17 December 2010

Gallery Updates

17th December 2010

The Coronation Street section of our gallery has now been updated with all the screencaps from the tram crash week where our Keith (Ciaran) played a bit of hero, helping with the rescue of people trapped in the wreckage, including Sunita. Click the link below to take a look..

http://www.boyzgallery.site11.com/boyzgallery/index.php?cat=8

7 December 2010

Keith out and about

7th December 2010

The beginning of December has been a busy time for Keith; as well as preparing for the Coronation Street live episode this Thursday, he's been out and about at a few events.

On the 1st December, he and the family went along to see Mikey in his opening performance of Aladdin at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin and on the 4th, the annual Keith Duffy Masquerade Ball in aid of autism took place. Pictures from both these events are in our gallery now...

http://www.boyzgallery.site11.com/boyzgallery/index.php?cat=12

Also on the 1st December, the Duffy family went along to the RDS for the 7Up Christmas on Ice. To see some fab pictures of Keith, Lisa, Jay & Mia on the Ice, check out the facebook page for the skating rink below...

http://tinyurl.com/3amcmdp

Inside Soap Survey results

6th December 2010

The results of the Inside Soap survey are in already and Keith was picked as the second sexiest male in the history of Coronation Street behind Rob James Collier who played Liam Connor. Not bad for the amount of characters who must have walked the famous cobbles over 50 years!

Source: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a291389/blanche-hunt-voted-best-corrie-character.html

1 December 2010

Corrie's big week...

1st December 2010

Next week is Coronation Street's 50th Anniversary and as well as an explosive set of episodes - which, seeing as Keith's character Ciaran works in the very bar that explodes, he's bound to get caught up in somehow (eek!) - there's other special programming worth keeping an eye on just in case, for glimpses of Keith...

First up on Saturday 5th December is 'Stars on the Street', a documentary about the celebrities who have starred in Corrie. It's a repeat, so I know Keith appears in this, think it must have been filmed in 2008, as if I remember correctly, his hair was longer; like it was in the Love You Anyway' video. Anyway, if you fancy watching that, it's on ITV1 at 5.15pm.

On Monday 6th December, ITV2 is showing 'Coronation Street Uncovered: Live' on the night of the tram crash. It's a behind-the-scenes show which will feature interviews with cast members and we can always watch in the hope Keith may be one of them! Tune in at 10.00pm.

On Tuesday 7th December, the Lorraine Kelly show is coming live and direct from the corrie set, if you're around at 8.30am it may be worth watching just in case he appears on this.
Also on Tuesday, the first part of 'Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments' is being broadcast on ITV1 at 9.00pm. If it's one of those 'talking heads' type programmes he might be a part of it. Not definite, but again, worth a look just in case. Might be a good programme to watch anyway!

The second part of 'Coronation Street: 50 Years, 50 Moments' is on Thursday 9th December (the night of the live episode - oooh!) again at 9.00pm. If you watch the first, there's no point missing the second, after all you'd miss the all important number one moment! Oh and you never know... glimpses of Keith!
Also that night, the 'Celebrity Juice: Coronation Street Special' is on at 10.00pm on ITV2. As far as I know, he isn't on this but you may want to watch it anyway. Keith's (Ciaran) on screen girlfriend Kym Marsh (Michelle) definitely appears as well as former on screen fiance Shobna Gulati, (Sunita) so at least there's a Keith connection!

Friday 10th December sees Paul O'Grady host 'Coronation Street: The big 50' on ITV1 at 9.00pm; featuring a quiz, musical performances and some surprises. This is the one everyone should watch as Keith is joined by his Boyzone bandmates Ronan & Shane, and corrie castmate Kym Marsh to sing 'No Matter What'.

Magazines

Keith appears in two magazines this week 'Inside Soap' and 'Ok!'

In 'Inside Soap' he features in a special Corrie 50th Anniversary pull out, which, believe me is worth buying for the gorgeous picture alone! There's also a mini interview where he talks about his memories of watching Coronation Street as a youngster, which storyline he liked, the anniversary itself and the live episode.

In 'Ok!' there's a few pictures of him at Simon Gregson's (Corrie's Steve) wedding; mainly small ones but there's one big photo of him with the happy couple and other fellow Coronation Street cast members. I must say he's looking rather lovely in his glasses..

And finally...
Updates
I've been periodically updating the Coronation Street section of our gallery, so to check them out click the link below

Vote Ciaran/Keith!

26th November 2010

Inside Soap are currently running a survey for Coronation Street's big anniversary that's coming up. You can vote Keith's alter ego Ciaran McCarthy as the sexiest male character of the last 50 years.

So to take the survey and vote for Keith click the link below
http://www.demographix.com/surveys/M2HB-JR9E/N4XJW7HD/

You know it makes sense!

22 October 2010

Kym Marsh on working with Keith..

22nd October 2010

Keith's Corrie co-star Kym Marsh (Michelle) was interviewed in the Inside Soap Coronation Street special recently and one of the questions was about their current storyline together; here's what she had to say...

Are you pleased that Michelle and Ciaran have got together after all their ups and downs?

"Obviously when something has been building up for so long, there comes a point where you want people to get together because you become very attached to your character and want them to be happy! So we were ready to take that forward, and we've had a lot of fun. Keith Duffy is a lovely guy to work with. Don't tell him I said that, because he'll use it against me! But I've been lucky to have so many scenes with him. He's cheeky, and has a great personality and a heart of gold to go with it."

Soaplife Interview

22nd October 2010

Keith was interviewed for Soaplife magazine and Whatsontv.co.uk about the storyline between Ciaran and Michelle (played by Kym Marsh.) It appeared online on the 1st October so I'm a bit late posting it up but here it is for anyone who missed it...

Is this Ciaran's long kiss goodbye?



Coronation Street's Keith Duffy tells Soaplife that Ciaran gets the kiss from Michelle he's dreamed of - but is it too little too late?

Just when it looks like Ciaran's going to give up on Michelle and head for Scotland, she finally falls into his arms. And, for Keith Duffy, it's not a moment too soon. "He's been chatting her up for nearly a year and she's been playing so hard to get he's convinced she's not interested - until he tells her he's leaving," says Keith. But has she left it too late?

Is Ciaran serious about moving to Scotland?

"Well, Michelle's broken his heart so that's why he's decided to move on."Michelle was actually pretty gutted when Ciaran told her about the job.

Did he realise?

"Not a clue. She didn't show it."

Does Ciaran actually love Michelle?

"I think so. He's come to realise Michelle might be a keeper, the sort of girl he'd consider settling down with. But I don't think he could admit he loves her first. He couldn't handle the rejection. He's got a lot of male pride."

Would they make a good couple?

"They would, but I think it might also be one of those relationships where they're pulling the clothes off each other one minute then she's throwing her high heels at him the next."

We've heard that Ryan goes to Scotland for the night with Ciaran. What's that about?

"Ryan gets a university place in Glasgow, but he's afraid to accept it because he doesn't want to leave his mum on her own. Ciaran takes Ryan up there and tries to talk him into accepting the offer."

Why would Ciaran want Ryan to move to Scotland?

"So he can have another go at Michelle! No, seriously, he's a bit of a father figure to Ryan... He's just encouraging him to grab this opportunity."

From what we've heard he does more than that - he tells Michelle about Ryan's plans...

"Yes. Ciaran thinks Michelle should know that Ryan's turning down the Glasgow uni place on her account. She's actually very supportive and says she'd never want to stop Ryan from doing what he wants to do in life."

What happens on Ciaran's last night? Does he stay or go?

"They finally kiss, but whether it's a first and a last kiss...I'm not saying."

If Ciaran does stay, are you worried he might die in the tram crash?

"Everybody wonders if they're going to get killed off. And they're being more secretive about scripts and storylines than ever before..."

http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/coronation-street/interviews/is-this-ciarans-long-kiss-goodbye/10376