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P. Shepherd) and has featured in some of the most controversial and high-profile storylines in the soap involving her family and her number of relationships — jointly with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), she is the soap's most married character, having been married six times. Gail's storylines include her marriage to Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten); her vicious feud with her mother-in-law Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie); coping when Brian is killed in a knife attack; marrying the much younger Martin Platt (Sean Wilson); coping when her teenage daughter Sarah falls pregnant at the age of 13; divorcing Martin and marrying serial killer
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P. Shepherd) and has featured in some of the most controversial and high-profile storylines in the soap involving her family and her number of relationships — jointly with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), she is the soap's most married character, having been married six times. Gail's storylines include her marriage to Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten); her vicious feud with her mother-in-law Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie); coping when Brian is killed in a knife attack; marrying the much younger Martin Platt (Sean Wilson); coping when her teenage daughter Sarah falls pregnant at the age of 13; divorcing Martin and marrying serial killer
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storylines. Gail McIntyre Gail Rodwell (also Potter, Tilsley, Platt, Hillman and McIntyre) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". Portrayed by Helen Worth, the character first appeared on-screen on 29 July 1974. As of 2018, Gail has been on the show for 44 years, which currently makes her the third longest-running character on the show after Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox). Gail is the daughter of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ted Page (Michael Byrne) and is the mother of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) and David Platt
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Gail McIntyre Gail Rodwell (also Potter, Tilsley, Platt, Hillman and McIntyre) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". Portrayed by Helen Worth, the character first appeared on-screen on 29 July 1974. As of 2018, Gail has been on the show for 44 years, which currently makes her the third longest-running character on the show after Ken Barlow (William Roache) and Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox). Gail is the daughter of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ted Page (Michael Byrne) and is the mother of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) and David Platt (Jack
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Fellows released one more album in 1985 under his own name titled "Love at the Haçienda," which was re-released in 2004. In 2000 he appeared as Alan Stephens, a St John Ambulanceman in two episodes of "Time Gentlemen Please". Prior to creating Shuttleworth, Fellows appeared in "Coronation Street" as Les Charlton, a young biker chasing the affections of married Gail Platt (then Tilsley). During his fame as Jilted John, Fellows had first appeared on "Coronation Street" in a very brief cameo role in which he meets Gail, single at the time, on the street in Manchester. In 2007 he appeared
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Sean Wilson (actor) Sean Wilson (born 4 April 1965 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is an English actor and cheesemaker, best known for his role as Martin Platt in "Coronation Street" from 1985 to 2005, and for a brief stint in 2018. Wilson joined the cast of "Coronation Street" as Martin Platt, ex-husband of Gail Platt and father of David Platt, in 1985. Since leaving the serial in 2005, he has played minor roles in several UK television dramas, the most recent being in January 2008, when he appeared in "Waterloo Road" as Darren Briggs Snr, a student's father whose crush on
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David Platt (Coronation Street) David Platt (also Tilsley) is a fictional character from the British soap opera, "Coronation Street". He was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 25 December 1990. He was played by Thomas Ormson from his first appearance until 15 March 2000 when Ormson left. Jack P. Shepherd took over the role and made his first on screen appearance on 26 April 2000. David is the son of Martin (Sean Wilson) and Gail Platt (Helen Worth). David was born on Christmas Day 1990. Martin's friend Carmel Finnan (Catherine Cusack) tried to kidnap David when he was a
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Gail ends their relationship. The Platt family still receive cards from Richard, and Gail realises David is the culprit. Gail blames herself for David's behaviour. In December 2006, David discovers Sarah's grandmother Ivy Tilsley's (Lynne Perrie) diary and reads it, and is shocked that Gail had wanted to abort him, but he understands this after Gail told him that Ivy had been having a rough time since the death of her son and Gail's husband, Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten). He develops romantic feelings for Maria Sutherland (Samia Smith), but is annoyed she is enjoying an affair with Charlie Stubbs (Bill
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been wiped from the archives. One audience unable to watch the series were real-life prison inmates: The programme was broadcast around 9:00 p.m. (although exact times varied around the ITV regions), but prisoners were locked in their cells 30 minutes before 9:00pm. Successful alumnae from this series included Helen Worth, later widely known for her role of Gail Platt on "Coronation Street". Worth appeared in an episode of season 1 alongside Cheryl Murray. The two would be reunited as flatmates in Coronation Street in 1977, when Murray joined the cast as Suzie Birchall. Shirley Cheriton and Anna Wing both appeared
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suffering from epilepsy. David returns from a holiday engaged to Kylie Turner (Paula Lane). Gail is angry and tries to convince David to change his mind. David and Kylie then get married in April 2011. David fights to take custody of Kylie's son Max Turner (Harry McDermott), but ends up feuding with her sister Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly), with Kylie trying to avoid it. David insists that Steve and Becky aren't fit to look after Max, proving this when he saves Max from being run over. David has to deal with Gail and Kylie feuding. But when he learns that
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to pay Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) for a kitchen refit. David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) then tries to force them to pay but after they refuse, he makes a number of threats, resulting in David, Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) and Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey) setting fire to the Windasses' kitchen. The Windass family move into No. 6 Coronation Street with the rest of her family. She has a heart-to-heart with new neighbour Gail Platt (Helen Worth) to make peace as she wants a fresh start in Coronation Street even though their families are feuding and convinces Eddie to make peace
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toddler. She also posed as his mother to other characters. Carmel then tries to frame Gail for pushing her down the stairs and is revealed to be mentally ill. In 2000, a nine-year-old David becomes jealous of the attention being paid to his newborn niece Bethany Platt (Amy and Emily Walton). He decides to gain attention by getting arrested for shoplifting. In 2001, Gail and Martin divorce after Martin has an affair with Rebecca Hopkins (Jill Halfpenny). David is unhappy and begins misbehaving in the hope that they will get back together. David becomes the target of a school bully
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and, despite Gail's advice to ignore the bully, he becomes violent and gets into fights. His behaviour worsens when Gail marries Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) in July 2002, but he comes to accept Richard. In March 2003, Richard is revealed to be a serial killer, and tries to kill himself, Gail, David, Bethany, and her mother - David's sister - Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) by driving them into the local canal. Gail, Sarah, David and Bethany are all rescued, while Richard drowns. In the years following, David develops a penchant for lying and scheming at home and at school. He
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Martin Platt Martin Platt is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", portrayed by Sean Wilson. His major storylines were a relationship with Gail Tilsley (Helen Worth) following the death of her estranged husband Brian (Christopher Quinten) and the birth of their child David (Jack P. Shepherd); a feud with Gail's former mother-in-law Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie); the adoption of Brian's children Sarah-Louise (Tina O'Brien) and Nick (Ben Price); affairs with Cathy Power (Theresa Brindley) and Rebecca Hopkins (Jill Halfpenny); his relationship with 16-year-old Katy Harris; and his involvement in the rescue of Gail and her
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compete with other soaps. In 2002, Gail Platt (Helen Worth) married Richard Hillman (Brian Capron), a financial advisor, who would go on to leave Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe) to die, murder both his ex-wife Patricia (Annabelle Apsion) and neighbour Maxine Peacock (Claire Casey), and attempt to murder his mother-in-law Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), and another neighbour, Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire). After confessing to the murder of Maxine and his ex-wife, Hillman attempted to kill Gail, her children Sarah and David (Jack P. Shepherd), and her granddaughter Bethany, by driving them into a canal. The storyline received wide press attention, and
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& Me: 40 Years on Coronation Street", and was reunited with former co-star and friend, Helen Worth, who has played Gail Platt in the soap since 1974. In January 2018, Amanda took part in Celebrity Big Brother 2018. Amanda Barrie had a relationship with singer Billy Fury in the mid 1960s after they met while filming "I've Gotta Horse". Fury proposed to her, but she did not accept. In 1967, Barrie married theatre director Robin Hunter. They separated in the mid-1980s, but never divorced; he died in 2004. The couple have no children. She came out as bisexual in her
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in an ITV News bulletin report. Earlier in the year, 13-year-old Sarah-Louise Platt (Tina O'Brien) had become pregnant and given birth to a baby girl, Bethany, on 4 June. The episode where Gail was told of her daughter's pregnancy was watched by 15 million viewers. In September 2000, Mike Baldwin married Linda Sykes but shortly afterwards, his drunken son Mark confessed he and Linda had been having an affair behind his dad's back. The episode attracted an audience of 16.8 million and in the 2000 British Soap Awards won Best Storyline. From 1999 to 2001, issue-led storylines were introduced such
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May 2014, Lloyd Mullaney was rushed to Weatherfield General Hospital after suffering a heart attack, and Sarah Platt's baby son Billy was born and died here. A pregnant Kylie Platt also took a trip to Weatherfield General Hospital in January 2013 after falling off a table while drunk in The Rovers Return Inn, and David Platt and Nick Tilsley were both rushed here after a horrific lorry accident in August 2013. The medical practice situated on the junction between Rosamund Street and Coronation Street. Gail Platt was employed as a receptionist at the practice, until 2010 when she lost the
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Bethany Platt Bethany Platt is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 4 June 2000. She was played by Mia in 2000 and by twins Amy and Emily Walton from 2000 until 30 December 2007 when the character departed. The character was reintroduced with Lucy Fallon taking over the role and Bethany made her return on 20 March 2015. Bethany is the daughter of Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) and her classmate Neil Fearns (Paul Holowaty), half-sister of Billy and Harry Platt, granddaughter of Gail (Helen Worth) and
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he were to return to the soap, the producers would have to be "very persuasive". He claimed he was dropped from the show, due to his refusal to portray a storyline in which Martin would be jailed for having a relationship with an underage girl. In January 2018, it was announced that Wilson would be reprising the role of Martin for a short period as part of David's male rape storyline. The character has been described as the "only properly functional husband" of Gail, who had been married a total of five times by 2016. Martin Platt Martin Platt is
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Jenny Platt Jennifer "Jenny" Platt (born 24 September 1979) is an English actress best known for her role as Violet Wilson in the long-running television soap "Coronation Street" and her role as Jeanne in "Versailles". Platt was born in Ipswich, Suffolk. She trained at East 15 Acting School, and has appeared in many theatre roles. Her first appearance in "Coronation Street" was on 8 October 2004. Prior to the role of Violet, she had small roles in TV series' including "The Bill", "Where the Heart Is" and "Foyle's War". In September 2008 Platt appeared in "The Merchant of Venice" playing
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probably thinks she is "a little better than Eileen" Jenny Platt, who played Violet Wilson between 2004 and 2008 has noted that "Gail's found her nemesis in Eileen, but it's so stupid because actually they are so similar. They are both single mums looking out for their kids." Media critic Grace Dent has summarised the dislike that exists between the characters in a review in "The Guardian" in 2006: "Like most fine inter-family feuds, no one knows the true beginning, but it's safe to say that "Coronation Street"'s Eileen Grimshaw and Gail Platt have hated each other for ages. Eileen
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June 2008 where he meets Tina's boyfriend, David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd). In August 2008, he begins a secret romance with Gail (Helen Worth), David's mother. Joe also arranges a date for Tina and David in an attempt to reunite them after they split up, but fails. Once David and Tina have been reunited, he offers David a job fitting kitchens, much to the delight of Tina. Tina and David are not pleased when they learn that their parents are dating, when they walk into No.8 and catch Gail and Joe kissing. Shortly afterwards, David steals money from the Windass
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is unhappy with Gail's relationship with Phil Nail (Clive Russell) and begins a hate campaign against Phil. David does not trust Phil, as a result of Richard's behaviour. Phil reaches breaking point with David and throws him up against a wall, threatening to beat him up. David tells Gail, but Phil lies to her, and Gail believes him and slaps David, unaware that he is telling the truth. Gail receives a card addressed from Richard. She suspects Phil of sending the cards. Realising David is behind the scam, Phil throws David across the table in front of Gail. An angry
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Jerry Morton Jerry Morton is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Michael Starke. He was introduced in March 2007. It was announced in April 2008 that Jerry and the rest of the Mortons would leave the show later in 2008. Jerry arrived in Coronation Street with his family in March 2007, moving in and opening a new takeaway shop on the street. He immediately clashed with next door neighbour Gail Platt as he was constantly playing his music at full volume. He relied heavily upon his eldest daughter Jodie to care for his
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Caroline Paterson Caroline Paterson (born 28 November 1965 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a Scottish actress who has appeared in many Scottish television shows such as one-off STV drama, "The Steamie" and the BBC's "Rab C. Nesbitt". However, she is most recognized for her role in "EastEnders" as Mark Fowler's wife, Ruth. She also appeared as Patricia Cullen in BBC Scotland soap "River City".In 2005 she had a one episode appearance in the BAFTA award-winning BBC series Spooks as Jessica Mortimer. In 2008, Paterson appeared in "Coronation Street" as police detective D.C. Weller after David Platt pushed his mother, Gail down
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a night out. He is left ashamed and embarrassed. He then goes to visit Martin, who is moving to New Zealand, in Liverpool with Max and Lily. Martin, sensing something is wrong with David, goes back to Weatherfield to speak to him. Following the rape David starts lashing out at everyone, worrying Shona, Gail, Martin, Sarah, Gary, Bethany and Audrey as well as many other residents. He takes Tyrone's place in the charity boxing event, his opponent is Gary when they fight, David has flashbacks and he brutally attacks Gary while everyone watches in horror. This leaves Gary fighting for
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Jason up. In February 2010, Joe commits suicide, but the police presume he has been murdered and arrest Gail. David has to scheme in order to prove Gail's innocence. In late 2010, Tina begins a relationship with Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey). This upsets David and he feels betrayed. David suffers a black-out while driving and knocks Graeme over. No one believes David's versions of events and the police arrest him for attempted murder. Before the court case is about to begin David passes out again and everyone begins to realise he was telling the truth. He is found to be
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top five storylines for each of the 50 years of "Coronation Street", three characters regularly featured—Ken, Deirdre and Gail Platt. Harvey therefore tried to shape the play around their journeys over the years. In February 2011 Ken was among various "Coronation Street" characters to have his portrait auctioned for charity in the exhibition 'Behind the Street' at Manchester's Generation Pop Gallery. The black-and-white shots were taken by photographer Rob Evans, and raised £8,600 for charity. The highest bid on a photograph was for a shot of Ken, standing amongst rubble after the Weatherfield tram crash in 2010, a storyline marking
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with her mother-in-law Liz, Becky attacks and beats up both Kylie and her fiancé David Platt in their own home. On Kylie's hen night, Gail pays her £1,000 of Nick money to not marry David; Gail thinks that it has worked when Kylie does not arrive for the wedding. Just as Gail is about to tell David that Kylie has "cold feet", Kylie bursts into the room "dressed to the nines" in a red and black dress. She and David get married—much to Gail's and Nick's annoyance—and she becomes Mrs David Platt. She keeps the money that Gail has paid
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on her death, Hillman would inherit the house. He then married Gail Platt (Helen Worth). Over the months, questions were raised about his trustworthiness, with suggestions of some irregularities in his dealings with people elsewhere. He left a business partner, Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe) to die after falling over a balcony. Hillman then murdered his second wife, Patricia, (Annabelle Apsion) and buried her under concrete at a housing development he owned. In late 2002, Hillman subtly made his wealthy mother-in-law, Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), question whether she was experiencing the onset of dementia, through such things as unlocking doors she
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her some great plots over the years, and which she hopes will continue On 9 June 2014, a one-off special about Helen Worth, "Gail & Me", aired on ITV. The 30-minute documentary celebrated Worth's 40 years as Gail. Worth has been honoured twice with the Outstanding Achievement Award" at awards ceremonies for her performance as Gail in "Coronation Street". In September 2006, Worth won the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the Inside Soap Awards. Then, on 25 May 2014, Worth won the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at The British Soap Awards 2014 Worth has a house in London. She married "Thomas &
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her on-screen brother David Platt in "Coronation Street". At the age of sixteen, she joined "Coronation Street" in October 1999, taking over the role of Sarah-Louise Platt from actress Lynsay King (she was three years older than her character). Sarah's pregnancy with baby Bethany Platt won O'Brien "Best Storyline" at the British Soap Awards. She has also won "Best Newcomer" at the National Television Awards, and the TV Quick Awards. O'Brien revealed in the British press in April 2007 that she would be leaving "Coronation Street" before the end of the year. Her first role after leaving "Coronation Street" was
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wrong place. Johnny, fearing that Tracy will ruin everything, locks her in a storeroom in Underworld. Carla, feeling guilty, tells Nick about Robert. He forgives her and they continue the wedding. Tracy breaks free and tells Nick about the blackmail, leading Nick to split up with her and to punch Robert, who splits up with Tracy, and Gail Rodwell (Helen Worth) slapping Carla. In February 2016, when it was announced that Paula Lane, who played Kylie Platt since 2010, had quit the soap after five years, "Coronation Street" producers also announced that they were working on a "top secret storyline"
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following a gas explosion causing the tram to crash onto Coronation Street in front of the bar, which kills Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold) and nearly kills Peter. In 2011 Nick renovates and re-opens it as "The Bistro", again employing Cheryl, along with his mother Gail (Helen Worth) as cleaner. Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) briefly works there after her split from husband Steve (Simon Gregson). Believing that his wife Kylie Platt (Paula Lane) needed to rest due to her pregnancy, David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) takes over her evening shifts. The Bistro loses two employees in Spring 2014 as Gloria Price
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do appreciate that. Going onto say: "We are not saying don't experiment, and I know pupils who have tried being gothic, but it isn't appropriate at school. A character that viewers saw born in the soap, Rosie's birth was part of the "Coronation Street" Christmas storyline in 1990. She was the first baby born to long-running couple Kevin and Sally Webster (Michael Le Vell and Sally Dynevor). Rosie was the first of two Christmas births featured that year, as Gail McIntyre (then Platt) gave birth to her son David Platt the next day. The character's name is taken from the
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they decide not to tell David. He finds out and, in an argument, he pushes Gail down the stairs. He persuades Tina to give him an alibi, but she ends their romance. David smashes various vehicles and windows on the Street, attacks Ken Barlow (William Roache) and hits a policewoman. He is sentenced to four months in a Young Offenders Institution. When he is released Tina reconciles with him, but faces more issues when a jealous David reads her emails. He dates Amber Kalirai (Nikki Patel) in an attempt to make Tina jealous, which has the desired effect and they
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Tina McIntyre Tina McIntyre is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". Portrayed by Michelle Keegan, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode that was shown 7 January 2008. The character was central to many key storylines relating to issues such as perjury, abortion and surrogacy, and had relationships with David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd), Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey), Tommy Duckworth (Chris Fountain), Dr. Matt Carter (Oliver Mellor) and Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas), and had an affair with married man Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne). Tina has also had feuds with Kylie Platt (Paula Lane), Tracy
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for Kylie's murder, believing their will be no justice for Kylie. He publicly names Clayton, despite Clayton being aged under 18, as Kylie's killer and attempts to kill Macca Hibbs, Clayton's step-brother, whilst he's in hospital. David plans his final act of revenge on Clayton by crashing his new car into the police van Clayton is in whilst igniting a large amount of petrol to blow them both up. After he makes a suicide video, Gail, Nick and Sarah see it and lock David in the Bistro cellar until the trial is over. After tricking Gail into thinking that he
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left in early October however, but went to live with a friend in Stretford instead of with the rest of her family. Darryl was then the only Morton left on The Street, until his mother, Teresa, reappeared. Darryl left the street in 2010 leaving Teresa as the final Morton on the street. Teresa left later that year. Morton family The Morton family were a fictional family in the British soap opera "Coronation Street". The Morton family were introduced in 2007, automatically disturbed the neighbours notably Gail Platt, and quickly took over Diggory Compton's old bakery, but re-fitted it to form
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(Charlie De Melo) is distracted. Shona finds him and he reveals his rape to her after finding out about Aidan Connor's (Shayne Ward) suicide. They get back together and Shona promises to stay by his side. David later tells Gail and Audrey about the rape while Gail tells Sarah. While doing community service for beating up Gary, he and another man make homophobic jokes towards gay vicar Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank). When Billy later asks him to apologize, David refuses and Billy locks the door. David breaks down and admits to Billy that he was raped. Billy later follows David
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saying the shop is perfect, while Masood makes one saying Dev has fallen for his ruse. Kat is unhappy that her husband Alfie is talking to Michelle. Gail Platt (Helen Worth) meets Denise Fox (Diane Parish) in Walford's café and asks if Denise is married. Denise says her husband is in prison for murdering her ex-husband. Gail says her husband killed his ex-wife and their neighbour. Denise says hers also killed his ex-wife, and then took her to the canal. Gail says hers drove her and her family into a canal. Denise says hers locked her in a basement, so
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Gail has tried to bribe Kylie to leave, he threatens to leave home. Kylie gets a job at the salon with David. He is upset when Max is put up for adoption and she does not want to prevent this. He convinces her they must change their ways and convince social services to allow Max to live with them. In August 2013, David discovers that Kylie has slept with Nick but does not confront them. He vandalises Nick's flat and writes poison pen letters to his wife Leanne. Nick tells David he knows he is behind the trouble and suggests
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circus elephant. She is a supporter of the charity ActionAid and has visited Sierra Leone in support of its work there. Helen Worth Helen Worth (born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth; 7 January 1951) is an English actress who is best known for playing Gail Platt in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" since 1974. For her 40 years on the show, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2014 British Soap Awards. Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth was born to Alfred and Gladys Wigglesworth in Ossett and grew up in Morecambe, Lancashire. She was brought up in a middle-class family and attended
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move. The storyline played the resurgence of Kylie's love of money. Kylie has also engaged in feuds with Gail and Tina McIntyre, played by Helen Worth and Michelle Keegan respectively. Gail's attempt to sabotage her son's wedding to Kylie proved unsuccessful. It was a change in direction for the character, with the lure of money insufficient for her to leave "someone she loves". Lane took maternity leave in late 2014 and Kylie was off-screen from December 2014 until June 2015. In February 2016, Lane announced her decision to leave "Coronation Street". She filmed her final scenes as Kylie in June
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as Gail Platt. Thelma Barlow Thelma Barlow (née Pigott; born 19 June 1929) is an English television actress and writer, most famous for her roles as Mavis Wilton in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" and as Dolly Bellfield in the sitcom "Dinnerladies". Thelma Barlow was born in 1929 in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, the younger of two daughters. Her father, Tommy, a cabinet maker, died of pneumonia five weeks before her birth, and Barlow was brought up by her mother Margaret. Barlow has an elder sister, Veda. During her childhood the family moved to Huddersfield, West Riding
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Kal Nazir. Kal's father, Sharif, also has shares within the business. The facility is used by many local residents including Gail Platt, Nick Tilsley, Gary Windass, Mary Taylor, Steve McDonald, Sarah Platt, Zeedan Nazir, Bethany Platt, Callum Logan and Jason Grimshaw. The gym has not appeared since 2016. It went bankrupt, and the former staff have new jobs. Various forms of public transport can be encountered in Weatherfield. One of them is a bus service called the Weatherfield Wayfarer, which is boarded at a stop on Rosamund Street. A bus shelter there provides Weatherfield residents with a comfortable wait guarded
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get back together. In November 2008, David feuds with the Windass family when they refuse to pay for work Tina's father Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) has carried out. David threatens Eddie (Steve Huison) and Anna Windass (Debbie Rush) with a crowbar. Len (Conor Ryan) and Gary Windass (Mikey North) steal Joe's work tools in retaliation. David then destroys their kitchen, so the Windass family remove the kitchen from the house. Gail and Anna are forced to call a truce to avoid more problems. David spends time away from Weatherfield when Tina wants nothing more to do with him. Upon his
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Richard Hillman Richard Hillman is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Brian Capron. Richard first appeared on 20 June 2001 following the death of his cousin Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie). He later went on to develop a love interest in Alma's close friend Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and marry her. He also leaves his colleague Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe) to die, kills his ex-wife Patricia (Annabelle Apsion), sets his mother-in-law Audrey Roberts' (Sue Nicholls) house on fire and then convinces her that she has Alzheimer's disease and attempts to kill Emily Bishop (Eileen
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is initially the main suspect, but they frame the recently deceased Tony Stewart (Terence Maynard), Jason's father, another of Callum's enemies, who happens to be dead. In July 2016, Kylie decides she cannot live in the house Callum died in any longer. David agrees to relocate their family to Barbados. Their plans are ruined when Clayton Hibbs (Callum Harrison) stabs Kylie in the street and she dies in David's arms. David then attacks Clayton who is then charged with Kylie's murder. Gail is concerned about David and his calm attitude towards planning Kylie's funeral. In October 2016, David wants revenge
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pounds to leave for good. Lane said that Kylie had the audacity to come back after "£25K for Max" so "£1000 to give up a salon and someone she loves is nothing", though she still keeps the money. Up until this point Kylie had been "playing the game with Gail", but she was not on "Kylie's radar". Kylie then realises how determined Gail is to ruin her wedding. Lane said "Gail has taken a pretty intense disliking to Kylie, so of course Kylie is going to fight her corner—that's the kind of girl she is." When the pair marry, Lane
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Eileen and Gail. Gail brands Todd a "two-timing, twisted, lying pervert" and the two proceed to pull each other's hair out in the street. In late 2005, Sarah began dating Jason Grimshaw portrayed by Ryan Thomas, they had an on off relationship and were due to marry in 2006. Speaking of the storyline Ryan Thomas said: "Jason was thinking about getting married in four years rather than four months. It was just a gesture, and that’s all he wanted it to be. He thought they would just get engaged and they didn’t have to get married for ages yet. It
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for TV Times, Soaplife and Woman's Own magazines, plus The Sun, The Mirror, Teletext and various websites. She broadcasts on numerous radio stations, including BFBS, BBC Radio Five Live, Radio 2, The Asian Network and many regional stations. She is married and has five rescue cats. Tina Baker Tina Baker (born 4 May 1958 (Age 59), in Coalville, Leicestershire, England) is a broadcaster and journalist and a leading British soap opera and TV critic. She has featured on many TV programmes such as, "Coronation Street Secrets", "The Good Soap Guide", "How Soaps Changed the World", Big Brother's Big Mouth, and
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there are a lot of women who would aspire to be like her, how she holds everything together and juggles her job, the kids and everyone else's problems." The character has been involved in various feuds since her introduction in 2000. Eileen's most prominent and long-running feud has been with Gail Platt, played by Helen Worth. The characters have a long history of catfights and insults between them, animosity that stems from the acrimonious break-up of Eileen's son, Todd and Gail's daughter, Sarah. In one famous scene, Gail flings herself at Eileen after being soundly slapped and told to "Go
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Street" was cleared by TV watchdogs after 31 complaints about scenes of 'bullying and torture'". Investigators eventually ruled that the torture scenes "were editorially justified by plot development, characters involved and the manner of editing." Tony Stewart of the "Daily Mirror" refers to the character as "David Pratt" when writing reviews of any storyline he features in, due to the character's way of seemingly always getting away with outlandish things. In magazine articles he is often referred to as "Demon David", "Teen Tormenter" or "Psycho Platt". David Platt (Coronation Street) David Platt (also Tilsley) is a fictional character from the
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of knowing about her feelings, Liam married Maria Sutherland (Samia Longchambon). Maria and Liam's baby son was stillborn in April, and during an estrangement from Maria upon the death of their baby, Liam had a one-night stand with Carla, a story which helped pave the way for his departure. Gail Platt's (Helen Worth) son David (Jack P. Shepherd) pushed her down the stairs. Enraged that Gail refused to press charges, David vandalised the Street and was sent to a young offenders' facility for several months. In May 2008, Gail finally met Ted Page (Michael Byrne), the father she had never
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band construct their own recording studio in which they would record much of their sixth album. With Nille Perned again producing, the band released "Before & After" in 2002 in Scandinavia through the National record label and on 8 September 2003 in the UK on Cooking Vinyl records (who also handled distribution for the rest of the world). The album featured the singles "Skin", "Disko" and "Little by Little". In 2003, "You and Me Song" was used in the climax to an episode of "Coronation Street" in which Richard Hillman drove his new wife, Gail Platt and her family into
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he guest-starred in an episode of "Midsomer Murders" playing the character Julian Woodley in the episode "Fit For Murder". The episode was broadcast on 2 February. He starred as Dr. Matt Carter in ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". He made his first appearance in the role on 20 August 2010. He signed for an initial four episodes during the exit storyline of Natasha Blakeman. He then made further appearances which included firing Gail Platt from her job as medical centre receptionist for breaching the rules of patient confidentiality. He appeared during the soap's 50th anniversary week providing medical care and
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Spectacular Scene' and his murders were voted 'Best Storyline'. In a 2003 "TVTimes" poll, Richard was voted the top soap villain of all time. Richard Hillman Richard Hillman is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", played by Brian Capron. Richard first appeared on 20 June 2001 following the death of his cousin Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie). He later went on to develop a love interest in Alma's close friend Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and marry her. He also leaves his colleague Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe) to die, kills his ex-wife Patricia (Annabelle Apsion), sets his
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Morton family The Morton family were a fictional family in the British soap opera "Coronation Street". The Morton family were introduced in 2007, automatically disturbed the neighbours notably Gail Platt, and quickly took over Diggory Compton's old bakery, but re-fitted it to form a kebab shop. Kayleigh went to live with her mother Teresa but Jerry took Kayleigh and her half brother Finlay to Weatherfield. Wilfred, grandad of the family faked his death on Father's Day 2007 after thinking that his criminal record would affect granddaughter Mel's plans to join the police force, whilst Jodie often had brawls with Cilla
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came second with 14.2% of the vote. Tina McIntyre Tina McIntyre is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". Portrayed by Michelle Keegan, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode that was shown 7 January 2008. The character was central to many key storylines relating to issues such as perjury, abortion and surrogacy, and had relationships with David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd), Graeme Proctor (Craig Gazey), Tommy Duckworth (Chris Fountain), Dr. Matt Carter (Oliver Mellor) and Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas), and had an affair with married man Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne). Tina has also had
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Ward). Charlie threatens David into silence. David tries to blackmail Charlie, who tries drowning David in a bath to rid of him, but Maria walks in and saves him. In January 2007, Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) murders Charlie, staging it to look like self-defence. David offers to testify for Tracy that he saw Charlie attack her, on the condition that she sleeps with him. Tracy agrees, but the prosecution proves David's testimony to be lies. In January 2008, David begins a relationship with Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) and she becomes pregnant. In March 2008, Gail pays for an abortion and
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is paid. Kylie slaps Callum in the café and he gets his thugs to terrorise Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) in her salon. Callum then trashes the Platt household and, when he returns, he faces Kylie who tries to call the police on Callum, but he stops her. He then intimidates her for the money but Gail throws Callum out of the house. He pushes Max in front of Nick Tilsley's (Ben Price) van after Max hurts Callum by saying that David is his father and that he hates him. Max injures his leg in the accident. Soon after, Bethany confesses
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Helen Worth Helen Worth (born Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth; 7 January 1951) is an English actress who is best known for playing Gail Platt in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" since 1974. For her 40 years on the show, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2014 British Soap Awards. Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth was born to Alfred and Gladys Wigglesworth in Ossett and grew up in Morecambe, Lancashire. She was brought up in a middle-class family and attended private school. At the age of eight her parents fostered Ghanaian-born Wilson Kpikpitse, who was sent to England as an overseas
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only if he changed his surname from Platt back to Tilsley, much to Gail and Martin's annoyance (Sarah-Louise escaped this condition as Ivy said that she would probably change her name in the future). She and Don were left with nothing. Don is almost evicted as he and the Platts fight over Ivy's legacy; this eventually ends with Don buying No.5 from Nicky for £12,000. With Martin and Gail's blessing, Nicky changes his surname back to Tilsley. Perrie joined "Coronation Street" in 1971 as a semi-regular character before joining full time in 1979. The character of Ivy was described as
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Coronation Street, wanting revenge on all those who misunderstood or were horrible to her. During her visit, she berates Leanne for being a catalyst in her break-up with Nick and tells David that Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) will never love him as he has no heart or feelings. She also goes to "Underworld" and causes chaos by telling the workers about Nick's special 'nicknames' for them, and saving best for last, she gets Gail sacked from the Medical Centre by revealing to Dr. Matt Carter (Oliver Mellor) how Gail broke the rules of patient confidentiality by hacking into private medical
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It's a love-hate relationship." Worth has suggested that Gail probably thinks she is "a little better than Eileen". Jenny Platt, who played Violet Wilson, has noted that "Gail's found her nemesis in Eileen, but it's so stupid because actually they are so similar. They are both single mums looking out for their kids." In June 2015, they fought in the street after Gail discovered Eileen had kissed her estranged husband Michael. In 2008, Gail began a relationship with Joe McIntyre portrayed by Reece Dinsdale. The relationship was rocky just like most of other Gail's relationships but the two characters later
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goes to see his son, Simon, perform in the nativity play in December 2008; however, he is refused entry as he is drunk. He fights his way through and ruins the play. In 2013, Kylie Platt arrives drunk at her son Max's nativity play and the Platt family is removed immediately when Kylie tries to drag Max off the stage. In June 2014, Kylie and David Platt are called in as Max has been disruptive during lessons. This later leads to him being diagnosed with ADHD. Coronation Street residents currently attending the school are Jack Webster, Hope Stape, Max Turner,
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together: a daughter, Nyla, born in 2009 and a son, Reuben, born in 2013. He fathered another child, a son named Greyson; following a one-night stand in 2010. Shepherd has reportedly never met Greyson. He is well-known for his role as David Platt on "Coronation Street" alongside co-stars Helen Worth and Tina O'Brien. It has been revealed that Shepherd is being paid £200,000 a year for his role on Coronation Street, a much larger sum than longer-serving co-stars Simon Gregson and Sue Nicholls. Jack P. Shepherd Jack Peter Shepherd (born 14 January 1988) is an English actor. He has portrayed
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immediate surrounding streets. As part of 2010 Children In Need charity appeal, Weatherfield became twinned with Walford in a special programme uniting the two soaps "Coronation Street" and "EastEnders" called "East Street". Formerly "Bessie Street Mixed Infants" and "Bessie Street Juniors", "Bessie Street Primary School" is the main institution for primary education in Weatherfield. Headteachers: Wilfred Perkins (1972-74), Mrs Nandhra (2010), Miss Muirhouse (2014), Brian Packham (2011–13), Mrs Glover (2014-) Many of the characters in the programme attended Bessie Street as children, including Albert Tatlock, Ken Barlow, Dennis Tanner, Tracy Barlow, Nick Tilsley, David Platt, Chesney Battersby-Brown, Bethany Platt, Joshua
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raised about her paternity, due to Gail's affair with Brian's cousin, Ian Latimer (Michael Loney) and Brian rejects Sarah, believing she was not his daughter; until a blood test reveals otherwise. Her birth reunited Gail and Brian after their divorce, however, Brian dies in February 1989 after being stabbed by a group of thugs. Gail then started a relationship with Martin Platt (Sean Wilson), they had David together on Christmas Day 1990 and later married. Brian's mother, Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie), tried to fight against Martin adopting Nick and Sarah as their names would change from Tilsley to Platt. Despite
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performs in many varied comedy sketches and parodies along with childhood friends Jamie Langrish and Marc Norris. In July 2008, Hill appeared in four episodes of "The Bill", playing a small-time criminal shot dead during an attempted revenge mission armed with a sub-machine gun. Hill is married to Jenny Platt who played his on-screen girlfriend Violet Wilson in "Coronation Street". The couple reside in Manchester, where Hill co-owns four pubs, the Castle Hotel and Gulliver's, situated on Oldham Street in the Northern Quarter, the Parlour on Beech Road in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and the Eagle Inn in Salford. It was announced on
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Jack P. Shepherd Jack Peter Shepherd (born 14 January 1988) is an English actor. He has portrayed the character of David Platt in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" since April 2000. He won the 2018 British Soap Award for Best Actor. Before taking on the role of David, Shepherd had appeared in episodes of TV's "Where the Heart Is", and "Clocking Off" where he starred with his future "Coronation Street" screen sister Tina O'Brien. Shepherd has taken time out of "Coronation Street" to do theatre work, including the role of Riff in a production of "West Side Story" as
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him because she believes he is lying. Tina later apologises for accusing David of lying. Later, Tina and Gail identify Joe's body in the morgue. Tina is devastated to realise that it is the body of her father. Four years later in 2014, Tina is murdered by Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis) and is buried beside her father. Due to Tina's death, her mother Ann (Lorraine Hodgson) and Gail were the last known surviving members of the McIntyre family. However, Gail married reformed burglar Michael Rodwell in 2015 and adopted his surname; leaving Ann the last known surviving McIntyre family member.
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Nick introduces himself as the baby's father. Matt overhears Natasha and Gail, who is Nick's mother and the medical centre's receptionist, arguing. He hears Natasha accuse Gail of hacking into her medical records and she admits it, insisting Nick should be told the truth, thereby breaking the rule of patient confidentiality. He immediately sacks Gail and Natasha leaves. Whilst Matt is having a drink in the Rovers, an explosion occurs at the Joinery Bar, causing a tram to crash on to the street. Matt takes charge of the casualties and tends the wounded, treating many residents, including Sunita Alahan (Shobna
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day and it was strangely normal, almost like someone was going to pinch me and say, 'You've been in a coma for seven years!' It was really odd, but nice." Asked how the return came about, she replied: "Well, I had been to see ["Coronation Street" producer] Stuart [Blackburn] and we had some chats, but then I was in the process of having a baby so it was slightly put on hold. After I had Beau, it was then brought up again and I said, 'Oh yes, I'd love to'. It was nice actually, as it meant that I could
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hard it is to be a parent, if we are to get teenage pregnancy rates down" and praised Granada TV "on having the courage to include a storyline in Coronation Street about teenage pregnancy." In 2007, a storyline involving David Platt planting ecstasy tablets in a toy of Bethany's and Bethany accidentally taking drugs was revealed. Of the storyline, Jack P. Shepherd commented "I was quite excited because I've not really done emotional stuff before. I've done little bits but this is a huge storyline. It's a character change for David. The only way David knows how to get attention
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a friend of Dennis Tanner. She returned in January 1972 as Rita Bates, the common-law wife of Harry Bates, and in the decades since then the character has been married three times, to Len Fairclough, Ted Sullivan and Dennis Tanner. In 1973, she cut an LP for Philips Records entitled 'On the Street Where I Live. Since 2010, Knox has given various interviews, first on "Paul O'Grady Live" on ITV in November 2010, to coincide with "Coronation Street"s 50th anniversary, which also saw her appear in the ITV quiz show, "Coronation Street: The Big 50". She also gave two interviews
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they may find Becky to be a caricature, but was pleased to learn they enjoyed Becky being portrayed in a positive light. Media website "Digital Spy" deemed Kelly a "Coronation Street" "icon" when the "Radio Times" had her recreate Manet's famous painting, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère. Kris Green of the same website branded Becky's rampage storyline as a repeat of a previous plot in which David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) smashed up Coronation Street, while Daniel Kilkelly had branded Becky as a "hellraiser". TV critic Nancy Banks-Smith praised the character in 2008, calling Becky "the strongest new character since
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David too." Sarah and Callum later break up and Sarah is furious to discover that Bethany has been delivering drugs on Callum's behalf. Sarah also later joins sides with David and Kylie following Callum threatening her and beating up her ex-boyfriend Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas). "Coronation Street" aired a special live episode to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of ITV. In the episode Callum and Sarah argue inside the Platt's home. Callum attacks Sarah, overpowers her and threatens her life. Kylie Platt (Paula Lane) walks in on the struggle and hits Callum over the head with a wrench. Her actions left
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don't think it will sink in that I'm joining the cast of Coronation Street. I know it sounds clichéd but it really feels like a dream come true. Bethany Platt is going to be such a fun and witty character to play and I hope everyone enjoys her return as much as I'm going to!" It was later revealed that Redford would be replaced in the role of Bethany with Lucy Fallon taking over the role. Speaking of her casting, Fallon commented: "Walking onto the set was surreal and nerve wracking, but everyone has been really welcoming and I am
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in 2008 and they are acutely aware they need more gay characters. They went on: "It does seem ridiculous it (lesbianism) has never been explored on Corrie but that's all about to change." Later it was revealed that the producers had shifted the plans, which they had once put onto Platt's character, onto fellow character Sophie Webster. Violet Wilson Violet Wilson is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street". She was portrayed by Jenny Platt making her first on-screen appearance on 8 October 2004 and remained until 29 February 2008. Platt returned for one episode on
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trip to the seaside with his enemies Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson), he became trapped in quicksand. Nicky was born on New Year's Eve 1980. After Brian's murder in February 1989, Nicky began misbehaving but Martin Platt (Sean Wilson) proved a calming influence. In 1991, Martin, now married to Gail, adopted Nick and changed his name. Brian's mother Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie) was furious and was devastated when she discovered this, igniting her feud with Gail and Martin. In order to not have a Platt name, Ivy first changed her will to say Nicky would inherit
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Arden (Chloe Newsome), Fiona Middleton (Angela Griffin), Karen Phillips (Suranne Jones), Ronnie Clayton (Emma Stansfield), Becky Granger (Katherine Kelly), Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), and Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh), as well as Tracy giving birth to his daughter Amy (Elle Mulvaney) and depression. In September 2015 Gregson announced a break due to personal reasons, and Steve was off-screen from November 2015 to 22 April 2016. Steve is Coronation Street's most married character, having been married seven times to five women. Steve arrived in Coronation Street at the age of 15 in December 1989, with twin brother, Andy (Nicholas Cochrane), and parents,
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move away. The reporter added that the Platt family would not succeed in their move because Kylie would die in a "storyline twist". The following day "Coronation Street" released promotional images depicting David mourning Kylie over her open coffin. Lane described Kylie's death as one of the "most shocking" ever featured on the show. Shepherd described it as a "harrowing exit" for the character, at which he and Lane cried uncontrollably. He added that writers warned him in advance that it would be "very harrowing and emotional". Newspaper photographs later revealed Kylie would die on Coronation Street. The picture showed
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tool belt as a Christmas present, which reminds Joe of the tools that have been stolen from him. When Gary repeatedly makes moves on Tina and Gary and David get into a brawl, Joe has enough. He begins screaming at the Windasses, telling them they are pathetic, and throws food at them. They leave the house humiliated. Joe then walks out. The next day, Gail and Joe make up, but Gail is shaken, as he has reminded her of some of the men from her past. Joe is having problems paying his debts, due to lack of work but hides
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director of the Open Air Theatre, Regents Park, where she made many of her later stage appearances. Interspersed amongst her stage work were film and TV parts, including starring as the seductive Jane in "The Troubleshooters", "This Is My Street", "Man in a Suitcase", the title role in William Douglas Home's "The Reluctant Debutante" (ITV Play of the Week), "Giants On Saturday", "Triangle", "Brett","Coronation Street", "The Sweeney" and the Ruth Rendell thriller "A Fatal Inversion". Gail also taught drama at the Eugene O'Neill Centre and South Florida University, and continued to appear on stage before retiring in 1996. She died
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tried for many years to have a baby without success. When Richard's mother falls ill, Marian decides that she doesn't want to look after an old aged pensioner so she leaves Richard. During their separation, Marian dies. Sometime later, Richard's mother has died and Richard married his second wife, Patricia (Annabelle Apsion). Like Marian, Patricia wants children and she and Richard are shocked to discover that he is sterile. Knowing that Richard and Marian had tried unsuccessfully to have a child, Patricia believes that Richard has deceived her about his fertility though Richard later tells his third wife Gail Platt
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Family", as Marcy, and "The Street" as Ellie. It was announced in July 2009, that she had been cast in the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" as the girlfriend of long established character David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd). After her role in "Coronation Street", Porter was cast in another ITV soap, "Emmerdale", as the best friend of Holly Barton (Sophie Powles). Her role in "Emmerdale" as Roz, included pushing Holly into taking illegal drugs, and stealing to fuel her addiction. At the end of the storyline, it was announced that Porter would be leaving the soap. On 26 June
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for two minutes. She was slapping herself and saying, Stop slapping me’.” She also said 17-year-old Kim Speak got Jade to admit she had taken two pills. On 17 September 2007, ITV1's "Coronation Street" aired a storyline that saw the seven-year-old character Bethany Platt swallow an ecstasy pill that had been hidden inside her doll's head. There were rumours that the storyline could have been inspired by Jade's death, and Jade's mother, Beverly, told "The Sun" that she only decided to watch the episodes after "days of inner turmoil". She also said "If "Coronation Street" can get that message over
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2010 as part of the BBC One telethon for the children's charity Children in Need. In the non-canon episode, Fatboy is in Walford's café while Denise Johnson and Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth) from "Coronation Street" argue over their similar storylines. Fatboy says Gail is the winner after saying she has been in prison. He also appears in scenes in The Queen Victoria. In "All I Want for Christmas", a mini-episode shown on the BBC Red Button service on 27 December 2012, Fatboy appears with his girlfriend Poppy, in which they are shown getting drunk on Christmas Eve, and having dinner
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but was one of many to be axed in 1990 following the introduction of the new executive-producer, Michael Ferguson. Thrippleton has since been seen in the successful ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", playing the minor role of Simon Hanson in 1997. Mark Thrippleton Mark Thrippleton (born 1968) is an English actor from Leeds. Thrippleton worked as a roofer and tiler before taking up acting in the 1980s. In 1984 he appeared in "How We Used to Live" — a British educational drama tracing the lives and fortunes of fictional Yorkshire families from Ewardian times. He also played a young Joseph
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roles such as Madame Arcati in "Blithe Spirit", Mam in Alan Bennett's "Enjoy" and as Abby Brewster in "Arsenic and Old Lace" in 2003 on the West End stage. Barlow has also acted on radio. In 2003, she moved to the Isle of Purbeck. Barlow has also written a book about her hobby, organic gardening, first published by Robson Books as "Organic Gardening with Love" (1992) and re-issued in paperback under the title "Gardening Nature's Way" (). In June 2014, Barlow narrated 30-minute documentary ""Gail & Me: 40 Years on Coronation Street"" which celebrated Helen Worth's career on "Coronation Street"
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there is now a plaque at the tram stop which recalls this scene, which was unveiled by Eden himself in 2009. After leaving "Coronation Street", Eden said he received many casting offers for "psycho" roles. Prior to the show, Eden was often cast in roles of an upper-class gentleman. Eden worked on the stage and in radio plays. He also worked with The Beach Boys and wrote a musical about them. His television appearances included playing Boucher in an episode of Poirot. His autobiography "Who's Going To Look At You?" was published in 2010. Eden has been married three times:
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the role of Narissa at the Octagon Theatre in Bolton until the run ended in November 2008. Broadcast on 24 April 2011 (Easter Sunday), Jenny Platt made a brief appearance as Violet in a special edition "Coronation Street" feature episode which featured Sean Tully (played by Anthony Cotton) travelling to London to visit his baby son, Dylan. Other cast to return in the feature episode were Charlie Condou (playing Marcus Dent), Bruno Langley (playing Todd Grimshaw) and Rupert Hill (playing Jamie Baldwin). On 11 February 2012, Platt appeared in "Casualty" playing Tracey, a Hotel cleaner. Jenny Platt Jennifer "Jenny" Platt
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to the salon and starts throwing hair conditioner bottles at Eileen. The fight spills into the street, with Gail throwing her shoe at Eileen and Eileen pushing Gail to the ground. In July 2015, Eileen is informed by Gail that her good friend Deirdre has died. She and Liz recollect their fond memories of Deirdre, before attending her funeral. Eileen has been described as "a down-to-earth, pragmatic type of character". Sue Cleaver has expressed how much she likes the variation in Eileen's development, with storylines ranging from "comic capers" to "serious": "I lurch between the light-hearted and serious. There's been
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told that they have been unsuccessful in their bid to adopt, following a bad reference from Becky's half-sister, Kylie Turner (Paula Lane). Steve is not impressed when Becky moves Kylie into the pub to live with them as she is homeless. On Christmas Eve, Steve and Becky were not happy when Tracy returned. When she entered The Rovers, she managed to insult people and Steve had to reprimand Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth) for starting a fight with Tracy where Steve had to restrain Gail. On Christmas Day, Steve very nearly had to remind Gail although it was okay as Tracy
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with aplomb. She also has great comic timing, and Gail's incompetence in the Bistro is now making for terrific scenes with Nick." On 25 May 2014, Worth won "Outstanding Achievement Award" at The British Soap Awards 2014 for her portrayal of Gail over the last 40 years. On 9 June 2014, a 30-minute documentary entitled ""Gail & Me: 40 Years on Coronation Street"" was aired at 20:00 dedicated to Worth's 40 years on the soap. In the show, Worth was reunited with past actors Brian Capron (Richard Hillman) and Amanda Barrie (Alma Halliwell), and spoke out about Gail's most controversial
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friends with Sean Tully (Antony Cotton), whom she knew before moving to Coronation Street. Violet begins a relationship with Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas), whose mother Eileen (Sue Cleaver) finds Violet a pleasant young woman. After some unease by Violet, who states that she had left home at a young age to live with an older, dominant man, she moves into 11 Coronation Street with Jason. They break up after Violet is seduced by Charlie Stubbs, but reunite. The relationship breaks up when Jason has an affair with Sarah-Louise Platt (Tina O'Brien). Jason proposes to Violet but she turns him down.
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dump Todd. Sarah fears that she and Bethany are preventing Todd from succeeding at Oxford University. But Sarah and Todd move into a flat together. Sarah's daughter Bethany Platt (Amy and Emily Walton) electrocutes herself and Todd finds her unconscious. The accident prompts Gail Platt (Helen Worth) to involve the social services. In March 2003, Polly Graham from the "Sunday Mirror" reported that executive producer Kieran Roberts wanted Todd to become the show's first gay character. The show confirmed that had discussed the possibility but nothing has been decided upon. On 22 August 2003, it was reported that Todd would
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died shortly after being born prematurely following a placental abruption. Todd's admission that he is gay and having an affair with Karl Foster causes a catfight in the street. The two women are at loggerheads again when they are attracted to reflexologist Phil Nail (Clive Russell); Gail eventually wins his affections. This rivalry results in Eileen being the prime suspect when Gail is stalked by someone claiming to be serial killer Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) in 2006. Eileen is cleared when David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) is revealed as the hoaxer. Gail and Eileen were related until 2010 after Sarah
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