Todd Grimshaw

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Todd Grimshaw
Coronation Street character
Played by	Bruno Langley
Duration	2001-2004
Date of Birth	1985
Marital Status	In a relationship
Occupation	student
Family	Eileen, Jason, Billy

Todd James Grimshaw was a character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. He was played by Bruno Langley.

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Sensitive and temperate compared to his half-brother Jason, Todd was a significant character in the life of the long-running television soap opera, as his character struggled with his sexuality to become Coronation Street's first acknowledged homosexual character.

Highly academic, Todd was poised to sit A-Levels until he got involved with schoolgirl mother, Sarah-Louise Platt, with whom he fell in love, leaving thoughts of university behind in favour of domesticity, much to his mother Eileen's dismay. Sarah became pregnant with Todd's child (her second) at the age of 17. However, changes began to show when he first became fascinated by Sarah's brother Nick. After a night out, Todd planted a kiss (the soap's first on screen homosexual kiss) on a sleeping Nick, only to be rebuffed. Although Nick remained suspicious, Todd was able to cover over the incident as a misguided moment of drunken confusion. However, he later secretly established a relationship with a male nurse (Karl Foster).

Unable to live a lie anymore, Todd eventually told Sarah the truth about his sexuality, which spelled the end of their relationship. Sadly, Sarah suffered from a placental abruption, which was a pre existing medical condition, and ended up going into premature labour. She had an emergency caesarian and baby Billy was born, although he died 24 hours later.

Although there was conflict with both Sarah's family and his brother Jason, Todd eventually accepted his sexuality and resumed his studies, moving to London in 2004. But not before he discovered that Jason had committed the ultimate betrayal by sleeping with Sarah.

Todd is still mentioned in Coronation Street from time to time. The latest news is that he is doing well with his studies in London and has moved in with a new boyfriend.