Giles Gove

Giles Gove as a potential purchaser in January 2017 for Roy's Rolls and its flat when Roy Cropper put the premises on sale following the cancellation of his wedding to Cathy Matthews.

Brian Packham had been instrumental in bringing the wedding plans to an end, something he subsequently felt guilty about. He listened as Mr Gove introduced himself to Roy, saying that the place had a "heck of lot of potensh" and that he was a cash buyer. Roy got Brian to man the counter while he gave Mr Gove a tour.

Later on, Brian got Sally Metcalfe to lie to Roy that she knew Mr Gove from her council business and span him a yarn that he would turn the cafe into an amusement arcade and that he was transphobic, two things he knew he would hate, in the hope that he would cancel the sale. The effect was spoiled later on though in the Rovers when Sally referred to him as Michael Gove and Miles Gove, giving the game away that she'd never met him in her life.