Ted Page Ted Page is the father of Gail Rodwell and was absent most of her life being unaware of her until his arrival in Weatherfield during April 2008 . Ted was a soldier , and was in a relationship with Audrey Potter during the 1950s . She turned down his proposal and he left , unaware she was pregnant . During the large absence until he reunited with her , Ted was openly gay and had a partner called James for twenty years . When reuniting , he revealed to Gail and Audrey that he was gay and of James ' s passing which occurred months prior to his return . Ted became a friendly grandfather figure in the family , and also struck up a friendship with local resident Ken Barlow , and also supporting and being there for him during troubles . Ted gave away his daughter Gail at her wedding to Joe McIntyre in 2010 . Biography . 1940 - 2008 : Early years . Hurt that her father had not considered her mature enough to be a parent , Audrey tried to prove that she was by falling pregnant with her daughter Gail . However , when Ted was about to propose , she realised she didn ' t love him and turned him down and didn ' t tell him about the pregnancy . Ted left for the army and wasn ' t seen again until 2008 . He later met a woman called Iris but the relationship didn ' t work and he was left heartbroken . Sometime in the 1980s , he met a man called James and they started a relationship together . They got married in 2006 when it became legal and remained together until James ' s death some time in 2007 . 2008 onwards : Return and meeting Gail . Ted first came to Weatherfield when old flame Audrey Roberts got in touch with him . They agreed to meet and talk about what had happened since they split up . Audrey , beforehand , discovered that she was pregnant but chose not to tell him . Ted became agitated as he realised he had missed out on watching his daughter grow up , not to mention seeing his grandchildren and great grandchildren . He was very angry with Audrey but when he met Gail , they bonded almost instantly . He initially thought that Tina McIntyre was granddaughter Sarah , but Gail reminded him she ' d moved to Italy a few months ago . Ted supported grandson David when he was going to his job interview at a salon ( going so far as to write a letter of recommendation using Audrey ' s name ) while Gail was away as Ted was keeping an eye on David during that time . When Gail returned , she found that the house had been cleaned and Tina and David had held a party whilst she was away , and Ted was willing to support and lie for them , even leading to Ted helping to redecorate the house . Ted started a friendship with street resident Ken Barlow . This caused Ken ' s acid - tongued mother - in - law Blanche Hunt to suspect he was gay , and started rumours which made Ken ' s wife Deirdre suspicious that her husband was up to no good . When Blanche noticed Ken ' s weird taste in reading material , she instantly believed he was turning gay and starting a relationship with Ted . This was however proved wrong , but Blanche still loved to make comments about Ken and Ted being together . Ted found out about Ken ' s affair with actress Martha Fraser in 2009 , but supported Ken through his decisions . Ted even stood by Ken when Audrey became suspicious when she caught Ken chasing Martha , who split from Ken . Ken resumed his relationship with Martha and was planning to leave with her , but changed his mind at the last minute . Ted ' s grandson David planned to frame rival Gary Windass for robbery , by sending him to Audrey ' s house to rob it , although Gary was unaware of whose house it was . Audrey had left with Gail to visit Sarah and grandchild Bethany in Milan and Ted was house - sitting for Audrey . While Gary was in the house robbing the place , he was shocked when Ted arrived . Ted caught him and chased him away , and later phoned the police . He moved into 8 Coronation Street but had a heart attack due to the stress . David was later found out and Ted was disgusted with him , but later felt sympathetic as David was upset over losing Tina and was scared that Gary and trying to take her away . Ted returned in November 2009 when Gail was planning to marry Joe McIntyre . He wasn ' t happy when Gary made nasty comments about the poppies , which represented men who died in the war . But after talking to him , Gary had a change of heart and decided to join the army . Ted gave his daughter away when she married Joe in January 2010 . He later left the street and returned to London . Gail was under suspicion of murder in March , shortly after Joe attempted to fake his death and died . She was later arrested and held in custody until her trial in July . Ted was mentioned to have had flu as he couldn ' t make it to support Gail . He phoned his daughter again after she was found not guilty . Although Ted hasn ' t visited Weatherfield since , he still keeps contact with Gail . Quotes . " Either you were the younger sister of Audrey Potter , or I was involved with a minor " ( First line to Audrey after meeting her for the first time in nearly fifty years ) " A week ' s fine " ( Final line ) See also . Full list of appearances