Peter Barlow

Peter Barlow is a fictional character and central protagonist of the British Soap Opera Coronation Street.
He is a member of the Barlow Family and the son of the show's protagonist Ken Barlow, as well as the father of Simon Barlow. Although he has caused trouble on certain occasions through his lothario nature, Peter has proved to be a deeply caring figure who would mostly support his family and their neighbourhood to the point of behaving heroically at times.
The character is portrayed by .
==Biography==
Peter Barlow was born in Weatherfield from Greater Manchester 5th April 1965, as was his twin sister Susan; both were concieved by their parents that consisted of Weatherfield's longest-standing resident Ken and his first wife Valerie Barlow. In 1971, however, Ken sent both Peter and Susan to live with their grandparents following their mother's death. From then onwards Peter made occasional visits to the street after this. The most notable one was when he convinced Ken to attend Susan's wedding to his rival Mike Baldwin.
Towards the events of Christmas 2000, Peter returned to Weatherfield and started to live there permanently. But he earned the contempt of Ken's current wife, Deirdre, by harassing her best friend Liz McDonald before annoying her further by crashing Ken's car and giving his father's name to the police which forced Ken into withdrawing his application to become a magistrate. Things got even worse between them when it was discovered Mike had fathered a child during his marriage to Susan and Deirdre refused to support Ken and Peter's attempts to help Susan deny Mike access to his child. Peter was devastated when Mike won custody following Susan's death.
Weeks later, Peter began working at The Rovers Return Inn public house as a barman for landlord Duggie Ferguson. It was then he started pestering his employee Toyah Battersby, before having a go at her when she confronted him about it. When Toyah is later raped by an unseen assailant, Peter becomes the prime suspect due to his recent behaviour towards her. But it was soon revealed that Toyah's supposed new friend, Phil Simmonds, was the true culprit. Later on Peter saw Toyah in trouble with Simmonds and rescued her by chasing him out of her house before beating him up to stop him from escaping from justice. Following Simmonds' arrest and imprisonment for Toyah's rape, Peter is hailed a hero for his actions.
Soon enough Peter began dating Duggie's barmaid Shelly Unwin, despite Duggie's objections as he had earlier sacked Peter for stocking booze behind his back. They initially broke up when Peter's friend Ciaran McCarthy lied that Shelly made passes towards him but they later reconciled when Peter apologized for doubting her. Peter also continued to be friends with Ciaran despite Shelly's continued dislike for him.
Peter had an affair with Lucy Richards and ended up marrying both her and Shelly. When his bigamy was exposed he left and was denied contact with his son Simon. In 2007 Peter returned to protect his stepsister Tracy from her abusive boyfriend Charlie Stubbs. When Tracy killed Charlie later that year, Peter supported her as he fell for her lies that she acted in self-defence.
When Peter next returned he had Simon with him as Lucy had died. He had become an alcoholic and struggled to look after the boy though Ken did his best to help him. Peter married Leanne Battersby but she had an affair with ex husband Nick Tilsley. He forgave her but then had an affair with her friend Carla Connor. When the affair was exposed it cast doubt on Carla's true allegations she had been raped by her fiancé Frank Foster. When Frank was murdered Peter confessed to protect Carla which annoyed Leanne as she felt he wasn't considering Simon. Eventually it was revealed Frank's mother Anne was the killer.
Peter fought with Leanne over custody for Simon but ultimately relented and let him stay with her. Peter had an affair with Tina McIntyre and she was killed by Carla's brother Rob Donovan. He ended up in prison but was released after Rob confessed the truth to Carla.
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==Trivia==
*Chris Gascoyne (the actor who played Peter Barlow) received several awards and nominations for his contribution to both the character's performance and it's high-profile storylines, most notably his battle with alcoholism addiction.
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