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Brian Tilsley
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 1978.
Brian Tilsley
Brian John Tilsley was played by Christopher Quinten. The son of Bert (Peter Dudley) and Ivy Tilsley (Lynne Perrie), he married Gail Potter (Helen Worth) in 1979 and they had two children: Nick (Warren Jackson), born in 1980, and Sarah-Louise (Lynsay King) in 1987. At the time Gail got pregnant with Sarah, she was having an affair with Brian's cousin, Ian Latimer (Michael Loney), and was unsure who Sarah's father was. A blood test later revealed that Brian was her father but Gail refused to tell Brian until her mother, Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), let the truth slip during an argument with Brian's mother, Ivy. Brian adjusted to Gail's infidelity but did not reconcile with Gail for some time; he briefly absconded with Nick when a break-up looked likely. Ivy always believed that Ian was Sarah's father. Brian and Gail eventually divorced, but got back together for the sake of their children and married again in February 1988. The marriage did not last and on 15 February 1989, Brian was stabbed to death whilst protecting a woman from some youths outside a nightclub.