CURLY AND REG REUNITED FOR A ONE-OFF CORONATION STREET SPECIALWelcome to Tatlock Towers: a weekend of unrequited love, comical conmen, sinister plastic surgeons and chargrilled swan. It could only be a Coronation Street DVD special out 1st November.
Two of the Britain’s most enduring TV characters – Coronation Street’s Curly Watts and Reg Holdsworth – are reunited for A Knight's Tale, a one off special to be released by ITV STUDIOS Home Entertainment on 1st November, 2010 (in the UK). They are joined by Norris Cole, Mary Taylor, Rosie Webster and Jason Grimshaw in a hilarious comedy of errors set at a medieval weekend within a remote stately home.
Curly – now a high flying businessman with a chain of hotels under his Armani belt – is giving Reg a chance to prove himself by hosting a medieval banquet weekend at Tatlock Towers. Things get off to a bumpy start when Reg hires Rosie Webster as a serving wench under false pretences and sets his sights on Mary Taylor, despite her attachment to poor Norris.
Fooling Norris into thinking the weekend is a competition prize, Mary is hoping a romantic break among wandering minstrels and elaborate banquets will succeed in wooing the reluctant object of her affections.
Meanwhile, believing she is set for stardom as ‘the face of Strumpet Ale’, Rosie drags Jason on the weekend to watch her star turn. There she meets a plastic surgeon who is convinced that, with a little work - with or without her consent - she could be perfect...
Kevin Kennedy, who plays Curly Watts, said: “I’m absolutely delighted to be back in the fold of Coronation Street, working with a tremendous cast and the best crew in the business, if only for a short while. To be back with Ken Morley is something I think a lot of fans have been waiting for – as a double act, Curly and Reg were very, very funny.”
Ken Morley, who plays Reg Holdsworth, continues: “I can only echo everything Kevin has said except add that both Kevin and I are fatter, older and not necessarily wiser! We look forward to continuing with the mayhem we first dropped on the nation all those years ago.”
Helen Flanagan, who plays Rosie Webster, added: “I’m really excited about taking part in the DVD being released in Coronation Street’s 50th year - it feels like a real privilege. The script looks like loads of fun - you’ll be seeing Rosie at her most outrageous best!”
A Knight's Tale follows the hugely popular Romanian Holiday in 2009, which saw Roy and Hayley Cropper and Becky McDonald marooned with the housemates from hell in rural Romania, and Out of Africa in 2008, which saw Cilla Battersby drag Fiz, Chesney and Kirk out to South Africa for her latest scam.
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Now you've read that, I'll say this about it. I've seen it. It's not that great, in my opinion but then it's mainly characters I don't like or care about. It was all very contrived, the way it gathers all those characters together. There were some good bits and it was great to see Curly again. I expect the DVD will be available in Canada later this year, judging by past releases.
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