| Matt Ramsden | |||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Stephen Beckett | ||||||
| Introduced by | Jane MacNaught (2000) Steve Frost (2006) |
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| Duration | 2000-02, 2006 | ||||||
| First appearance | 22 November 2000 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 17 July 2006 | ||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||
| Profile | |||||||
| Occupation | Doctor | ||||||
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Matthew "Matt" Ramsden and his alcoholic schoolteacher wife Charlie moved to Coronation Street when the new Medical Centre on Rosamund Street opened its doors and Matt got a job there as a GP.
Matt is the biological father of Joshua Peacock, after having a drunken one-night stand with Ashley's wife Maxine. Matt left Weatherfield when Joshua was only a week old in an attempt to rebuild his and Charlie's marriage. Maxine was murdered in January 2003, leaving Ashley to raise Josh. In 2006, Matt reappeared with a new wife seeking access to his estranged son. Ashley went to court to stop Matt seeing Josh, but at the last minute, decided to grant Matt limited visitation rights so that the judge would not make the decision.
On Matt's first visit, Ashley's wife Claire Peacock went into labour, and Matt helped her deliver her baby son on the living room couch. After the birth of Freddie, Ashley thanks Matt, but reminds him that this does not change anything. Matt has not been seen since but has been referred to subsequently, often visiting Joshua and taking him out, off-screen.
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“Hey, you dress up our town very nicely. You don’t look out the Chamber of Commerce is going to list you in their publicity with the local attractions.”
—Robert M. Fresco, and Jack Arnold. Dr. Matt Hastings (John Agar)