Ken Barlow

Kenneth "Ken" Barlow is a fictional character and the central protagonist of the long-running British soap opera .
He has been portrayed by since the show's first ever episode.
==History==
Ken Barlow serves as the show's leading protagonist since he is the only character in the show to have appeared since it's very first debut in December 1960.
The character has since then married three times, first to Valerie Tatlock in 1962 and then to Janet Reid in 1973. His most eventual marriage is with Deirdre Langton as he married her twice, first in 1982 and following their divorce the two remarried in 2005. 
In between the events of Ken and Deirdre's two respective marriages, he also represented the show's longest-running feud with his archenemy and son-in-law Mike Baldwin. Their rivalry kicked off after Ken found out in 1983 that Deirdre had an affair with Mike, and it's follow-up led to Mike marrying Ken's daughter Susan and later clashing with him over a custody battle for Mike and Susan's young son Adam following Susan's death in 2001. At some points, Ken and Mike were forced to work together on different occasions - first in 1998 when Deirdre was wrongfully imprisoned by her ex-fiancé Jon Lindsay for his fraudulent crimes, and in 2000 when the two rivals were held hostage in the Fresco Siege. By 2002, the feud had toned down and the pair continued to interact up until Mike suffered Alzheimer's Disease and eventually died in Ken's arms in April 2006.
Ken has also been involved in countless other major storylines on the show, including many of the ones surrounding his own family. In 2017, Ken was the subject of a whodunit storyline when he gets attacked by a mystery assailant who is later revealed to be his son Daniel Osbourne. As well as both Daniel and Susan respectively, Ken is also the father of his son Peter Barlow; his adopted daughter Tracy Barlow; and his estranged offspring Lawrence Cunningham.
==Trivia==
*William Roache has received universal acclaim for his performance as Ken Barlow and has won countless awards for his contribution to Coronation Street.
*The actor himself was born on the date 25 April 1932, just precisely over 28-years before playing his alter-ego from then onwards.
*Ken Barlow is currently the longest-serving character in not just Coronation Street, but also in all British Soap media as he has been on the show for over 6 decades now.
*Despite being the show's central main protagonist, there have been rarely few times where Ken has developed a shady light when it comes to the fallouts with his family and friends on certain occasions.
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