises typical old rita

[@jetnight88]

To be honest bet did the right choice to shut everyone out after they all backstabbed her After everything she did for them and that’s the thanks she got

[@NB-lv8oq]

2:34:46 when the whole mood of the situation takes a sharp turn for the worse and sets the momentum for Bet's dramatic exit.

[@user-ns4wt9zf6x]

I think Julie Goodyear was one of the best characters on coronation street she just got straight to the point

[@claredrew8039]

I’m gutted Bet has left. 😢

[@roybarnes-thewildlifeman1855]

Jim McDonald’s hair is so long he looks like Shirley Bassey

[@EveHenleySpread]

I'm sure old Burley Chassis will be delighted with that comparison! ;-)

[@SuzyQ334]

Jim McDonald is not a likeable character is he? I grew up without a dad and my mother, in her infinite wisdom, decided I had no right to even know his name. If he was a "Jim McDonald" I reckon she did me a favour; he's the kind of man whose wife and children are scared of his temper. Luckily, I got a sweet-natured, funny stepdad instead.

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

Still not the same as having a real dad the two Parent family is the best for society not all this woke nonsense of today's Horrible world😫👹

[@dementednun1175]

So Long Bet 😪😫😕

[@EveHenleySpread]

Gutted eh, things were never the same! 😩

[@theresapierce3934]

Why did Liz say she had never been upstairs at the Rovers. Jim and her moved in and ran the pub when Bet and Alec were away.

[@briangatt2956]

I've just got to that part yeah that's weird also Jim asking who the old lady is like he never saw the picture of Annie Walker before.

[@londonlady227]

I know....a continuity error.

[@staceygrove5976]

2:23:00 I wonder how many other Corrie anoraks spotted the fact that one of Jack's pigeons is named after his former 'bit on the side' Dulcie Froggatt?

[@mattburke3457]

Rita shd climb up on the counter in the Kabin and Scream at the top of her lungs, "Mavis, u r fired, and Derek, the pair of you will never get ur hands on my news agent's, I would rather see it converted into a hostile for run away knombs"

[@mattburke3457]

I'm only at like 1:35 I wonder if Mavis fesses up to Rita that it was her that told Bet, Rita is saying yes and the accountant was all for it, and I am really curious why Bet hasn't tried to get a loan for half, even if she asked for it from Vicky. Then they both have $ invested and both taking a financial risk.

[@lynnem3300]

Yes. Surely Bet could have used the pub as collateral for a loan, just like the scenario she described to Vicky? And it seems like there was little or no discussion between Rita and Bet about a creative solution to the problem. Likewise Alf "moneybags" Roberts offered no real help, he just put the knife in. So it was all rushed through to its terrible conclusion way too fast.

[@lilly8325]

God, Reg's outlook on sexual harassment is so gross!

[@lynnem3300]

Hideous. And apparently there's not much to understand about women.

[@cicerodiello1]

I love the Duckies. Compared to the excruciating Derek and Mavis and Reg and his buffoonery, they are a classic Coronation couple. They need to work and have an excellent love hate chemistry. I look forward to their pub years before Alec returns to screw them. So much hatred directed at them. They are defined as rough and poor. They have had a few windfalls and lost. At the end of of the day, they are human! During the Tyrone years it was hard not to appreciate them taking him in as a son.

[@Chillmax]

Gasp, so, the Queen is dead! Having now watched it again, I'm remembering the feelings I had when originally seeing Bet's departure, upon its first broadcast & they weren't good. What a horrible & frankly poorly thought out exit for La Goodyear, did she agree to this storyline, perhaps she wasn't asked & she just wanted out, does anyone know? No where to go, no money to speak of, few clothes, as mentioned by the cast & no future,, how was that supposed to be a fitting end for one of the shows most memorable characters?! I remember thinking at the time things like, is that it, is she coming back, what happened, is she OK, even the cast is confused,, how is that a good end? But no, there's worse, they even make Bet miss, arguably her best friends wedding, just a day after her departure, when there was NO reason for this, in real life, Bet would have stayed for this event, making Bet look really bad. They also made Bet handle the Rita situation terribly, again making her look bad, but this was in service of this awful missive of a story. Backing Bet into a corner of existential dread, with everyone letting her down, was sad & disappointing for the audience then & now; proving, should proof be needed, that highly paid writers & producers have no more idea what they're doing than your elderly Granny, throwing her knitting at the screen in indignant protest. We'll meet again though dear Bet, we shall meet again.......

[@stevenhighams4190]

I see your point, but Bet loved that place more than anything and would only have left by being forced out or by leaving in a box. It was really the only thing they could have done without killing her off and it was in keeping with her character of not being very successful in life and of being let down by others. I also get the impression that they were keeping the door open for her for a while in hopes of her coming back. Putting the clueless Duckworths in the Rovers seems to back this up.

[@Chillmax]

@@stevenhighams4190 I also see your point, but not true, they could have easily written a love story & that she was so head-over-heels for the man, that her heart ruled over her head & she wanted nothing more than to drive off into the sunset with the man of her dreams. But no, they want to be as miserable as Eastenders & to contrive a plot that was worthless, mean spirited & gave no comfort to the audience. It's a classic stupid writer ploy, 'I don't know what I'm doing & I don't know how to get anyone out of this, I know, let's make everyone miserable!' Cut to nearly 30 years later & writers can barely hold a pen or even spell the word plot, just make it all sad, stick a rainbow flag on it, a wheelchair under it, or get someone who looks like Diane Abbot to ruin everything. Do I sound bitter, you betchya, I used to enjoy TV/ Film, now all that's left of the tatters of entertainment is the past, at least they can't touch that, although they gave it a good try here, but Bet's memory lives on despite the pathetic scribble of these writers - Don't Fall For It. Nurse, my tablets!!

[@stevenhighams4190]

@@Chillmax Well, I don't watch it now and haven't for about five years. I watched it for about twenty years longer than I should have done, but having begun watching it when I was three, purely in the hope that my parents would forget it was my bedtime, it was definitely just a habit by then. This is like 1969 to about 2015, but I grew up watching all the greats, so it's pretty sad to see what it became. I've never liked Eastenders and I think it started the rot, with the corny melodrama and relentless misery and everyone inter-breeding and all living and working in the same vicinity - it's an insult, really. Seeing the likes of Gail always brawling with other women, when it's so out of character. That awful pie in Deirdre's face thing. I remember them as young women and never dreamed they'd end up having nothing to do with each other for many years and then degrading themselves like that when they finally do, I didn't think it was funny. All I could think about was how Gail Potter and Deirdre Hunt/lLangton had come to this. It was sad and disrespectful to two long-term characters and all viewers who could remember the classic 70s era. But to get back to your point, I can't really see Bet being so starry-eyed by that stage of her life. After Alec left, she became harder and noticeably more cynical. I understand why you dislike that storyline, but I think it was the most plausible, really. The only problem I had with it was that she was off-screen for about a month and then came back just to film her departure storyline, which looked like it was shoehorned in. But I think it was good the way she told the likes of Rita and Vicky what she thought of them, thumbed her nose at the brewery by closing the pub and leaving them in the lurch and then left with a smile in the back of the cab. Really, though, it was the beginning of the end, definitely. It became less and less like Coronation Street in very little time.

[@eatmywords]

@@stevenhighams4190 three? i think your parents should have been much more responsible. allowing you to watch this deviant show of promiscuousness and infidelity could only have harmed your innocent fertile mind. you're not divorced are you?

[@stevenhighams4190]

@@eatmywords It wasn't like that then.

[@zanducktv2398]

Remember Julie doing an ad for Shredded Wheat, a Julie/Bet says game with cash prizes in the Daily Mirror and her short lived daytime chat shows following her departure.

[@journeybymoonlight3216]

'Want a cup of tea, love" LOL.

[@noeljr.7724]

Liz ran out into the street after Jim to tell him that brewery had called but then didn't call him until he had already arrived at his destination with Baldwin so you can at least assume a good few minutes later. Didn't seem it was all that much of a priority for her. If it was wouldn't she have ran down the street after him or flagged down a taxi and said "Follow that car!"?

[@staceygrove5976]

Classic stuff from Reg Holdsworth in his interview with that shop assistant - so funny!

[@zanducktv2398]

Does anyone remember or own the Street Talk cassettes that were released to coincide with the 35th anniversary featuring Rita, Reg, Raquel and the Duckworths? They made entertaining listening, part biographical part storyline. Raquel’s was a bit heavy going though, with that gormless voice lol. Rita’s featured her holidaying in Blackpool with the Websters, they wove in a story about Rosie going missing for a short while. Don’t know if it was intended for use in the show proper, think I read a story along those lines was scrapped as a little girl had gone missing maybe abducted around that time. I think there were a couple more released too featuring Hilda and Ken but those ones were only available via mail order, not in the shops. Reg Holdsworth Love Machine and Je m’appelle Raquel t shirts were available too 😂

[@barbaracockerill6367]

That platt kid gets on my nerves is that all he can say yaaaar

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

Little Turd📻

[@mattburke3457]

How could the the shop b worth as much as the pub? Is it cause of the corner lot? It def is way smaller,even the apmnt upstairs has less bedrooms, and the pub has a brand new modernist kitchen?

[@howiseeit5129]

The reality of what people are like when the chips are down..they leave you to it. All there for the fun times but dont ever need help from them ..😢

[@lynnem3300]

And yet isn't it said that northeners are the sort of people who'll give you the shirts off their backs?

[@ddrose06]

I liked Gary and Judy. I seem to recall, the fella playing Gary was a mate of Terry and Curly, back in the day, when they were all selling, door to door.

[@MissMarie1377]

Whoa Rita turned on Bet after SHE offered ! Then MAVIS told all kinds of people AND was like a vulture circling for The Kabin, yet she gets off Scott free and bet takes ALL the blame. Alf stabbed her in the back after all the history they have. Wow they all did her dirty when she needed them most

[@lynnem3300]

Well said. And I am particularly angry that clueless, thoughtless, vicious gossip Mavis was the one who first blabbed yet was never held accountable.

[@leannetrotter4414]

MAVIS WAS OK AND SHE WAS REAL AND TRUTHFUL !!!

[@leannetrotter4414]

MAVIS WAS A SAINT AND MORE AND STOP PICKING ON HER AND MORE !!!

[@mattburke3457]

Yea something def happened, seems like since Alec came back trying to cancel the wedding, Bet has been fake face smiling thru gritted teeth.

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

Steve went away on honeymoon looking about 19 and has returned looking about 27! Should be a warning sign that.

[@lynnem3300]

Prolly coz pathological lying negatively affects receding hairlines.

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

He's was skinny little git here unlike now he's overweight 😂

[@dementednun1175]

I know she was leaving bet that is but in an ideal situation I thought she would have teamed up with Stella Rigiby

[@ebbyoflondon8365]

It frustrates me how easily the Bet/Rita nuclear fallout could have been avoided if only KEN AND MAVIS HAD KEPT THEIR TRAPS SHUT! Ah well.....

[@noeljr.7724]

A sad ending for Bet really. Could have given her a good send off even with the heartbreak of losing the Rovers. Why not have her and Stella receive an offer to run a bar in the sun or something like that? Also, why did no one consult Alec when thinking about buying the Rovers? You'd think Vickie would have went to him before Steve. Running my own business I do understand and accept Alfs advice for Rita not to invest though. Bet wasn't putting £1 of her own money into it so that might show how well it was actually doing. It's a pity she went out on a bad note though and a complete disservice to the viewers that her relationship with Rita was never repaired. She will be missed.

[@peter0010]

How many staff did that place need? Raquel, Bill, and Andy all on shift whilst Bet stands there.

[@briangatt2956]

So how much redundancy money is Bet due? cause nobody's mentioned to her that she's worked at the Rovers for 25 odd years so she must've accrued a fair few bob.

[@EveHenleySpread]

It was all ‘cash in hand’ though, no official record of her actually exists! 😉

[@briangatt2956]

@@EveHenleySpread Oh snap.

[@AriAdu]

Reg was a snake this month:only calling out his boss to save his job.

[@londonlady227]

It's a pity that Rita didnt get together with Vicky and go halfs.

[@joeritchie7286]

Shadrach as the wedding photographer

[@normasouthwood3182]

Liz and Vicki attending a church ceremony in such short skirts, almost showing their knickers. Shame on them, an surprised that Percy has had nothing to say!

[@lynnem3300]

At least Vicky is young enough to wear a mini. But Liz is pushing 40 and this tart gets on my last nerve.

[@chrissywales6575]

Couple of disrespectful tarts.

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

Bet Percy Had A Hard On🌄

[@kathleencorson-lh3pz]

Bet Lynch leaves Weatherfield in a farewell to nobody especially since Rita wouldn't help pay for a share of the Rovers. So Bet just exits the Street without anyone else knowing she's left behind the abandonment of the Rovers Return pub without an owner.

[@EveHenleySpread]

Well tbf she wasn't the owner anyway, just merely the manager!

[@briangatt2956]

Steve's acting when he was talking with Bet and Vicky about the pub loan looks dodgy almost like he was high on acid.

[@claredrew8039]

Terrible actor. He makes me cringe.

[@lynnem3300]

I think the actor was high on his own ego. The scene was unwatchable.

[@briangatt2956]

@@lynnem3300 After the year 2000 practically every scene contains an argument.

[@ginagina9720]

I felt sorry 😢 for bet losing the pub but why couldn’t her step granddaughter Vicky help her? And Rita won’t take the chance on the pub so now bet as nothing left i hope 🤞 she as a better future wherever she ends up good luck 🤞 bet

[@user-pd8ey4ip8t]

I wonder why Bett didn't have any savings

[@NICKROBERTS23]

The writers turned Bet from a strong willed pub manager, then landlady into a "clapped old barmaid" in the space of 10 years. She was pratically a drag queen by the time she left. I think Julie Goodyear deciding to leave was a very good idea.

[@briangatt2956]

Oh no ill never un see Bet looking like Danny Lr Rue 🤣

[@batphink2655]

Ene my own family all avid viewers(except for me and Dad0 think this show is going downhill. Just saw a ridicuoulous episode wiht murderes and sinkholes.These young exectives writers haven't a clue! LOL

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

"GOING"? The scourge of the left wing box ticking virtue signallers meant all soaps "going downhill" about 15 years ago. Which is when I gave up on them all.

[@gearoid9835]

7:30 It's called Wonderwall Gail!

[@lucyjane103]

Raquels voice gets worse !!!!

[@ddrose06]

Watching Vera, the fish-wife, totally devoid of class and breeding, playing the role of Lady Muck, is enough to separate you from your fish and chips.

[@EveHenleySpread]

It doesn't last long, she's knocked off her perch as landlady fairly quickly.. she's no Annie Walker let's face it! ;-)

[@ddrose06]

@@EveHenleySpread I knew the Duckeggs got the Rovers, but I didn't know/remember how it happened. Thanks to your hard work, I'm in the frame. Ta very much, to you, Eve!

[@EveHenleySpread]

Oh you’re very welcome.. hope I didn’t spoil it for you there lol 😉

[@jstewart3517]

But is hilarious you have to agree Vera is from Royalty

[@jstewart3517]

So your mother is a Breeder? How disrespectful

[@helenm2169]

the man with the black hair an beard is in the rovers return again 4:17:39 im sure he is one of the writers, like alfred hitchcock appears in his own films again

[@user-pd8ey4ip8t]

Noisy just before halfway through

[@user-pd8ey4ip8t]

Noise Stopped as soon as Bett got in to the taxi 😮

[@brendang8177]

Of course the pub was making a profit....but the brewery owned it .they took all the profits and paid bet a salary.....not a great storyline.

[@paulinewry6290]

Exactly! That has always really bothered me.

[@lynnem3300]

But surely she could have saved SOMETHING for a rainy day - after all her living accommodations were free.

[@Deborah4Antiques]

I wonder why Mike and Alma weren't at the wedding. Mike's known Betty forever!

[@barbaracockerill6367]

I could not go in a pub just for a mineral water

[@flumpaustin1994]

It's not difficult. I'm sure you could do it.

[@user-ns4wt9zf6x]

I felt sorry 😢 for bet losing the pub!

[@R31922]

Poor Bet...slimy gurning Steve

[@iand.3544]

Bet could have kept the pub if she hadn't tried to railroad Rita

[@lynnem3300]

I don't think she did that; but, like everyone else on the street, she rushed things, failed to read the situation and wound up alienating Rita. Not a single character ever pays attention to anyone else's reactions.

[@user-kl4bh4lq6r]

Shadrack Dingle As The Wedding Photographer📸

[@MarcoNegrisEye]

50:25 "Who the hell does she think she is!?" Don't know, I'm too busy trying to work out WHAT the hell YOU are!? 🤢🤢🤢🤮😂

[@EveHenleySpread]

You know just rewatching that again, isn’t the one on the left Brooke Kinsella who ended up in Eastenders for a while - could be wrong! 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@marilyngreen6811]

Steve very much married for the money, how about getting a real job rather than worry about his wife's money not being at his disposal. Bad move Vicky

[@nicolemclean9028]

She was so desperate & niave