3 Corrie Characters That Make Us Smile

(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog May 2017, reposted to this blog with permission.)


We've asked in the past about your favourite characters on Coronation Street. And we've asked about the ones that you like the least. But what about the ones that simply make you smile when they come on screen?

For me, my top three current Corrie characters who bring a smile to my face are as follows.

Mary Taylor.  Corrie writer Damon Alexis-Rochefort writes beautifully for Mary and surely it can't be long before we welcome her mother to the Street. Please say it will be so, Corrie!  Read The Mystery of Mary's Mother

Mary's work with Tracy in Preston's Petals, well they could almost be the new Mavis and Rita of the Kabin.

David the dog is another that I'm loving right now. He hasn't said a word, not one single word, but every time I see his lovely little face, a smile breaks out over mine.  More please!  David the dog inspired a blog post about the Top 5 Dogs of Coronation Street. You can read it here.

And of course, it has to be Liz McDonald. I do wish they'd give her a storyline though, or a fella. Liz without a fella is like Hot without the Pot.  But no matter, just having her in Corrie is one of the reasons it remains so watchable and even if she's just serving up a drink behind the bar, having her in-shot on the screen makes me happy.

Who would you say your three characters are that bring a smile at the moment?

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Tvor @tvordlj on Twitter

My Seven Corrie Wonders

(This post was originally posted by Emma Hynes on the Coronation Street Blog in August 2016, reposted to this blog with permission.)

A very interesting discussion emerged on Twitter this week, which the lovely Graeme has already dedicated a brilliant blog to in Picking Your Favourites. We were asked to do just that, and narrow it down to seven.

A couple of names immediately sprung to mind, and I wondered if I should go with my gut, or give it some thought; after all there are a lot of characters to choose from, and just because they don’t instantly come to mind, might not mean they aren’t a favourite. My seven, as it turned out, arose from a mixture of thought and instinct, and here they are:

Peter Barlow

Todd Grimshaw

Liz McDonald

David Platt

Roy Cropper

Ken Barlow

Pat Phelan

As Graeme says, the exercise did reveal more about ourselves than we might have thought it could, and I managed to surprise not only him with my choices, but myself as well.

The first thing of note was that six out of my seven were men, while most people tweeting on #7favcorriecharacters were choosing women, and almost exclusively at that, including our Graeme. In my case, even the ones I had laboured over, but who didn’t make the list, were mainly male.

As I picked them purely because they are my favourites, I wondered what my choices said about me, and how they might reveal what I enjoy best in a Corrie character. Here's what I learned: 

• My six men all have one thing in common; they’re not afraid to stand up for themselves. My sole lady, Liz, is the same.
• With the exception of Phelan, there is a vulnerability to them.
• I love Phelan regardless.
• My male choices don’t fit the strong women and mithered men trope. Okay, most men on Corrie find themselves henpecked at some point, but these are more likely to resist it, answer back or reach a point where they’ve had enough, and are not afraid to say so. I admire this in them.

So, Graeme has asked you to try and pick your seven favourite characters. What I want you to tell me is, what do you think your selection says about you and what you enjoy in a character?

By Emma Hynes
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