Danny Baldwin

Danny Baldwin is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, portrayed by actor and TV presenter, Bradley Walsh. The character first appeared on 31 May 2004 and made his departure on 31 December 2006.

This article is about the fictional British character. For the American actor, see Daniel Baldwin.

Danny Baldwin
Coronation Street character
Portrayed byBradley Walsh
Duration2004–2006
First appearanceEpisode 5770
31 May 2004
Last appearanceEpisode 6458
31 December 2006
Introduced byTony Wood
Spin-off
appearances		Coronation Street: Pantomime (2005)
ClassificationFormer; regular
Profile
OccupationBusinessman
HomeSpain

Storylines

Danny moves to Weatherfield to help his uncle Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) with his business, Underworld. Not long afterwards, his wife Frankie Baldwin (Debra Stephenson), who had previously cheated on him, arrives in Weatherfield as she wants to give their marriage another chance. They are soon joined by Danny's two sons, Warren Baldwin (Danny Young) and Jamie Baldwin (Rupert Hill). Unaware of Frankie's intentions, Danny has a brief fling with shop assistant Sunita Parekh (Shobna Gulati) shortly after his arrival, but Sunita does not know that Danny is married and is very hurt when Frankie turns up. The Baldwins then rent No. 7 Coronation Street from Blanche Hunt (Maggie Jones).[1]

Danny's father Harry dies, and his mother, Viv, (Patricia Brake), comes to stay and reveals to Mike and Danny a secret she had kept since his birth. Mike is actually Danny's biological father, the product of an affair she had with Mike. Danny's uncle Harry had brought him up believing him to be his own son. Danny embarks on a passionate affair with Jamie's girlfriend Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson). When this is finally revealed, Jamie is heartbroken. Frankie throws Danny out and he moves in with Leanne.

Mike becomes ill with Alzheimer's disease. Danny is initially determined to use Mike's illness to gain control of the factory and Mike's other assets and manages to get power of attorney but as his condition deteriorates, Danny's emotions get the better of him and he is genuinely upset at the decline of his dad. Mike's death in April 2006, hits Danny hard. Leanne, now engaged to Danny, finds a more recent will amongst Mike's belongings in which he leaves everything to his youngest son, Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson). Leanne uses the will to blackmail Danny, demanding £100,000 and leaves Weatherfield after Danny throws her out. Danny continues to try to reconcile with Frankie, and nearly succeeds; but is shocked and appalled to discover that Frankie is having an affair with Jamie. Danny goes on a downwards spiral, sells his share of the factory to Paul Connor (Sean Gallagher) who had already bought Adam's share, and leaves Weatherfield for Spain. He is last seen with a beautiful woman on his arm, where he phones Jamie to wish him a Happy New Year.

Creation and development

In an interview with Chris Evans on OFI Sunday on 11 December 2005, Bradley Walsh revealed that the character was originally to have been called "Vic Baldwin", but that he asked the producers if the name could be changed to that of his own father, who had recently died.[2]

gollark: Oh, that too.
gollark: Well, yes, I could make it just a proxy table, but then pairs would break.
gollark: So even less immutable. Oh well!
gollark: Unfortunately, I can't block *that* due to metatable limitations.
gollark: See, this is done entirely with plain metatables!

References
  1. "The new arrival causes shockwaves - Coronation Street Spoiler - Soaps". Digital Spy. 22 May 2004. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  2. Bernard, Bale (19 January 2019). "When Mum and Dad got me a battery-operated Dalek, I never dreamed I'd be on Doctor Who!': Bradley Walsh on his 'odd-job man' acting career". Sunday Post. DC Thomson & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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