Suds studs ranked with Ken king among soap love rats
Romances, marriages and affairs are what keep us hooked to British soaps. But have you ever wondered who’s the most promiscuous character?
A new study conducted by BestBingoSites can reveal 88-year-old Ken Barlow is the randiest soap character of all time.
From one-night stands to long-term lovers, he has bedded 24 women over a 61-year stretch.
The love triangle between Ken, Deirdre and factory owner Mike Baldwin was one of the most-watched soap episodes of all time, writes Sue Wilkinson.
o rival Hollywood royalty Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Ken and Deirdre married, divorced and remarried.
Ken’s 24 lovers were ... Claudia Colby; Sue Jeffers; Sally Waterman; Sonia Price; Sally Robinson; Gaynor Burton; Rita Littlewood; Jackie Marsh; Pip Mistral; Alma Sedgewick; Deirdre Hunt; Denise Osbourne; Janet
Reid; Maggie Redman; Peggy Barton; Susan Cunningham; Valerie Tatlock; Wendy Crozier; Elaine Perkins; Martha Frazer; Marian Lund; Yvonne Chappell; Norma Ford; Wendy Nightingale.
BestBingoSites spokeswoman Sue Dawson said: “Who would have thought stick-in-the-mud Ken Barlow had bedded more partners than any other character in soap history?
“That said, he has always been a bit of a ladies’ man and let’s face it, he has had plenty of time. He’d better watch out, though – Max, Mercedes and Cindy are hot on his heels.”
In joint second place are two Hollyoaks maneaters, Mercedes McQueen and Cindy Cunningham as well as Walford’s renown lothario Max Branning.
All three have bedded 21 lovers overall, with some being married to their close family members at the time.
Walford’s Whitney Dean falls just short with a recorded 18 lovers, but we’re sure she’ll make up for lost lovers as she looks to be on the prowl again, setting her eyes on loved up Callum and Ben.
The analysis further revealed that 17 characters had ten or more sexual partners.
Overall EastEnders characters take up half of the top ten, appearing in the table five times.
Clearly showing that the residents of Walford have the highest sex drive among all soaps.
If proof of this research were needed, Corrie fans –
me included – are currently gripped by the love triangle between Tyrone Dobbs, his partner Fiz and Alina, the younger woman Tyrone has set up home with.
The mechanic has been travelling at 100mph after having his head turned by the 23-year-old.
It will, in true soap style, end in tears ... and they won’t just be Fiz’s.
Over in Emmerdale it is looking like Mack Boyd will have an offer for Nicola King, as it looks as though her marriage to Jimmy is over.
That would put us all out of their marital misery.