CORONATION STREET

THE PLOT DOESN’T THICKEN

Storylines are inevitably restricted during Covid, with younger actors having to take on more than the vulnerable older ones. But couldn’t they have come up with anything better than the drugs palaver? When Jacob tells Simon that he’s ripping off Harvey, the ‘Big Boss’, Simon is terrified when BB confronts him (pictured) and tells him he knows all about it. We’re not talking Don Corleone here. Harvey is about as scary as a Christmas elf, although not half as well dressed.

Add to this another drugs storyline, when Nina tells Asha she wants to revert to being mates. Asha decides to get wasted with Kelly and Summer, but Kelly is found unresponsive after taking a pill she bought from Simon. What is it with these young people? It’s not that long ago that a kebab from Dev’s was all the excitement they could take; now they’re like extras in a Quentin Tarantino movie.

Thank goodness for some canine entertainment, when Elaine and Yasmeen bond over the former’s dog, Tinkerbell. Don’t get too soppy though, because it’s shortly followed by the news that Alina’s family dog has died in Romania. This isn’t just scraping the bot- tom of the barrel for plots, it’s scraping under it, too, but it gives Alina and Tyrone another chance to bond, this time over doggie stories.

Still, it beats their yoga nonsense, though if I were Fiz I’d be wary of any woman who’d shared with my boyfriend the intricacies of the Downward Facing Dog position.

(2020) 15 ◆ 8PM, SKY PREMIERE ★★★

Based on Gloria Steinem’s memoir My Life On The Road, this stars Lulu Wilson, Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore as the journalist and activist at different stages of her life.