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Yes, that's just what Marge and I were saying after last night's episode.
Marge noticed rainbow pictures in windows too which, she assured me, you don't really see now. That indicates the approximate dates on which the show was recorded. Understandable, of course.

Yes, the Gary and Rick matter. One of the more interesting story lines.

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Have you noticed how that black "builder" bloke pronounces his words in exactly the same weird manner that Dev does?

Paula Wilcox is a good actress isn't she? And not much changed physically from her Man About the House days.

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Yes, Marge and I said exactly the same after yesterday's show. It's also the over-acting. Both he and Dev do it. They over-stress some of the words, just as if they have been taught to do that like actors on the stage did before the days of microphones.

To me it simply sounds amateurish.

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the builder is such a poor actor he needs to be replaced. The rest of the family are ok but his acting leaves me cringing.

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That family, along with certain others, are simply 'fillers' to pad out the show.

In addition, of course, they fulfil the need for an 'appropriate' number of 'minorities'.
Actually, go to any street in the middle of Salford (on which the show is based) and I very much doubt that you'll find such a 'representative' range of such varied cultures and sexual proclivities!

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Val was reading in the on-line version of a newspaper last night that Corrie is returning to 6 episodes/week in September. I can't wait 3/week is more than enough.

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From actress who played Mavis.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsm...ap/ar-BB15ZCaY

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Lorna Laidlaw, who plays Aggie, was in daytime soap Doctors, playing the practice manager. She was so good she even had her own FB page as a cult following (yes, I also joined it). I loved her role in Doctors, but can't say the same for Corrie.

I do agree with you about his way of talking, and wonder about the whole family. Why are they there?

And Maria in the hospital, with the mask on, that she took off when Gary woke up. Eh?

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Yes, Thelma was perfectly correct.

"Too many actors now to keep track of all of their lives" - Exactly.

And I thought it was just me and my failing memory.

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I agree. What exactly do they contribute to the show, other than boring inconsequential storylines.
I think it must be the queer footballer!