Bethany Platt
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| Bethany Platt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Amy and Emily Walton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2000-2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 4 June 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 30 December 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 June 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home | Milan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Student, formerly at Bessie Street primary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bethany Britney Platt is a returning character in the British television soap opera Coronation Street, born to underage parents Sarah Platt and Neil Ferns. She is played by twins Amy and Emily Walton who have played her since the character's birth.
Sarah-Louise Platt was just thirteen years old when she gave birth to Bethany. Just a few hours after her birth, Bethany was kidnapped by Alison Webster, whose baby, Jake, had just died. Luckily, Alison and Bethany were found, but Alison committed suicide after handing Bethany over.
Bethany had not been planned but Sarah tried to cope as best she could even though she was still a child herself. Sarah once kept Bethany a secret from her first boyfriend.
When Bethany was two, Sarah was in a car crash with rebel boyfriend Aidan Critchley and nearly died. When she survived, Sarah vowed to make the most of her life and be a fantastic mother as she realised just how much Bethany meant to her, and as she grew older did become more attentive to her daughter.
When Gail's husband, Richard Hillman tried to kill Sarah, Gail, David, Bethany and himself by driving the family car into the canal, Sarah undid Bethany's seat belt and swam to safety with her. Gail and David also survived, however Richard himself died.
Much to Gail's horror, Sarah and Bethany moved in with Sarah's boyfriend Todd Grimshaw, who treated Bethany like his own daughter. Gail was horrified that Sarah took Bethany and tried to convince Sarah to bring Bethany home, which Sarah refused to do, and when Gail went round and tried to take Bethany, she would not leave and Sarah said that Bethany knew who she wanted to be with.
Bethany's father Neil Ferns, never met Bethany and took no interest in her, nor did his parents. However, after his death, his mother Brenda made contact with Bethany and started to look after her because she felt Bethany was the only thing of Neil's she had left and desperately wanted something to hold on to. This upset Gail, who was estranged from Sarah at the time, as she felt like she was being replaced and cut out of Bethany's life when she was there from the very beginning and basically raised her. Brenda had gone mad after the death of her son and planned to kill herself and Bethany so they could be with Neil. Luckily Emily Bishop found them in time and Bethany was rescued. Sarah later gave birth to Bethany's half-brother, Billy Platt, who died shortly afterwards. Todd Grimshaw was the father and was distrought at Billy's death.
Sarah and Bethany were back living with Gail and David. For a while, Sarah's boyfriend Scooter lived there too, but Sarah finished her relationship with him. Much to the dismay of her mother and his, who felt that she had ruined Todd's life, Sarah had entered into a new relationship with Jason Grimshaw, Todd's half-brother. They became engaged but Jason walked out at the wedding.
Sarah tries hard to be a loving mother to Bethany, however, she feels she needs some excitement in her life and can be neglectful but she deeply loves Bethany and once said that if anything
happened to her there would be nothing left to live for. Bethany has turned into a sweet, affectionate, loving little girl. She is now attending school and is looked after by her mother and Jason Grimshaw.
On 17 September 2007, Bethany found ectasy which her uncle, David, had hid in her doll. This resulted in David getting really worried and making her drink salt water to bring the tablet back up. When Sarah returned home, and Bethany wasn't feeling herself, Sarah thought it was the gas leak at her school, which had meant Bethany had come home early and was why David was looking after her. When Bethany started having fits, Sarah rushed her to hospital where doctors tried to stabilise her but couldn't due to not knowing what she had eaten. This resulted in David confessing she had swallowed an 'E' prompting Sarah to have an outburst at her brother. Bethany was then sent to intensive Care where she made a full recovery and was sent home on Sunday 23 September. When she got home she found out that she could have her own room, due to her uncle David being thrown out by her grandmother Gail Platt.
Sarah planned revenge on David for ruining her wedding day and found the perfect opportunity when Bethany's great uncle, Stephen, offered David a job in Milan. David accepted and Sarah was very envious. Therefore Sarah planted ecstacy in his drawer at Audreys Salon and consequently Audrey found it. Stephen withdrew his offer to David after what had happened to Bethany, a couple on months earlier, and Gail couldn't believe he was still using it after the incident. Jason was offered the job and Bethany is to move to Italy with them.
Whilst at the train station, Sarah told Jason that she had planted the drugs on David. He was mortified and told Sarah to not get on the train. However, Sarah and Bethany got on the train and eventually left for Italy, without Jason.
