fictional character british soap opera coronation street played family introduced serial executive producer bid increase falling ratings actress singer gave producers permission youngest member family character said born height career taylor originally auditioned cast instead role marked acting debut screen appearance episode broadcast july portrayed naive occasionally needing bit things taylor called decent person loyal friends family taylor initially disliked image particularly clothes revealing major storyline saw abducted stranger time taylor said hardest storylines film believed carried warning broadcast months later female character involved storyline surrounding subject age sex storyline criticised taylor defended calling educational began relationship lasted departure july following year character focus coronation street controversial storylines saw beaten raped storyline marked time years included rape storyline criticised coronation street cast members thought producers subject rape boost ratings taylor decided leave july character departed screen following year received critics taylor received inside soap awards best dramatic performance storylines family coronation street soon upset neighbours bad behaviour notably steal local age drinking develops crush turns vegetarian impress asks help save turkey slaughtered christmas arguing mother step father les runs away london find biological father comes initially pretends father takes woods distracted manages escape soon found les gets job roy rolls local café begins dating philip john bad influence steal café threatening break sex loses eventually sees break help teacher begins improve grades wins writing competition spending night watching lunar eclipse spider sex soon begin relationship live house asks leave spider find gets second job return spider start drift apart spider asks india turns spider leaves later night stand night decides walk short distance home soon set unseen beats found takes home initially believes robbed shocked tells raped recounts story police undergoing examination hospital male residents come suspicion particularly ruled dna tests struggles deal happened develops home friend recognises voice calls realises aware knows prevents escaping screams heard peter breaks door knocks unconscious found guilty rape sent prison brief romance sam moves flat brown holiday meets illegal immigrant dates proposes turns starts dating college tutor initially reluctant introduce surprised lot older john asks agrees argues liking john reveals maria sex resulting maria pregnant confronts maria gives impression john forced remembering rape attacks john class breaks decides leave reunites spider london creation casting strong family created introduced coronation street bid increase falling ratings news family arrival came days series producer regular characters stated exciting injection fresh blood follow great tradition balancing mix comedy drama coronation street renowned actress singer gave producers permission youngest member family character born height career later regretted decision actress cast role marked acting debut taylor studying levels originally auditioned unsuccessful auditioned won role casting explained got got sat open best friend barely believe different stage intense audience isn right different type satisfaction working faster storylines characters developing time time casting taylor years older character portrayed development characterisation month debut screen described fourteen year old illegitimate daughter comprehensive teacher interview taylor stated makes parents life misery brilliant playing fun playing somebody nice graham explained known police age drinking taylor said hated character clothes revealing explained beginning clothes wore terrible conscious hanging tiny mini skirts lot girls wear skirts felt comfortable sort thing taylor disliked initially bright pink lot black foundation image eventually began change aware way looked got boyfriend started college took extra english lessons bid better taylor later commented character got nerves thought romantic view love occasionally needed bit actress added decent person loyal friends digital_spy described mellow thought les biological father daily_mirror commented went confident young woman abduction following argument les ran away london find real father led stranger pretending later abducted taylor said storyline hardest film story come london track real father things badly wrong way leaves wide open naive open abused storyline filmed location city london early august hour long episode focusing les search broadcast month later jones played les revealed runaway storyline tough began crying read script continued family read scripts work going play parts occasion like normal coronation street story like jones thought found frightening hoped storyline stop teenager running away home worthwhile storyline attracted attention believed episode featuring abduction carried warning broadcast age sex october female character involved storyline surrounding subject age sex sixteen time holiday romance philip john quickly introduced parents prepared like stealing local café asked sex agreed despite knowing wait scared said break persuaded lose car storyline branded controversial shocking stated sent wrong ideas young taylor defended storyline character saying taken strong moral line promoting teenage sex opposite actions lesson girls fall trap educational storyline feel responsible way actress went explain storyline showed regretted actions young female viewers learn mistake added watching hope message gets girls fall trap use protection sister persuaded doctor morning taylor praised conscience voice common sense thought given good responsible advice deal happened agreed taylor wrote storyline building stark warning millions teenagers tuning street believed time viewers impression admirable proclaimed sort girl needs care affection explains poor soul losing holiday romance convinced love relationship months moving coronation street developed crush neighbour turned vegetarian try impress told soap spider initially saw crush listened issues helped battles local supermarket council spider began admire instead explained efficient hard working friend summer hit turned nice spider watched solar eclipse ended having sex time observed spider overcome excitement point explosion lust morning spider torn happened admired knew couple cause lot problems particularly year age gap taylor explained happy character getting spider scenes took place locations spider decided dodge responsibilities began staying away happy wanted commitment spider eventually changed mind commented fact figures hung sheep goat actor spider brought best spider soon began proper relationship briefly lived spider announced wanted settle buy house couple realised started drift apart spider thought got mortgage help save relationship want spider offered promotion realised want work anymore quit told bought tickets india find insisted want leave inside soap wrote spider want lose felt stay soon departed rape april focus coronation street controversial storylines enjoying night friend raped beaten left dead unknown walked home storyline began special minute episode broadcast easter weekend marked time years coronation street included rape viewers saw grabbed attacker actual act rape instead bruised body found set early morning run jason took house told mother happened repeat story police revealed know raped semi conscious attack underwent examination local hospital scenes shot mary hospital sexual assault centre manchester writers spent months researching victim experiences working clinical director staff scenario right storyline criticised coronation street cast members believed producers subject rape gain higher ratings rival soap opera taylor defended storyline hoped help women attacked seek help stated main focus storyline psychological effect attack women raped sexually assaulted owe sure story line handled accurately denying rape sensitive controversial storyline heart soul trying portray accurately hope women experienced think given justice spokesperson commented storyline handled male residents came suspicion forced dna samples briefly prime suspect dna soon eliminated aware attacker knew remembered calling voice struggled deal physical emotional soon developed found support mother neighbour revealed raped taylor told inside soap charlie advice helped start getting feet process hampered received anonymous phone left feeling extremely frightened phone sparked terrifying event finally revealed friend came round comfort recognised voice called realised tried escape grabbed held hostage screams heard peter broke door knocked unconscious spokesperson commented left worry deny rape convicted couple months later received letter asking visit prison return guilty letter arrived life getting job starting romance sam felt letter taylor told inside soap time gets letter grown little stronger comes complete surprise doesn trust obviously thinks playing games wants confront attack wants let leave courts deal agreed request visit taylor said believed seeing person help come terms happened came face face thought looked tried feel pity told guilty agreed left prison feeling triumphant taylor commented fully recover ordeal determined look future departure july digital_spy reported taylor quit coronation street years revealed contract october year actress chosen stay serial writers time come storyline character departure series producer added sorry taylor understood decision taylor later explained chose leave writers struggled come storylines told asked couldn think couldn future couldn play taylor filmed final scenes january despite victim serial killer producers decided needed fiery left storylines saw embark passionate affair university tutor relationship quickly turned love triangle john affair discovered affair decided leave street screen exit february reception taylor earned inside soap awards taylor won best dramatic performance nominated popular actress 7th national television awards taylor earned nomination rape nominated category stated rough tough teenagers look like fresh nursery characters credited increasing ratings million million viewers met daily_mirror commented going find wrong holiday wrote street congratulated plight brilliant performance young way means says boyfriend columnist observed controversy right run storyline rape taylor magnificent portrayal rape victim forgotten daily_mirror praised taylor performance storyline saying heart convincing stewart wrote attack chilling reminder brutal life stewart colleague branded disaster june metro included rape list controversial soap storylines editor included feature soap forgotten characters cooper said didn best luck stint coronation street writer teen street 1990s fell warrior spider life fell apart raped evil followed spider london november digital_spy stated coronation street best loved characters certainly best loved time
Toyah Battersby