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Waste some time on Coronation Street - Todd's coming out storyline

There's 14 episodes broken down at this link

If you want to know if it's worth your time give this episode a try - GAY DRAMA LOL


Anthony D. Langford's picture

Grr!

The last thing I need is to spend more time in front of this darned computer, but this CS story is great!  Well acted and well written, it's very gripping.  I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but trust me, I will!

Anthony

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Anthony D. Langford's picture

Having watched the whole

Having watched the whole thing now, I found it well written and well acted. It's a shame that Karl and Todd didn't work it out in the end, though there are times I was troubled by Karl's constant pursuit of Todd when I felt that he should lay off and let Todd live his life. However, as we didn't see the entire thing, we can't get a full picture of what went on. But there was wonderful chemistry between the actors and there were many scenes that were hot without so much as a kiss. May we get that kind of rich drama and sparks on ATWT when Luke and Noah get together.

I thought I recognized the actor who played Todd and I did some digging and found out he did a couple of episodes of Dr. Who awhile back. I recall loving the actor and the character he played.

Unfortunately for the moment, the actor doesn't seem to be plying his trade but is working in a bar between gigs. The British press made a big deal of it, but it seems like it's part of an actor's life to me.

Anthony

 

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Mark's picture

Bruno Langley

played Todd Grimshaw on Corrie.  I was living in the UK at the time this storyline played out and I was watching every eps with my housemates.

Bruno did the Dr. Who eps after he finished on Corrie.

I was out with some mates one Saturday night in Soho and ran into him at Groucho's.  He's done more live theatre than film/tv since then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Langley

thommthomm's picture

Todd's coming out on Coronation Street

I must say, it was very well written and done with great sensitivity. I really felt sorry for Todd, watching him struggle with his sexuality. I wish all mothers could be like his, yes she was upset at the news(like all mothers are at first), but then learned to accept it. I wish we could get Coronation Street in America. We could learn alot from The soaps from England. They really know how to tell compelling stories.
Michael Jensen's picture

Did this just happen or

is it from an earlier season?
nordic balance's picture

It's from 2004

The coming out storyline was from 2004.
nordic balance's picture

You can watch this....

The whole gay storyline is on youtube. I'm in Canada but never watch this soap (I remember my mother watching it when I was five-man- has it changed!) But I watched all the stuff on youtube. Had I known it was on, I would have watched it on tv 3 years ago. Janet.
nordic balance's picture

Not Corrie but funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFduog8W-3M

RJ's picture

If you want more details on the Todd/Karl storyline...

...than is shown in those Youtube clips, I highly recommend reading the summaries on this excellent webpage:

http://akers-online.co.uk/PictureGallery/Bruno_Todd/toots.htm