Speaking of Corrie

This summer Ron and I have become hooked on British detective shows. Most are several years old now, but new to us. We started out with DVDs borrowed from the public library, which has the first season of a large variety of BBC programs. Then I discovered subsequent seasons on YouTube, so we watch one episode a night on our Blu-Ray player attached to the television.

Right now we are enjoying Scott and Bailey, a program  about two female detectives whose private lives are intertwined with their professional ones. The funny thing about British shows is that actors we have seen on other programs invariably appear. (There must be a relatively small pool of talented actors.) Whenever that happens, Ron will say, "We've seen him (or her) before." That's my cue to pick up the iPad, look up who the actors are and find out where else we have seen them.

Okay, I have to say it gets a bit irritating at times. I want to just get on with the show, but Ron needs to know where else we have seen the actor. (Sometimes I think he needs a spanking for being so annoying.) But I keep a tab open with the latest episode, and once we have the character's name, I pause the program and search with the iPad, scanning the list of other shows the actor has appeared in until I find one we recognize. Nine times our of ten, for Scott and Bailey, that actor appeared on Coronation Street. In fact, two of the main characters are Corrie alumni.  I think the count is up to ten now for ex-Corrie residents, and we are only on season three.

And speaking of Corrie, here's a little startle that I caught when two seamstresses from the knicker factory were discussing a recent event they were witness to. Tracy, the owner of a second-hand shop, has gone into the office of Carla, the factory owner, and things did not go well for her.

Izzy: "Tracy came out of Carla's office with a face like a slapped backside."

Sinaed: "When Carla slaps a backside, it stays slapped."

Now, if you are a fan of Coronation Street you will agree with me that Tracy Barlow is at the top of the list of characters who would benefit from a good spanking or twelve. So the brief conversation struck me as very appropriate. If only the writers could make it happen. It would surely draw even more viewers than another tram crash.

Another Corrie Spanking (sort of)

Lately there hasn't been much spanking or even any spanko innuendos on the popular British soap, Coronation Street. But that doesn't mean it isn't on the actors' minds. Bill Roache, who has played the role of Ken Barlow on the show since its inaugural episode, recently appeared in a television interview. Can you believe it? He told TV host Jeanette Thomas, "I'd love to smack your bottom."



Naughty Ken! He has always been a womanizer. Married four times, with 28 affairs to his credit, this is the first time his penchant for spanking has been revealed to the public.

More Corrie Spanky Talk

The picture above is of the famous tram crash that decimated the population of Coronation Street in a live broadcast on the show's fiftieth anniversary.


Betty, a barmaid at the Rover's Return, is bickering with Norris, the owner of the news agent's shop. In frustration, Betty warns Norris that "you're not too old to put over my knee."

Norris retorts, "Yes, I think I am."

Betty - may she rest in peace - was in her early nineties and Norris is probably seventy-something. Think again, Norris. You're never too old for a spanking.

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Carl has just been banned from Roy's Rolls (the local cafe) by Sylvia, Roy's bad-tempered, overbearing mother. His crime? He popped in to use the facilities then refused to make a purchase. Carl pours out his tale of woe to Norris.

"She made me feel like I was a lad in short pants."

"Well, what about Roy?" agrees Norris. "She looks as if she's going to put him over her knee and slap his backside."

I can't wait to see that!

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Norris has emerged after spending the night locked in the loo at the cafe, where Sylvia incarcerated him after he refused to pay 20p for rental of the key to the bathroom. Mary tries to cheer him up.

"Are you enjoying the feeling of air on your cheeks?"

A double entendre if ever I heard one.

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And now for an actual spank. Peter and Leanne operate the local bookies', and they have been trying for a baby. They exchange some banter about the frequency of their attempts, and are interrupted by Leanne's mother. The two women arrange a lunch date, and although there has been some friction between the two, Leanne seems pleased with the arrangement. When they are alone again, Peter remarks, "You're going overboard."

Leanne shrugs and replies, "It's only lunch."

Peter passes behind her and, quite unexpectedly, gives her a slap on the bum. Her eyes widen and she squeaks, "Ooh!"

A little foreplay before their next attempt to produce a sprog.

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Newly-engaged business partners Carla and Frank are having dinner in the street's bistro with Frank's parents. Mum is overbearing and excessively motherly, and she and Dad are planning the couple's future down to the last detail. Carla is annoyed but holds her tongue and drinks glass after glass of wine. Finally, she erupts. When Mum objects to her outburst, Carla snarls, "Are you going to put me on the naughty spot?"

Frank is alarmed at Carla's behaviour. He stands up, grabs her arm and orders, "Come with me." He pulls her away from the table and off-screen, where we can only imagine a very sound spanking takes place.


Well, that may not be what the writers intended, but it is only a story. Anything can happen.

Two Swats on the Street

A recent episode of the longest-running British soap, Coronation Street, had not one, but two scenes with spanking references, and one of those involved not one, but two swats.


The first occurs when Carla, the knicker factory owner, tells Owen, the local builder, that she has paid the money she owed him, and has given the cheque to his assistant. Owen admits he'd forgotten all about it.

"I'd forgotten too," Carla explains, "but Eileen reminded me. She's a gem."

"I'll have to stop whipping her," Owen replies.

"That's up to you." Oooh. Kinky Carla.


The next significant scene takes place in Eileen's living room. She and her lodger Sean are sitting together on the couch, and Eileen's son Jason and his girlfriend Rosie, who both live there as well, have just come in after an evening out. There's some conversation, then Jason announces, "We're off to bed." He says to Rosie, "Up the wooden hill," and as she walks behind the couch and toward the stairs, gives her a slap on the bum.

As Jason follows her, Sean (who is gay) turns around, tells Jason to "keep it to a minimum," reaches over the back of the couch and swats him on the bottom.

I wonder what's in store for Rosie upstairs? Those of you who are regular viewers will agree that she could use a good spanking or two.

Coronation Street Spanking

There hasn't been much kink on Coronation Street lately, but here's what I've seen in episodes aired in Canada over the past few months.

After a teenage couple have an argument and split up, their single parents arrange to accidentally meet at a bowling alley with their respective children, in the hopes of helping them resolve their differences. After their attempt fails and the youngsters go their separate ways, the parents are left together.

Joe (a builder): We're entitled to a bit of fun, aren't we?...Let's go put some embarrassing shoes on."

Gail: Why do I feel like a naughty schoolgirl?"

Joe: Watch what you say. I do a mean line in court about punishment."

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Weeks later, romance is in full bloom for both the teens and their parents. Gail and Joe are leaving for a romantic weekend. She comes down the stairs, and the kids tease her about her unfashionable coat. Joe takes her in his arms, swats her bottom and says she's a very sexy woman.

Joe's daughter: "Let's lay the ground rules. No bum-slapping. It makes me sick."

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Disgruntled Norris, upon returning from a very crowded Christmas church service, complained that he couldn't find anywhere to sit, and had to stand pressed up against the font. The result was that he had "the life of St. Chad embossed on my backside. You could do a rubbing."

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At a girls-only party the evening before a wedding, the future mother-in-law of the bride-to-be gave the handsome, sexy bartender a loud swat on the bottom. He didn't mind. It was all part of the service.

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I have written about spanking on the Street before, here and here.