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Kat Kelly: 'Corrie confused Romanians'

Wednesday, October 7 2009, 10:57 BST

By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter

Katherine Kelly has revealed that the Romanian film crew hired for Coronation Street's new DVD special were shocked by the show's characters.

The actress flew out to the Eastern European country to film a comedy spinoff featuring her troubled alter ego Becky McDonald and Weatherfield favourites Roy (David Nielson) and Hayley Cropper (Julie Hesmondhalgh).

Kelly has now told PA that the crew were surprised to see Becky "doing what she does best - drinking and making lots of friends".

She continued: "We had to explain to them a few times what Coronation Street was. I think they were a bit disturbed by Julie's wig. And a bit disturbed that I was supposed to be this blonde bimbo waltzing around in my bikini doing what Becky does.

"They said, 'You are supposed to be a bit of blue for the dads', and I said, 'I know, but Becky just gets wasted as well'."

The special episode, which will be released in time for Christmas, sees Roy and Hayley visiting Romania for a wedding. While there, they are surprised to stumble across Becky.

Kelly added: "I think Roy and Hayley as characters are really special. [It's good to] see a bit more of them and what they get up to in their own time and out of their comfort zone."

The new DVD follows the success of last year's Out of Africa release, which starred Cilla Battersby-Brown (Wendi Peters) and her family.

  hellooo Hicky  i was messing around saying that it can be used as a security light, as i used to have two outside in my garden, as i was end house, i was robbed once, and i also put barbed wire on top of the fencing, the i had the police round saying that if someone cut themselves they could sue me!! i said well, what would the be doing up there in the first place? if not to rob me again .. i have a sign on that side of the fence saying its there as a warning, if they still try to get over i hope they cut themselves to shreds, it stays there!! LOL

i had some bad new at the hospital a week last saturday .. about my spine so am trying to get to grips with that, they wanted to do another operation, in my lower spine, cos i have 2 herniated discs that have crushed the nerves, also i have a cyst embedded in it, but i said i have had it with op's i am not going down that road again, i cant do it anymore, its too much to cope with, so they have said they will try the injection in my spine then to try and block the pain there, to see if i can get at least some relief there, but, it does not always work ... so will give it a try, see what happens


cooeee mollie & empty

Can you recognise Leona here.
My hasn't she changed.

The one-time X Factor wannabe has released her sharpest look yet for her new album Echo, out on the 17th November.

The 24-year-old songstress has sleeked back her curls and adopted a pout to rival Scarlett Johansson for the follow up to her debut album, Spirit.

My, how she's changed...

I was hoping you were joking about the security light.
It's crazy when you can't protect your own property, the worlds gone crazy.

You can only take so much on the operation side.

New things are coming out all the time, and methods getting better.
Hope they can sort your pain out, there's nothing worse.

yes there is, when i was younger and bringing up my son obviously i tried my best to keep on top of all the op's, but even in my early 30's i had 5 major op's for ovarian cysts, and i was soo luck that they were all benign!! and all in the space of only 3 years!! so i have been through the wringer with one thing or another, i seemed to have inherited all the bad stuff health wise from both parents maybe i should ditch them lol

so, no, any more op's are defo out of the question, i am on over 50mg per hour on the morphine patches, but i am slowly getting used to them so they will eventually not work as well as they have been, but as far as my bones go, its gone beyond any help, so really i need putting down

am making my banana & cinnamon teabread today, so will let you all have some later oo maybe i should post a photo of it lol that will get you drooling!!

I think you drew the short straw, but you must be strong to have got through so much.
If there is another procedure with very little risk it would probably be worth you having it, but it always has to be weighed up against the risk/benefits.
And when the risk is very low then you will probably go for it.

I have only had a few ops, the last one as you probably know was the Tripple 'A', Major but I soon got over it.

Your Banana & Cinnamon teabread sounds nice.

I've just made 2 types of Fudge, one with brown sugar & Condensed milk, and the other with white sugar and Evaperated, my Sister in Law is going in Hospital today for an Op and she so loves my Fudge that i've made it for her to help speed her recovery.

aww i hope she gets better soon!! your fudge sounds lovely ...

so here is my B&C (banana & cinnamon) teabread, as you can see i just had to take a bite

Good evening all
Hi Tatty
nice to see you call in here again. Hope you are feeling better now. x Glad you are keeping up with Hicky's updates.   Well I am pleased with the oven, and am suprised how much quicker than the ordinary oven it is. If you use both shelves you have to be carefull you don't burn yourself on the glass though, but after a bit of juggling round, you get used to it.

Hicky...hope you had a good day off work today. We got some rain today, but not that much. It was so warm and muggy this morning and last night, I thought we had gone back to summer.

GrannyG
hope you are keeping well. I see you can even cook cakes in these halogen ovens, but I haven't tried to do one yet. Have you been watching Corrie for years ?  I have.

Emptybox..how did the gardens go today?  I heard on the weather it is quite cool up there now. Unfortunately it is still all muggy here, so I will have to wait a bit more to wear my new hat.

Not much of interest on tv tonight, is there?

Dont know what happened there, but when I submitted my post, all those posts of Tatty's and Hicky's appeared.

Tatty
yes poor you have really been put throught it. I don't blame you for giving up on the ops. Fingers crossed the injection in the spine gives you some relief. xx   That teabread of yours looks really delicous.

Hicky... thanks for the Corrie episode. I can see I will have to add that dvd of Corrie in Romania to my Christmas list.   Glad to hear your son is still enjoying his work in Oz. The Gold Coast is a lovely part of the country. Hope your SIL's op goes ok, I am sure she will appreciate your fudge.

Hi Tatty.

Your Teabread looks fab, that's a bonny loaf, bet you couldn't wait to get stuck into that.

Hi Mollie.
I had a good day really, made some Fudge, went to my lads to give him that piece of Saltfish I had for him.
It's been a lovely day here.

Happy Birthday to Alesha Dixon.
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Evening.

Hi Tatty
Nice to hear from you again.
Sorry to hear about your health problems. Hope the docs can help you with pain relief.
That bread looks good.


Proper frosty here this morning, on the grass and on the windscreen, but it was not long in melting once the sun came out.
Most of the day was lovely and sunny, but it got cloudy and cooler towards the end of the afternoon. I think the forecast here is good until Friday evening?


Unfortunately cutting grass is quite difficult because it stays damp all day at this time of year, but it's not growing much now anyway.


Not much on TV tonight.
Last night I watched that thing on BBC1 about 3 autistic boys, which was very interesting. Don't know if you caught it Mollie?
One of them had turned out very difficult to manage, and unfortunately I could see my nephew having similar problems in a few years time. Hope not, but he throws tantrums if he doesn't get his way. .


Night Hicky.

Good Morning Everyone.

Hi Emptybox.
You were late again.
Frost all ready, heavens, not a good sign is it.
It's only just Autumn isn't it?

Very difficult cutting the wet grass, it clogs everything up when it's dry so it's far worse wet.
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Shane Warne, James Nesbitt and Jodie Kidd sign up for Sky1 sports quiz

Actor James Nesbitt will act as 'referee' in It's Going To Penalties, made by Peep Show producer Objective Productions

 Thursday 8 October 2009 07.16 BST

Casualty to take on The X Factor in one-off move to Sunday

BBC to court further controversy later this month as it clears Saturday schedule to make way for Brazilian grand prix
Thursday 8 October 2009 07.38 BST

Whitney confirms 'X Factor' performance

Thursday, October 8 2009, 10:38 BST

By Nick Levine, Music Editor

Mysteries of modern life revealed

Just had O/H on the phone, Specsavers rang, they don't make that glasses frame anymore so they can't mend them.


It looks like plan 'B' again, DIY.


It means I can get some more Saltfish while I am in Birkenhead as well.

Good afternoon all
What a gorgeous autumn day it is here, hope it is for you too.

Hicky... how annnoying that after all that, they can't fix those glasses. Oh well, I guess it gives you a good excuse to buy some more fish.  I bet your lad was pleased to see you with your fish gift for him last night. 
Thank you for all that news, especially the corrie stuff, very interesting.

Emptybox... frost already?  Hope you have dug your wooly hat out then.  Unfortunately I missed that bbc1 show about the autistic boys.  My oldest has it slightly, not naughty or owt, just very quiet, and finds it hard to communicate. that is why he goes to drama to help him. But he has this fantastic memory of everything he reads. Sounds like your nephew is going to keep your brother busy. Hope you get those gardens done again today.

Right time for me to get ready to go for a swim, the diet and exercise regime continue. I want to get a nice frock for Christmas in a smaller size. OH says he doesnt want me too thin though.

Have a good day all.

ps I shouldnt be going swimming really, should be doing my vat work, and i shouldnot of had my friend over for coffe, but I hate the vat work. I did do loads of washing whilst she was here, so dont feel too guilty.    Tommorrow for the vat maybe?

Would love to see Diana in Little Voice.
Pity it's so far away.

Hi Mollie.


I'll pop to the market, it's only about £1 to park for an hour anyway.

And the Saltfish is so good, I'll have plenty then.
And I can just keep it in the Garage, don't know how long you can keep it?
But I think it's a long time.

Do your Vat work when the weather is bad and you can't find anything else to do.
That's that sorted.

Evening guys.


Well today's weather was a repeat of yesterday's - Frosty Sunny Chilly.
I think there's rain coming by later tomorrow though.


Yes Mollie, my nephew is certainly a handfull. He has to be watched all the time. He's good at the art type stuff though.


You're not having much luck with those specs Hicky.


I was watching a programme on BBC4 called 'Micromen', about Clive Sinclair and the race to produce the first affordable home computers.
I've still got my Sinclair Spectrum and all the games, but I haven't had it out for years.

Hi Emptybox.
Well it's dry but cloudy here today, and a bit chilly.

I'll go and pick my specs up again so I can get some Saltfish.
I'll have to go and get some epoxy resin type stuff to try and mend the broken arm on the glasses that's all I can do really.

The first computer I got was the BBC Micro with a high res metal Monitor, I bought the dest out of the shop and all the extra's, it had a tape recorder because at the time they had run out of floppy drives.
I used to get programs from the BBC over the air with the aerial signal decoder, I could write my own software as the BBC code was fairly easy anyway.
Happy days.

I played around with a friends ZX80, I think it was called that, but I didn't like the software code.

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Kym Marsh splits with actor boyfriend Jamie Lomas following tragic loss of baby

09 OCTOBER 2009

It's all over for Coronation Street star Kym Marsh and her actor boyfriend Jamie Lomas, 29. The couple have announced the end of their 15 month relationship.

Their decision comes eight months after the tragic loss of their newborn son, who died shortly after he was born.

Corrie producers confirmed the split, saying: "Jamie has moved out of Kym's house in Cheshire. There is no one else involved and neither party wish to comment at this time."

Kym and former Hollyoaks actor Jamie first met on a train to a London award ceremony in 2007, but they didn't get together until after Kym's split from her husband, EastEnders star Jack Ryder.

The 33-year-old actress, who has two children from a previous relationship and Jack were granted a divorce in March 2008.

Kym and her new love announced last December they were expecting a child together, but their son Archie Jay died moments after being born 18 weeks early on February 11.

Pals said their relationship began to falter after the heart-breaking news. "They were both devastated," says one. "But they had not been together long so they found it hard to deal with."

Friday, 9 October 2009

Corrie's fab photo Friday, October 9 2009

By 'eck, it's our Elsie. See more Coronation Street Fab Photo Fridays.

Friday, 9 October 2009

Yay or Nay: Is anyone enjoying Kevin and Molly?

Please gawd, make it stop. I've taken to hiding behind a cushion with my fingers in my ears every time the two of them are on screen. It's embarassing, it's awful, it's bang out of character for Kevin Webster and I hate it. A lot.

So there's my tuppence-worth but what do you think?

Good morning Hicky (the piccy symbols appeared to have vanished here today for me).. is it work today? if so, hope they arent working you too hard. Bit chillier here today, but not enough to need any heating on yet. Emptybox.. hope you managed to catch up workwise before any rain arrives. Thanks for the Corrie news, I remember Elsie Tanner. what a nice old piccy. I hate the Kevin / Molly storyline. Me, OH and the kids are off to see Tom Jones in conert in Cardiff tonight. We are all looking forward to it. Still havent started my paperwork, will just have to rush though it next week, I want to make some soup this afternoon, so can;t be bothered with paperwork. Hope you are all having a good day. xx

strange, my last post took all my paragraphs out of it, and i couldnt get any of the piccys either...

Hi Mollie.
I was off today, went to get my glasses, got more Saltfish and bought 2 skinned rabbits, some boneless kipper fillets, some pork ribs, 1 couple of black puddings, and some thick meat sausage.

Went to see my sister inlaw, took her some Fudge to cheer her up

Have ordered my oven, with a book & accessories and a lid stand, getting them all through Amazon, I usually do.

One of my lads is here tonight with his 3 little ones, so I'll leave the TV to them.

I've got Saltfish soaking for the morning, and I'll soak some more for Sunday.

Looks like they are having a few problems with the Forum.

BLACKBURN NEWS

Diana Vickers' Little Voice is ‘amazing’, says mum

5:24pm Friday 9th October 2009

DIANA Vickers won over a full house with an “amazing” debut performance of Little Voice, her proud mum said.

STAR TREATMENT: Diana has a laugh with Jim Cartright
before the show

Ann Vickers made the journey to the Vaudeville Theatre in London with a 12-strong party of friends and family to watch 18-year-old Diana take the lead role in Jim Cartright’s tale.

Little Voice is about a shy girl who lives in the north of England with her mother and who has a talent for impersonating some of the greatest divas, including Judy Garland, Edith Piaf and Dame Shirley Bassey.

The former Westholme student from Huncoat was picked by producers for her chemistry with co-stars Lesley Sharp and Marc Warren, who are known for Clocking Off and Hustle respectively.

Mum Ann said: “It was brilliant. I was nervous before, but we managed to see her for a few minutes before she went on stage in her dressing room which was really nice.

“She was nervous too as you’d imagine, but she really got into it when it started.

“It’s so funny in parts.

“It’s a great story line and she managed to take off the other singers like Shirley Bassey really well. She was blooming amazing.

“Her co-stars are so nice and after the show we went back stage with everyone for champagne, and the writer Jim Cartright was there too.

“It’s a small theatre, but a nice theatre and there were quite a lot of people from Blackburn who’d made the trip.

“A lot of them don’t know Diana but they’d gone down because she’s a local girl.

“I think about 150 of her friends from Westholme are going down in November, so that will be really nice.”

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice premiered in 1992 at the Royal National Theatre and was made famous by Rossendale actress Jane Horrocks in the 1998 film version.

The run at the Vaudeville lasts until January 30. For tickets call 0844 579 1975.

Evening guys.


Well, there was no frost this morning.
Mind you, there was no sun either, just a dull, grey day.
Nor was there any rain, so it was a productive day.


Might have to work tomorrow as well?


That's certainly a lot of food you've been buying Hicky. Is that to test out your new oven?


Did you finally get down to your VAT Mollie?