Alina was reading this book: https://www.amazon.com/Ceasornicarul-Nuvela-Romanian-Anna-Erishkigal/dp/1540619850 About a woman who gets to go to her past an relive one hour of her choice. (The perks of having a Romanian partner haha)
If you have a VPN you can use the ITV Hub. If it asks for a UK postcode just blag it by Googling any UK landmark (try Harrods, Selfridges, any UK restaurant) and use that postcode. If it asks about a TV license say you do have one. Not like they will find you on a VPN from abroad lol. I'm from the UK but needed by Corrie fix on my honeymoon this year so I got NordVPN and it worked amazingly. We were 2 hours ahead of the UK and we aren't really into night life so didn't mind 10pm viewing.
Anything that paints those with power in a bad light is consistent with political correctness and its underpinning of Interesectionality.
So taking down a straight, white male today for something he allegedly did a decade ago is perfectly consistent with the modern, Intersectional philosophy.
If you want to make a Social Justice omelette, the argument goes, breaking a few privileged male eggs is required, even if they're innocent. It's about dismantling their power. Fairness is not relevant. It's war. Lydia is a heroine in that war, to SJ warriors.
This excellent, funny book lays out how this came to be:
The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense https://www.amazon.ca/dp/162157959X/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_9FR13XNPEC4S9MNJ1P8N
I love getting a new novel for Christmas. Last year I received this one: Christmas on Coronation Street (Coronation Street, Book 1)
I use NordVPN on ITV and it works. Just need to pick the right servers, because there are some blocked. Maybe try switching servers and look for a working one? Or go to the customer support, they should solve your problem.
I believe you can find some DVDs of the older episodes on amazon. I've never ordered them though and I'm not sure of the source... I don't think they're from ITV, they may be pirated versions put on DVDs. Also from reading the reviews on amazon it seems like they may not be continuous runs of episodes.
If you'd like a quick catch-up there's also a novel out that covers all the major plot lines from the beginning of the series up until a few years ago: