[Jackie]

I wonder how they will write her out,hope she gets better soon.

[Scarlett.]

She might go to see some friends

[Scarlett.]

The condition of Coronation Street actress Maggie Jones has improved slightly following major surgery.

The star, who plays Blanche Hunt in the soap, was seriously ill in hospital after falling ill.

"There has been an improvement this afternoon in Maggie's condition and she seems to have turned a bit of a corner," a spokesman for the soap said.

It is not clear what sort of operation she has had, but she has been written out of any scenes for a while.

Several newspaper reports had claimed that the actress, best known for her Blanche put downs, had ruptured her spleen, but that has been denied.

"She's had an operation and obviously she's in her 70s. Our thoughts are with her," the spokeswoman said.

"She's been written out of storylines for the time being, everyone's wishing her a speedy recovery."

'My beautiful Maggie'

Jones has appeared in the ITV soap as Deirdre's mother regularly since the late 1990s.

Her fellow actor Bill Tarmey, who plays pensioner Jack Duckworth, said his thoughts were with the actress.

"My beautiful Maggie," he said. "She is a delight, she is wonderful and I am just hoping she will be OK.

"We just sit and laugh together and I need her to get better otherwise I will be sitting on my own."

BBC News

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Coronation Street's ongoing Tony Gordon plotline is to take a new surprise twist as the Weatherfield villain reveals all to a stunned Roy Cropper (David Neilson).

The businessman's conscience gets the better of him as he lies in hospital after suffering a heart attack on the Street.
In scenes to be broadcast later this month, things start to go wrong for Tony (Gray O'Brien) following the 12-month anniversary of his decision to arrange the murder of Liam Connor (Rob James-Collier).

With Carla (Alison King) back in Manchester and threatening to destroy his new life with Liam's widow Maria (Samia Smith), Tony resorts to increasingly desperate measures to stop his crime from being exposed. He approaches henchman Jimmy Dockerson (Robert Beck) to silence Carla for good, but eventually has a crisis of conscience and decides to stop the planned murder at the last minute.

Arriving at Carla's flat, Tony watches his nemesis hitting Jimmy over the head. Mistakenly believing that Jimmy is dead, Carla agrees to let Tony hide the body and promises to leave Weatherfield for good in return for the favour.
However, just as the sinister entrepreneur begins to believe that his problems are over, he collapses on the Street's cobbles due to a cardiac arrest.

After café owner Roy discovers Tony, he immediately calls 999 and accompanies him in the ambulance. Later that night, believing he is about to die, Tony drops a bombshell in his hospital bed by confessing all to Roy.

As Roy reels from the news that the businessman is a killer, Tony's life support machine alarms go off, leaving viewers to wonder whether his confession will be his final act.


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[Scarlett.]

How does it feel to be back at Corrie?
"It really is the strangest thing - you just walk in and it was nice saying hello to everybody in the green room and stuff but all of a sudden you're on set. It was just me mainly at the start, so apart from one scene with Rob [Beck] - who plays Jimmy - it was just me and the crew in my flat, so it was brilliant - and really, really funny. Banter as usual and you're like, 'But that is my first day, is nobody going to make a fuss?' and of course nobody does because they're all onto the next scene."

You're back for a short period then you're going off again – how do all the dates work out? When will we see you?
"I'm back on screen for two weeks and a lot happens. Then I'm off screen for about three weeks and then full steam ahead. I'm back filming full-time now, though."

Your return's quite a seminal point in the storyline, too…
"It sparks the beginning of the end for Tony and where I stand with it all. It's all about whether I tell anyone about Tony killing Liam. It's big stuff. If everybody does find out - which I'm sure they will - my name will be muck and I'm going to be on my own again. I don't know who they're going to get for me to play with because unless my brother gets out of prison I'm going to be hated by everyone again!"

Where's Carla been?
"She's been to LA - and there have been about six million references to LA in case you'd forgotten where Carla was! I think she's been with an old school friend. So the one person she's kept in touch with apart from the Connors has a place in LA, so she runs off to visit her any time she's got a problem, which is nice."

What's her motive for returning?
"I think it's just Carla saying, 'I miss the urban grime, I'm sick of wall to wall sunshine'. No, in all seriousness, I think she's probably sick of hiding. You know how it's great to go on holiday but she's made a few roots in Weatherfield and she doesn't have many, so I presume that she does miss the urban life. It's everything she's built up. That's her only empire and she was quite good at it so she can't believe that Tony's holding off contacting her. She's had a bit of time to get some balls back, too."

She returns for baby Liam's christening…"I think Leanne told her about Maria, so that's probably one of the factors for why she's back. I don't know whether she's heard about the christening or not but she's probably thought, 'I can't let this go on'. But at the same time, she's thought of a beneficial way it might suit her to get the factory back."

Where do we first see her?
"We see her at the graveside in hooded Scottish widow-type fashion! I think it reads like she's arranged to meet him there, which is all quite gruesome, but quite poignant I suppose. I guess in storyline terms, we're near Liam's death so it would be nice if it were all dark and mysterious. I think it's just a reference to his death and that's the place to make him feel under most pressure I guess. My first words when I see him are, 'You're late'. It just goes to show that Carla's completely in control when she comes back - the ball's in her court."

How does Tony react?
"Carla tells him, 'Stop doing what you're doing with Maria or I'll tell her, everybody else and the police that you killed Liam'. She's not going to make it easy for him but he's pretty manipulative himself and whether it's going to be the easy or the hard way you'll have to wait and find out…"

What do you make of Tony and Maria?
"With Maria, Tony has what he's always wanted with Carla. Tony and Maria are the leftovers - they're what Carla and Liam didn't really want. Tony'll be damned if he's going to let Carla screw it up now he's worked so hard to get where he wants. But it's sick - he can't carry on that way forever, not in Coronation Street."

Then there's a shock turn of events involving Jimmy…"Yeah, the fight… I think Tony says something like, 'I want her dead'. Tony wants Carla out of the way and Carla wants him out of the way, so I keep arranging to meet him but he doesn't show up and I'm left with this skulky figure of Jimmy standing in front of me. Carla ends up fighting for her life and there's an amazing twist, too. It just shifts the control again. The ball's in Tony's court… Tony's so controlling of Carla and in her panic, she has to flee again."

What's it feel like to be a new mum?
"Daisy's just here sitting on my knee - she loves the phone, she'll probably try to eat it in a moment! I blew dry her hair last night and she loves that, too. She comes out of the bath and it's all wet - she's not got much at the minute. She loves it when I blow dry my hair, so I put it on this low heat and blew dry her hair into this spiky quiff, it's hilarious and it's kept for today! She looks brilliant.

"Being a new mum runs over you like a steamroller at first. I was working quite hard up until the birth and then the birth resulted in an operation - I had to have an emergency C-section. Then it's just pure hard work and I never realised it would be this hard! The sleep deprivation is just exhausting but she's excellent and so funny now. She's worth everything."

Was it hard to leave her at home and return to work?
"Oh yeah. When I went back to film Carla's return, it was the first time I'd been away all day from her, but it makes it doubly nice when you do come home. I was racing to get home before she went to bed and when I got in, she was upstairs having her nappy changed. She's got really good hearing. When I came in she had this massive attack of excitement that normally only happens when daddy walks in the room, so I was really pleased!"

Have you taken Daisy into the studios yet?
"I took her in a few months ago but she's entered a new phase of life where she's so alert and the different things that have been dangling in front of her for the whole five or six months have now just taken on a whole new world. She's excited by everything. I'm going to take her onto the Street again, and even though she won't understand it, she'll get a whole lot of attention."

Does Carla still have any feelings for Tony?
"No. I think it's complete disdain and he's a piece of poo on her shoe now. She's really got it in for him and what's even more sick and twisted is the fact he's with Maria. It just makes Carla feel a little bit sick. I suppose she's a little bit jealous because Carla wouldn't be Carla unless she had all the attention, would she? It just doesn't make any sense to Carla and she's had all this time to think… She's probably got a boyfriend in LA, actually - they could bring him over! He could be called Frank the Yank!"

Who else on the Street do you think Carla would set her sights on?
"It can't be Steve McDonald and it can't be... There's actually nobody for her! I always thought - and it made me giggle - that her and Dev could make a ridiculous couple. But actually, I think she's just got to have a bit of fun next time - that could be the way forward. I know she likes being looked after but she's done that twice now and it's gone horribly wrong, both with Paul and Tony. Her true love was Liam and he wasn't 'all that', was he? He didn't have cash to flash around."

Do you think Carla Gordon's the new Elsie Tanner?
"[Laughs] Full steam ahead! I just wish I had some of those blouses and her pointy boobs - they were brilliant!"

Why do you think fans love Carla so much?
"I don't know… I think a lot of women like her ego and she's quite real. She's quite gobby but also quite driven. Everyone would like to be a bit like that - to be able to say exactly what they want, when they want and walk with their heads held high and their high heels on down the street jangling their keys and going, 'Oh, get lost - I don't care what you think!' I had a woman come up to me once who said, 'I like Carla, she keeps it real!'"

Kim Crowther promised that Carla will come into her own in the new year…"I've no idea what's happening! Carla's got nowhere to hide now and I think she'll do things to save herself at first, which will make everybody hate her. So with that and how damaged she already is, you're going to see more of a bitch than we have done - and I think that's probably what they all need in the factory."
Digital Spy

[BigSister]

Is really looking forward to tonight ^_^

[Scarlett.]

Does Carla return on Monday? lol or tonight?

[BigSister]

erm i think just at end of tonights but I think dont quote me on that

[Scarlett.]

Awesome, cant wait until next friday's twist :3

[Jackie]

Whats that mans name in Devs shop can't stand him he makes me cringe lol.

[Scarlett.]

Uncle Umed, I think tonight was his last episode

[\PJ/]

God i miss maya days so much i loved ALL soaps back then now they just seem to dreary do you agree Chewy?

[Scarlett.]

In a way yeah, I do :P
Next week looks good though :3

[Mrluvaluva]

Thank god Daryl has gone.

[Tom]

Carla is hot, actually she goes beyond that shes v sexy

I'm watching on Monday again

[Nicky.]

Just watched this again, SO SO funny!

Youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e54gzq5Xr0Y

[Alf]

is kev and molly gonna be the christmas story line? anyone?

[Scarlett.]

As far as I know, no, the Christmas storyline involves a boat...on a lake..I think xD

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Originally Posted by Tom

Carla is hot, actually she goes beyond that shes v sexy

I'm watching on Monday again

From what I hear, Corrie is back on form from next week onward

[Jackie]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Uncle Umed, I think tonight was his last episode

Thank god he was a pointless character.

[BigSister]

a boat.......

[Scarlett.]

TONY KILLED JED!

Tony Gordon

Tony Gordon is a man who wants his own way and if he doesn't get it then good luck to those in his way! He had Liam Connor murdered after discovering he was having an affair with his wife Carla. He also murdered pensioner Jed Stone when he dared to stand up to him and he's now set up home with Liam's grieving widow Maria. Will he get his comeuppance?


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Which means...the scenes where Jimmy was frightening Jed may have ended in Jed passing away

[Scarlett.]

btw, today is Liam Connor's deathday! YAY :3

so..

[BigSister]

awwwww

[Scarlett.]

I dont know why people feel sorry for him, he wasnt exactly the nicest man ever xD