Coronation Street fans flocked to Twitter in delight as soap favourite Dame Maureen Lipman was on sparkling form in her role as sharp-tonged grandmother Evelyn Plummer. As an added treat to their Monday night viewing Corrie viewers were taken on a trip down memory lane as Dame Maureen delivered the classic line from one of her beloved 80s British Telecom adverts.
Dame Maureen famously starred as doting grandmother Beattie Bellman who chatted on the phone to her grandson Anthony who has just failed all of his exams, except pottery and sociology. “He gets an ology and he says he's failed. You get an ology and you’re a scientist,” Beattie told him reassuringly.
And in the latest Corrie instalment Dame Maureen clearly revelled in saying 'ology' again as Jim Fizz the 'mixologist extraordinaire' made an entrance at the Rovers Return in an attempt to charm the ladies. When Jim, played by comedian Smug Roberts, introduced himself Evelyn asked: "You're a what?"
