Rovers Return to go up in smoke?
 

Corrie's boss is set to quit by the end of the year… and he wants to go out with a bang that will rock Street fans.

Controversial executive producer Phil Collinson is considering plans to blow up the Rovers in a dramatic swansong to his time on the ITV1 soap, said an insider.

And it’s left many cast members fearful they may be killed off in his final sensational plotline.

“Blowing up the Rovers would be the most dramatic thing to happen on the Street,” a source said yesterday. “Phil thinks millions of extra viewers would tune in. But it means everyone on in the show is looking over their shoulder wondering if they’ll be inside when the pub goes up in smoke.”

Collinson revealed in February that he planned to quit by “the middle of next year”. But Corrie sources have told the Sunday Mirror he will move on earlier than planned as part of a shake-up by ITV bosses. “A lot of the cast are wondering what the future holds,” said our insider.

Collinson, 43, has been renowned for explosive storylines since arriving on the cobbles in 2009. He wrote a live 50th anniversary episode in December 2010 which featured a tram crash that killed off two characters.

Viewers have also been enthralled by the John Snape murders and Frank Foster’s controversial rape of fiancée Carla Connor.

And in May Corrie beat *EastEnders to win a Best Drama Bafta. But the cast have been worried by the amount of gay plotlines introduced by Collinson, who is gay himself.

A Street spokesman yesterday declined to comment on when *Collinson would go.


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To be honest, I kinda hope this is true, the Rovers needs a massive overhaul, the interior doesnt match the exterior. Also I think the best of Phil Collinson's storylines have been and gone.

I thought he was quite good for the show. I did not even know he was leaving ITV. This story line has been done before though and it doesn't really sound that exciting. How many disasters can one street keep having? There have been some great storylines like Frank Foster's and John Stapes. Another plot az good as those would be interesting.

Stella's fault

I do feel they need to do something with the Rovers though, it's a real dive these days lol. I have a feeling this article isn't true, but Phil said he will be leaving by next summer, after they move to the new set

Seems a bit extreme. Couldn't they just get the decorators in? :laugh:

Karl's big TV would have breathed new life into the place but bloody Stella got rid

Doesnt retcon out the fact that the Rovers is oversized lol

http://oi42.tinypic.com/30agmq0.jpg

Tell me about it, now at the Rovers we have two sour faced mares running the show

Be a lot simpler, but this is the world of the soap's.

If the characters on them were real people most of them would be on antidepressants or antipsychotics or mood stabilisers, while the rest of them would receiving cognitive behaviour therapy.

Though I do know people that live their lives that way :shrug:

Not all in one street though I bet! Could you imagine having those lot for neighbours. :laugh: I suppose there would never be a dull moment...

Or a happy one...... LOL

Wow how original.

That is very true. Unless one of them makes some space cake again...

That was Emily wasn't it, with Roy can co stoned?

Now there is a storyline they could recycle......lol

I think so. I seem to remember Rita and Norris too. All very high and very funny. Lol

Sounds a lot more fun than burning down the Rovers Return, haven't the other soaps had pub fires?

I am not sure actually. I think The Queen Vic has suffered some kind of explosion/fire before but I cannot recall an incident at The Woolpack off hand.

The Rovers burnt down in 1985 too :p