September 2010 Archives

POOR Lady Gaga! My heart goes out to the platinum-album selling, serial award-winning, multi-millionaire pop star.

She just isn't getting the attention she deserves.Park.

THE Road To Coronation Street, shown on Thursday, was a drama about the creation of Coronation Street fifty years ago.

The one-off programme - made for the BBC - highlighted how Corrie's creator, Tony Warren, fought hard to make sure the actors in his show came from the same Northern streets where his programme was set.

It was a key reason why Corrie became such a hit for ITV.

And did the BBC follow Warren's maxim? Not a bit of it. The Road To Coronation Street starred Jessie Wallace... from EastEnders.

At least they didn't have Danny Dyer playing Hilda Ogden.

ONCE upon a time. Once. Upon. A. Time.

Wilson Burke had no truck with those four words. Even as a child he knew fiction was foolish. Pointy-hat wizards? Pointless. Newspapers were better than make-believe. Articles about missing children and grieving mothers amused Wilson. All that hand-wringing! The boo-bloody-hoo brigade.

Showbiz scandal was best. Football scrappers and mini-skirt slappers - bring it on, and bring 'em down!."