CORONATION STREET

■ DRIVING US MAD

You can tell you’re in the middle of a pandemic and having to shoot scenes with social distancing when an inanimate object takes centre stage. When Aggie has to take the bus to work because the car won’t start, Abi tells Ed that she can use Kevin’s car until it’s fixed. Right. One: have we ever seen Aggie drive anywhere? Two: since when did Kevin have a car? Three: does anyone drive and, if so, why are there always so many people at the bus stop, waiting for the Weatherfield Snail? It’s all a ploy to make us Covid aware, and for the neighbours to celebrate Aggie putting herself on the front line in these difficult times; however, Ed’s plans for an online wedding anniversary party for his wife go awry when Aggie has to isolate at a hotel after a colleague displays Covid symptoms. Now, to be pedantic: why is Ed (pictured) blowing up balloons, potentially adding to the Covid problem, while his wife is trying to combat it at the hospital? Just sayin’. With yet another car taking centre stage in the Gary/sarah storyline (expect to see a lot more scenes starring inanimate objects in the weeks ahead), what other ingenious ways can there be to shoot scenes enforcing social distancing? Thank goodness, in a crisis, for Mary, who takes to singing in Italian from an upstairs window. Sean is not happy and tells her to zip it. You know when Rent a Gob is telling someone else to shut up, it must be really bad.