Gail Chadwick (also Potter, Tilsley, Platt, Hillman, McIntyre and Rodwell) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Helen Worth.

Gail is the daughter of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) and Ted Page (Michael Byrne) and is the mother of Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) and David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) and has featured in some of the most controversial and high-profile storylines in the soap involving her family and her number of relationships — she is the soap's most married female character, having been married seven times (equal to Steve McDonald).

The role of Gail was initially intended to be very minor, a friend of the more established character Tricia Hopkins (Kathy Jones), who was introduced as part of a new family.

In November 2009, The Sun reported Joe would decide to disappear on a boating holiday in the Lake District after experiencing a debt crisis which begins to spiral out of control.

In a surprise twist, Joe ends up losing his life for real when a sail pole knocks him unconscious and into freezing cold water before he can carry out his plan in full.

(The restorative justice scheme involves people who have admitted crimes meeting their victims or making amends by doing some sort of remedial work.)

[12] On 29 June 2024, it was announced that Sean Wilson would reprise the role of Gail's ex-husband, Martin Platt for a short stint to coincide with her exit.

[13] It was later announced on 16 August 2024 that Wilson had quit for personal reasons after beginning filming his return, and that scripts were being rewritten to remove Martin's appearance.

"[15] On 25 November 2024, new Coronation Street producer Kate Brooks revealed the exit story for Gail to Digital Spy: "In a word, Christmas is very fun this year.

[1] In November 1978, Mike Baldwin closes down the Western Front, but things look up for Gail in December when Brian Tilsley (Christopher Quinten) gatecrashes a party at Elsie's and asks her out.

Gail and Brian move to a one-bedroomed house at 5 Buxton Close in August 1980 and on New Year's Eve, their son, Nicky (Warren Jackson), is born.

Lonely, Gail agrees to go for a drink with truck driver Les Charlton (Graham Fellows), but Nicky goes missing and is eventually found in the newly rebuilt number seven.

A couple of months later, there is more friction when Brian finds that Audrey's latest boyfriend, George Hepworth (Richard Moore), made a pass at Gail.

However, Gail realises that she married too young and Brian's old-fashioned attitudes about wives mean that the marriage will never work, and so they separate again but continue living under the same roof.

Depressed after Christmas celebrations at work, Martin sleeps with Cathy Power (Theresa Brindley), and is caught kissing her by Audrey's husband, Alf Roberts, (Bryan Mosley).

Gail takes the betrayal very badly, and although they continue to live together, she and Martin barely speak, but reconcile after a family holiday in North Wales.

Months of wrangling and bad feeling ensue, with Gail, Martin, Nick and Don Brennan (Geoffrey Hinsliff), Ivy's second husband, constantly arguing.

In 1997, Don is in prison after attacking Mike and Alma, but is diagnosed with terminal cancer and asks to see Gail to make amends for the trouble he caused since Ivy's death.

Nick (now played by Adam Rickett) returns for the funeral and starts dating Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson), part of a loud, obnoxious family now living in number five.

Gail tires of her responsibility of the café and sells her share to Roy and his new girlfriend Hayley Patterson (Julie Hesmondhalgh), but continues to work there.

Martin plans on leaving Gail for Rebecca, but this is put on hold when they discover that Sarah (now played by Tina O'Brien), now 13, is refusing to eat and being sick.

Fearing that she is developing an eating disorder, Gail takes her to the doctor and learns that Sarah is five months pregnant and gives birth to Bethany (Emily & Amy Walton) in June 2000.

When Gail begins to suspect that her husband is more than he seems, she confronts him with her suspicions and the worst is confirmed when Richard admits everything to her in a special two-hander episode broadcast on 24 February 2003, admitting that he murdered both Maxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw) and his ex-wife Patricia (Annabelle Apsion), left his business partner and the Rovers' landlord Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe) to die following a collapse, and tried to kill both Audrey and Emily – the latter which led to Maxine's murder and Richard subsequently framing Aidan for the crimes as revenge for Sarah's accident.

On Christmas Day 2006, David unveils Ivy Brennan's diary, revealing Gail's planned abortion, and he also exposes Audrey's affair with Bill Webster (Peter Armitage).

In 2016, it is revealed that there is a decomposed body in the manhole underneath Gail's annexe after a car crash involving Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) and Fiz Stape (Jennie McAlpine).

Gail's daughter Sarah begins experiencing mental issues after believing that Callum isn't dead and is still on the run and coming to kill her.

They both survive, but Gary's mother, Anna Windass (Debbie Rush), gets caught in the flames after she falls into a petrol puddle and ends up receiving serious burns to her legs.

In January 2017, Gail's granddaughter Bethany begins dating an older man, Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper), who ends up being with her only to exploit and groom her.

Gail begins pairing up David and fellow hairdresser Maria Connor (Samia Ghadie) after believing that they have feelings for each other and are the "perfect match".

In the show, Worth was reunited with past actors Brian Capron (Richard Hillman) and Amanda Barrie (Alma Halliwell), and spoke out about Gail's most controversial storylines.