CORONATION STREET

HITTING THE BOTTLE

How many more beards can one show take? Small wonder that Alina went for Tyrone; he was the only man she could reach without having to do a topiary course first.

The latest beardie, DS Glynn, visits Leanne to impress upon her the importance of nailing Harvey. Personally, I doubt Harvey could shift a crate of Coke, let alone the white powder, and why he chose to do it on the Weatherfield cobbles remains a mystery. Look out for those booze bottles on Leanne’s kitchen unit; come on, Leanne, not even tempted, with everything going on? Maybe DS Glynn (pictured, with Leanne) will smuggle a bottle out under his beard. Or perhaps Nina could steal them; she’s hitting the bottle big time. When she tries to steal more vodka from the shop, Carla spots her and warns that alcohol will solve nothing. Well, no, it is never a solution, but would Peter have got through being with Carla if he’d been sober? Alcohol rears its more pleasant head at Curtis’s cocktail evening at the Bistro. The only fly in the ointment for Fiz is when Alina arrives, dressed to the nines, followed by Tyrone in skinny jeans. Tyrone’s attempts to keep up with Alina’s youth are the only funny thing emerging from this absurd storyline.