Just remember Corrie always being on when i was young. Literally everybody watched it. Everybody. I stopped watching around the time they killed off the Connor brothers, but probably watched, properly or passively, about 90% of episodes during the 90s. It was brilliant. Was always quite fond of Vera and Jack because, even by the standards of Corrie’s casting they seemed like the sort of believable everyday characters that could be people you know. Never felt that way watching Eastenders, and not just because of the North/South thing.
this has really done me
I bloody love it when he does them, makes me want to hunt down episodes and go through them myself. So many amazing characters from that era, Fred Elliot, Les Battersby, Audrey Roberts, Jack & Vera, just cracking stuff.
Curly
Fred Elliot was such an incredible character. Going from broad farce like that, to the story line where it was revealed he was Ashley’s father… the emotion in those scenes was amazing.
Curly and Raquel 4eva
Top ten characters, lads?
Uncle Umed. Les Battersby. Jack & Vera. Fred Elliott. Blanche. Lloyd. Jim McDonald. Hillman. Alf Roberts. Albert Tatlock.
… with his head
Including couples:
Fred Elliott Roy and Hayley Steve McDonald Les Battersby Spider Bet Lynch Dev Curly and Raquel Blanche Mike Baldwin
what was suranne jones’ character called when she was in it?
I’ve fucked up here. Wiki’d the whole historical cast and still forgot Norris, Steve and Roy, ffs!
honestly surprised to see you haven’t included Dev on your list.
Oh, ffs. This has been a fucking shambles.
Les Battersby unquestionably the GOAT Fred Elliot Audrey Roberts Jack and Vera Jim McDonald Schmeichel Curly Watts Big Mike Baldwin Blanche Eileen Grimshaw
needs to be a top 20 really.
Karen? McDonald after she married steve, no clue what she was before that
Steve McDonald Deirdrie Norris Jim McDonald Blanche Baldwin Reg Holdsworth Jack and Vera Eddie Yeats Roy Cropper
she was great
