Lists of Coronation Street characters

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This page contains information on characters from the British soap opera Coronation Street, that appear on a recurring and minor basis.

Finlay Bryant

Finlay Bryant
Coronation Street character
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Portrayed by	Ramone Quinn
Duration	2007-
First appearance	6 April 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation student at Bessie Street Primary School Parents Teresa Siblings Jodie, Darryl, Mel, Kayleigh, (half brothers and sisters same mother)}

Finlay Bryant is a fictional character in the ITV soap Coronation Street.

His mother is Teresa Morton, ex-wife of Jerry Morton. In April 2007, Jerry discovered that Teresa had gone on holiday, leaving their daughter Kayleigh and her half-brother Finlay on their own. Jerry took the children back home with him, so Finlay currently lives with the rest of the Mortons at No 6 Coronation Street. He is known for letting the air out of people's tyres and was warned by Jodie, about doing so. He was also paid by Kayleigh to keep quiet about her clubbing.

Yvonne Casey

Yvonne Casey
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by	Yvonne O'Grady
Duration	2004-
First appearance	2004 -
In-universe information Children Claire Peacock

Yvonne Casey is a fictional recurring character in ITV1's Coronation Street. She has been played by Yvonne O'Grady since 2004.

Yvonne is the mother of Claire Peacock and grandmother of Freddie Peacock. Little is known about her but she is usually there to babysit Freddie and Joshua and also there to support Claire if she has trouble with her husband Ashley. She helped Claire recover from post natal depression and objected to Claire's friendship with Casey Carswell.

Wiki Dankowska

Wiki Dankowska
Coronation Street character
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Portrayed by	Wanda Opalinska
Duration	2007-
First appearance	26 February 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation Seamstress Children Son, in Poland

Wiki Dankowska (IPA: [vɪ.kɪ dæn.kaʊ.skæ]) is a fictional character in the popular ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. She is played by Wanda Opalinska and made her first appearance on 26 February 2007

Wiki (pronounced as Viki) first appeared 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 from Liam Connor, when the workers went on strike after Sean Tully was fired by Liam's brother Paul.

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.

Not much is known about her personal life, however it was revealed on the 19 September 2007 that she has a son back home in Poland, aged 21, and she is working in Underworld to support him.

Marcus Dent

Marcus Dent
Coronation Street character
File:Marcus Dent.jpg Marcus Dent in 2007
Portrayed by	Charlie Condou
Duration	2007-
First appearance	7 September 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation Sonographer at Weatherfield General Hospital

Marcus Dent is a fictional character on Coronation Street played by Charlie Condou

Marcus is a Sonographer at Weatherfield General Hospital, introduced when Violet Wilson went for a scan. He gave his number to Sean Tully who was also present at the scan. The two started dating but Sean was unsure how the relationship should progress. Sean tricked Marcus into revealing the sex of the baby to him after he wanted to know and Violet didn't. This led to a rough patch in the relationship, but was overcome and the couple remained together happily.

Doreen Fenwick

Doreen Fenwick
Coronation Street character
File:Doreenfenwick.jpg Doreen Fenwick in 2007
Portrayed by	Barbara Young
Duration	2007-
First appearance	5 February 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation Retired exotic dancer

Doreen Fenwick is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She is played by actress Barbara Young and was originally introduced in February 2007 as an old friend of the long running character Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox). This is Young's second role in the soap; she had appeared in 1981 as a character called Dot Stockwell. Doreen became a sparring partner for the character Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden), but scriptwriters then developed their relationship into a romance, which never took off, with Norris deciding last minute to withdraw his offer of marriage.

Tony Gordon

Tony Gordon
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by	Gray O'Brien
Duration	2007-
First appearance	16 September 2007 -
In-universe information Spouse Lindsay - divorced

Tony Gordon is a character on the British soap opera Coronation Street. He arrived in 2007 and is played by Gray O'Brien. The character runs a clothing firm, which gave a contract to Carla and Liam at Underworld. Tony ultimately began a romantic relationship with Carla Connor, after sharing a kiss with her brother-in-law Liam Connor. Liam doesn't like Tony's ways however, and makes a point quite often of letting him know this. It was revealed that Tony has an ex-wife when she came into the factory looking for Carla before slapping her. Lindsay (his ex-wife) has told Liam that Tony is a womaniser and a control freak who will chew Carla up and spit her out before returning to her. Liam tried to warn Carla but she didn't believe him, assuming that he was jealous of Tony.

Amber Kalirai

Amber Kalirai
Coronation Street character
Amber Kalirai Amber Kalirai
Portrayed by	Nikki Patel
Duration	2005-
First appearance	9 November 2005 -
In-universe information Occupation Shop assistant/Student Parents Dev (father), Ravinder (mother) Siblings Aadi, Asha (half-siblings)

Amber Kalirai (played by Nikki Patel) is a fictional character from the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street. She plays the long lost daughter of Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin) and works in his corner shop when not at school. She has a crush on fellow neighbour David Platt but he was initially unaware of her feelings. When he did confront her, she denied it.

Family

• Father- Dev Alahan

• Half brother- Aadi Alahan

• Half sisters- Shareen ,Asha Alahan

• Second Cousins - Vikram Desai,Nita Desai and Naveem Alahan

• Great uncle- Ravi Desai

• Grandmother- Urmila Alahan

• Grandfather- Ranjiv Alahan

• Aunt- Naniha Alahan

Harry Mason

Harry Mason
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by	Jack Ellis (actor)
First appearance	3 December2007-
In-universe information Occupation Bookmaker Spouse Unnamed (Divorced) Children Dan

Harry Mason is a fictional character on ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Jack Ellis (actor).

Harry first arrived in Coronation Street on December 3, 2007, along with his son Dan, in order to take over the betting shop. Harry criticized Dan over his choice of car and later tried to entice Eileen Grimshaw away from Streetcars while meeting with Eileen's boss Steve McDonald

Darryl Morton

Darryl Morton
Coronation Street character
File:Darryl Morton.jpg Darryl Morton in 2007
Portrayed by	Jonathan Dixon
Duration	2007-
First appearance	18 March 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation works at Jerry's Takeaway Parents Jerry, Teresa Siblings Jodie, Mel, Kayleigh, Finlay(half brother same mother)} Children Darryl, Jodie, Mel, Kayleigh

Darryl Morton, played by Jonathan Dixon, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. In April 2007 it was announced that the character would be involved in a heavy marijuana smoking scene with Vernon Tomlin. Although the scene was never aired, there was a milder scene at the Morton's housewarming party where Vernon took on a mellow disposition after smoking a joint Darryl gave him.

A typical roguish member of his dysfunctional clan, he lives in the shed of the garden of Number 6. He has been in trouble with the law for several motoring offences, and was horrified when twin sister Mel said she planned to join the police.

On 16th September 2007, Darryl's friend 'Stig' asked him to look after some ecstasy tablets. Afraid that his dad would find them, he asked David Platt to look after them. However, when Bethany swallowed one, David bailed Darryl out by taking the blame. Recently Darryl has been flirting with Lauren Wilson

Family

Father- Jerry Morton

Mother- Theresa Morton

Twin sister- Mel Morton

Sisters- Kayleigh Morton and Jodie Morton

Half brother- Finlay Bryant

Friends

David Platt

Love interests

Lauren Wilson

Tina McIntyre

Tina McIntyre
Coronation Street character
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Portrayed by	Michelle Keegan
Duration	2008-
First appearance	7 January 2008 -
In-universe information Occupation Shop worker in Pound shop Parents unknown Siblings unknown

Tina McIntyre is a minor character on Coronation Street, and was first seen on 7 January 2008. The character became the girlfriend of David Platt, and is played by 20-year old actress Michelle Keegan.[1][2] Since Tina's first appearance, she has clashed with Betty Williams and Gail Platt, who have taken a dislike to Tina, and within a week had slept with David Platt at his house. She'll soon became pregnant and it is unknown that it is David's child or her old love interest Matthew. [3] [4]

Love interests

David Platt

Kayleigh Morton

Kayleigh Morton
Coronation Street character
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Portrayed by	Jessica Barden
Duration	2007-
First appearance	18 March 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation Student Weatherfield High, takeway shop assistant Parents Jerry, Teresa Siblings Jodie, Darryl, Finlay (half brother same mother)}

Kayleigh Morton, played by Jessica Barden, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street.

Kayleigh arrived on Coronation Street on 18th March 2007 with her dad, grandad and siblings Jodie, Mel and Darryl. Her family were giving their neighbours headaches after just a few hours on the street with their loud music.

On her first day at Weatherfield High Sophie Webster and Chesney Battersby-Brown told her about the teachers and Sophie told Kayleigh how the teachers would take her rings off of her. Instead of going to school she went home and when Jerry found her he asked why she wasn't at school. An argument ensued and Kayleigh snapped that she wished she could go back and live with her mum. Realising he couldn't keep her with him against her will, Jerry was forced to agree to Kayleigh's wishes and phoned Teresa. Kayleigh was delighted to be going back to live with her mum but it was clear that Jerry was devastated. Kayleigh left the following day.

A pattern soon emerged of her regular and lengthy visits to her father's house. Jodie noticed how Kayleigh was very quick at eating her breakfast and that she kept requesting money. After several days, Jerry offered to drop her off as he was suspicious of the situation. It turned out that Teresa had gone on holiday and left Kayleigh to look after her six year old half-brother Finlay whilst she was away. As a result of this, she has temporarily moved back into her dad's house with Finlay. Teresa turned up a few weeks later. Jerry had taken her TV away and several other electrical items. She didn't seem that bothered about her kids and only wanted her TV back. She agreed to let Jerry keep the kids if she could have her telly back. Jerry agreed to this.

Kayleigh was furious when she found out that Jodie had stolen Chesney's dog Schmical. Jodie had been involved in a feud with Chesney's mum Cilla Battersby-Brown for weeks as the Mortons take away business had stolen the chip shops (where Cilla worked) customers. Kayleigh found out and returned the dog to Chesney.

On 3 September 2007, Kayleigh got drunk with her friends. The girls were alone in a house and Jodie was annoyed when Kayleigh phoned asking to be picked up. Jerry was on his date with Eileen Grimshaw and was unable to pick her up. (Jodie couldn't do it as she'd had a drink). Lloyd Mullaney offered to pick Kayleigh up in his taxi. When they arrived back, it was revealed that Kayleigh had been sick in the back seat. Jerry was furious when he found out and informed Kayleigh that she was grounded.

More recently, Kayleigh acted up when Eileen Grimshaw, Jerry's new girlfriend babysat her while Jodie went out on a date with local cabbie, Lloyd Mullaney. Kayleigh tried to sneak out of the house but was caught. She later lied to Jodie about Eileen hitting her.

Mel Morton

Mel Morton
Coronation Street character
File:Mel Morton.jpg Mel Morton in 2007
Portrayed by	Emma Edmondson
Duration	2007-
First appearance	18 March 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation works at Jerry's Takeaway, Trainee Police Officer Parents Jerry, Teresa Siblings Jodie, Darryl, Kayleigh, Finlay(half brother same mother)}

Melanie "Mel" Morton, played by Emma Edmondson, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street.

The more responsible member of her roguish family, she is close to her twin brother Darryl, although he was horrified after Mel announced that she intended to join the police.

David Platt developed a crush on Mel. When she was going to meet him at the cinema Sarah Platt told Mel about his crush on her and about previous relationships he had had. Mel stood him up, and to get his revenge he spread gossip that he had slept with Mel. He was eventually dragged into Jerry's takeaway by Gail Platt to apologise to Mel.

In early 2008 Mel is to become WPC Morton, joining her friend Abi Sharpe.[5]

Wilfred Morton

Wilfred Morton
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by	Rodney Litchfield
First appearance	29 January 2007
In-universe information Children Jerry

Wilfred "Wilf" Morton is a fictional character in ITV's Coronation Street, played by Rodney Litchfield.

Wilfred arrived on Coronation Street with his granddaughter, Jodie. He called Dev Alahan "chief", which Dev took to be a racist comment. However, Jodie explained that Wilfred was not good with names and that this was simply his method of addressing people informally.

Wilf is an ex-jailbird with an extensive criminal record, mostly off the back of his tendency to take part in a quick scam - a trait that many members of his family have inherited. On discovering granddaughter Mel's plans to join the police, he claimed it was like "being stabbed". However, despite his former misdemeanours, Wilf does hold his family dear; realising that his past record may affect Mel (or "Melanie", as he insists on calling her) and her application to join the Police Force, Wilf "faked" his death on Father's Day, 2007, submitting a false obituary to the Weatherfield Gazette. This action led to Blanche Hunt and Deirdre Barlow believing he was, indeed, dead - with the former arranging her own wake (despite still being very much alive) as a result.

Freddie Peacock

Freddie Peacock
Coronation Street character
File:FreddyPeacock.jpg
Portrayed by	Dylan Whitbread Hayden Whitbread
Duration	2006-
First appearance	July 17 2006 -
In-universe information Parents Claire, Ashley Siblings Joshua (adopted brother)

Frederick "Freddie" Thomas Peacock (né Thomas Duncan Peacock) is a fictional character on the ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street. Freddie was born on 17 July 2006 to Claire and Ashley Peacock.

Freddie's mother Claire started suffering from Post Natal Depression soon after Freddie was born. She believed that Freddie wasn't her own and that she had got the wrong baby. On one occasion, she pushed his pram into the path of an oncoming vehicle but luckily the driver stopped before hitting him. His mother was then sectioned and was soon well enough to come home and look after him again

In October 2006, Claire announced that she would like to have his name changed from Thomas to Freddie, after his paternal grandfather (who had died only a week before), so Thomas's name was changed accordingly. In December 2006 he was christened Frederick Thomas, with Eileen Grimshaw as his godmother, and Roy Cropper as his godfather.

Freddie went missing when he was taken by Claire's friend, who she met through the Weatherfield Women In Crisis hotline, Casey Carswell. Casey meant no harm, but was offended when Claire called the police when she found Freddie missing.

In May 2007, after his father and half-brother Josh went out for a few days, Claire's neighbour Eileen put Freddie to bed and Claire herself went to bed shortly after. Not long after, she was woken by the smoke alarm, and to her shock found a fire was had been started in Freddie's bedroom. Claire fell down the stairs into unconsciousness, but was soon rescued by Jamie and Kirk. As news spread that Freddie had not been rescued from the fire, residents believed the worse. It wasn't until Ashley returned on May 21 to the Street and spoke to investigators, that they informed the couple that Freddie had not been in the house when the fire began.

Freddie was found later in the day wrapped up in a local park. It was revealed that the fire was started deliberately by use of an accelerant which led to confusion for his parents. Originally, this storyline was to last several months, not one day, but it was changed to avoid upsetting the family of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared two weeks earlier, and has still not been found.

In September 2007 the identity of Freddie's abductor was revealed to be Casey, who abducted Freddie and took him to the balcony of her flat where she threatened to jump with him. Fortunately Casey did not jump and Freddie was unharmed. Casey was arrested on the spot. Him parents briefly split but have now got back together.

Joshua Peacock

Joshua Peacock
Coronation Street character
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Portrayed by	Brandon Jackson (2002 - 2003), Stephen Collins (2003), Benjamin Beresford (2004-)
First appearance	April 17 2002
In-universe information Occupation Bessie Street Primary Parents Maxine Peacock and Matt Ramsden (Ashley Peacock listed as father on birth certificate)adopted Mother Claire Peacock Siblings Freddie, adopted brother

Joshua Peacock is a fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street. He was first played by Brandon Jackson however has been played by Stephen Collins since 2004. He is currently played by Benjamin Beresford.

Joshua was born on the 8th April 2002 at Weatherfield General Hospital. He is the son of Maxine Peacock. At first it was believed that Maxine's husband Ashley Peacock was his father, however it was revealed that Maxine had had an one-night stand with Matt Ramsden, Joshua's real father. Ashley was listed as Joshua's father on his birth certificate and has bought him up as his own.

Maxine was killed by Richard Hillman when Joshua was just nine months old. Joshua now has a stepmother, Claire Peacock, who started off as his nanny. Shortly after Claire found out she was pregnant, Matt got in touch with Ashley and requested to see his son. Matt has now visited Joshua and has regular contact with him. Claire and Ashley had a baby boy, Freddie in July 2006, a brother for Joshua, whom they named after Fred Elliott, his grandfather.

Ivor Priestley

Ivor Priestley
Coronation Street character
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Portrayed by	Paul Copley
Duration	2007-
First appearance	8 August 2007
In-universe information Spouse Angela ( 1995-1999 Divorced)

Ivor Priestley is a fictional character in the ITV1 soap Coronation Street played by Paul Copley.

Ivor first appeared at the funeral of his ex wife Angela. He made friends with Norris Cole who was also previously married to Angela.

John Stape

John Stape
Coronation Street character
File:Johnstape.jpg John Stape in 2007
Portrayed by	Graeme Hawley
Duration	2007-
First appearance	6 May 2007 - 2008
Last appearance	6 January 2008
In-universe information Occupation Drama / English Literature teacher at Weatherfield High School Children ? Webster ? Webster ? Webster

John Stape was a fictional character on the long-running UK soap opeara, Coronation Street played by Graeme Hawley.

He first appeared in 2007 as a Drama teacher at Weatherfield High. It transpired that he was Fiz Brown's first lover. Romance blossomed between the pair again, and she left her current partner Kirk Sutherland to be with him. In November that year, he moved in with Fiz and Maria on the Street itself.

John began tutoring Sally Webster for her A-Level in English Literature and she developed a crush on him. On 5th November Sally told John that she had feelings for him but John made it clear Sally's feelings weren't reciprocated. He also ended the lessons with Sally but Fiz was jealous.

On 19th October he entered into an affair with Rosie Webster, Sally's daughter, who was at the time 16 years old. Based on the relationship with John, she decided to return to Weatherfield High. Fiz Brown became suspicious of John when she walked into the local knicker factory with John in a compromising position with Sally. Fiz slapped Sally and told Kevin about what had happened. Fiz got it all wrong though, because John was actually getting something out of Sally's eye at the time.

The relationship between John and Rosie lasted until Christmas Day, when due to a present mix-up Rosie's family found out about the affair. As Fiz Brown confronted Sally, believing her to be the culprit, Rosie entered the house carrying the present intended for Fiz. Outside, John was beaten to the floor by an outraged Kevin, who was ultimately arrested and kept in custody for the Christmas period.

After being released from hospital John decided to go and stay with a mate which Rosie didn't seem that bothered about. Rosie suggested they stop seeing each other to which John responded angrily that they obviously were through.

John returned to Coronation Street to try and get Fiz to give him another chance. On 6th January as John leaned in to kiss Fiz, she responded, but when Rosie walked in the pain of John's betrayal came flooding back to her. John may have left Weatherfield but the legacy of his and Rosies affair is looming. Rosie Webster will discover she is four months pregnant with triplets from John.

Roger Stiles

Roger Stiles
Coronation Street character
File:Rogerstiles.jpg Roger Stiles in 2007
Portrayed by	Andrew Dunn
Duration	2007-
First appearance	1 - 7 January 2007, 24 June 2007 -
In-universe information Occupation Plumber

Roger Stiles is a fictional character in the ITV soap Coronation Street. He is played by actor Andrew Dunn.

Roger Stiles is a plumber in the soap who went round to fix Janice Battersby's heating in 2007 when her boiler broke down. After a couple of "dates" in the Rovers he invited Janice to go to France with him for three months as he had work there, and she accepted. Janice returned alone in March and he returned two months later. In 2007 he invested £10,000 in Leanne Battersby's restaurant, which Leanne at first struggled to pay back. Janice and Roger are now living together because Roger was struggling to pay his rent due to his loan to Leanne.

Archie Shuttleworth

Archie Shuttleworth
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by	Roy Hudd
Duration	2002-
First appearance	2002 -
In-universe information Occupation Undertaker

Archie Shuttleworth is an occasional character on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street, and is played by actor Roy Hudd. He is the local undertaker who dated Blanche Hunt for a while, and helped close friend Audrey Roberts when she was in turmoil over son-in-law Richard Hillman. Archie makes reappearances for funerals on the street.

George Trench

George Trench
Coronation Street character
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Portrayed by	Keith Barron
Duration	2007-
First appearance	8 August 2007
In-universe information Spouse Angelia (2000- January 2003 Divorced)

George Trench is a fictional character in the ITV1 soap Coronation Street played by Keith Barron.

George first appeared at the funeral of his ex wife Angela. He made friends with Norris Cole who was also previously married to Angela.

Abi Sharpe

Abi Sharpe is a fictional character on Coronation Street, played by actress Rachael Elizabeth.

Abi is a police officer, first seen in 2007, and is friends with Mel Morton, who was set to join her in the force in early 2008.[6]

See also

• Coronation Street
• List of Coronation Street characters