Ken Barlow is synonymous with Coronation Street.
The character is played by William Roache, who appeared on the very first episode of the ITV show in 1960. The soap legend has been a mainstay on the Cobbles ever since and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest serving television star in a continuous role.
William has portrayed Ken through some of the British soap's most iconic storylines such as the love triangle with Mike Baldwin and Deirdre Barlow that gripped the nation in 1982. Ken's turbulent love life has regularly been a source of drama in Weatherfield - and he has had five children across marriages to three different women.
