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00:00For six decades, Coronation Street has given us some of the most memorable characters on television.
00:06I'll tell you something, there's a lot of fellas coming here fancy me.
00:09Point him out to me, will you?
00:11Why? What will you do?
00:13Kick his guide dog.
00:14Between you and me, she's always been quicker at getting in bed than getting out.
00:19There's not a lot on telly either, is there?
00:21And for many of us...
00:23GET OUT!
00:25It's Weatherfield's baddies that have kept us entertained.
00:30Don't fight me!
00:32Look at the flames!
00:34Tonight we don our leather gloves and grab the closest blunt object to hand
00:39as we celebrate Coronation Street's villains.
00:42I'm the bad guy.
00:46Yes, there is definitely something in the water in Weatherfield
00:49as Coronation Street continues to be cursed with villains and dastardly deeds.
00:53You ruined Mike.
00:54From Joe Dinelli's carol concert with a twist...
00:57All is calm...
00:59Come on Stanley, sing it louder!
01:01Put your foot on it, Stanley!
01:03Rally on virgin mother and child...
01:06To Maya Sharma's renovation of the corner shop.
01:24Corrie has certainly had some memorable baddies.
01:26Oh!
01:27But who is the baddest of the lot?
01:29There's been some pretty terrifying folk living on that famous old street
01:32and here's a look at some of the worst.
01:35If you ever trust me again...
01:36...and I will kill you.
01:44I can't swim.
01:46Good.
01:50Bang!
01:54Bang!
01:56Don't even think about it.
01:59You're a man!
02:00No, but this is it.
02:01I'm not.
02:02I'm a school teacher.
02:03What goes around, comes around.
02:06Me and you know!
02:08And we all go up!
02:12I'm not such a boy.
02:17Either you drive...
02:19...or your little sister becomes an internet porn star.
02:21You've got plenty to lose.
02:24You'll die gobby too.
02:26Don't be down!
02:28You're not even the best I've had this week.
02:31I try and make it quicker.
02:34But for one of the most memorable, we have to go back to 1986.
02:38And in the year that gave us the Hand of God, the M25 and Top Gun,
02:42it was also responsible for introducing us to a genuine Corrie bad guy.
02:47Mr Alan Bradley.
02:48You always did have a talent for needling me, didn't you?
02:53I'd just get you into trouble again, you know?
02:54Alan arrived on the street and made an instant impression on Rita.
02:58Speak of the devil.
03:00Hello.
03:01I can't stay long.
03:01I'm parked on a bus stop.
03:03How do you feel about dining out in style tonight?
03:05And I won't take no for an answer.
03:06Oh, two nights on the trot?
03:08Don't know whether I can keep up the pace.
03:09But being as I've only got beef burgers or fish fingers for us tea,
03:12go on, you've talked me into it.
03:13Good, because I've already booked the table.
03:16But things began to take a turn when he stole the deeds to Rita's house,
03:20which as everybody knows,
03:22I always kept in an old biscuit tin on the sideboard.
03:24Football.
03:38Fire.
03:44He also impersonated her dead husband to get his hands on some cash.
03:48And when Rita found out, Alan's dark side was finally uncovered.
03:52You've lied and plotted and manipulated and betrayed.
03:57All right, so I'm no angel.
04:00I've been to the building society.
04:03I've put them straight.
04:05You've lied and you've cheated.
04:08But you'll not walk away from this with a smile on your face.
04:14You think you've fixed me, don't you?
04:17You're finished, Alan.
04:19You've had a charmed life.
04:21And now your time's up.
04:24You bitch!
04:25You stupid bitch!
04:27Stop it! Stop it!
04:29Maybe your time's up and all!
04:38You'd put me away for a few lousy quid, would you?
04:45Rita knew what she had to do.
04:47She needed to hide and not draw attention to herself.
04:50So she got herself a discreet, low-key job as a lounge singer in Blackpool.
05:13But wily old Alan was soon racing up the M55 to corner Rita at the Strand Hotel.
05:19Cue one of the most famous scenes in Corrie history.
05:30Get in the car.
05:51It's okay. It's all right. It's all right, Rita. It's over. It's over, Rita.
05:56Thankfully, Rita and her wonderful plastic mug survived the ordeal.
06:01The episode went down as a Corrie classic.
06:04The hotel was even bestowed with its own blue plaque to commemorate the event.
06:08And Peter Kay paid a sneaky tribute to the scene in Phoenix Nights.
06:12People never looked at Blackpool, Trams or Men Named Alan in the same way again.
06:19As far as nicknames go, Norman Bates with a briefcase is a pretty good one.
06:23And it does a fantastic job of describing our next Corrie villain.
06:26It is, of course, the slayer of ex-wives and business partners,
06:30the man who left blood on the floor at number four, Mr Richard Hillman.
06:34Now, if we were to try and cover all of Richard's transgressions,
06:37we would have to apply for an extended running time.
06:39So let's concentrate on his more severe crimes.
06:41Richard's victims included one ex-business partner.
06:44Get lost, Dougie.
06:46You had a chance and you blew it.
06:48Oh, come on, Richard!
06:49Please, we can't leave...
06:52No!
06:53No!
06:58In fairness, he wasn't responsible for Dougie Ferguson's death.
07:01We didn't exactly rush to help him either.
07:04Go on, Richard, just one more nine.
07:07Oh, forget it.
07:10That proved to be a turning point for Richard
07:13as he then graduated to the real thing
07:15when he did this to ex-wife Patricia.
07:17It's all going to end for you, Richard.
07:20Just try stopping me!
07:24Ah!
07:29After setting fire to his mother-in-law's house,
07:32Richard's rampage continued at number four Coronation Street
07:36when he attempted to murder Emily
07:38but was disturbed by Maxine,
07:40giving us one of the most chilling lines
07:42ever spoken in Soap World.
07:50Hi, Emily!
07:53Richard.
07:55What the hell are you doing?
07:57You should have stayed at the party, Maxine.
08:06The episode in which he confessed his crimes to wife Gail
08:09was an instant classic
08:11and was watched by more than 19 million people.
08:14It's true.
08:17I'm sorry.
08:19Don't come to hear me.
08:21OK.
08:23OK.
08:26I didn't want to burden you with something like this.
08:29No!
08:30Don't!
08:30It's an accident!
08:31Let me explain!
08:32No!
08:32Get out of me!
08:33She was a young mother,
08:35a whole life ahead of her life!
08:36It was an accident!
08:37How could it be an accident?
08:39She was hit over the head with a crowbar!
08:41She wasn't supposed to be there.
08:43My mum was right all along.
08:45Everything I've done is for you, Gail.
08:49I might be a killer.
08:52But I did it for you.
08:55I've killed for you, Gail.
08:58Would any man you've ever known do that?
09:01Did Brian or Martin love you that much?
09:05You're twisted.
09:08You're Norman Bates with a briefcase.
09:11And I don't want you living under the same roof as my family.
09:15The whole saga came to a head.
09:17when Richard kidnapped Gail and her children.
09:19What came next was pure dynamite telling.
09:23Get out!
09:25This is it!
09:29I love you!
09:31I love you!
09:34I love you!
09:42The episode caused a surge, quite literally,
09:46as the National Grid reported a 1,200 megawatt power surge during the ad break.
09:53Which is the equivalent of 450,000 kettles being clicked on.
09:57Sometimes, only a brew will do.
09:59Why is it northern women always think that tea is the answer to the world's problems?
10:03Somebody dies, cup of tea.
10:05Somebody's born, cup of tea.
10:07Somebody's betrayed, cup of tea.
10:08Coming up, we reach inside the receptacle that is Corrie's biggest villains, and pull out some more bona fide baddies.
10:15I guess they know I'm bad.
10:17Welcome back to Coronation Street's Villains.
10:20In part one, we saw how bad the boys can be on the cobbles.
10:24But what about the girls?
10:26In my experience, when it comes to Corrie, the girls can certainly give as good as they get.
10:30Oh dear.
10:32I think I might have fractured your husband to go, Mrs. Anne-Hann.
10:34Still.
10:35Rangie, my girl, I know what to do, won't you?
10:37I could have any man I wanted!
10:39Not any man.
10:40Well, any man but you.
10:42Oh!
10:42Oh!
10:44Oh!
10:45Oh!
10:47And you want to be careful.
10:49Because there's a lot of other stuff I could confess that you really don't want to eat.
10:52Don't hurt you!
10:53I will!
10:53I'll jump, and I'll take you with us!
10:55I'll take our son with us!
10:57No!
10:57Don't you really think I will let you treat me like this?
11:00Say goodbye, because you're never going to see either of us again.
11:04But there's one girl who is head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to being bad.
11:09Whether it's wielding statues, conning croppers, or starting fires, one thing's for certain.
11:14Tracey Barlow is not to be messed with.
11:17You ain't seen nothing yet.
11:24Well, I am sure, because I'm not pregnant.
11:27You ain't seen nothing yet.
11:28I thought you had a litter taking shape in there.
11:31Were you really going to sneak off without saying goodbye, you naughty boy?
11:36Oh, look!
11:37The mousse is loose!
11:39Can't always be barren, Karen!
11:43Tracey!
11:44How could you pull a cheap, nasty trick like that?
11:48There's nothing decent or honest about you, is there?
11:51You're incapable of acting like a normal human being, you're evil!
11:55You just don't know when to show up, do you?
11:59Yes, when it comes to bad girls, there ain't many come close to our Tracey.
12:03But of all the acts, of all the ruined weddings, arguments and bar fights,
12:08it's Tracey's relationship with Charlie Stubbs that really set the bar low.
12:13But I'm free tonight.
12:14I'll have the whole place to myself.
12:17As soon as I get rid of the cleaner.
12:20I'm not scared of you, Charlie.
12:22I'm bored of you, Tracey.
12:25You don't pack your own bags, I'll do it for you.
12:28Pack your bags, mate!
12:30You're going on a journey with your mummy now!
12:33We're not going anywhere, Charlie!
12:37Oh, you are.
12:40Right.
12:42I'll just turn the music up.
12:43Strap yourselves in as you're about to witness
12:45the first time anyone has ever done a sexy dance to Oasis.
13:09But this wasn't the first time No. 6 Coronation Street
13:12has had to have the carpets industrially cleaned.
13:14There have been no fewer than four other tragedies in this
13:19and the previous house on this site.
13:21From Valerie Barlow's electrocution in 1971,
13:25right through to Jeff Metcalfe's recent hospitalisation
13:28at the wrong end of a bottle of Rioja.
13:31Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a romance!
13:35Speaking of statues, if there was one erected
13:37for the baddest of all the Coronation Street baddies,
13:40then it would certainly be for this chap,
13:42Mr. Pat Phelan.
13:44Don't you dare push it any more than you already have.
13:47You are so gonna regret crossing me,
13:51you and little Mikey Rodwell.
13:52We've saved the worst till last,
13:55as Pat Phelan has a rap sheet
13:57longer than Steve McDonnell's wedding list.
13:59We first met Pat as he terrorised the Windass family,
14:01but as the years went on,
14:03his deeds slowly grew more dastardly.
14:05What is this? You've wasted enough of my time.
14:07You think yourself lucky you don't have to sit through any trailers,
14:10we can go straight to the main feature.
14:12No audio, mind.
14:14But I think it's clear I'm trying to walk away.
14:17Then bang!
14:19So I think under the circumstances,
14:20we should sit down and talk turkey, don't you?
14:24He's starting off relatively tame by his standards,
14:27using blackmail to get Anna Windass into bed.
14:30So is this just another one of your games?
14:34Fact is.
14:36It's a simple business transaction.
14:39Yeah, I thought so.
14:40And what do you get out of it?
14:42You.
14:43A couple of hours.
14:44They go free.
14:46How easy was that?
14:50Taking it up a notch,
14:51he left Michael Rodwell to die,
14:53after he'd figured out Pat's property scam
14:55and threatened to unveil it.
14:56You.
15:00No.
15:01Please.
15:03Please not now.
15:13He then turned his attention to Andy Carver
15:16after he tried to expose Pat's role in Michael's death.
15:24What are you doing here?
15:26Oh.
15:28Nice try.
15:32Just like Mikey.
15:34You know, I could see the whites of his eyes.
15:36They were pleading with me.
15:38I've never seen anyone look so scared.
15:42Pat held Andy captive for almost a year,
15:45then kidnapped ex-associate Vinnie
15:47before he could go to the police,
15:48doing away with them both.
15:50I thought I heard the shuffle of the angels.
15:52Do it, Andy.
15:54End him.
15:56I can't.
15:58Now do it, Andy.
15:59Save yourself.
16:00No.
16:00Come on, Trigger.
16:01No.
16:01Do it.
16:02Kill him.
16:12No.
16:14No.
16:15No.
16:16No.
16:16No.
16:17No.
16:18No.
16:18No.
16:19No.
16:19No.
16:19No.
16:20No.
16:20No.
16:29No.
16:36No.
16:38No.
16:46No.
16:49So with those two out of the way,
16:51you'd think Pat would just sit back and enjoy some well-earned time off.
16:55But you'd be wrong,
16:56because after Luke Britton confronted him about Andy's disappearance,
16:59this happened.
17:22Let's go.
17:57And as the bodies of Pat's victims were discovered,
18:01he faced a dramatic showdown with wife Eileen.
18:03Pat, did you get a message?
18:05Who are you talking to?
18:07Nobody.
18:08Oh!
18:12Listen, if you can hear me,
18:13you've got to try and tell us where you are, OK?
18:15Because Pat is dangerous.
18:16They think they've killed two people.
18:20You've destroyed my life.
18:22You've destroyed Todd's life.
18:25You're a murderer, a rapist.
18:27No rapist!
18:28Oh, you think I'm going to believe you over on her
18:30after everything you've done to her?
18:32You've made me your accomplice.
18:34The keys.
18:35To all your disgusting sick...
18:48Hang on, though.
18:49Plot twist.
18:50Pat wasn't dead.
18:51He was holed up in a B&B plot in his revenge.
18:54Now, two things Corrie seems to always have in abundance
18:57are sieges and weddings.
18:59So why not...
18:59Combine the two.
19:01Get out of here!
19:07What have you done?
19:10Nicola?
19:12Call an ambulance!
19:14Get away from here.
19:18Help me!
19:20Help me!
19:20She's dying!
19:21Help me!
19:22OK, we need to get to hospital right now.
19:24You.
19:25You're going to save her.
19:27Pat.
19:28She's your daughter.
19:30That's why he's going to save her.
19:32Or I will shoot her first!
19:34No!
19:35OK.
19:35OK.
19:37Robert.
19:39I love you.
19:39I will kill you.
19:41Then I will kill her.
19:44Shall not.
19:45Please, David, please, David, please.
19:48Everybody over there!
19:50Move!
19:52I love you.
19:56And I promise you,
19:57if anybody follows me into that kitchen,
19:59I will shoot her.
20:14You.
20:15Yeah, me.
20:19No!
20:21Get off!
20:22Go away!
20:25No!
20:44I win.
20:57So, as Pat's reign of terror came to an end, it left the door open for the next generation
21:02of Weatherfield wrongdoers.
21:03You're disease-ridden old tart.
21:05Every good story needs a hero and a villain, and Coronation Street's next crop of scoundrels
21:11are just around the corner.
21:13I'm losing sleep, so I walk these dirty streets, I heal by blood, run through this neighborhood.
21:25I don't get it, this life ain't living, it's screaming in my face, I'll hide it on my knees,
21:36yeah, not too late.