Luke Strong (Coronation Street)

Luke Strong
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by	Craig Kelly
First appearance	Episode 7016 20 February 2009
Last appearance	Episode 7187 19 October 2009
Introduced by	Kim Crowther
Classification	Former; regular
Profile
Occupation	Businessman
Residence	Rio de Janeiro

Luke Strong is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by Craig Kelly, the character appeared throughout 2009. Luke took over Carla Connor's share of the Underworld factory with Tony Gordon. He knew Carla's deceased husband, Paul Connor.

Luke arrives in Weatherfield on 20 February 2009 replacing Carla (Alison King) as the Manager of Underworld. He initially infuriates Tony (Gray O'Brien) after refusing to say where Carla was claiming that all he had told her was that the business needed running. He makes friends with Tom Kerrigan (Philip McGinley) and Maria Connor (Samia Smith) after hearing the story about Liam's (Rob James-Collier) death. After hearing about their business 'LadRags' he expresses an interest in buying it from them for £50,000 each. Tom and Maria, however, state that they need more time to consider the matter.

On 30 March 2009, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) accidentally drops a lit cigarette while drunk and falls asleep as his flat began to catch fire, Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride) receives a call from Peter's six-year-old son Simon (Alexander Bain) telling her that the flat is on fire. She runs out of the house and tells Luke and Tony as they rush into the house and call an ambulance. Luke gets Simon out while saying he should get Simon's pet rabbit out but Tony keeps repeating that he should leave it. In the end Tony gets Peter out, while Luke goes back in to rescue the rabbit.

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