List of minor Coronation Street characters (2009)
| Husband |
Gordon Fraser (until 2002) |
| Ben Richardson |
|
Coronation Street character |
| Portrayed by |
Lucien Laviscount |
| First appearance |
2 February 2009 |
| Last appearance |
21 December 2009 |
| Classification |
Former; regular |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Student |
| Father |
Mr. Richardson |
| Mother |
Carly Richardson |
| Sisters |
Mary Ellen Richardson |
|
| Father |
Mr. Richardson |
| Mother |
Carly Richardson |
| Sisters |
Mary Ellen Richardson |
| Justin Turner |
|
Coronation Street character |
| Portrayed by |
Ralph Gassmann |
| First appearance |
20 March 2009 |
| Last appearance |
11 May 2009 |
| Classification |
Former; regular |
| Profile |
| Occupation |
Photographer |
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 2009, by order of first appearance.
Martha Fraser, portrayed by Stephanie Beacham, made her first on-screen appearance on 26 January 2009. Beacham described her character as living a very solitary and lonely life. A set was built specially for Beacham's scenes, which meant, to her regret, she didn't get to appear in the Rovers.
Ken Barlow (William Roache) is walking his dog, Eccles, near the canal when the dog chases after some ducks and falls into the freezing water. As Ken tries to get Eccles out, Martha extends a fishing net from her boat and manages to save her. Martha offers Ken and Eccles a place to warm up, and Ken gratefully accepts.
Martha and Ken bond quickly over their shared love for literature. She tells him she has been living on a boat for seven years, ever since she split from her philandering husband. Ken confides in her about his troubled son, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne). When Martha asks about Valerie Barlow (Anne Reid), Peter's mother, Ken tells her she is dead. Martha assumes that Ken is a widower, and Ken keeps quiet about his marriage to Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride). Ken visits her again several days later, and learns that she is now starring in a local production of A Streetcar Named Desire.
In March 2009, Martha and Ken finally kiss. Ken tells Martha that he is married on 2 April 2009. She is devastated and tells him to leave. However, he keeps pestering her to admit that she has feelings for him as he tells her that he is in love with her. Despite this, she isn't interested, especially when she discovers that Deirdre didn't know about their affair. Their relationship is discovered by Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), after her ex-partner Ted Page (Michael Byrne), who had known about the affair, is forced to admit it. Audrey tells Ken's son Peter.
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