Why Gloria From Corrie Is A Totally Hot Mess

Coronation Street's Rovers Return has just re-opened after the fire. And completely upstaging the landlady Stella Price is her overbearing mother, Gloria. Here's why she is the best thing about it right now

1. She's played by the legend that is Sue Johnston for a start

2. She's a briliant fantasist

"I'm on the run from the mafia Stella."

3. But she's not afraid to dish out her own brand of justice

4. But neither is she without class

"Cumberland sausage is all the rage in Clitheroe."

5. As well as being a gold-digger when she wants to be

6. She's not afraid to take on the big guns

"Did you hear Rita's singing? If that was the Blitz spirit I'd sooner have taken my chances with the Luftwaffe."

7. And she's best friends with the gays

8. She's more than a match for Norris

9. And she runs rings around poor Stella

10. In a former life she was Sheila Grant off Brookside

11. As well as Barbara Royle

12. Who incidetally both married to this guy

"My arse!"

13. She loves a good public slanging match

14. Which is probably where Leanne gets it from

15. She even cheated in Lancashire Leisure's Pub Of The Year competition

16. Yes, that Gloria is a piece of work alright...

"What's so great about New Zealand? All they've got's the lamb and The Hobbit."

17. ...but in the end it's all out of love for her family