Calvin Valentine
played by Ricky Whittle

Calvin has been taking care of his troublesome family since his mother's death in a hit and run accident. Formely the upstanding village PC, Calvin was sacked from the force after his attempts to uncover the dealings of gangster Warren Fox ended in shambles.

With his career and marriage to Carmel McQueen in tatters, the opportunity to leave Warren at the mercy of evil Clare Cunningham was too much for the former policeman to resist. Refusing to save his former ally, Calvin turned his back as Warren burned to death in his own club, a decision which has left him riddled with guilt. Calvin remains confused by the person he has become but has sought to rectify his behaviour in some part by taking Warren's disabled foster brother Spencer into his care.

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