Vernon Tomlin
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| Coronation Street character | |||
| Portrayed by | Ian Reddington | ||
| Duration | 2005–2008 | ||
| First appearance | Episode 6175 2 December 2005 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 6910 22 September 2008 |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||
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| Occupation | Musician | ||
| Home | London | ||
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| Wife | Liz McDonald (2007–2009) |
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Vernon Tomlin is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, portrayed by Ian Reddington. He originally appeared from December 2005 till September 2008 when he was axed from the show. He is most notable for being the second, often forgotten, husband of Liz McDonald (Beverly Callard).
Vernon became the new potman and cellarman, although he is shamelessly work-shy and often looks for excuses not to work. He proposed to Liz in 2007, unaware that she was enjoying a fling with brewery delivery man Derek, until Derek confessed all on 15 July. Vernon was prepared to leave Weatherfield, but returned after Liz made a Motown compilation tape which she gave to Lloyd Mullaney to play in his cab en route to the airport.
Vernon eventually relented and returned to Liz. The couple were due to tie the knot in a special New Years episode which was complicated by Jim McDonald's return, when Jim, having had everyone think that he'd turned over a new leaf, savagely beat Vernon up at the back of the Rovers, and also hitting Bob, the keyboard player with the band. Steve jumped in and stopped the beating, and seeing his father hadn't changed, sent him away for good, A battered and bloodied Vernon finally married Liz at the Register office on New Year's Eve 2007.
In 2008 Vernon and Liz returned happily married, and Vernon, having already overseen the redecoration of the Rovers Return, was planning his next project. In March 2008, Vernon came up with the idea of a Smoking Shelter, an area at the back of the Rovers for people to smoke in. He recruited two of his friends, musicians/builders, Vince and Don, to work on it, although Liz wasn't happy when they did more slacking than working, and then left the shelter unfinished when they got a cruise ship gig. Several weeks later, Vernon discovered Vince and Don needed a drummer for the gig and managed to get a ticket for Liz. However, Liz decided she couldn't leave The Rovers and Vernon went alone. Liz privately admitted to Deirdre she had made a mistake marrying Vernon.
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