Coronation Street's Gail Platt 'to get married for the SEVENTH time' ahead of actress Helen Worth quitting ITV soap after 50 years

Gail Platt is reportedly set to get married for a seventh time on Coronation Street. Gail Platt is set to get married for a seventh time on Coronation Street ahead of quitting the ITV soap after an incredible 50 years; pictured in 1960 with Christopher Quinten as Brian Tilsley The legendary soap character is played by Helen Worth, 73, and has appeared on the show since July 1974 'With a character as popular as her, they will be hoping she finally gets a happy ending.' Earlier this year, she announced she is quitting the soap and insiders have now claimed that filming for her latest 'gripping' wedding to Jesse Chadwick is currently underway Previously, Gail was married to Brian Tilsey pictured, from 1979 until 1987 and had children Nick and Sarah with him Although they remarried in 1988, he was stabbed to death shortly afterwards Jesse first arrived on the Street as a children's entertainer in 2008 and struck up a brief relationship with Gail's arch nemesis Eileen Grimshaw but he left in 2010. Next, she married nurse Martin Platt in 1991 and had son David Martin and Gail's marriage ended in 2001 when she discovered he had been having an affair with his colleague Rebecca Hopkins whilst she was trying to come to terms with daughter Sarah's teenage pregnancy In 2002, she married Richard Hillman but it all ended in disaster when he turned out to be a serial killer and drove Gail and her family into the canal Gail later married Joe McIntyre in 2010, but that was short-lived because he had tried to fake his own death as part of an insurance fraud and actually drowned Gail met Michael Rodwell when he burgled her home in 2014 and the pair ended up tying the knot in 2015 but he suffered a fatal heart attack just a year later Sharing the news of her exit, Helen said: 'This year felt like the perfect time to leave the show after celebrating 50 years in the most wonderful job on the most wonderful street in the world.' In her nearly 50-year stint on the soap, Gail has been married five times and at the centre of an array of explosive storylines, including her daughter Sarah's teenage pregnancy, and the death of her fourth debt-ridden husband Joe McIntyre during a failed life insurance scheme.