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Coronation Street Collection 18 Alec
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Күн бұрынTaken from the original Time Life series of profiles of Coronation Street characters/families
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@glamdolly30 2 жыл бұрын
Alec Gilroy may have been a relatively late star in the Corrie hall of fame, but he became an iconic one, and richly deserves his place there. Roy Barraclough was a wonderful actor. Corrie producers struggled to persuade him to stay in the show for long, as he had itchy feet and loved doing theatre work. Thank the Lord they did persuade him to commit to the stints he completed - his tenure of the Rovers as Bet's husband gave the show a new lease of life. The Gilroys were a superb double act, Bet and Alec were totally believable as a couple, with great onscreen chemistry and superb range, their stories covering comedy and tragedy with equal aplomb. Alec Gilroy is without doubt one of the Street's all-time greats, never to be surpassed God love him!
@jayrobinson7554 Жыл бұрын
Excellently put 👍🙂 xx
@ossyshaz 4 жыл бұрын
Love Roy Barraclough Great actor and a really nice guy R.I.P
@billyfleeter1417 2 жыл бұрын
While he'd never admit it Alec really did love Bet.
@paulacatcatballou3907 6 жыл бұрын
This were when Coronation st were really good & worth watching, always loved Bet & Alec. The times Alec has had me laugh out loud with his 1 liners,,, Bless them all...
@davidjones6470 3 жыл бұрын
Bloody great them two together 👍
@jacksonirving4594 4 жыл бұрын
Him n les Dawson as sissy n aida were great.
@terencehowarth8966 3 жыл бұрын
When Corrie was worth watching. I can’t stand it no more I still watch the classics coronation street
@pjoseph5950 3 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@paulacatcatballou3907 6 жыл бұрын
Alec should never had left he were brilliant.
@zanducktv2398 7 жыл бұрын
RIP Roy, terrific actor. :(
@Paulious78 7 жыл бұрын
ZanduckTV2 such a shock, he was a lovely man who always had time for his fans
@glamdolly30 6 жыл бұрын
Yes Roy Barraclough was a superb actor - wonderful in drag with Les Dawson as 'Cissy and Ada' , fantastic as Alec Gilroy. I didn't think his double act with Les could be improved on, then he pairs up with iconic Bet Lynch. What a great team they were - brought new magic to Corrie.
@sarahgreen5442 6 жыл бұрын
Didn't know he died
@JohnJohnson-tw8qk 3 жыл бұрын
Roy barraclough was great in corrie r.i.p
@ZadenZane Жыл бұрын
I loved Alec Gilroy, one of very few truly iconic male characters in Coronation Street. Alec's best man (37:00 minutes in, etc) was Elsie Tanner's husband in real life. Tony Hatch, Tony Ward, whatever his name were. He married Pat Phoenix on her deathbed, aye.
@shellc6743 3 жыл бұрын
Classic Coronation Street ... these two.
@paulacatcatballou3907 6 жыл бұрын
Absolute classic the episode with the tarantula Bet and Alec had me in stitches,,,I will always remember them with absolute love. The story lines were brilliant back then.
@alexanderjones9572 5 жыл бұрын
PJ. MJ. D Tbh, from what I can make out, it were all "Duckegg's fault. Imagine if it had happened in Annie Walker's time!!
@gregrowbrey7102 11 ай бұрын
Bless the great Julie Goodyear, as she now faces her biggest battle dementia. ❤
@josephlandrut4154 5 жыл бұрын
When ALEC Gilroy came into coronation Street I expected Les Dawson to show up also as a double act.
@davidjones6470 3 жыл бұрын
Now that would have been bloody brilliant,
@annabellesinger3717 3 жыл бұрын
Alec was always so busy all the time he never stopped and Bet loved the Rovers more!
@clivestuarteardley6049 5 ай бұрын
Alec was absolutely 💯 brilliant and I met Roy and was such a lovely man and so talented.
@marjomc5582 6 жыл бұрын
Great compilation. Loved Alec and Bet together.
@pinky-ud1rt 3 жыл бұрын
They should of made bet have that baby they would of been great parents x
@francesgillotti1378 3 жыл бұрын
She looks to old to have a baby I think 🤔
@dominewimbury2039 3 жыл бұрын
@Saul Goodman it could have been a girl
@dominewimbury2039 3 жыл бұрын
I agree Diane
@dominewimbury2039 3 жыл бұрын
@@francesgillotti1378 age is just a number
@christinefougere 3 жыл бұрын
I liked Alec a lot, great character
@pinky-ud1rt 3 жыл бұрын
I just loved alec and bet...i wished alec stayed with bet x
@rickyodriscoll9729 10 ай бұрын
Bet & Alec I loved them great comedy & drama and I loved bet the best landlady she’ll always be the Queen of the rovers & Corrie
@alexanderjones9572 5 жыл бұрын
Don't see why Mike's comment, that he 'hoped Bet had a better life in the future than she'd had in the past' worried Alec. I mean Mike knew she'd not had a brilliant past, and he was just innocently wishing her well!
@dominewimbury2039 3 жыл бұрын
I know. Touchy ain't he
@alexanderjones9572 5 жыл бұрын
Good to see Sue Jenkins ( Jackie Corkhill from Brookside) again! Thought I recognised her-and IMMEDIATELY recognised her voice!
@gowmitch069 5 жыл бұрын
I didn't now Alex was in when he didn't wear glasses, i been watching on ITV 3 from when bet and Alex ran the rovers, good to see the build up to that on here, the banter between Bet, Alex and Jack was laugh out loud, nowadays Corrie is depressing
@Paulious78 5 жыл бұрын
He wasnt in it for long, just a few odd episodes in the 1970's as club compere and the artistic agent. He would have a longer stay in the second half of the 1980's finally leaving in 1992, but would return in the late 1990's after Bet left the street.
@alexanderjones9572 5 жыл бұрын
I was surprised when Bet said she was pregnant. I thought she was going to say she had cancer, tbh!
@christinefougere 3 жыл бұрын
the barmaid is the real life mother of Craig Harris
@alexanderjones9572 5 жыл бұрын
'This time I'm seeing the engineer, not the oil rag.' 😂😂😂 (I must remember that phrase, to use sometime!)
@terencehowarth8966 3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Sarah77637 7 жыл бұрын
Alec looks like Norris.
@laminage 5 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one who felt that way. I didn't watch when he was on the Show but they had some memorable characters in The Rovers.
@user-hc8sn1vs2k 7 ай бұрын
Poor alec bet kicks off but still they are in love awww
@alexanderjones9572 5 жыл бұрын
Poor Vicky! I wasn't watching at this point, but her grandmother dies suddenly, then as her and her parents are going to the grandmother's funeral, her parents are killed in a crash!
@charlottebruce979 4 жыл бұрын
Coronation Street always had both outstanding acting or really bad acting nothing much in between.
@deborahcraven6435 4 жыл бұрын
Good grief , can’t get away from it .......... corona ...tion st !!!!!
@josephlenehan4461 2 жыл бұрын
Joseph and today TV 😀
@user-qn7oc9fq2q 6 жыл бұрын
Yes he said if he came back and bought the pub but he cannot buy a tenancy now because Steve selling the pub not the tenancy
@alexanderjones9572 5 жыл бұрын
Tbh, at 41:32, Alec looked more dead than asleep, and Bet wasn't worried at all! I thought it'd be like later on, when Norris thought Rita was dead!
@user-hc8sn1vs2k 7 ай бұрын
Hi Paul have you got More episodes the collection thanks I hope
@terencehowarth8966 3 жыл бұрын
Oooo this is the blabber chops 🤣
@Sarah77637 7 жыл бұрын
Rita hasn't changed much.
@davidjones6470 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent channel just sub 👍
@charlierothwell3107 3 жыл бұрын
Can u upload the 1975 episodes where Alec Gilroy was in it These are April and may 1975 Thank you
@user-hc8sn1vs2k 7 ай бұрын
The spider story is a classic I thought it Angie 😅😅😅😅😅 warning may contain 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️😅😅😅😅
@Phaedrax2 6 жыл бұрын
Please can you tell me the name of the piece of music that is playing when Bet & Alec walk down the isle. It is so familiar, but I cannot place it. Thanks.
@Paulious78 6 жыл бұрын
I can't be too sure, however, I know that in this episode, am comment is passed as to what music is playing and it was 'O Perfect Love'. Whether this was what Bet walked down to the aisle to or whether it was playing as Alec was waiting for Bet i can't remember, I will have to dig out the full episode and double check
@Phaedrax2 6 жыл бұрын
It's ok thanks. I kept humming it over to myself until the words came to me. It is See The Conquering Hero Comes by Handel. :-)
@hannahwillmott641 6 ай бұрын
Alec look different with hair
@christopherdrennan5819 5 жыл бұрын
They should write Alec's funeral in the soap.
@Paulious78 5 жыл бұрын
There are a lot of characters that wouldn't know him, it's the same with Hilda Ogden, not a lot of people would know her. Plus it's the expense of bringing people back for the one or two episodes, either that or recast and I can't see them recasting Bet Lynch, can you?
@Paulious78 3 жыл бұрын
@Saul Goodman I think the only character left who had a soft spot for him is Rita. Maybe Jenny too.
@richard6658 3 жыл бұрын
Maybe not a funeral but Rita could mention in conversation she heard he died and leave for the funeral off screen. And then when she returns she could talk about it and Alec's funny stories with people who remember him- Steve who was his in law, the websters, the Battersby's, Ken, Tracey, Roy, the Platts etc.
@007beck9 3 жыл бұрын
when did bet and Alec first meet
@Paulious78 3 жыл бұрын
Alec's first appearance was in 1972, so it's possible that they knew of each other especially with them both working around bars. Alec was managing 'The Graffiti Club' in 1986 when the Rovers had it's fire, he opened the bar during the day and was hoping to cash in while the Rovers was being repaired. The graffiti club was situated where the medical centre is now (give or take - artistic license), so practically opposite the Rovers.
@user-hc8sn1vs2k 7 ай бұрын
Here the face of Alec 1:24:59
@user-hc8sn1vs2k 7 ай бұрын
Oh it's classic story 🕷️😁😁😁😁😁
@user-qn7oc9fq2q 6 жыл бұрын
Alec would not be able to afford the pub again
@Paulious78 6 жыл бұрын
Jake Paul It would all depend on whether he was buying the pub or the tenancy.
@VAABoy081 Жыл бұрын
1:19:42 - 😂😂😂😂😂 I’d be the same as Bet … any bugger bringing a whopping great spider in my house!!
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