{"id":52752,"date":"2024-06-05T20:33:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T18:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2051855"},"modified":"2024-06-06T00:21:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T22:21:29","slug":"10-biggest-coronation-street-moments-for-show-legend-gail-rodwell-over-50-years","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/10-biggest-coronation-street-moments-for-show-legend-gail-rodwell-over-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"10 biggest Coronation Street moments for show legend Gail Rodwell over 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ll miss both Gail and Helen! <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 05 June 2024 at 18:33 PM<\/p>

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If, like us, you\u2019ve been rocked by the news that Coronation Street\u2019s<\/a> Gail Rodwell will be leaving the cobbles this year, now is the perfect time to consider exactly why her exit will have such an impact.<\/p>\n

After playing Gail for the last 50 years, star Helen Worth has announced that she will be bowing out of the soap<\/a>, with her emotional final scenes set to air by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine the ITV soap without our beloved Gail \u2013 the matriarch of the Platt clan whose presence always lights up the screen.<\/p>\n

Over the decades, Gail has clocked up 5 husbands, 1 of whom was a serial killer \u2013 and most recently learned that her brother was also a murderer!<\/p>\n

Life has been nothing but eventful for Gail, so let\u2019s dive into her complicated history and remind ourselves of what she\u2019s been through, why we love her and why we\u2019ll miss the iconic character.<\/p>\n

10 biggest Coronation Street moments for show legend Gail Rodwell over 50 years<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Sarah Platt\u2019s pregnancy at 13<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Gail supported daughter Sarah-Lou through her teen pregnancy.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Back in 2000, one of the most memorable storylines for Gail saw her hear the bombshell news that daughter Sarah (Tina O\u2019Brien) was pregnant at the age of just 13. Having taken Sarah to the GP due to the teen being sick and not eating, no one could have prepared Gail for this.<\/p>\n

While these days, teen pregnancy plots are a more regular occurrence in soap land, Sarah\u2019s condition was a genuine twist at the time, and the look on Gail\u2019s face and her breathless, softly spoken reaction were unforgettable.<\/p>\n

Exactly 24 years on, granddaughter Bethany (Lucy Fallon) is all grown up and dealing with her own turmoil, and we\u2019re sure Gail wouldn\u2019t swap her for the world.<\/p>\n

2. Gail\u2019s husband Richard Hillman is a serial killer!<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Richard Hillman in the car with a bound-and-gagged Gail Platt in Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Marrying Richard (Brian Capron) in 2002, Gail thought she had finally found happiness after the murder of her first husband Brian (Christopher Quinten) and her second spouse Martin Platt\u2019s (Sean Wilson) cheating on her.<\/p>\n

But Gail\u2019s worst nightmare unfolded when she discovered that Richard had bumped off his ex-wife, as well as Maxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw), and also tried to kill Gail\u2019s mum Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and neighbour Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire).<\/p>\n

Gail\u2019s reaction was to brand Richard \u201cNorma Bates with a briefcase!\u201d and the line became one of Worth\u2019s, and Coronation Street\u2019s, most legendary ever. After Gail ended the marriage, Richard\u2019s reign of terror continued when he kidnapped her, Sarah, Bethany and Gail\u2019s son David (Jack P Shepherd).<\/p>\n

Richard planned to kill himself and take them all with him, but when his car plunged into the canal only Richard perished.<\/p>\n

3. Gail\u2019s scrap with Eileen Grimshaw<\/strong><\/h2>\n