Gary Barlow and The Meerkats

I love the panto element of Corrie, but confess I couldn't face the doom this week, when feeling not quite on top of the world. I feel the Roy and Hayley story line is being done as well as this serious and tragic story line can be, on a soap. I was relieved they decided to kill Hayley off, as the actor wanted to move on. Her relationship with Roy has been a real soap joy, and the nature of their relationship such, that they would never leave each other as they're a for life partnership. The actor is appearing in a play at the Royal Exchange in February - here's wishing her success in her career.

I got two out of three, as I have heard of 'Corrie' and I'm fond of the Meerkats... The boy sounds as though he might be good one day, when he has better songs to sing - what I heard of the words to that one made little or no sense...

I see Coronation Street is now on it's fifth outdoor set. I visited years ago when it was the second iteration and I was doing some show there. Gave up on the show when some ghastly types called 'Battersby' arrived...

Yes it can be a bit miserable at times tiggy My grandma and mum are were avid viewers until the horrible storyline involving the slow, untimely death of Hayley Cropper storyline. This is just a bit too close to home for my liking. I don't think people watch the likes of Corrie to be depressed.

Worth watching the Meerkats though.

Thanks gillybob - it all makes sense now but as I am not a 'Corrie' watcher I doubt if I'll see it. I used to be an avid 'Corrie' watcher but got fed up with the gloom and doom.

I do like Gary Barlow was just unaware of the ad because I don't watch Corrie.

I really enjoyed that! Thank you, gillybob.

tiggy The Meerkats have been advertising (Compare the Meerkat Market) during the Coronation Street advert breaks for a year now and to celebrate they have recorded a special performance on the cobbles with Gary Barlow singing his new song. They/he/it may not be to everyones taste but I think it's good fun and like many others have said I love watching their funny little antics.

I made the "long lost son of Ken and Deirdre" comment in relation to the fact that they are all Barlows !

Oh well, you can't please all the people all the time.

Glad I'm not the only one tiggypiro !

He's been advertising and singing with the Meercats in the Corrie advert breaks, Tiggy. Very entertaining!

What on earth are you all talking about ??!!!!

I know what 'Corrie' is and what a Meercat is and I've even heard of Gary Barlow (not sure I would recognise him though!) but I am struggling to put the three together.

Am I the only one of us to be so ignorant or have I just had a lucky escape?? !

I wonder if he is the long lost son of Ken and Deirdre ?

I love the Meerkats too. Jealous of your tickets hummingbird

I enjoy the Meerkats almost as much as Corrie these days. I saw the Gary Barlow and Meerkat song and loved it, good for Gary, great publicity. I loved the Meerkats going to Blackpool and doing all the stuff my parents and grandparents did there. I'm now enjoying their preparations for Christmas. I especially enjoy the little Meerkat creeping under the tree, to terrify himself when is Christmas box gets noisy. It's so good to have a laugh either side of the fairly miserable traumas so many of the Corrie characters are enduring in the build up to the Christmas/New year tragedies.

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All the Meerkat adverts are great but they really pushed out the boat on the Gary Barlow one in Corrie,nuno have to disagree re him looking like our David B but they do have the same family values as regards to their children.

Gary Barlow is great! isn't he? We've got tickets to see him in concert in April! I know he's a bit young, but I do think he's gorgeous. Sad, really

I think it's great, too, gillybob! I never get fed up of watching the Corrie meerkats anyway!

I hadn"t seen it till now , wonderful !
he seems to be getting more and more popular , good on him.
looks a little like Beckham !