It’s an up and a down kind of week on the cobbles this week, which sees frantic residents do their best to track down Carla — she’s always round the corner — and Ken becomes very angry with Roy and, oddly, we see ourselves on the side of Mr Barlow for a change. Seb and Alina are getting closer, despite Seb’s inability to keep out of her place of work for five minutes, or read between the lines of what appears to be Alina’s very distressing backstory. Natalie’s back and as hyper as ever, only made worse by all the birthday cake she must’ve eaten before starting her shift on Wednesday. Streetcars is having financial difficulties and Steve, who should know better, follows Tracy’s advice, while knicker-related tensions simmer at home between her and Liz. The Rovers has a talent competition and someone told Tim’s Dad about it. That person, we hope, is no longer in the circle of trust. Oh, and we talk way too much about Game of Thrones. Don’t worry. It’ll be over soon.

It’s our one year anniversary episode where we’re a bit rushed for reasons that will become clear. Norris is back and appears to have been holding on to some correspondence for Mary without her knowledge, which leads Mary to hold all her happiness hopes in the one basket, and we see more of Asha this week that we have all year as her character attempts to become embroiled with a young suitor unfortunately named like a nickname for the show. Meanwhile, Ryan’s inability to adequately explain a simple series of events lands him in hot water with Bethany and Alya, Tim briefly constructs kebabs for a pregnant Gemma at Prima Donner before learning of the results of his heart challenge and then invites way too many people to have a sniff of his pits, and random characters prove a help and then a hindrance as a deceitful Robert bumps into a lost character and attempts to bring her home. Elsewhere, Paula and Sophie are going pony-trekking if ... ya know what I mean, Emma’s plans on a Rovers’ Talent Show may have to include Dev’s impression of David Bowie, and Gav fantasizes about Tim’s Dad handcuffed to a radiator in Phelan’s basement. Again. Thanks to our listeners who’ve been with us from the start, and also those who have jumped on along the way. Here’s to another twelve months of Corrie! Sláinte!

In this episode of Holy Ghost Notes, Matt and Tim talk about their drum journey (from where they each began to where they are now) and discover some surprising commonalities. They also discuss the topic of Doubt, which takes a direction neither of them were expecting.

It’s our 50th episode! As far as meaningless milestones is concerned, that’s a pretty big one so to celebrate, we interviewed the lovely Glenda Young from the Coronation Street Blog. That comes at the end of our recap of a bunch of episodes where Ken, it seems, has never been to an alcoholics anonymous meeting before and it’s unlikely he’ll ever get invited back as The Bank of Claudia comes to the rescue once again, Imran has his nose punching fists on and woe betide anyone who gets their nose in the way of it, and Tracy reveals herself to be something of a quinoa expert at Sally’s fancy dinner party for Tim’s new health regime, but what on earth has he tried to sneak into the cab office from Dev’s? Meanwhile, Polish builder Jan has no shortage of woman courting him for his attentions, but his habit of lying instead of telling uncomfortable truths will probably mean he has to open an account at the florists, for some reason the writers are ignoring the DNR notice on the Chesney / Gemma relationship and we go around the houses one more time while Gemma looks for somewhere new to live, and an old character reappears with an urn in a handbag.

Well, that was a much better week on the cobbles. Gemma, who has reverted back to be more like the Gemma we’ve loved in the past, tries to salvage a relationship by burning a fish pie, while Chesney moans an awful lot about everything, ahead of receiving some startling news, while Seb makes a new friend with Alina, a Romanian nail technician who works for a character Gav completely forgot existed. Meanwhile, Moira looks to get her nails into lovely laborer Jan, Peter’s attempts to find Carla are causing him such stress that ancient demons are reawakened, and at Bertie’s naming ceremony, with tensions raised between the Tinkers and the Barlows, Kirk discovers that there’s not much that can’t be settled by wearing a tie round your head and singings songs about how beautiful our souls are. Yes, you heard right, Tracy. Elsewhere, Gary is prepared to stoop pretty low to salvage his relationship with Sarah and manages to jam a couple more lies into the mix for good measure, Brian thinks Abi is after her jollies from him but the truth, thankfully, is a lot more chaste, and at the Rovers, a shrinking Johnny threatens to disappear into a suit of armor.

On episode three of Holy Ghost Notes, Matt and Tim break down linear drumming and share some of their favorite linear patterns. They also dig deep into the subject of prayer and its importance.

In an underwhelming week, Imran shouts at a health and safety official and then conducts a business meeting in a restaurant despite having a perfectly good office while a jam-smeared Gary does Irish Tina a turn and pirouettes a female debt collector into a wardrobe. Meanwhile, Dev takes a whole day off work to play with a blood pressure monitor at the cab office, as a supposedly busy Kev apparently wanders into the barber’s to play table football with David, Robert has a friend who requires a supportive audience when changing a car tyre and Michelle is unreasonable. In other news, Joseph does his best to not murder Chesney and Gemma, Daniel is put out when Sinead’s family want different things from his family, Jan tells Seb to get on his bike to look for work, and Ken steps in a dog shit.

It’s another tough week for Carla given she doesn’t know if she’s Zola Budd or Doctor John Nash from one day to the next. One minute she’s leaving a bloody trail along the Cobbles from her battered bare feet, the next she’s solving complicated mathematical problems with a marker on Ken’s wallpaper while thinking the crossword is speaking to her. Meanwhile, Sarah’s pleasant, helpful attitude to a request from the police may well be enough to ensure Nick and David end up in jail for Easter, and Natalie stays off the coke long enough to put in a decent trial at the Barber’s, but will it be enough to get the job? In other news, Hardman Rick is definitely not cut out for a career in children’s entertainment if his puppetry skills are anything to go by, Sinead rings a bell while Daniel decides that a humanist christening is more in keeping with their wedding (which definitely wasn’t a thing), Chesney and Gemma plan a filthy getaway to a caravan site and do some practicing on that poor couch, Abi is caught —ahem— taking the TV remote upstairs again, and Steve's heart is older than Ken.