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.
