Todd Grimshaw
Occupation	Barman
Born	13th January 1985
Residence	London
Mother	Eileen Grimshaw
Sibling(s)	Jason Grimshaw (half brother)
Children	Billy Platt (2004)
First appearance	14th January 2001
Last appearance	24th April 2011
Duration	2001-2004, 2007, 2011
Number of appearances	381
Played by	Bruno Langley

Todd James Grimshaw is the youngest son of Eileen Grimshaw and half-brother of Jason. His family moved to Coronation Street, Weatherfield, where Todd planned to sit his A-Levels, but ended up getting involved with teenage mum Sarah Platt. He later comes out as gay, breaking Sarah's heart, and left the Street for university.

Todd visited a couple of times, for his brother Jason's wedding to Sarah as best man, and visited at Easter 2011 with his rich boyfriend Jools Creme, where Todd became embarrassed by the Street he once lived on.

BiographyEdit

1985-2004: Coming outEdit

Todd was born in 1985 by Eileen Grimshaw. He has an older brother Jason and moved to Coronation Street in 2001. He planned to sit his A-Levels, but instead fell for teenage Sarah Platt, who already had a young daughter, Bethany. Much to Eileen's dismay, Todd decided not to go to University and began a relationship with Sarah instead. Sarah fell pregant with Todd's child, and her second and they even planned on getting married, but Todd began to question his own sexuality. He had feelings for Sarah's older brother Nick, and attempted to kiss him when Nick closed his eyes, which ended up startling him. Nick remained suspicious and told Sarah, but Todd managed to make up an excuse that it was just a drunken moment, which she accepted.

But he began to have feelings for a gay nurse Karl Foster, and they embarked in a relationship and slept with each other in Sarah's bed. Karl later left him when Todd refused to break up with Sarah, as Karl was just his bit on the side. He later confesses to Sarah about his sexuality, which later causes her to go into a premature labour. She gives birth to their son, Billy, but he later died in hospital. This caused conflict between the Platts and the Grimshaws, particularly between Sarah's mother Gail, and Todd's mother Eileen who both actually had a row in the Street - the pair had to be separated. Todd returned back to his studies, and after catching Sarah in bed with his brother Jason, Todd ended up slapping Sarah (despite the fact he'd had the affair in the first place). After being offered a place at Oxford, he left Coronation Street.

2007-2011: VisitsEdit

When Jason was due to marry Sarah in October 2007, Todd received an invitation (which was actually sent by Sarah's scheming brother David). He turned up for Jason's stag party and although everyone (especually Sarah and Gail) were shocked, they eventually all made up and Todd was Jason's best man at the wedding. In 2011, Todd began dating his rich boyfriend Jules, and went to visit Eileen on Easter Sunday, although Todd was embarrassed by his roots. He later made up to Eileen for his behaviour and went back to London with Jules.

Background InformationEdit

• In 2004, Bruno Langley quit the role of Todd after playing the character for three years to pursue other roles. He had however returned for two guest stints, once for a few weeks in 2007 as part of Jason's wedding to Sarah. Todd was introduced for a one-off appearance during an Easter Special which saw him with his new rich boyfriend Jools. This is currently his final appearance to date.
• Todd was the first gay character in Coronation Street, and him kissing Nick Tilsley was said to be the first ever gay kiss on the show. It had also received complaints.

QuotesEdit

"And I promise I'll call more, once a week, yeah?" (Final Line to Eileen)

See alsoEdit

• Full list of appearances