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Coronation Street is an award-winning UK soap opera created by Tony Warren, produced by Granada Television and aired by ITV. It first broadcast on Friday 9 December 1960, and is consistently one of the highest-rated programmes on British television.¹ The programme features an ensemble cast of characters, comprised for the most part of residents of the fictional Coronation Street, located in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Salford, Greater Manchester.² Recurring and minor characters in the show are often children of the Street's residents, or friends, relatives, lovers or antagonists introduced to the show for a single specific storyline.

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Amy Barlow

Amy Barlow, played by Amber Chadwick, is the daughter of Steve McDonald and Tracy Barlow. She was originally called Patience by Roy Cropper, who had been deceived into believing she was his daughter, however her name was changed back to Amy when it was discovered Tracy had fabricated her daughter's paternity, having falsely claimed to have drugged and slept with Roy. Upon discovering her pregnancy, Tracy had decided to pretend the baby was Roy's, as she felt it would be easier to manipulate him than Steve. Initially, Tracy agreed to give her daughter to Roy and his transsexual wife Hayley in exchange for money. Amy lived with the Croppers for a few weeks, until Steve married Karen Phillips and Tracy confessed the truth. She then took her baby back and renamed her Amy.

Steve initially wanted nothing to do with his daughter, as he felt it could jeopardise his future with new wife Karen. However, when he and Karen broke up, Steve grew to love Amy and did everything he could to be a proper father to her, even getting together with Tracy for a while. Tracy loved Steve but her feelings were not reciprocated. As Steve and Tracy were unmarried when Amy was born, Steve wanted to sign for joint parental responsibility before breaking up with Tracy, as he feared she would try to take Amy away from him. However, Tracy guessed his plan, and they split up. Tracy went as far as to frame Steve for kidnap, but a court ruled that he should be given parental responsibility and see his daughter.

When Tracy was convicted for the murder of boyfriend Charlie Stubbs in April 2007, Amy went to live with Steve in the Rovers Return Inn. She now lives with Steve, grandmother Liz McDonald, Steve's girlfriend Michelle Connor, and Michelle's teenage son Ryan.

Simon Barlow

Simon Barlow (né Richards) was played by twins Jake and Oscar Hartley on his birth in 2003 and Alexander Bain, when he returned in October 2008. He is the five-year-old son of Peter Barlow who arrived when his father, Peter returned for the help of Ken and Deirdre in parenting. His mother is Lucy Richards, who handed Simon to Peter due to her of dying of cancer. After not knowing much about kids, Peter moved in with Ken and Deirdre and drunkenly asked Rovers Return if they wanted to take his son.³⁴⁵

After continued doubts about fatherhood, Peter planned to give Simon to social services, but changed his mind when he learned Lucy had left him her entire estate on the condition that he raised their son. Peter bought the bookies and moved into the upstairs flat with Simon. Ken disapproved of this as he thought that he needed to spend more time with his Simon.

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Julie Carp

Julie Carp, played by Katy Cavanagh, made her first onscreen appearance on 25 April 2008,⁶ as the new girlfriend of established character Kirk Sutherland. A Coronation Street insider revealed; “Kirk’s had a pretty tough time of late, but he’s finally found a kindred spirit in Julie.”⁷ Julie initially clashed with Kirk's ex-girlfriend Fiz Brown, however the two became good friends. Julie moved in with Kirk, Fiz and Chesney, and found a job at Underworld.

On 3 September 2008, Julie admitted that she has had two previous engagements and a disastrous marriage before she met Kirk.

Ryan Connor

Ryan Connor, played by Ben Thompson,⁸ is the son of Michelle Connor. It was discovered in 2008 that he had been swapped at birth, and is the biological son of Nick and Wendy Neeson.⁹ He attends Weatherfield High.

In December 2006, Ryan was caught by Norris Cole vandalising the Kabin. Michelle made him help in the Kabin every night after school for a week. For a time, Michelle dated Sonny Dhillon. After they broke up, Ryan went joyriding in Sonny's car. He was caught by the police, though later released. When he returned to the Street, his uncle Paul smacked him across the face. The reason for this was later revealed to be that Paul caused the demise of Ryan's late father, Dean, due to careless driving. In an episode several months later, Paul died in a car accident after kidnapping Leanne Battersby.

Throughout December 2007, Ryan was stalked by a mysterious stranger who knew him by name. When tracked down, the man, Nick Neeson, explained that he believed Ryan to be his real son, and his own son Alex to be Michelle's after a baby mix-up at the hospital.¹⁰ A DNA test later confirmed this to be the case. Nick wrote Ryan a letter in which he told him he was sorry for stalking him and hoped he understood why he had to see him. Ryan tore it up before reading it and Michelle picked up the pieces. Inside was a picture of Ryan just after he was born with Nick and Wendy.

Ryan moved in with his uncle and aunt, Liam and Maria Connor in February 2008, feeling excluded because Alex was living with Michelle. After Alex moved out in March, Ryan moved back in. Ryan continues to see Nick on occasion.

His other uncle Liam was later killed in a hit-and-run arranged by Tony Gordon.

Barry Connor

Barry Connor, played by Frank Grimes, first appeared in February 2008 along with his wife, Helen, and nephew, Tom, to attend his son, Liam's marriage to Maria Sutherland. He returned to the street on October 20 after hearing news of Liam's death in a hit and run accident. He and Helen left back for Ireland after apologising to Carla for telling her what to do.

Barry and Helen returned on November 24 2008 to celebrate their 40th Wedding Anniversary.¹¹

Helen Connor

Helen Connor' (Originally referred to as Jackie in early scripts), played by Sorcha Cusack, first appeared in February 2008 along with her husband, Barry (who she married on 26 November 1968) and nephew, Tom, to attend her son Liam's wedding to Maria Sutherland. She returned to the street on October 20 after hearing news of Liam's death in a hit and run accident. She and Barry left back for Ireland after apologising to Carla for telling her what to do. Helen and Barry returned on 24 November 2008 for their 40th Wedding Anniversary.¹²

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Wiki Dankowska

Wiki Dankowska (IPA: [vɪ.kɪ dæn.kaʊ.skæ]), played by Wanda Opalinska, made her first appearance on 26 February 2007 as a new employee of Carla Connor at the Underworld factory. As a Polish immigrant, she was paid less than other employees, and they became concerned that their pay would be affected by this. She was bullied by Joanne Jackson and Janice Battersby, but Hayley Cropper secured her equal pay for her from Liam Connor. She is the only factory worker to have seen Kasia Barowicz fall and die in the factory during an illegal shift. Paul, Carla and Liam covered up Kasia's death until 8:00am the following morning, when the death would be covered by their insurance. Wiki went along with this when Carla told her that if they didn't do this, Kasia's family would get no compensation money. Wiki has a son back home in Poland, aged 21, and she is working in Underworld to support him. She has since started her own business selling underwear. In early 2008, Wiki spotted Kelly Crabtree stealing rejected underwear from Underworld to sell at her own knicker party, and Wiki was torn between telling Carla or keeping it secret. She was soon accused of stealing them herself but Kelly stepped forward to take the blame.

In late 2008 the character Wiki is expected to leave the street or make no appearances for several months as actress Wanda Opalinska is to go on maternity leave.¹³

Jimmy Dockerson

Jimmy Dockerson is played by actor Robert Beck. The character first appeared on 11 July 2008, as a henchman of Tony Gordon, sabotaging the clients of Kevin Webster. Several months later, Jimmy reappeared when Tony discovered that his fiance Carla Connor had had an affair with her brother-in-law Liam. Tony arranged a hit-and-run in order to murder Liam, hiring Jimmy to carry it out.

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Pam Hobsworth

Pam Hobsworth (née Compton), played by Kate Anthony, made her first appearance on 16 July 2008 as established character Molly Compton's aunt. Her arrival was first announced in April 2008.¹⁴ Pam was introduced in July 2008, seen as a stranger selling ham to Blanche Hunt in the Rovers Return Inn. When Molly arrived at the pub, they recognised each other instantly. On 25 July 2008, Pam extravagantly bought Molly's boyfriend Tyrone Dobbs a Fabergé egg to use to propose to Molly. Pam told Jack Duckworth, Molly, and Tyrone that she could leave if she'd worn out her welcome, but they insisted she stay. Pam had led them to believe her husband had died, but confided in Molly that he'd thrown her out for having an affair with the renderer. Pam convinced Tyrone that Molly wanted a lavish wedding, and began teaching him how to make more money. She entered into a small row with Tyrone's mother Jackie after she upset Molly and Tyrone.

She encouraged Tyrone to help her with her business by selling cheap merchandise in October 2008.

In the 2008 New Year episode, Pam is left unconscious, when she comes to move the fuel in Jack's bird loft which she and Darryl Morton had been selling as biofuel explodes. Darryl is blasted into the air.¹⁵

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Amber Kalirai

Amber Kalirai, played by Nikki Patel, is the daughter of Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin) and works in his corner shop when not at school. She first arrived on 9 November 2005, when her mum Ravinder was taken into hospital and she was looked after by Dev on the Street. Amber started helping out in the corner shop but her incessant chat wound up Dev. Initially Dev did not want Amber in his life as he was married to Sunita Parekh at the time and she served as a reminder of his philandering ways. However, he warmed to her and she came to live with him after her mother Ravinder moved to Finland with her partner. She had a crush on fellow neighbour David Platt but he was initially unaware of her feelings. When he did confront her, she denied it. He later went on to use Amber in order to make Tina McIntyre jealous after she broke up with him. In early 2008, Amber began working at Valandros restaurant with Leanne, Paul and Luigi until it was set alight by Paul. Dev then claimed that he did not want her any where near Paul.

Amber's feelings for David resurfaced in August 2008 when David flirted with her to make his ex-girlfriend Tina McIntyre jealous. He invited Amber back to his place to watch a DVD. Amber began passionately kissing him when Tina stormed in, telling David off for his games. Amber initially believed Tina was wrong, but when David told Tina that Amber meant nothing to him, Amber was crushed. She then began dating David's friend Darryl. Her relationship with Darryl caused conflict with Dev when he discovered that they were having sex.

In November 2008, Amber overheard a heated conversation between Dev and Nina Mandal and discovered that they had been having an affair. She used this information when Dev sneakily bought the kebab shop making him Darryl's new boss. Darryl was dismayed and accused Amber of knowing about her father's scheming. Furious with Dev, she told his girlfriend Tara that he had slept with her mother Nina.

Tom Kerrigan

Tom Kerrigan, played by Philip McGinley, is the cousin of Liam, Paul and Michelle Connor. He returned to Coronation Street in June 2008, having previously being seen at Liam's stag party in February that year. On his return, he got flirty with Carla, his cousin's widow, much to her fiance, Tony Gordon's dislike. Tom made friends with gay character Sean Tully. On September 3rd 2008, Sean asked Tom could he kiss him but Tom refused as to being straight. Sean then stormed off in a huff. This led to Sean's partner Marcus Dent punching Tom after he suspected he had slept with Sean.

In September 2008, Tom entered into a men's shirt business called 'Lad Rags' with Liam. Unable to get a loan from the bank, Tom turned to Carla who gave him the 50,000 pounds that he needed, on the condition that she could have a 25% share in the business. This angered Liam at first but he eventually accepted the partnership.

Tom was devastated when Liam was killed by a hit-and-run driver in October 2008. Weeks after his death, Tom was confronted by Liam's wife Maria about Carla's involvement in 'Lad Rags' and he was forced to admit that Carla had invested money in the business.

In 3 December 2008, at Tony and Carla's wedding, Tom; along with Michelle had eventually discovered Liam and Carla's affair as it was revealed by Sally Webster to Maria. This had infuriated her and was about to confront Carla, but she arrived upon her departure to her honeymoon along with her new husband Tony. At first Tom and Michelle was surprisingly confused about the allegation that Maria had made as they thought that she might have got the wrong end of the stick about the whole situation.

It is suspected, Tom may be a new love interest for Maria Connor.

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Joe McIntyre

Joe McIntyre, played by Reece Dinsdale, first appeared on 26 May 2008. He later appeared on 13 June 2008 where he met his daughter Tina's boyfriend David. He became a permanent character in August 2008, beginning a secret romance with Gail Platt, David's mother. Joe also arranged a date for Tina and David in an attempt to reunite them, but failed. In October 2008, he offered David a job fitting kitchens, much to the delight of Tina.

On 12 November 2008, his secret romance with Gail was discovered by David and daughter Tina when they walked in with friend Graeme Proctor.¹⁶ Joe was less than happy when he found out that David menaced the Windasses, a family who refused to pay for a kitchen they had fitted.¹⁷

Minnie

Minnie, played by Poppy Jhakra, first appeared on 17 November 2008. Jhakra has been added to the soap's cast in a bid to better reflect Manchester's ethnic diversity.¹⁸ She is a college friend of Amber Kalirai and has became a kebab-shop worker at The Takeaway.

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Natasha

Natasha, played by actress Rachel Leskovac, is a hairdresser in Audrey Roberts' hair salon. She made her first appeared on 12 May 2008. She came to Weatherfield as her old hairdressers had burnt down. She now appears on a more regular basis, usually seen in the salon hairdressing, and often speaks to the customers.

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Ted Page

Ted Page, played by Michael Byrne, is the long lost father of Gail Platt, and made his first appearance on 28 April 2008.¹⁹ A week after his arrival, Ted revealed he was gay, and had recently lost his partner of twenty years. Audrey Roberts, before splitting up with Ted fifty years previously, had discovered she was pregnant and didn't want to tell him. This resulted in Gail being born. Upon learning this, Ted became agitated as he realised he had missed out on 50 years of his daughters life and had never seen his grandchildren, Nick, Sarah and David or his great grandchildren, Bethany and Billy. Ted soon met Gail and they bonded almost instantly. Ted supported David when he was going to his job interview at a salon, going so far as to write a letter of recommendation using Audrey's name. He befriended Ken Barlow, offering him an extra ticket for a play. This led to Ken's mother-in-law Blanche Hunt suspecting Ken might become gay. Ted then became a support system for Audrey following her car accident and breakup with Bill Webster.

Joshua Peacock

Joshua Peacock, played by Benjamin Beresford, was born on 8 April 2002 at Weatherfield General Hospital. He is the result of a one-night-stand between Maxine Peacock and Matt Ramsden, though is being raised by Maxine's former husband Ashley Peacock, and new wife Claire Peacock, after his mother was murdered by Street serial killer Richard Hillman when Joshua was nine months old. Matt now has regular contact with his son, and Joshua has a younger brother by Ashley and Claire, Freddie.

Freddie Peacock

Frederick "Freddie" Thomas Peacock²⁰ (né Thomas Duncan Peacock) is played by Dylan and Hayden Whitbread. He was born on 17 July 2006 to Claire and Ashley Peacock. Claire suffered from post natal depression after Freddie was born, refusing to believe that Freddie was her child. On one occasion, she pushed his pram into the path of an oncoming vehicle, and also attempted to return him to the hospital. She was temporarily sectioned until she recovered and was able to return home. In October 2006, Claire announced that she would like to have his name changed from Thomas to Freddie, after his paternal grandfather Fred Elliott who had died the week before. In December 2006 he was christened Frederick Thomas, with Eileen Grimshaw as his godmother, and Roy Cropper as his godfather.

In May 2007, a fire was started in Freddie's bedroom. Claire was rescued from the burning building, but Freddie was not discovered until later in the day, wrapped up in a local park. It was revealed that the fire had been started deliberately by use of an accelerant. Originally, this storyline was to last several months, but it was rewritten to avoid upsetting the family of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared two weeks previously.²¹ In September 2007 the identity of Freddie's abductor was revealed to be Claire's former friend Casey Carswell. Casey abducted Freddie and took him to the balcony of her flat where she threatened to jump with him. Freddie was rescued unharmed, and Casey arrested.

Graeme Proctor

Graeme Proctor, is played by Craig Gazey. He first appeared in April 2008 as the cellmate for the character David Platt in the detention centre, last appearing in June when David was released. Graeme returned on November 10, 2008. He stole a sports car on the day of his release and brought it back to the Platts' house to the indignation of David's girlfriend Tina. On 17 November 2008, Graeme, David and Tina broke into the home of dodgy family the Windasses, thrashed the kitchen and set fire to the fittings as the family had stolen working tools belonging to Tina's father Joe. Graeme works at the local butchers Elliott and Sons run by Ashley Peacock.²²

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Jed "Jedi" Stone

Jed Stone, played by Kenneth Cope, was a logder of Minnie Caldwell's in the 1960's, and her nickname for him was "Sunny Jim". ²³ Jed was initially intended to be a somewhat nefarious character, but during an argument with Ena Sharples, actor Kenneth Cope thought the cameras had stopped rolling and said, "Give us a kiss!" ²⁴ The line was kept in, and Jed became a more lighthearted figure, running various schemes while helping Minnie out when he could. He became known for his trademark flat cap, which he even wore during a bed scene. Jed was arrested on Minnie's birthday in 1966 and sentenced to prison for stealing blankets.

Jed returned on August 8, 2008, wearing his cap and holding a cat (as Minnie always held her cat) named Sunny Jim. Landlord Tony Gordon barged into Jed's home, but he refused Tony's attempts to persuade him to move out by saying he'd lived there for 40 years and in spite of his health problems, he was still more of a man than Tony. Ten days later, Tony returned in an attempt to buy Jed out of the flat. Tony returned a few hours later, and Jed suffered a heart attack. Tony delayed calling the ambulance, instead calling Jason Grimshaw who was helping to develop the flats. He then told the paramedics that Jed had been ready to sign the papers before he collapsed. He left Jed's cat on the streets to fend for itself. Jed was last seen in the hospital when Tony informed him of clearing the house out and said some harsh words to Mr. Stone, Jed then began to cry in turmoil over losing his cat and home.

On November 17 2008 Emily Bishop met him while working in the canteen at Weatherfield General and recognised him from his time on the street and later invited him to move in with her and Norris.²⁵. His nemesis Tony was stunned to see him on the Street and the pair clashed.

But Tony's set to go on another killing spree when Jed gets in his way. Jed meets his maker on Christmas Eve when Tony strangles him with a sexy negligee he's bought for Carla on December 25,2008.

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Mary Taylor

Mary Taylor, played by Pattie Clare, made her first onscreen appearance on 26 November 2008.²⁶ She is a love interest for Norris Cole.

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Eddie Windass

Eddie Windass, played by Steve Huison made his first appearance on November 14 2008, after David Platt and his boss Joe McIntyre confronted him and his family about a bounced cheque which was used to pay for their fitted kitchen. The following week, the Windasses will move into Coronation Street after purchasing number 6 from Jerry Morton.²⁷

Anna Windass

Anna Windass, played by Debbie Rush, made her first appearance on 14 November 2008, and is the wife of Eddie.²⁷

Gary Windass

Gary Windass, played by Mikey North, made his first appearance on 14 November 2008, and is the son of Eddie and Anna Windass.²⁷ He and his uncle Len went after David Platt and Joe McIntyre after David menaced his parents into handing over the money they owed for a new kitchen. He took Joe's working tools as Len threatened him. Gary is set to feud with David over the coming months. It was revealed the character has gay issues in December 2008 - which is why he continues to pick a fued with David Platt.

Len Windass

Len Windass, played by Conor Ryan is a character on Coronation Street. Len is the brother of Eddie Windass and the uncle of Gary Windass. He made his first appearance on November 14. Graeme Proctor warned friend David Platt not to mess with Len and the family as it would lead to trouble after David had been back to the family's house to demand payment for their new kitchen. On November 17, Len and Gary menaced Joe McIntyre out of his tools in retaliation to David's threat against Len's brother, Eddie and his wife Anna, in order to recover some money they owed. ²⁷

See also

• Current characters

Notes

References

• Little, Daran (2000). 40 Years of Coronation Street. London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0-233-99806-3.