New Posts For Thread: Coronation Street last night.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-nightAnother piece of social awareness TV but surely well behind the times,(Plotline of a white fella racially abusing 2 of the regular Black characters in show, father and son). No problem with that and rightly so but will they ever be brave enough to deThere is nothing worse than box ticking. People should be successful on merit, not gender or the colour of their skin. It is obvious when characters are just parachuted in. The Baileys have been an absolute joke ever since they appeared. You will havhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559349489#559349489There is nothing worse than box ticking. People should be successful on merit, not gender or the colour of their skin. It is obvious when characters are just parachuted in. The Baileys have been an absolute joke ever since they appeared. You will havSat, 23 May 2020 10:58:57 -0500Tbf, they did soften the whitey guilt trip on Corrie by making the race victim a homophobe. Not very subtle, but the public must be educated.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559349479#559349479Tbf, they did soften the whitey guilt trip on Corrie by making the race victim a homophobe. Not very subtle, but the public must be educated.Sat, 23 May 2020 10:55:58 -0500Just been reading another thread about quality old TV and film what makes good watching is the script and the actors.The soap opera of today are just filler in fairness to them they go out far too often once a week with a better script quality over qhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559349043#559349043Just been reading another thread about quality old TV and film what makes good watching is the script and the actors.The soap opera of today are just filler in fairness to them they go out far too often once a week with a better script quality over qSat, 23 May 2020 10:08:06 -0500The show exists to re-educate us old uns about minorities, and like Radios 4+5 has become patronising bilge.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559349031#559349031The show exists to re-educate us old uns about minorities, and like Radios 4+5 has become patronising bilge.Sat, 23 May 2020 10:05:40 -0500it was just badly done . cringeworthy, and the bloke making speech is a worse actor than dev ( if that's possible )I agree. I just thought the whole episode was all a bit strange.The reaction of the abuser when confronted was very poorly scripted.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559348755#559348755it was just badly done . cringeworthy, and the bloke making speech is a worse actor than dev ( if that's possible )I agree. I just thought the whole episode was all a bit strange.The reaction of the abuser when confronted was very poorly scripted.Sat, 23 May 2020 09:09:13 -0500Well past its sell by date. Who the hell is writing the story lines? Plus, the black family are all pathetic actors.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559348615#559348615Well past its sell by date. Who the hell is writing the story lines? Plus, the black family are all pathetic actors.Sat, 23 May 2020 08:44:57 -0500it was as though written by a 8 yr old, woeful. expect better from our premier soap.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559348543#559348543it was as though written by a 8 yr old, woeful. expect better from our premier soap.Sat, 23 May 2020 08:31:20 -0500I missed it, but when I returned she said to me do not watch Corrie on catch up, as it the most self centred, right on, pathetic 30 minutes of TV garbage there is to be viewed.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559348525#559348525I missed it, but when I returned she said to me do not watch Corrie on catch up, as it the most self centred, right on, pathetic 30 minutes of TV garbage there is to be viewed.Sat, 23 May 2020 08:28:04 -0500it was just badly done . cringeworthy, and the bloke making speech is a worse actor than dev ( if that's possible )https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559348521#559348521it was just badly done . cringeworthy, and the bloke making speech is a worse actor than dev ( if that's possible )Sat, 23 May 2020 08:27:34 -0500Another piece of social awareness TV but surely well behind the times,(Plotline of a white fella racially abusing 2 of the regular Black characters in show, father and son). No problem with that and rightly so but will they ever be brave enough to dehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31647557/coronation-street-last-night?post_id=559348493#559348493Another piece of social awareness TV but surely well behind the times,(Plotline of a white fella racially abusing 2 of the regular Black characters in show, father and son). No problem with that and rightly so but will they ever be brave enough to deSat, 23 May 2020 08:24:43 -0500