Bernie Winter has a box of old vinyl records she wants to unload on Ryan Connor. DJ Ryan pulls out a copy of The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Tight Fit and Bernie explains that one isn’t hers. Plausible deniability in action. When Ryan fishes out the 1989 album Pungent Effulgent by British psychedelic band Ozric Tentacles, Bernie has a Proustian flashback to seeing them live at Glastonbury in 1993. Then Ryan finds a white label promo disc by a mystery artist. Could Bernie be sitting on a small fortune?
At Roy’s Rolls, Nina Lucas is less than impressed by the unicorn onesie Paul Foreman plans to donate to the Weatherfield Clothes Swap. ‘Even Victoriana death metal goths have their limits,’ she explains. Daisy Midgeley and Daniel Osbourne are also putting a bag of old clothes together, leading Daniel to wish Daisy had never watched Marie Kondo’s TV show. Even a conventionally attired, bookish ex-teacher has his limits.
Eliza Woodrow and Alya Nazir introduce Stu Carpenter to the music intros game Heardle. Still on the subject of music, Ryan breaks the news to a euphoric Bernie that her vinyl single is a rare acid house record worth 600 quid. And at The Rovers, Summer Spellman talks about symbolism in literature. When it comes to cultural references on the Street, there are no limits.
Coronation Street episode 10771/72. Originally aired 17th Oct 2022.
