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I've just seen the episode from last night and what a spectacular piece of television it was. For those who haven't seen it, the closing moments were exceptionally tense stuff from a soap opera and considering that the budget for this week's episodes is £1m (cheap in television terms) I think that hearty congratulations are due to the production team.

I'm not a huge fan of soaps but I'll be tuning in this week to see what goes on, surely the whole point of the exercise.

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Sorry I missed it Ken, was watching a disaster on another channel at the time, Liverpool FC:D

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live episode this Thursday, on their 50th birthday

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From what I've read, a tram comes off the viaduct following an explosion underneath. Has Corrie gone green and is now recycling it's old scripts? I seem to recall a train coming off the said same viaduct back in the mid-60's, wiping out some of the cast.

Anyway, lets hope this time the lot get wiped out and this is the end of this godforsaken show and we get some decent telly to watch in the hour or so before I go down the pub.

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Remember it well Tealeaf was heartbroken for months at the lose of Bobby, Mini's cat:D

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And it's not exactly the best advert for Manchester Trams, is it? They've just spent two years and hundreds of millions on an upgrade and now this comes along. If I was Greater Manchester Transport, I would get the lawyers round to Granada, pronto.

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Is The Glad Tidings Mission OK ?

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Tealeaf its not Manchester its Weatherfield mate, its not real, is made up, its a TV program :D:D:D

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Tink its okay wadey but will need a paint job :D

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Just think what Prospects could do with £1 million in Rishton or how much grit they could have bought or done something useful with it :p

Ok I know I will get my coat :rolleyes:

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Ya close the door quietly too:D

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As John says it is just a TV program,FICTION! If you watched the show you would know that a gas explosion in the Joinery(built under the arches of the bridge the trams run on) weakened the structure...and this caused the rails to buckle and the tram to come off the line into the street.......so it is no reflection on the tram services. So alas(for GMPT) there won't be any pay out.

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Wait till lawyersforyou here about it:D:D

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Do you really think I have nothing better to do other than spend half an hour with my eyes glued to this garbage? I don't care whether it was a gas explosion, a bomb or a UFO crashlanding on top of the place...this progamme is no more than idiocy for neutered zombies. If you - and others on here - want to watch it, please go ahead...but please, spare me the torture of your reviews and analysis.

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You didn't have to read this thread. The title was quite to the point. So stop grumbling.

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You are such a patronising person.

And if you don't watch something, then you are hardly qualified to comment on it. You appear to think(from the comment you posted) you are so much better than folk who get some pleasure from a TV program.

I watch very little TV....but this scene was on screen as I came down to make a cup of tea....and in any case I do not need your judgement or approval of whatever I choose to watch.

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Who's grumbling? I am making a simple statement of the facts. If people like yourself don't like that, then tough; the truth sometimes hurts.

No doubt we shall have to put up with all this nonsense for the rest of the week.

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A bit like me....stating the facts, but you have to go on and hurl insults...calling those who do watch the show....what was it now? Neutered Zombies?

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I must apologise for that statement.

I should have said 'Half-wit Neutered Zombies'.

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That must be a first......you apologising.

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Thanks goodness for small mercies

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It's only fiction and I don't sit there watching any program with my eyes glued, unless it's something really gripping - usually on the Internet as well, so only pay attention to bits. I thought it was a bit funny actually, the way loyd was scrapping then suddenly a big explosion - tongue in cheek! I'm wondering if John will get caught for killing what's ere name? He actually gets up my nose that character the things he does!

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a brand new tram it was as well not a trace of brake dust or soot in sight?
P.s I love neutered zombies, shame there isn't a few more knocking about the place, oh yeah thats right they're nuetered?

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Lets hope they have a class one power cut that lasts for an hours.

Retlaw

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Think the thread is title Coronation Street train crash Tealeaf, you clicked on it:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Your right its only fiction, just wish more people would realise that, and stop treating the actors as if they are special, personally I wouldn't pay them with the holes in bag of washers.

Retlaw.

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I only clicked on it because I thought it was a train crash in Accy and some clown had put the thread in the wrong section. I couldn't fathom out where Coronation Street in Accy was.

I do remember years ago there was an engine rolled down from the sidings and smashed into Lonsdale St....that would also have been about the mid-60's, about the same time as our aforementioned fictional episode...I wonder if that is where the scriptwriters then picked up their idea?

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Why would zombies need to be neutered? I didn't think a zombie could get a bun in the oven? :confused:

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:stop: WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO BE SO HORRIBLE TO EACH OTHER,,WE SHOULD RESPECT EACH OTHERS OPPINIONS,,,,NO WONDER PEOPLE ARE NOT COMMING ON ACCY WEB ANY MORE,,,SHEESE,,IT USED TO BE FUN,,,,:stop:

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Theres one in Haslingden, used to sup up yon wi some rather infamous lads that lived yon.:D mid 60s, also once took a dog out that lived on it, so i assumed twas Haslingden.:D

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could have been Harwood, there's on there too

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I didn't know they had trams in Accy Tealeaf?:confused: We are all hypnotised by Coronation Street!

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nescropped.jpgYa reacon Wyn:D:D:D:D

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Oh come on GC a lot of what you call "Being Horrible" is tongue in cheek banter, ya don't really take Tealeaf seriously do ya:D

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Who are you talking about? Fizz of Corrie? She is pregnant - is she a Zombie?:dflam:

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Ya but who's the daddy:eek::eek::eek::eek:

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what a rude little man you are!!!

my mother used to say if you can't be nice dont say anything at all!

and tbh I cant wait to watch the next episode!!! hahaha!!! xx

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Little man he's over six feet tall:p

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Jaysay....you can still be big and belittle.
I think what Lancashire Lassie means is that he is 'little' in spirit......and when she says rude......I think she probably means discourteous....and I have to say I agree.

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Oh come on Margaret tis the season of good will, poor Tealeaf will be heartbroken :s_cry:by all this criticism:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:;):D

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I'm pretty sure he won't(be heart broken...the reason?..he doesn't have a heart)........and why tell me it is the season of goodwill? Shouldn't he be getting the same message too?

Those who think themselves to be superior to others demonstrate that they aren't.

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you are correct thank you... and maybe people should speak wit hmore respect then they wouldnt be heartbroken lol.... there is no need!! xx

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I've been on here 5 years Margaret and you still don't know when I'm taking the Michael, not to be confused with mick:D

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Well come on the all you Corrie Fans is Ena still alive or did she meat a nasty end, do hope bobby came through unscathed, sorry I missed it myself Luton were playing Charlton int cup:D:D:rolleyes:

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lol

it was a good live episode last night, Molly died well

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Don't remember her int snug wi Ena, Mini and Martha:D

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i just don't remember Ena, Mini and Martha full stop


must be mi age eh John :D

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Where's your history girl:D:D:D

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Yes I do John.....but I felt that what I said, needed to be said.

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Oh, come on folks, Tealeaf is ... err ... well, Tealeaf. :D

Was a safe bet that he would come on this thread grumbling about Corrie.
He is a wind up merchant and, obviously, worked in this instance. I find him highly amusing.

I do resent the fact though that some people think that you are intellectually challenged though if you watch Corrie. :p

Anyway, well done the Producers .. even though all the stories are over the top at the moment .. still make me laugh though. You know, Becky now into safe cracking, and John's face when he was informed Charlotte still had a pulse... :rofl38:

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Yeh But she grassed Kevin up big style . Can't wait for tonight's episode . ;)

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Yes, Kate......he had her dead......wonder if she will finger him before she pops her clogs.

As for Tealeaf, yes, he is a wind up merchant, but he is also very patronising and lacking in courtesy.......and wind ups don't come across that well on a forum....whether you know the person or not.

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Did anyone notice the 2 mistakes in last nights episode

1) they let sally under all that falling rubble without her hard hat this would never happen:p

2) if there was oxygen comming out of that mask molly was using the firemen would not be using an angle grinder anywhere near her with out protecting her:D:hidewall:

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If there was a " gas leak " they wouldn't use anything that would make a spark , just incase it happened again .

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Watching it once was good drama - but I think watching it twice was a bit morbid! As I missed the 1st 15 mins I had to re watch it the next day - the bits I'd seen before I found a bit morbid to watch again - anyone who likes watching this kind of thing repeatedly (also horror films) I reckon must be a bit sick! :eek::dflam:

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Just thinking what a scary pair,,:eek:
,if Mad Mary and Creepy Charlette
got together,,,it would be like Burke and Hare,,,

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Don't suppose any of our emergency services would be too impressed that they portrayed them as not arriving for nearly 25 minutes ... still, gave the characters the opportunity to become heroes.. :D

Even though the fireman explained the ambulance service was busy with an RTA on the M62 ? I know we don't actually know where Weatherfield is supposed to be, but within the M60 orbital, one would presume... :confused:

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Tee hee, GC, would agree, a friend calls her Scary Mary.

Know I am being bitchy here, but 'Charlotte' is a bit ugly isn't she. :)

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now come on Davey boy, she knew she was dying, if she hadn't told Sally then no one other than Kevin would have known


:D

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What about John he's a bit bloody creepy as well - he could be the psycho of Corrie to come - is he going to sneak into the hospital and attempt to 1) Switch of Charlottes live support. 2) Smother her with a pillow. As she is still alive and knows all his secrets :eek:

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Behave yourselves, we,re about 8 months behind you and you,re giving away the secrets. ???? I know, why didn,t I just come out of the thread? I,m a Corrie fan that,s why!!

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I'd start to worry if ya watched Eastends too Kate:D

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Your quite right hiding behind that wall mick if they were using and angle grinder with oxygen knocking about:eek::eek::eek::camera8::D

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Does anybody know what happens if you ordered and paid for a Christmas turkey and the butcher goes out of business before you get it ?

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Contact the administrator of his bankcruptcy - and you might get the price of a few eggs back.

If he is not declaring bankcruptcy you could try the Small Claims Court.(at the County Court)

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The country has now got an a large amount of helium gas going spare now Ashley has died . lol

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oooo sarky man

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He didn't go bankrupt, his business collapsed under a tram :D

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Staying with friends, who although they get English television, stupidly don't watch it.

Caught up this week.

Dickens for the age of technology.

Laughed, and cried, in the same episode.

Brilliant.

I have no fear of death, though I am frightened of not knowing what's happening in Corrie, after I've popped upstairs to 'play mi tapes'.

:D

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Teabag's our Uncle Albert (Tatlock), just with less hair, and thicker glasses.

;)

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:D:D:D never seen Tealeaf portrayed so succinctly as that G.:D:D

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What's that got to do with Coronation Street? :confused: Unless you are expecting Fred Elliot, I say Fred Elliot, to supply you with one? :D

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We noticed you'd not been posting! It was Tony Warren who said that Corrie was like Dickens and he wrote it, I doubt if reading corrie scripts would be as good as Dickens novels wrote.

I wonder if they'll do a Corrie Christmas Carol for one of these folks like Ken Barlow as he's the oldest character in it.

Your are over looking ducks and geese I've wondered if that means you live over looking a park?:)

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First Bernard Matthews, now Ashley Peacock........

Are the turkeys getting their own back this Christmas?

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Must disagree. If we can be slightly liberal with the issue of format, I think the scripts of Coronation Street over the years hold just as much weight in the Western canon as anything Dickens wrote. Ena Sharples and Becky McDonald are more than a match for Miss Havisham on any day of the week. Personally I have been inspired in my work by Tony Warren's vision just as much as I have by Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas.

The characters are brilliantly developed with humour and romance in abundance. And while modern soap opera standards dictate that the odd completely incredible storyline must be thrown in for good measure (and for a few cast kill-offs), Coronation Street is one of the few programmes of its kind that can celebrate the ordinary and in doing so both entertain and command intrigue.

The past week's programmes have been top notch. Loved it all.

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Who ever next:eek::eek::eek:they say things come in 3s:D

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John Parrot ? ;)

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Before he popped his clogs Ashley recorded the classic hit 'I Wish I Could Fly', to raise money for the Weatherfield Turkey Gobblers Association.

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I ordered and paid for one from Ashley :D

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Where did Becky nick the money from? Who's safe did she rob that was blown open by the explosion? Was it the pub? or the Joinery or was it the Butchers?

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looked like the corner shop..

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And organised a raffle with the first prize of a Goblin Teasmade:rolleyes:

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Don't have too much luck do ya Dave:D

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Friday's episode contained one line that shoud go down as an all time classic. If you think about it, it summed up everything about Coronation Street and what it means to us. The humour, the drama and the longevity. It came from Rita.

"What is it with me and trams!"

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Whose the best football team on Coronation Street? Tram near Rovers



already got my coat on ;)

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The joke I sent you was better :p

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Don't be a spoil sport, share it with everybody, or is it under 18s stull:D

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Well I really enjoyed watching corrie for the past week, they did a brilliant job and I actually forgot it was live when I were watching it! :D

Far better than Eastenders live episode.........;)

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who is the 4th person to die though....................

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Slong as it aint me, i couldn't give a monkeys heth.:D

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My money's on Bet Lynch:D

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LOL .. think you would be given very long odds on that one.

So, have we got so far:

Charlotte. still haven't pulled the life support plug though, but not looking good ..:D
Ashley.
Molly.

Think I read Peter was due for the chop .. maybe he won't make it after all.

Perhaps Rita will develop pneumonia after her forced incarceration under the rubble.

Maybe Fizzy's baby may not make it.

What's going on with Little Jack ? Missed that he may be injured. Suppose re. the blood transfusion, that is maybe when Tyrone is enlightened to the Fatherhood !!

Don't think the driver of the tram made it. ?

Oh Hek !! Going dizzy speculating .... :D:D

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The tie line was 4 Funerals and a Wedding........We know Ashley, Molly and Charlotte have died, and Peter and Leanne got married. So who is the fourth death?

Let's consider the options..

1. Apparently the tie line was being used before Jack Duckworth died. Could he be the fourth? Unlikely. In soap terms, that was part of another storyline.

2. Quinny, Gary's mate, has yet to have a funeral, which Gary will have to go to. Possible. Gary's Helmond memories were part of this weeks story.

3. The firemen talked about a motorist who had been killed in the tram derailment. Could it be him? I can't think they'd include an unidentified character in the list.

4. Peter and Fizz's baby are still on the critical list. One of them perhaps?

5. Rita was last seen being carried into an ambulance on a stretcher. She seemed in good spirits, though.

6. Kevin perhaps? Sally would probably be let off if she murdered him, on the grounds of justifiable homicide, but we've already had her confrontation with him. Tyrone might do him in though. He's already said he'll kill the bloke who turns out to be baby Jack's dad......

7. ...and the final alternative is the death of someone as yet unidentified. A dodgy pie in Roy's caff for maybe.....the possibilities are endless.

Any other suggestions?

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Looks like we posted simultaneously there kaytex! :rolleyes:

I'd forgotten baby Jack was still on the danger list. And forgive me if I'm wrong, but didn't we get told that the tram driver had survived?

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Oh come on people its only make believe:D:hidewall::hidewall::rolleyes:

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May have done, Gynn, the actor who played the fireman mumbled his words and didn't quite pick up what he said ... :D

Loved your speculations ... anything is possible with the storylines at the moment.

Seems is a fight at a graveside next week .. so perhaps someone falls in and breaks their neck... LOL

So ..... :p Is fun. Was a good investment for ITV anyway .. got the whole nation talking.. ;)

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But did anyone actually tell her it was a tram crash? :dflam:

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I don't quite get Sally's righteous indignation at the fact that Kevin played away.......didn't she have a pash with some wealthy Car dealer in the past....and didn't Kevin once leave her and shack up with some bird who had a baby(or did I dream that).

The other factor is that Molly isn't around as a temptress anymore....though I have to admit that the story line of their affair was a bit far fetched(for an old cynic like me).

Yes, yes I know it isn't real!

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Actually, yes she was told. I've checked the recording.

Ok theres no need to say it. I know I should get a life. :o

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One of the great things about Soaps is everyone's complete amnesia regarding past events when it suits the current storyline. Characters can do the most dastardly things to each other, and rather than carrying a grudge about it foerever (as you and I would), weeks later it is completely forgotten.

A hilarious example was on Eastenders a few months ago, when Max and his wife Tanya were sharing an intimate moment. A few weeks previously, she'd left him for dead, buried alive in the woods......

I think its called dramatic licence.