Corrie - Tracy Barlow's plan

[maycm]

I thought for a moment she was going to pull his plug and finish him off in the hospital.

As for the right handed thing...I wonder how you tell if someone is right or left handed after they die?

Perhaps an absence of left handed scissors/tin openers?

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[cori]

It's all that CSI, but I wonder if that will be enough to bust her???

[tec]

I really enjoyed the death-blow scenes. Tracey acted them well and it was terribly funny when she kept slapping him back to consciouness to say something like, "and furthermore you *7^%#, I also hate you for this and that." It is typical in verbal arguments, but in the death scenes too funny. Can't belieive she actually went to the hospital AFTER being warned that she would go into prison immediately IF she did. What an idiot.

What I didn't like was letting that poor little girl (Amy) be a part of those scenes afterwards. You could tell by looking at her she was too young to understand anything and looked terrified and confused. Her "real parents" should be ashamed to have allowed that I think.

[cori]

Okay so Charlie is DEAD, but alas Tracy has been charged with murder, it's going to be that left hand thing, but I think she'll manage bail and Steve & Peter will manage to get her out of the country.

[cori]

I also feel for Blanche as she has managed to miss the action due to falling asleep in the bathroom, Norris on the other has benn a hands on DI, that's scary

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Tracy Barlow to wreak Street havoc

Tracy Barlow's return in Coronation Street could spell trouble for Peter Barlow and Leanne Battersby's romance. Tracy - played by Kate Ford - is set to return to Weatherfield once again this spring, following a spell in prison, where she was jailed for murdering ex-boyfriend Charlie Stubbs (Bill Ward).

Chris Gascoyne, who portrays her alcoholic stepbrother Peter, hinted to TV Times: "Whenever Kate is around, things go wrong - Tracy comes in with a huge wooden spoon and stirs everything up." He added: "You know, Peter's just troubled, he's got demons but she's actually murdered someone."

Tracy has blackmailed Roy Cropper, broke up Steve McDonald's marriage with Karen and faked an abortion in the past.

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haha, good stuff

[SpursFan1902]

Wow, can't wait for her return! She sounds like Corrie's Janine...

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Here's a spoiler about an upcoming story involving the Barlows...

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Killer Tracy Returns
Ian Wylie
April 22, 2010
manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Street fighting woman Tracy Barlow is back and ready to spark more trouble from behind her prison bars. Salford-born actress Kate Ford, who plays Coronation Street killer Tracy, smiles: “She’s got worse, nastier, if that’s possible.”

The jailbird is granted day release for the funeral of battleaxe Blanche Hunt, played by Maggie Jones - the Corrie legend who died last December at the age of 75. Viewers will learn that Blanche, famous for her caustic one-liners, has died from a heart attack in her sleep while away in Portugal.

Toxic Tracy was imprisoned for 15 years in 2007 for the murder of builder boyfriend Charlie Stubbs (Bill Ward) and separated from young daughter Amy. After her taste of freedom, she becomes involved in prison with new cellmate and former Weatherfield neighbour Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth), who is awaiting trial for murder. Tracy then plots to frame innocent Gail over the death of husband Joe (Reece Dinsdale) in exchange for transfer to an open prison.

Off screen, Kate, 32, has taken time out for the birth of son Otis, who will be two in June. She admits she was “absolutely terrified” when she returned to film an episode of BBC1 daytime drama Missing. “When you’ve been at home with a baby, you lose your confidence a bit. Now I’m very excited to be back. I know everybody at Coronation Street - it was so familiar. That made it a lot easier.”

After three years away, conniving Tracy returns on May 7, three days before - handcuffed to a prison warder - she attends the poignant farewell to her sharp-tongued screen grandmother.

“Tracy is totally cut up about Blanche. She loved her. I went to Maggie’s funeral in London - that was beautiful. But for me, personally, I had to not think about Maggie when it was Blanche’s funeral because that would have been too hard to get through the day. It was difficult because the photograph of Blanche was on the front of the coffin, which is obviously Maggie, and she’s passed away. It was hard but I just tried to separate the two things.”

It was emotional for all the cast members who had also gathered at Salford Cathedral in February to pay tribute to much loved Maggie at her memorial service.

“Maggie was just so dry and she had such a naughty sense of humour. I was quite shocked sometimes by some of the things that she would say. But she was really good fun. You could not forget Maggie. She had such spirit. And such a good actress as well. I used to buy her those cute little floral scarves from Primark. She liked them.”


Kate says Blanche’s funeral is a fitting final goodbye for both actress and character. “You can see just how well loved she was - how well the character is summed up in Annie’s (Anne Kirkbride, who plays Blanche’s daughter Deirdre) speech that she makes about Blanche.

“I don’t think Tracy and Blanche were dissimilar. Tracy is a much more ruthless and extreme version of Blanche. She’s a bit of a chip off that. Blanche thought there was nothing wrong with Tracy,” she laughs.

Voted Best Bitch two years running at the British Soap Awards, there’s no chance of Tracy showing Gail any mercy. Co-star Helen visited Styal Prison as part of her own research for the storyline.

“The thing that’s quite sad is that Gail thinks she’s quite nice - and I think Tracy does feel really bad. But not that bad that she can’t do it. I think it would be nice if Tracy could find some sort of happiness, even for a short time. I think there is a side to her that’s quite kind. And she loves her daughter. So she’s not all bad.”

Kate and freelance TV producer husband Jon now live in London, close to her former screen partner Bill, who was presented with the metal ornament Tracy used to murder Charlie when he left the series. “He lives round the corner from me. I might have to try and steal it off him.”

Tracy will be seen on screen for six weeks with Kate returning to filming in December for a longer stay to be broadcast from February 2011 when, somehow, the character will leave prison and tread the cobbles again. Just how has yet to be decided.

The returning rover has turned down an invite to shake off any prison blues in Strictly Come Dancing. “I haven’t got any confidence in that way. I wouldn’t be able to do it. My nerves would get the better of me.” She adds: “I absolutely love the storyline with Gail. To be honest, I just love Coronation Street. I’ve watched it as a fan and I’ve thought, ‘It’s really good. People are good in this show.’

“I’m honoured to be part of that show. I grew up in Manchester, so it’s always been in my life. I wrote my first letter to ITV when I was about 12, asking to be in Coronation Street. I wrote about 10 letters to the casting director when I was a teenager. I can’t actually believe I got to be in it.”

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Tracy Barlow will be nastier than ever
Lisa McGarry
December 21st, 2010

Tracy Barlow will be nastier than ever when she returns to ‘Coronation Street’ this Christmas. The feisty femme fatale – who was last seen heading to jail for the murder of her evil ex-boyfriend Charlie Stubbs (Bill Ward) – will come back to the cobbles after being released on bail following the revelation that the forensic expert connected with her trial was a fraud.

However “tougher than ever” Tracy – played by Kate Ford – will be returning with just one thing on her mind – getting her daughter Amy (Elle Mulvaney) back from former flame Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and his new wife Becky (Katherine Kelly).

Kate explained: “Tracy is harder than she’s ever been before. Prison has really made her toughen up. She’s learnt a few new tricks which can only mean trouble for everyone around her, especially Steve and Becky. In her mind, a child should be with their mother, regardless of the fact she’s been in prison and proved she’s a pretty nasty person. All she cares about is getting Amy back. As a mother myself I can understand that. It’s just the way she goes about it that’s all wrong. When it comes to Amy she won’t back off.”

However, Tracy is set to get her comeuppance when she is attacked by a vengeful enemy on New Year’s Eve. Kate added to the Daily Star newspaper: “The doorbell goes and Tracy answers the door. All fans will see her say is, ‘Oh God, what do you want?’ And the next minute she’s lying in her own blood.

“With the amount of people she’s pissed off, the list of suspects is huge. But she knows exactly who it is and they are in serious trouble!”

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[SpursFan1902]

Yippie!! She is horrible...There's poor Peter telling his tragic rescue tale and her response after she interrupts is "Ok, now back to me.." Really???

[SpursFan1902]

WHAT A "C" WORD!!! I am going to LOVE hating her!

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haha yeah, she's easy to hate for sure - even when her and Becky were fighting there was someone saying 'give her one from me!', haha

[SpursFan1902]

It is going to be awesome! Her self centeredness is knows no bounds. And why hasn't Steve or Becky just said " Yep, we gave her money to live on while Max was with us. There is no law against it..." They just automatically looked guilty and gave her the upper hand.