Viv Slater

Viv Slater(Porter), Is the late wife of Charlie Slater. Viv appears in her daughter Kat's flashbacks in a near-death sequence when Kate attempts suicide.

Viv's parents are Mo Harris and Stuart Mullins. They had a one-night-stand and therefore Viv is brought up by Mo and her step-father Jimmy Harris. With little contact with her father. She met Charlie Slater, when she was 15 and they were both at a dance. Together they had four daughters Lynn, Kat, Belinda and Little Mo.

Viv has a stroke at 48 years old and dies. She made amends with her all daughters before she dies.