Les Battersby | |||||||||||||||
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Bruce Jones (pictured) played Les Battersby
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Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||||
Portrayed by | Bruce Jones | ||||||||||||||
Duration | 1997–2007 | ||||||||||||||
First appearance | 4 July 1997 | ||||||||||||||
Last appearance | 6 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Brian Park | ||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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Occupation | Taxi driver | ||||||||||||||
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Mother | Betty Battersby |
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Sisters | Josie Battersby |
Wife |
Janice Lee (1994–2004) Cilla Brown (2005–14) |
Sons | Greg Kelly |
Daughters | Leanne Battersby |
Adoptive sons | Chesney Brown |
Stepdaughters | Toyah Battersby |
Leslie Nelson "Les" Battersby-Brown (né Battersby) is a fictional character on the English ITV soap opera Coronation Street, who appeared from 1997 until 2007. He was played by Bruce Jones. The character is best known for his outspoken opinions and his following of English rock band Status Quo.
The Battersbys arrived when No. 5 was bought by the Council, and a problem family was given the space. Les had at some time spent six months in Strangeways prison for breaking and entering. He arrived with wife Janice (Vicky Entwistle), daughter Leanne (Jane Danson) (from a previous relationship) and step-daughter Toyah (Georgia Taylor). Les immediately clashed with neighbours such as Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy) and Des Barnes (Philip Middlemiss). He enjoyed wandering the interconnected loft spaces to look around the homes of other residents. This scared Percy Sugden (Bill Waddington) so much that he moved away. Les's first big mistake came at the end of 1997. He got a turkey - a live one- though. After calling it Theresa, Les said he'd slit the turkey's throat. But Toyah and her vegetarian boyfriend Spider Nugent decided to liberate the turkey. When Les swore he'd find it, he took daughter Leanne in his car - but he did not notice the turkey walk right into the path of his car. After mowing down Theresa, Les commented later on, "This is champion turkey, this!", with Leanne saying, "I can't eat this, look, it's even got tyre marks on it!".