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Peter Barlow

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Peter Barlow
Occupation Bookmaker
Born 5th April 1965
Birthplace Weatherfield
Residence 9a Rosamund Street
Father Ken Barlow
Mother Valerie Barlow
Sibling(s) Susan Barlow
Daniel Osbourne (half brother)
Spouse(s) Jessica Midgeley (1990)
Lucy Richards (2003)
Shelley Unwin (2003)
Children Simon Barlow (2003)
First appearance 5th April 1965
Duration 1965-1971, 1975, 1977-1979, 1986, 2000-2003, 2007, 2008 to present
Played by John Heannaue
Christopher Dormer
Linus Roache
Joseph McKenna
David Lonsdale
Chris Gascoyne

Peter Francis Barlow is a character in Coronation Street on and off from his birth in 1965 onwards. He has been played by six actors - more actors than any other character in the programme - John Heannaue, Christopher Dormer, Linus Roache, Joseph McKenna, David Lonsdale and Chris Gascoyne.

[edit] Background

Peter is the son of Ken Barlow and Valerie Barlow, and was born with his twin sister in 1964. When his mother Valerie was killed after being shocked with a faulty hairdrier in 1971, he was sent with sister Susan to live with their grandparents in scotland. He visited Ken in 1975, when he got help when Ken had an accident. He joined the navy in 1989. He returned for his sister's marriage to Mike Baldwin in 1986, which he told Ken to attend, because Ken has hardly been there for both of them. He left Coronation Street to go back into the navy. Off-screen, he married a woman called Jessica in 1990, but they divorced in 2000.


[edit] Return to Coronation Street and bigamist storyline

He returned to Coronation Street on the 8th December 2000 when his dad was campaigning for the cobbles of Coronation Street to be saved.

In 2003, he married Lucy Richards, who was pregnant with his son Simon. He later went on to marry Shelley Unwin, which made him a bigamist. When discovered, he became the most unlikeable person on the Street so he left.

In 2007, Peter returned for Tracy Barlow's court case over the death of Charlie Stubbs. He left for Portsmouth with his nephew Adam to run a bookies.

[edit] Return with Simon

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Ken Barlow | Emily Bishop | Rita Sullivan | Peter Barlow | Betty Williams | Deirdre Barlow | Gail Platt | Audrey Roberts | Jack Duckworth | Nick Tilsley | Kevin Webster | Bill Webster | Sally Webster | Liz McDonald | Steve McDonald | Rosie Webster | David Platt | Norris Cole | Sophie Webster | Roy Cropper | Ashley Peacock | Janice Battersby | Leanne Battersby | Hayley Cropper | Tyrone Dobbs | Dev Alahan | Eileen Grimshaw | Kirk Sutherland | Jason Grimshaw | Sunita Alahan | Fiz Stape | Joshua Peacock | Simon Barlow | Sean Tully | Chesney Battersby-Brown | Claire Peacock | Amy Barlow | Kelly Crabtree | Lloyd Mullaney | Molly Dobbs | Amber Kalirai | Aadi Alahan | Asha Alahan | Becky McDonald | Michelle Connor | Freddie Peacock | Ryan Connor | Carla Connor | Teresa Bryant | Tony Gordon | Tina McIntyre | Graeme Proctor | Julie Carp | Ted Page | Natasha Blakeman | Joe McIntyre | Pam Hobsworth | Eddie Windass | Anna Windass | Gary Windass | Minnie Chandra | Jesse Chadwick | Sian Powers | Connie Rathbone
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