Overview
- Retrospectives published on January 29 recount that newborn twins Leah and Lynsay King first played Sarah Platt after being born two months early.
- Leah King died of cot death in May 1987 at six months old, with cast members including Helen Worth attending her funeral at Butler Street Methodist Church in Manchester.
- Lynsay King continued in the role until 1999, when Tina O’Brien took over at age 16, later returning in 2015 and remaining on the soap.
- Lynsay has said she was bullied at school because of her early fame and later expressed regret about leaving the series, reflecting in a 2004 Mirror interview.
- Lynsay visited the set in 2004 for The Kids From Coronation Street documentary, where she encountered Tina O’Brien for the first time.