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The following is a list of minor characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1989, by order of first appearance.
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| Alison Oakley | |
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| Coronation Street character | |
| Portrayed by | Helen Swift (1989) Shelley Willetts (1998) |
| Duration | 1989, 1998 |
| First appearance | 15 February 1989 Episode 2910 |
| Last appearance | 24 May 1998 Episode 4408 |
| Classification | Former; Guest |
Alison Oakley is a woman who Brian Tilsley meets in a nightclub on 15 February 1989 after splitting from his wife Gail. Brian tries to defend Alison against two young thugs who begin harassing her, which results in Brian being fatally stabbed. In her first appearance, she is only credited as "Disco Girl" and not by her name. Nine years later, Brian's son Nick seeks her out at a bar to learn the truth about Brian's death. Alison reveals that Brian had goaded his killer, shattering Nick's illusion of his father.
| Darren Whateley | |
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| Coronation Street character | |
| Portrayed by | Ian Aspinall (1989) Andy Robb (1998) |
| Duration | 1989, 1998 |
| First appearance | 15 February 1989 Episode 2910 |
| Last appearance | 18 June 1998 Episode 4421 |
| Classification | Former; Guest |
Darren Whateley is Brian Tilsley's killer who stabs him when he defends Alison Oakley, a girl he has met at a club, from Darren and two friends. Darren stabs Brian in the abdomen whilst his friends hold him against a wall and leaves him to die in an alleyway. In his first appearance he is only credited as "Disco Youth" and not by his name. He is subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Darren reappears in Weatherfield in 1998, by which time he has been paroled from his life sentence, when he appears at Brian's son, Nick's college as a guest speaker talking about life in prison. Nick, who was eight years old at the time of the murder, then realises that he is his father's killer. Nick then devises a plan for his wife Leanne to write to Darren in prison, after he has been paroled, in order to trap him, however, this backfires, when Leanne's life is endagered after Darren arrives at her home. Leanne and Nick's mother Gail report Darren to the police and he is arrested and his parole is rescinded. He is subsequently returned to prison.
| Reg Holdsworth | |||||
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| Portrayed by | Ken Morley | ||||
| Duration | 1989–95, 1999 | ||||
| First appearance | 25 October 1989 Episode 2983 |
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| Last appearance | 24 November 1995 Episode 3939 |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||
| Spin-off appearances | Coronation Street After Hours (1999) Emmerdale: Don't Look Now! - The Dingles in Venice (1999) Coronation Street: A Knight's Tale (2010) |
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| Occupation | Supermarket manager | ||||
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Reginald "Reg" Holdsworth is a fictional character in the ITV British soap-opera Coronation Street played by Ken Morley.
Reg was married to Veronica, however, she off-loaded him smartly after discovering his affair with a store detective. Rather than slink off wounded into the sunset, Reg began cutting a swath through the single women of Coronation Street, starting with Rita Fairclough. They attended a couple of tea dances together and stuck up a platonic friendship. But Reg wanted more than a two-step. To secure his friendship with Rita he doctored up a trolley race at the supermarket so that Rita would be the winner and, thus win her affections. He underestimated Rita's character and when she discovered the ruse, promptly showed him the door and donated the trolley race winnings to a local charity. Reg never gave up on a conquest even if there wasn't a hope. He could be found leering over his glasses in the Rovers, at any female under 60 that looked like they had a pulse.
In 1992, Reg recognized his old girlfriend Maureen Naylor from days long gone, stacking shelves at his own store Bettabuys. They had first met in Llandudno in 1968 and fell in love. Now they found themselves besotted with each other again after 25 years and began a new relationship. Unfortunately there was one large problem: Maureen's mother, Maud Grimes. Maud disliked Reg right from the start and wished Maureen would find someone less pompous and self-aggrandized. Reg and Maud fought from dawn until dusk but neither wavered from their love for Maureen. Poor Maureen was stuck between her love for Reg and her duty to her mother. In one of his more memorable scenes Reg, desperate to consummate the relationship, finally lured Maureen to his waterbed, whereupon it burst and deposited its watery contents to the shop below mortifying Maureen.
Reg married Maureen Naylor in January 1994 and bought the Corner Shop from Alf Roberts for £68,000. Maureen managed the shop with her wheelchair-bound mother behind the till. The three lived in relative harmony - Reg as a member of the Square Dealers and Maureen as a staple in the community - until the relationship between the couple took a downward turn. Reg was posted to a Bettabuys in Lowestoft, which meant a long commute for the pair. There, true to his unfaithful nature, he found yet another woman Yvonne Bannister. Reg Holdsworth left the street and a heartbroken Maureen behind, to start a new life with Yvonne who was pregnant with his child.
Morley later crossed over his role of Reg into the 1999 Emmerdale video spin off Emmerdale: Don't Look Now! - The Dingles in Venice.
Morley reprised his role as Reg in 2010 for the DVD special A Knight's Tale, in which he worked for former colleague Curly Watts as an event planner at Tatlock Towers, a 'medieval castle' and tourist attraction. He got sacked due to a debacle at the event, but was rehired again by Curly. He also fancied Mary Taylor, although nothing came of it. In December 2010, Mary Taylor received a Christmas Card from Reg.
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| Portrayed by | Nicholas Cochrane | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Mervyn Watson (1989) Jane MacNaught (2000) Kieran Roberts (2004) Kim Crowther (2009) |
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| Duration | 1989–97, 2000, 2004, 2009 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 6 December 1989 Episode 3001 |
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| Last appearance | 20 August 2009 Episode 7145 |
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| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
| Book appearances | Coronation Street: The Complete Saga | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 June 1974 | ||||||||||||
| Home | Spain | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | English teacher | ||||||||||||
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Andrew Richard "Andy" McDonald, played by Nicholas Cochrane, is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. He first appeared during an episode airing on 6 December 1989. He was a regular character from 1989 until 1997, and has made brief re-appearances in 2000, 2004 and most recently in August 2009 for the wedding of his brother Steve McDonald to his girlfriend Becky Granger.
Andy arrives on the Street with his family as an adolescent in 1989. Studious and conscientious, he is very different from his brother Steve, although he does get into several scrapes as a teenager. Andy passes his exams and goes to university but drops out, much to his parents' dismay, because of a girlfriend with whom he shortly afterwards splits up. He works at a supermarket as a trainee manager for a while, but eventually leaves Weatherfield to move to Spain, where he remains as a teacher of English.
He has made occasional returns to the Street when the script demands it - most recently for the re-marriage of his parents and then the wedding of his twin brother, Steve, where he serves as best man. During his brief return in 2000 for his parents' re-marriage he has a one-night stand with Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) and then when he returned in 2004 for Steve and Karen (Suranne Jones)'s wedding he is reprimanded by Toyah's mother Janice (Vicky Entwistle). Andy is supposed to give Liz (Beverley Callard) away at her wedding to Vernon Tomlin (Ian Reddington) in December 2007, but calls Steve several days prior, saying that he has broken his leg and is unable to travel for six weeks.
In June 2008, Steve goes to Spain to visit Andy for their 34th birthday and returns to the Street in July. Andy does not appear on screen. In April 2009, Liz visits Andy after he has injured himself and stays there for several months. In 2009, Andy and Liz return to the Street for Steve and Becky (Katherine Kelly)'s wedding. He leaves Weatherfield with his dad Jim McDonald (Charles Lawson) a week after the wedding.
In April 2011, Liz went to live with Andy to get away from Weatherfield after Jim robbed a bank and in June, Steve went on a week's holiday to Brighton where Andy was staying to celebrate their 37th birthday.
In December 2011, Steve called Andy to tell him that his girlfriend Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) is expecting twins. Andy is overjoyed at the news and congratulates Steve, later sending him a congratulations card. However, Tracy later has a miscarriage which Andy doesn't know about.