Title: Ken Barlow
Content:  Ken Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street played by William Roache. Barlow was created by Tony Warren as one of Coronation Streets original characters, and December 2020 marked Ken's 60th anniversary onscreen. He debuted in the soap's first episode on 9 December 1960. Having appeared in the role continuously since that date, Roache is the longest-serving actor in a televised soap opera, and was honoured at the 2010 Guinness World Records ceremony for the achievement, having surpassed actor Don Hastings from the American soap opera As the World Turns, who previously held this title. Roache stated in 2010 that he 
Title: Ken Barlow
Content:  Ken Barlow is one of the twenty-two original Coronation Street characters devised by series creator Tony Warren. He made his debut in the soap's first episode, broadcast on 9 December 1960. While auditionees for the other twenty-one original roles were drawn from casting director Margaret Morris' contacts in the north of England, Warren spotted William Roache performing in the Granada Television play Marking Time, and knew that he was the right actor to play Ken. He attended the audition, at which he was asked to read The Daily Telegraph newspaper in a Lancashire accent. Roache believes that his indifference towards being cast had a positive impact on his audition, as it enabled him to relax. Two pilot episodes were filmed, with 
Title: Adam Barlow
Content:  Adam Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by actor Sam Robertson. He made his first appearance on-screen on 14 January 2001. Adam was played by Iain De Caestecker from the character's first appearance in 2001 until 21 July 2003 with Robertson taking over the role from 31 December 2004 until 20 April 2007. Robertson reprised the role in 2016 and made his return on screen on 16 November 2016. Adam is the son of Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) and Susan Barlow (Joanna Foster), and the grandson of Ken Barlow (William Roache).
Title: Ken Barlow
Content:  Coronation Street was produced, titled Corrie!, penned by scriptwriter Jonathan Harvey. Ken Barlow was played by Simon Chadwick in the production. Harvey has suggested that when he researched the play, in the 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 
Title: Ken Barlow
Content:  no plans to leave the role and would remain in Coronation Street for as long as the producers would have him. In November 2020, Roache was again presented with the Guinness World Record for the longest serving TV soap star in the world for his six decades in Coronation Street. Ken Barlow was introduced as the educated son of a working-class family. In being portrayed as both arrogant, moralistic and a political activist, he differed from the other characters in the soap opera, predominantly working-class like himself. The character developed a reputation as a ladies' man; plots saw Ken using underhand tactics to boost his prospects in 
Title: Ken Barlow
Content:  In September 2010, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street, BBC Four aired a drama film titled The Road to Coronation Street, which depicted Tony Warren's struggle to get his soap opera commissioned, and the filming of its pilot. Roache himself (as well as playing the character Ken Barlow) appeared in the film and was portrayed by Roache's son, James. In 2011, ITV filmed a spin-off, web-based series featuring Ken and Deirdre, entitled Ken and Deirdre's Bedtime Stories. Created by Coronation Street writer Jonathan Harvey, the webisodes featured Ken and Deirdre mulling over the events of their day while in bed. In 2010 a comedy play 
Title: Storylines of Coronation Street
Content: Adam Barlow, played by Sam Robertson. Earlier in March, Ken was disgusted with Adam when he realised that he had got involved in selling cocaine, so he shunned Adam and sent him back to Canada. Adam had always been paranoid that Ken does not see him as his grandson and solely as the son of his arch-enemy Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs), who had a highly publicised affair with Ken's late wife, Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride). When the attack took place, Adam was seen lurking around Weatherfield and got on a bus to leave town after Ken had been pushed. ; Amy Barlow, played by Elle Mulvaney. Amy 
Title: Coronation Street
Content:  Duckworth (Liz Dawn), respectively. Coronation Street's longest-serving character, Ken Barlow (William Roache) entered the storyline as a young radical, reflecting the youth of 1960s Britain, where figures like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the model Twiggy were to reshape the concept of youthful rebellion. Though the rest of the original Barlow family were killed off before the end of the 1970s, Ken, who for 27 years was the only character from the first episode remaining, has remained the constant link throughout the entire series. In 2011, Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie), another character from the first episode, returned to Coronation 
Title: Storylines of Coronation Street
Content:  the truth, he breaks up with Sinead, so she gets excessively drunk and is seen banging on Ken's door to angrily confront him before Ken is attacked. Adam Barlow – 36% ; Amy Barlow – 32% ; Daniel Osborne – 13% ; Sinead Tinker – 10% ; Tracy Barlow – 5% ; Peter Barlow – 4% In March 2017, a surprise "whodunnit" storyline took place when the soap's longest-serving character, Ken Barlow, played by William Roache, was pushed down the stairs of his home by an unknown assailant. After upsetting a majority of his family and certain locals, the media narrowed the suspects down to seven 
Title: Susan Barlow
Content:  Susan Barlow (also Baldwin) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. She made her debut screen appearance on 5 April 1965. Susan has been portrayed by four actresses since her introduction. Katie Heannau was the first actress to play the character, appearing sporadically in the 1960s uncredited. Wendy Jane Walker took over the role for 26 episodes between 1970 and 1974. When the character returned, Suzy Patterson was recast in the role. She appeared in eight episodes from December 1979 until July 1981. Walker reprised the role on a permanent basis from October 1985 until November 1987. The fourth actress to play the role was Joanna Foster, who appeared in eight episodes in 2001 until the character was killed off. The character's final appearance was on 11 February 2001.

Question: who plays ken barlow in coronation street?
Answer: Tony Warren.