After delighting audiences on our screens for over 23 years as Coronation Street’s Peter Barlow, actor Chris Gascoyne broke the hearts of fans everywhere last month when he revealed he was leaving the show to pursue other projects.
Although no further details were given about his upcoming exit storyline, or if the much-loved character would return in the future, fans couldn’t help but feel the sting of losing one of the ITV soap’s much loved characters.
Over the years, Peter has been involved in a number of high-profile storylines including everything from numerous affairs, tackling the hard hitting issue of alcoholism and of course, a long fought custody battle involving his son Simon Barlow.
Most recently, Peter has even been embroiled in the case of Rufus Donahue’s death, after it was revealed Peter had stolen and pawned one of Rufus’ watches before Stephen Reid murdered him!
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