He's been married three times and has a reputation for being a ladies' man in Weatherfield, so it's no surprise why Chris Gascoyne wants his Coronation Street alter-ego Peter Barlow to be tamed.

And he's hoping that fiancee Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson), who he plans to marry on Valentine's Day, will be the woman to do so.

"I really like them as a couple - it'd be nice to see them stay together and work it out, instead of moving from one partner to the next," he told TV Times.

Peter's former wives include Jessica in 1990, before bigamously tying the knot with bubbly barmaid Shelley Unwin while being secretly married to florist Lucy Richards.

Chris hopes it'll be a happy-ever-after for the couple this time around, despite the fact that both have cheated on their other halves.

"They've got similar flaws. They both need somebody to love and they need to be loved. I think their story is just the beginning," he said.

"If they get over this, they could make it work. Definitely."

Filming the ceremony, which will be shown on screens on Valentine's Day (February 14), was tedious.

"Soap weddings are quite intense and they take a long time to film," recalled Chris.

"A lot of people don't say much, so they spend days sitting around, and then learn lines or read books during breaks in filming. I had pages of dialogue, so my concern was remembering all my lines and getting the emotions just right."