Who Attacked Ken?

"Who Attacked Ken?" is a storyline from the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The story began on 27 March 2017, during an episode in which the show's longest-serving character, Ken Barlow (William Roache), is pushed down the stairs by an unknown assailant. The planning of the storyline and filming the episodes remained a secret until the after the first episode was broadcast.

ITV released a poll to the Coronation Street website so fans could share their thoughts of who pushed Ken. Fans and viewers used the poll, with the majority's thoughts of the attacker was Ken's grandson Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson), with other suspects to be Ken's sons Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard), local builder Pat Phelan (Connor McIntyre), Daniel's girlfriend Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn) and Ken's adoptive daughter Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford). The attacker was revealed to be Daniel on 26 May 2017.

Ken Barlow (William Roache) has recently been interfering in his family's lives. Firstly, after discovering that his grandson Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) has been dealing drugs and was addicted to prescription pills when he was looking after him in 2013. Ken torches money, which results in Adam being badly beaten by thugs. Ken orders Adam to return to Canada, and subsequently disowns him. Also, his adoptive daughter, Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), is upset that Ken refuses to help her financially, especially when Ken's son Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) threatens to buy her florist shop from her. However, Ken considers helping Peter purchase The Rovers Return Inn, which infuriates Tracy. However, after witnessing Peter arguing with a woman named Chloe Tipton (Jo-Anne Knowles) in the ginnel, Ken invites her inside to find out what is going on. She lies to Ken that she and Peter are having an affair, which is untrue and Chloe simply has an unhealthy infatuation with Peter. Ken then decides to tell Peter's girlfriend, Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor), with Toyah throwing Peter out as a result.

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