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Darryl Morton was the second-oldest of the Morton siblings after Jodie, twin brother of Mel and older brother of Kayleigh and half-sibling Finlay Bryant. Jerry Morton and his children resided at 6 Coronation Street from 2007 to 2008, with teenaged Darryl living in the garden shed.

In 2008, when most of the Mortons moved to Spain, Darryl remained to run the family business Jerry's Takeaway with his mother Teresa Bryant, but Jerry sold up to Dev Alahan instead. Darryl then began a relationship with his new boss's daughter Amber Kalirai, which ended in 2009 when Darryl accepted a bribe from Dev to join his family in Spain so that Amber would leave to go to university.

Biography[]

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Darryl moved into Coronation Street with his family on 18th March 2007. He lived in the shed of the garden of No. 6. He had been in trouble with the law for several motoring offences, and was horrified when twin sister Mel revealed she planned to join the police. Soon after his arrival, he struck up a close friendship with his next-door neighbour David Platt.

On 16th September 2007, Darryl's friend Stig asked him to look after some Ecstasy pills. Afraid that his dad would find them, he asked David Platt to look after them, which he hid inside one of his niece's dolls. However, when Bethany swallowed one, David decided to protect his friend and bailed Darryl out by taking the blame for possession.

After a brief flirtation in the Rovers with barmaid Lauren Wilson, Darryl began dating her. After a few dates of playing hard-to-get, they began seeing each other more regularly. He often paid for their dates and drinks, even though Mel told him that his money was the only reason why she was interested. Their involvement with each other came to an end when Lauren became angry with him for being broke, and said they were never an item.

His dad, Jerry, left Coronation Street to go to Spain, but Darryl stayed behind to run the kebab shop with his mum Teresa.

Darryl started dating Amber Kalirai, but they were caught in bed together by her dad Dev on 17th October 2009 and Dev threw him out.

In September 2009, Dev paid Darryl to stay away from Amber and to go to Spain to live with his dad. Darryl agreed, but got rid of the cheque after changing his mind. Unfortunately, Teresa told Amber about the money, and she left to go back to university in London.

On 16th October 2009, Darryl decided to go to Spain, and left the street for good.

Personality[]

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Darryl was the less serious-minded of the Morton twins (he and his twin sister Mel). He could be just plain daft, lazy and was closest to his sister, although they were no strangers to fighting if the occasion arose.

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Background information[]

Actor Jonathan Dixon revealed in an interview with Digital Spy that during the auditioning for the characters of Darryl and Mel Morton, he was called back through five stages of auditions and eventually got down to the last two where he had to audition against a long-term friend. During each stage of auditioning the hopefuls had to audition as sets of twins. Jonathan continually met fellow cast member Emma Edmondson who played his on-screen sister Mel Morton. In the final audition, the two were paired up, and went on to be cast as twins Mel and Darryl.

The character of Darryl debuted alongside his father Jerry and sisters Mel and Kayleigh in March 2007, his grandad Wilf having already arrived and his mother and half-brother Teresa and Finlay Bryant later following.

There was question about Darryl and the rest of the Mortons' popularity with the viewing public. In April 2007 it was announced that the character would be involved in a heavy marijuana smoking scene with Vernon Tomlin. It caused controversy, and the soap's executive producer Kieran Roberts stated that: "Not all stories are to the taste of all our viewers. But the vast majority of the time we get it right. We do not set out to shock and sensationalise." [1] Although the scene didn't air, there was a milder scene at the Mortons' house-warming party where Vernon took on a mellow disposition after smoking a joint Darryl gave him.

In 2008, when Kim Crowther took over as producer of Coronation Street, she axed the Morton family but kept on Darryl and Teresa (who had temporarily left in late 2008, but returned in April 2009). In an interview with the Liverpool Echo Michael Starke, who played Jerry, revealed they had kept his character on as "[he] links in with David Platt". [2] However in May 2009, it was announced that the character was to be written out, and Darryl left in October that year.

First and last lines[]

"About time." (First line)

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"Right back at ya." (Final line)

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List of addresses[]

Address Duration
6 Coronation Street 18th March 2007 to 8th December 2008
9 Victoria Court 8th December 2008 to April 2009
15a Coronation Street April 2009 to 16th October 2009
Spain October 2009 to present

Employment history[]

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