Marcel Lebeque was a Frenchman who came over to Weatherfield on an exchange visit with its twin town Charleville in November 1973. Marcel was given lodgings for the night at the Rovers Return however with Annie Walker in Derby, it was up to Betty Turpin and Bet Lynch to decide which of them would stay the night at the Rovers and look after Marcel, a job neither of them wanted. Bet's feelings on the matter changed radically when she encountered the young, handsome Marcel asking Maggie Clegg for directions to the Rovers. Taking him by the arm, she led him across the street, through the bar and upstairs to his bedroom, causing exactly the kind of stunned reaction from the regulars that she was hoping for.