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VOICEOVER: For six decades, Coronation Street has given us

some of the most memorable characters on television.

I tell you summat, there's a lot of fellas come in here, fancy me.

Point him out to me, will you? Why, what will you do?

Kick his guide dog.

Between you and me,

she's always been quicker at getting in bed than getting out.

There's not a lot on telly either, is there?

And for many of us...

Get out!

...it's Weatherfield's baddies that have kept us entertained.

SCREAMING

Don't fight it. Look at the flames.

CARLA SCREAMING

Tonight, we don our leather gloves

and grab the closest blunt object to hand as we celebrate

Coronation Street's villains.

♪ I'm the bad guy. ♪

Yes, there is definitely something in the water in Weatherfield,

as Coronation Street continues to be cursed

with villains and dastardly deeds.

You're ruined, Mike.

From Joe Donnelli's carol concert with a twist...

♪ All is calm... ♪

Come on, Stanley, sing it louder. Put your foot on it, Stanley!

♪ Round yon Virgin Mother and child... ♪

...to Maya Sharma's renovation of the corner shop.

MUSIC: 'Firestarter' by The Prodigy

Corrie has certainly had some memorable baddies.

But who is the baddest of the lot?

There's been some pretty terrifying folk

living on that famous old street,

and here's a look at some of the worst.

If you ever cross me again, I will kill you.

I can't swim. Good.

ROY YELLS

Bang.

Bang.

Don't even think about it.

You're a madman.

No, but this is it - I'm not, I'm a school teacher.

What goes around comes around.

Me and you now... Come any closer, and we all go up.

I'm untouchable.

Either you drive...

or your little sister becomes an internet porn star.

You've got plenty to lose.

You'll die gobby, too.

Don't you dare! SHE SCREAMS

You're not even the best I've had this week.

I'll try and make it quick.

But for one of the most memorable, we have to go back to 1986.

And in the year that gave us the hand of God,

the M25 and Top Gun, it was also responsible

for introducing us to a genuine Corrie bad guy...

Mr Alan Bradley.

You always did have a talent for needling me, didn't you?

Might just get you into trouble again, you know.

Alan arrived on the street and made an instant impression on Rita.

Oh, speak of the devil. Hello.

Hello. I can't stay long. I've parked in a bus stop.

How do you feel about dining out in style tonight?

And I won't take no for an answer.

Two nights on the trot? Don't know whether I can keep up the pace,

but being as I've only got beef burgers or fish fingers for us tea,

go on, you've talked me into it. Good. I've already booked the table.

But things began to take a turn when he stole the deeds to Rita's house.

Which, as everybody knows,

are always kept in an old biscuit tin on the sideboard.

MUSIC: 'Bad To The Bone' by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

♪ Bad to the bone. ♪

He also impersonated her dead husband

to get his hands on some cash, and when Rita found out,

Alan's dark side was finally uncovered.

You've lied and plotted and manipulated...

SHE SIGHS ...and betrayed.

All right, so I'm no angel.

I've been to the building society. I put them straight.

You've lied, and you've cheated,

but you'll not walk away from this with a smile on your face.

PHONE RINGS

You think you've fixed me, don't you?

RINGING CONTINUES You're finished, Alan.

You've had a charmed life, and now your time's up.

You bitch! You stupid, vindictive bitch!

RITA SCREAMS Stop it, stop it!

Maybe your time's up an' all!

ALAN GRUNTS

RITA SOBS

You'd put me away for a few lousy quid?

No, no. Would ya?

RITA SCREAMS Oh!

Rita knew what she had to do.

She needed to hide and not draw attention to herself,

so she got herself a discreet, low-key job...

as a lounge singer in Blackpool.

RITA SINGING

♪ Though I've loved you For a million years

♪ And if I thought our love Was ending

♪ I'd find myself drowning In my own tears. ♪

But wily old Alan was soon racing up the M55

to corner Rita at the Strand Hotel.

Cue one of the most famous scenes in Corrie history.

Get in the car. BRAKES SCREECH

TRAM HORN BLARES

RITA SOBS Rita!

Rita, it's OK, it's all right. It's all right, Rita.

It's over. It's over, Rita.

Thankfully, Rita and her wonderful plastic mac survived the ordeal.

The episode went down as a Corrie classic.

The hotel was even bestowed

with its own blue plaque to commemorate the event.

And Peter Kay paid a sneaky tribute to the scene in Phoenix Nights.

People never looked at Blackpool, trams or men named Alan

in the same way again.

As far as nicknames go,

"Norman Bates with a briefcase" is a pretty good one.

And it does a fantastic job of describing our next Corrie villain.

It is, of course, the slayer of ex-wives and business partners,

the man who left blood on the floor at Number Four, Mr Richard Hillman.

Now, if we were to try and cover all of Richard's transgressions,

we would have to apply for an extended running time,

so let's concentrate on his more severe crimes.

Richard's victims included one ex-business partner.

Get lost, Duggie. You had your chance, and you blew it.

Oh, come on, Richard! Please, we can't leave...

Duggie! No-o-o!

In fairness, he wasn't responsible for Duggie Ferguson's death,

but he didn't exactly rush to help him either.

Go on, Richard, just one more nine.

Oh, forget it!

That proved to be a turning point for Richard,

as he then graduated to the real thing

when he did this to ex-wife Patricia.

It's all gonna end for you, Richard! SHE SPITS

Just try stopping me!

SHE SCREAMS

After setting fire to his mother-in-law's house,

Richard's rampage continued at Number Four Coronation Street

when he attempted to murder Emily but was disturbed by Maxine,

giving us one of the most chilling lines ever spoken in soap world.

DOOR OPENS, CLOSES

Hi, Emily!

Richard... What the hell are you doing?

You should've stayed at the party, Maxine.

BABY CRIES

SCREAMS

The episode in which he confessed his crimes to wife Gail

was an instant classic

and was watched by more than 19 million people.

It's true.

I'm sorry... No, don't come near me.

OK, OK.

I didn't want to burden you with something like this.

No, don't! It was an accident, let me explain! No!

No, get off me! She was a young mother, her whole life ahead of her.

It was an accident! How could it be an accident?!

She was hit over the head with a crowbar!

She wasn't supposed to be there.

Me mam was right all along.

Everything I've done is for you, Gail.

I might be a killer, but...

...but I did it for you.

I've killed for you, Gail!

Would any man you've ever known do that?

Did Brian or Martin love you that much?

You're twisted.

You're Norman Bates with a briefcase...

...and I don't want you living under the same roof as my family.

The whole saga came to a head

when Richard kidnapped Gail and her children.

What came next was pure dynamite telly.

No! Get off!

This is it!

No! I love you!

SCREAMING

The episode caused a surge - quite literally -

as the national grid reported

a 1,200-megawatt power surge during the ad break...

...which is the equivalent of 450,000 kettles being clicked on!

Sometimes, only a brew'll do.

Why is it Northern women always think that tea is the answer

to the world's problems?

Somebody dies, cup of tea.

Somebody's born, cup of tea. Somebody's betrayed, cup of tea.

Coming up, we reach inside the receptacle

that is Corrie's biggest villains

and pull out some more bona fide baddies!

Welcome back to Coronation Street's Villains.

In part one, we saw how bad the boys can be on the cobbles,

but what about the girls?

In my experience, when it comes to Corrie,

the girls can certainly give as good as they get!

Oh, dear...

I think I might have fractured your husband's skull, Mrs Alahan.

Still, brain tumour girl will know what to do, won't you?

I could have any man I wanted! Not any man.

Well, any man but you.

And you wanna be careful,

cos there's a lot of other stuff I could confess

that you really don't wanna hear.

Don't hurt him. I will, I'll jump,

and I'll take him with us. I'll take our son with us.

Do you really think I will let you treat me like this?

Say goodbye, cos you're never going to see either of us again.

But there's one girl who is head and shoulders above the rest

when it comes to being bad.

Whether it's wielding statues, conning Croppers or starting fires,

one thing's for certain -

Tracy Barlow is not to be messed with!

You ain't seen nothing yet. SHE CHUCKLES

MUSIC: 'Maneater' by Nelly Furtado

Well, I am sure, because I'm not pregnant.

No!

I thought you had a litter taking shape in there.

Were you really gonna sneak off without saying goodbye?

You naughty boy!

Oh, look!

The moose is loose.

You'll always be Barren Karen!

DEIRDRE: Tracy!

How could you pull a cheap, nasty trick like that?

There's nothing decent or honest about you, is there?

You're incapable of acting like a normal human being. You're evil.

You just don't know when to shut up, do you?

Yes, when it comes to bad girls,

there ain't many come close to our Tracy.

But of all the acts,

of all the ruined weddings, arguments and bar fights

it's Tracy's relationship with Charlie Stubbs

that really set the bar... low.

But I'm free tonight. I'll have the whole place to myself...

as soon as I get rid of the cleaner.

I'm not scared of you, Charlie.

I'm bored of you, Trace.

If you don't pack your own bags, I'll do it for you.

Pack your bags, Amy. You're going on a journey with your mummy now.

We're not going anywhere, Charlie.

Oh, you are.

Right...

I'll just turn the music up.

Strap yourselves in, as you're about to witness

the first time anyone has ever done a sexy dance to Oasis.

MUSIC: 'Whatever' by Oasis

TRACY GRUNTS

But this wasn't the first time Number Six Coronation Street

has had to have the carpets industrially cleaned.

There have been no fewer than four other tragedies in this

and the previous house on this site.

From Valerie Barlow's electrocution in 1971...

right through to Geoff Metcalfe's recent hospitalisation

at the wrong end of a bottle of rioja.

MUSIC: 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga

Speaking of statues, if there was one erected

for the baddest of all the Coronation Street baddies,

then it would certainly be for this chap -

Mr Pat Phelan.

Don't you dare push it more than you already have.

You are so gonna regret crossing me, you and little Mikey Rodwell.

We've saved the worst till last,

as Pat Phelan has a rap sheet longer than Steve McDonald's wedding list.

We first met Pat as he terrorised the Windass family,

but as the years went on, his deeds slowly grew more dastardly.

What is this? You've wasted enough of my time.

Think yourself lucky you don't have to sit through any trailers.

We can go straight to the main feature.

No audio, mind,

but I think it's clear I'm trying to walk away...

then bang!

So, I think, under the circumstances,

we should sit down and talk turkey, don't you?

He started off relatively tame by his standards,

using blackmail to get Anna Windass into bed.

So is this just another one of your games?

Fact is... it's a simple business transaction.

ANNA SCOFFS

Yeah, I thought so, and what do you get out of it?

You.

Couple of hours, they go free...

How easy was that?

Taking it up a notch, he left Michael Rodwell to die

after he'd figured out Pat's property scam

and threatened to unveil it.

You...

No, please.

Please, not now.

He then turned his attention to Andy Carver,

after he tried to expose Pat's role in Michael's death.

GRUNTING

What have you got here?

Oh... Nice try!

Just like Mikey. You know, I could see the whites of his eyes.

They were pleading with me.

I've never seen anyone look so scared.

Pat held Andy captive for almost a year,

then kidnapped ex-associate Vinny before he could go to the police,

doing away with them both.

Do it, Andy. End him.

I can't.

Do it, Andy! Save yourself! Pull the trigger! No!

Do it! Kill him!

GUNSHOT

No...

I know you.

See? You can't do it, can you?

Because underneath it all, you are a good man, Pat.

And you're no murderer. You don't know me.

GUNSHOT

So, with those two out of the way, you'd think Pat would just sit back

and enjoy some well-earned time off, but you'd be wrong.

Because after Luke Britton confronted him

about Andy's disappearance, this happened...

HE GROANS

ENGINE STUTTERS

And as the bodies of Pat's victims were discovered,

he faced a dramatic showdown with wife Eileen.

FROM PHONE: 'Eileen, did you get the message?'

Who are you talking to? Nobody.

SHE YELPS

'Listen, if you can hear me, try and tell us where you are, OK?

'Because Pat is dangerous. They think he's killed two people.'

Argh!

You've destroyed my life, you've destroyed Todd's life...

...you're a murderer, a rapist... I'm no rapist!

Oh, you think I'm going to believe you over Anna,

after everything you've done to her?!

You've made me your accomplice... The keys...

...to all your disgusting, sick... ...give me them!

EILEEN SCREAMS

PAT YELLS

Hang on, though, plot twist...

Pat wasn't dead!

He was holed up in a B&B, plotting his revenge.

Now, two things Corrie seems to always have in abundance

are sieges and weddings, so why not... Boo.

...combine the two?

GRUNTING Get off!

PAT YELLS

GUNSHOT

What have you done?! Nicola?

BABY CRIES Call an ambulance!

Get away from her.

DOOR SLAMS OPEN Help me!

Help me, she's dying! Help me!

OK, we need to get her to hospital right now.

You... You're gonna save her.

Pat, she's your daughter.

That's why he's gonna save her.

Or I will shoot her first!

No! OK. OK.

SIRENS WAIL Robert...

I will kill you, then I will kill her.

MICHELLE SOBS Michelle, no!

Please, take me. Please, take me. Please.

Everybody over there! Move!

I love you. I love you.

And I promise you, if anybody follows me into that kitchen,

I will shoot her.

MICHELLE SOBS

You? Yeah, me.

MICHELLE GRUNTS

Get off! Get off me!

GUNSHOT

SCREAMING

BREATHES HEAVILY

PAT YELLS

HE GASPS

I win.

So, as Pat's reign of terror came to an end,

it left the door open

for the next generation of Weatherfield wrongdoers.

You disease-ridden old tart.

Every good story needs a hero and a villain,

and Coronation Street's next crop of scoundrels

are just around the corner.

MUSIC: 'Bad Blood' by Supergrass

♪ I'm losing sleep So I walk these dirty streets

♪ I hear bad blood

♪ Run through this neighbourhood

♪ I don't get it

♪ This life ain't living

♪ It's screaming in my face

♪ All right!

♪ I'm on my knees, yeah!

♪ Much too late... ♪

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