List of Coronation Street Characters (2009) - Ramsay Clegg

Ramsay Leonard Clegg is the half brother of Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden).

On 15 May 2009, Ramsay (Andrew Sachs) comes to The Kabin looking for a 'Mr Norris Cole', and as Rita asks if he wants to leave a message, he leaves without speaking. He later arrives in the pub and Norris asks him to leave. Emily and Rita are very surprised as they don't know what has happened in the past. Norris accuses Ramsay of murdering their mother, saying that he still 'had blood on his hands'. Later, it emerges that Ramsay is Norris's older illegitimate half-brother, who was sent to Australia as a child. Norris blames Ramsay for their mother's death, claiming that the shock of him reappearing in her life caused her demise.

Ramsay returns to the Street after a long absence because he secretly knows that he doesn't have long to live, thanks to an inoperable brain tumour. He wants to make amends with Norris before he dies. Norris's friend/landlady Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) takes a shine to Ramsay, and the pair become close. He tries making friends with Norris repeatedly but he remains hostile. Clutching at straws, Ramsay shows Norris around a vacant apartment in Victoria Court and suggests they could live together. Norris rejects the idea and Ramsay decides to return to Australia, leaving on 27 August 2009, after sharing a tender moment with Emily. Norris refuses to forgive him and Ramsay leaves, disappointed, in the back of a taxi.

Norris and Emily are later shocked to hear that, on arrival in Australia, Ramsay was found dead on the plane. Ramsay leaves his estate to Norris, who initially tells Emily to take the trunk to her charity shop but she refuses, insisting Norris go through it first. In the trunk, Norris finds a pile of letters that Ramsay had written to their mother, all returned unopened, and in Ramsay's wallet, a cold note from Eunice, asking him not to get in touch again as she had another son and his appearance in their lives would ruin everything. Devastated, Norris wishes that he had been more receptive to Ramsay but accepts that it is now too late.

Ruth Deller of entertainment website lowculture.co.uk criticises Ramsay, citing his inclusion in the series as opportunistic, also stating: "Ramsay was by far people's most loathed this month. Brought in as a publicity stunt after the Brand/Ross affair and dropped shortly after, Andrew Sachs's Ramsay was a rare example of an old man character being seen by fans as a ‘Mary-Sue’ (i.e. someone we’re supposed to think is wonderful but generally don’t – usually reserved for someone much younger). There was great rejoicing when he left this month, and hopefully the best mature cast in soap will soon recover from this minor blip."