Freddie Peacock

Frederick "Freddie" Thomas Peacock (né Thomas Duncan Peacock) is a fictional character on the ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street. Freddie was born on 17 July 2006. His parents are Claire and Ashley Peacock.

Claire started suffering from Post Natal Depression soon after Freddie was born. She believed that Freddie wasn't her own. On one occasion, she pushed his pram into the path of an oncoming vehicle but luckily the driver stopped before hitting him. His mother was then sectioned and was soon well enough to come home and look after him again. In October 2006, Claire announced that she would like to have his name changed from Thomas to Freddie, after his paternal grandfather (who had died only a week before), so Thomas's name was changed accordingly. In December 2006 he was christened Frederick Thomas, with Eileen Grimshaw as his godmother, and Roy Cropper as his godfather.

Freddie went missing when he was taken by Claire's friend, who she met through the Weatherfield Women In Crisis hotline, Casey Carswell. Casey meant no harm, but was offended when Claire called the Police when she found Freddie missing.

In May 2007, after his father and stepbrother Josh went out for a few days, Claire's neighbour Eileen put Freddie to bed and Claire herself went to bed shortly after. Not long after, she was woken by the smoke alarm, and to her shock found a fire had been started in Freddie's bedroom. Claire fell down the stairs, but was shortly after rescued by Jamie and Kirk. As news spread that Freddie had not been rescued from the fire, residents believed the worse. It wasn't until Ashley returned on May 21 to the Street and spoke to investigators, that they informed him that Freddie had not been in the house when the fire began.

Freddie was found later in the day wrapped up in a local park. It was revealed that the fire was started deliberately by use of an accelerant which led to confusion for his parents. Originally, this storyline was to last several months, not one day, but it was changed to avoid upsetting the family of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared two weeks earlier, and has still not been found.

In September 2007 the identity of Freddie's abductor was revealed to be Casey, as she had been seen around Weatherfield. Casey abducted Freddie and took him to the balcony of her flat where she threatened to jump with him. Fortunately Casey did not jump and Freddie was unharmed. Casey was arrested on the spot. His parents briefly split but soon reconciled.