30. Gary and Judy Mallett, 1995-1999 (51 votes)
They moved into the Duckworths’ old house when they bought the Rovers. Although they argued with each other, Gary and Judy was a nice couple and settled down on the street. While Gary worked with Jim McDonald, Judy worked as a barmaid in the Rovers.
Judy always wanted children, and even persuaded Zoe Tattersall to be a surrogate mother for them but when she gave birth, she backed out. Judy was later overjoyed when she found out she was expecting twins and Billy and Becky were born on Christmas Day 1998. In 1999, Judy was involved in a car crash with Vera and hurt her leg. She refused to rest and while putting out the washing, she collapsed and died of a leg embolism. Gary moved to Blackpool with the twins and girlfriend Paula in 2000.
Were you a fan of Gary and Judy? Should they be at 30?
29. Richard Hillman and Gail Platt/Hillman, 2001-2003 (51 votes)
Gail Platt met suave financial advisor Richard Hillman at friend Alma’s funeral. He fell for Gail and he soon moved in with her. But Richard had a dark side to him. He was a fraudster who apparently had conned elderly people, and he was doing the same to neighbours Emily Bishop and the Duckworths. Richard was not only a fraudster, but a murderer as well. He left Duggie Ferguson for dead and hit ex-wife Patricia on the head with a shovel. With two deaths on his mind, he married Gail in 2002.
Over the next months, Richard’s business suffered and was desperate for money and when he learnt the worth of mum in law Audrey, he tried to kill her by setting her house on fire. Audrey survived and realised that Richard was responsible. Her accusations led to her being estranged from Gail. Failing to kill Audrey, he moved on to Emily. While trying to kill her, he managed to murder Maxine Peacock. Gail suspected him and confronted him and he confessed. He was on the run for weeks before returning to kidnap the family and driving them into the canal. Only Richard perished. Gail and her family have been affected since.
Should the Hillmans be at 29? Do you remember Richard’s confession to Gail? Or him driving into the canal? I was hooked!
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