Marcus Dent

Marcus Dent is a midwife and former sonographer at Weatherfield General, introduced when Violet Wilson went for a scan. He gave his number to Sean Tully who was also present at the scan. The two started dating but Sean was unsure how the relationship should progress. Sean tricked Marcus into revealing the sex of the baby to him after he wanted to know and Violet didn't. This led to a rough patch in the relationship, but was overcome and the couple remained together happily. Marcus delivered Violet's son when she went into labour in the Rovers Return Inn on 22nd February 2008. Violet and her boyfriend Jamie Baldwin later left Weatherfield to escape Sean. Marcus quit his sonographer job to try to find more fulfilling employment. He and Sean planned to move into their own flat, but Sean briefly losing his job at Underworld put their plans on hold.

In August 2008, Eileen Grimshaw received a call from Todd saying that he had seen Marcus in a nightclub in London, in the company of another man. Eileen subsequently told Sean who initially dismissed it but became increasingly more paranoid and angry. When Marcus discovered that Sean made a pass at Tom Kerrigan, he punched Tom after he suspected that Sean had slept with him. Marcus later told Sean that he was fed up of Sean's jealousy and called a cab to take him to London. Sean pleaded with Marcus but he said an emotional goodbye to Eileen, Maria and Liam and left for London, leaving Sean devastated.

Sean and Marcus crossed paths again in April 2011 when Sean went to London to see Dylan. Marcus revealed that he often babysit for Violet and Jamie, whose relationship was not going so well. Violet agreed that Sean and Marcus could take Dylan out for the day while she and Jamie sorted things out. When they returned, Sean had a row with Violet and when they left, Marcus told her to call him. In May, Eileen arranged a surprise date for Sean with Marcus, and the two began a relationship again.

Quotes
"Violet Wilson? I'm Marcus Dent... the sonographer". (First line)

Background information

 * The character was written out of the soap in 2008 after Charlie Condou quit the role. However, in 2011 Condou returned to the role.