List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 2003
[1] David Brown from the Radio Times questioned how Eileen (Sue Cleaver) would react to Tony's sudden reappearance in her son's life.While there she has a fling with much younger barman Ciaran McCarthy (Keith Duffy) and later briefly dates Charlie Stubbs (Bill Ward) before he begins a relationship with Shelley.She gets engaged to Fred Elliott (John Savident), and is due to marry him in early October 2006 but he dies on their wedding day before the ceremony whilst visiting Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls).[4] Blake reprised the role for the funeral of Deirdre following the real life death of her friend and former colleague Anne Kirkbride.Bev stays to attend Deirdre's funeral and the wake where she has a confrontation with Audrey regarding events that happened years ago with Fred.Claire Jane Peacock (née Casey) is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera Coronation Street.Her storylines have since seen her fall in love with and marry Ashley, developing post natal depression after giving birth to their son Freddie.Claire was originally intended to be central to a long-running child abduction storyline, however, this was dropped by the show's producers as a result of its close resemblance to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.The Harrises then suffered a campaign of harassment and intimidation from the Morgan family and, in particular Andy and his third brother Nick which culminated in their home being set on fire one night and all their possessions burnt.The police put the Harris family on a witness protection programme and moved them to Weatherfield where, living at 6 Coronation Street, they assumed the surname of "Nelson".Angela's daughter Katy Harris (Lucy-Jo Hudson) found cutting off all ties with their previous life difficult and after a few months made contact with two former friends from Sheffield, Louise Crawley and Paul Evanson, with whom she went to an indie gig in Manchester.Only Katy was at home when the Morgans forced their way in, telling her they would wait for the others to return and that a pub full of people in Sheffield was ready to give them an alibi at the time they would be murdering the Harris family.He was one of the few residents who knew the "Nelson" family's secret, having threatened to sack Tommy from his garage when he saw that he had a wallet in the name of Harris and assumed he had stolen it.When Sally confirmed that the two men had a Yorkshire accent, Kevin went to check on the house and, unknowingly, came close to being shot by the panicking Morgan brothers within.Tommy, Angela and Craig (Richard Fleeshman) returned home to find police officers outside and they called for back-up when the situation was explained in full to the Harrises.She had a brief romance with resident Martin Platt (Sean Wilson) their relationship ended and she decided to become a Red Coat at a holiday camp and left the street for good.Luke Strong (Craig Kelly) and Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) broke the door down, after Deirdre alerted them as Simon had telephoned her before he passed out due to smoke inhalation.Sean gets a job at Underworld, where he makes friends with Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine) and Kelly Crabtree (Tupele Dorgu).When Preston dies, Penny becomes friends with Fred Elliott (John Savident), publican of The Rovers Return Inn, who takes a shine to her and proposes marriage; however, she turns him down.Mike's Alzheimer's disease creeps in and he kicks her out of his flat, confusing her with his ex-wife Linda (Jacqueline Pirie), who had an affair with his son Mark.Penny, or her business successors, appears to be one of the sponsors of Weatherfield County FC, whose home ground as of the 2019/2020 season is named the King's Robes Arena.In November 2003, when Sarah and Todd were having problems paying their bills, Brenda invited them to live with her but wouldn't allow them to share a room as they're not a married couple.When Sarah discovered she was expecting Todd's baby, Brenda overheard them talking about it and told Bethany she would make sure she wasn't forgotten about.Cilla Petunia Aurelia Battersby-Brown (previously Brown) is a fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Wendi Peters.Charles "Charlie" Stubbs is a fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Bill Ward.He flirts with Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride) on learning that she works for the council, hoping she'll recommend him for building contracts and has a casual relationship with Bev Unwin (Susie Blake).Chesney Eric Brown (also Battersby-Brown) is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Sam Aston.Chesney' storylines have included his friendship with pet dog Schmeichel and coming to terms with his death, as well as his relationship with Katy Armstrong (Georgia May Foote) who later went on to give birth to his son Joseph.After Cecil proposes, Philip is furious and hires a private investigator to follow Bet's every move in order to gain incriminating evidence.Martin (Sean Wilson), Sarah's adoptive father, walked in on his visit, and blamed Karl and Todd for causing Billy's death.