Conversation Street

Martin Hancock Interview

Earlier this year, after nineteen years away from Coronation Street, Spider Nugent web-slung his way back onto the cobbles as part of his first love Toyah's ongoing storyline. In our latest bonus podcast, we're joined by the actor behind the arachnid, Martin Hancock, who chats to us about returning to the Street after so long away, what's changed for Spider in the intervening years and the shocking revelations that, not only is he claiming to be married, but he's also working for The Man as an undercover cop!

For a video version of the interview (including some bonus appearances by a couple of Martin's pets!) head over to our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/j_O8PfKBUO0 .

Conversation Street Episode #539

On our latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Corrie shown in the UK between the 5th and the 12th September (Episodes #10735 - 10740).

After last Friday's episodes were postponed because of everything going on in the news, we were in a bit of a quandary about whether to record at the weekend or not. Ultimately, though, we thought it'd be best to wait until the episode had aired as we knew that there was going to be a bit of a bombshell dropped about Spider - or should we say DC Nugent! - and we wanted to chat about it straight away! Once that's story's out the way, there's plenty of other good stuff to talk about. We were quite surprised by how well the scenes with James were done, to be honest, and are loving all the sneaking about Stephen's getting up to as well. And as for the shenanigans with Ken and co auditioning for the local am dram production, well that was a welcome bit of comic relief from all the heavy drama of the other stories! 

No news or feedback this week - it is a school night after all! - but hopefully we'll be back to normal later on in the week when the schedules are all caught up with themselves. Until then, happy listening!

The Conversation Street Awards Tenth Anniversary Ultimate Showdown

Every year, we love organising The Conversation Street Awards to find out what you think's been the cream of the crop in the past twelve months' Corrie. For this week's bonus podcast, to mark a decade of the awards, we put every winner from each year head to head to find out who should be crowned ultimate victor of the past ten years. Which villain was the number one Wrong' Un? What was the most shocking moment that had us screaming out "By 'Eck!"? And which storyline should be crowned Ultimate Champion? We put forward our cases for all these categories and more in The Conversation Street Awards Tenth Anniversary Ultimate Showdown! We'd love to hear your picks too, so please do send us who you think the ultimate winner in each category should be!

Conversation Street Episode #538

On our latest episode of the podcast, we discuss what happened in Coronation Street between the 29th August and the 2nd September (Episodes #10729 - 107340).

This week, Stephen becomes increasingly desperate to find any source of income he can after Audrey announces she's drawn up a new will that doesn't feature him as a beneficiary. With his efforts to get funding for Sarah's Underworld venture off the ground hitting a dead end, he sets his sights on Jenny and the pub - will she fall for his charms, and, perhaps even more importantly, can he drive a wedge between her and dullard Leo? Also this week, Aadi and Kelly decide to sneak off to Gretna Green, Toyah and Griff plot to take down notorious polluter Nadeem Atallah and Mary recruits Wendy onto the cast of her play - but is randy Ken also making a play for his old flame?

In The Kabin segment of the podcast, we see who from Corrie turned up at this year's Manchester Pride, and take a look at some newly uncovered plans for another small extension at the Corrie studios. We round off the podcast with some more of your fabulous feedback.

Street Talk - 00:11:04
The Kabin - 02:19:14
Feedback - 02:32:43

Listener Questions Tenth Anniversary Special

This week's bonus podcast is a special listener questions show, where rather than weighing in on a couple of Coronation Street topics, we instead natter away for over two hours about the podcast itself. After putting out the call for questions about the past ten years of the podcast, we were inundated with queries from our curious listeners, and we wanted to make sure we responded to every single one! So whether you want to know about our recording rituals, favourite moments from the podcast's history, future plans or the technical bits behind the production of Conversation Street, this episode will hopefully have something that you'll enjoy!

Conversation Street Episode 537

On our latest podcast, we chat about the episodes of Coronation Street shown the in the UK between the 22nd and the 26th August (Episodes #10723 - 10728)

This week, Stu gets released from prison and is determined to prove his innocence, but can the combined powers of Alya, Zeedan and (eventually!) Yasmeen get to the bottom of what really happened 27 years ago? Well we have a theory if they need a bit of help with that one... Meanwhile, there's double trouble for Bernie when she meets her doppelgänger, Stephen's quest to get into Carla's knickers continues, and Aadi loses his L plates AND his V plates all in one week!

Up next on the podcast it's the Kabin, where we see how Corrie's fared in this year's NTA shortlist and find out about Alexandra Mardell's first post-Corrie project. We end the show with more of your feedback, including some lovely comments about our report on our trip to Manchester and plenty of praise for last week's scenes with Audrey.

Street Talk: 00:09:46
The Kabin: 02:06:36
Feedback: 02:17:25

Anniversary Feedback Special

You may remember we were recording a teensy bit late last Friday night and didn't get round to reading all of your lovely feedback sent in to commemorate the podcast's tenth anniversary. As you can tell by the fact that this is nearly an hour and a half long, we don't think we'd have quite had the time or energy to have popped it at the end of Episode #536, so here it is, in its own special episode! It was honestly so lovely to hear all your kind comments about Conversation Street, the community and your memories from the past ten years of the podcast, so we hope that if you do listen to this, it puts just as big a smile on your faces as it did ours!

Our Tenth Anniversary Trip To Manchester

When we headed up to Manchester for the tenth anniversary of the podcast with very little in terms of plans for the week, little did we know just how much Corrie related goodness we'd be packing into those seven days. From catching up with cast members to going behind the scenes to see some upcoming episodes being filmed, this was a truly unforgettable experience, which we're excited to share with you now. A big thank you to everyone who helped make this week happen!

0:06:22 Arrival
0:15:55 Monday - First celebrity encounter / Imperial War Museum / Visiting outside of studios
0:24:18 Tuesday - Meeting Michael Adams / Corrie window at the Lowry Outlet Mall / Drinks at the Alchemist
0:31:07 Tuesday - Dinner with Sally Ann Matthews and Adam Blease
0:34:56 Wednesday - Waiting outside the gates / Meeting Paddy Bever and Shelley King
0:42:32 Wednesday - Arrival at the studios
0:47:20 Wednesday - Touring behind the scenes
1:28:28 Thursday - Lunch with archivist Dominic Khouri and story producer Joe Parkinson
1:38:27 Thursday - Dinner with Georgia Taylor
1:42:09 Friday - Back to the studios for some outdoor filming
1:52:26 Friday - Millie Gibson's party at The Alchemist
2:08:30 Saturday - Coronation Street The Tour
2:24:31 Saturday - Corrie mural in the Northern Quarter

 

Conversation Street Episode 536

Our tenth anniversary edition of the podcast is here! Recorded in an apartment overlooking the Coronation Street studios a decade to the day after the release of our very first show, this special episode covers everything that went on in Weatherfield between the 15th and the 19th August 2022 (Episodes 10717 - 10722).

Confession time: we did originally intend to make this a slightly longer episode by including the virtual mountain of feedback and well wishes that you guys have been sending in over the past week, but due to us getting an unexpected and very welcome invite to a little do with some of the cast members on Friday evening (Michael even got his hair cut especially, so that's how you know it's serious!), we didn't even start watching Corrie until about half past nine! We hope you understand, then, that once Gemma's tenth anniversary quiz is over at the start of the podcast, this episode is a Street Talk only affair!

Fortunately, the Corrie gods were smiling down on us when they blessed us with Monday's episode, which featured some wonderful scenes with Audrey, Ken, Rita, Roy and Claudia, so they were an absolute joy to discuss! Also this week, Zeedan starts to realise that Stu might not be the monster that Yasmeen's making him out to be, Faye's fed up when Craig's seemingly forgotten compulsive tendencies rear their head in the form of him obsessing over her menopause-friendly diet, and, in a plan that's surely got disaster written all over it, Aaron and Summer agree to keep each other's rather large secrets!

Coronation Street Cast Vs Fans Quiz

Who knows more about the characters on Coronation Street - the cast who play them or the devoted fans? In this special episode of the podcast, made to celebrate Conversation Street's 10th anniversary this week, we aim to find out! Over the course of over two hours, we pit ten clever listeners against ten cast members from Corrie past and present with questions about the characters they play. Which side will be crowned champions? Tune in and find out!

This episode was put together to raise money for The Trussell Trust. At the time of publishing, we have already raised over £500! If you would like to contribute, you can do so at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/conversationstreet10. A big thank you to everyone who has donated so far.

Thanks too to Octopus Publishing Group, who have kindly agreed to donate a copy of the upcoming Coronation Street Puzzle Book to all the fans who took part in the quiz.