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2 unusual facts about Deirdre Barlow


Deirdre Barlow

Deirdre later falls in love with 'airline pilot' Jon Lindsay (Owen Aaronovitch), who Ken exposes as a fraud after seeing him working at a tie shop in the airport.

The episode in 1983 when she ends her affair with Mike and reconciles with Ken was the highest rated episode and the news was so big it ended up being announced on the scoreboard during a Manchester United vs Arsenal match at Old Trafford, with the words "Ken and Deirdre reunited. Ken 1 - Mike 0" leading to cheers from the spectators.


Luke Strong

On 30 March 2009, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) accidentally drops a lit cigarette while drunk and falls asleep as his flat began to catch fire, Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride) receives a call from Peter's six year old son Simon (Alexander Bain) telling her that the flat is on fire.


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