List of Coronation Street characters (2004)

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 2004, by order of first appearance.

Colin Green

Colin Green is a Christen pastor. He made his first appearance on 23rd May 2004 and made his last appearance on 7th June 2004. He was portrayed by Patrick Bridgeman.

In May 2004, Colin makes his first appearance as the pastor to wed Sarah Platt and Todd Grimshaw. However, the wedding was soon called off when Todd admits to Sarah that he is gay and has been having an affair with Weatherfield General nurse, Karl Foster. When Sarah confides in Colin for comfort, he tells her to forgive him but she says that she hopes when Todd dies, he will rot in hell.

In June, Colin next made an appearance as the pastor at the funeral of baby Billy, Sarah and Todd's son. Sarah banned Todd from the funeral but grief stricken he showed up anyway and told Sarah he didn't get to see Billy when he was alive and needed to be there now. Sarah agreed and let Todd say a few words and scatter some earth over the casket but she broke down watching him.

Eric Garside

Eric Garside, played by Peter Kay, appeared on 30 January 2004. Eric is a drayman who arrives at the Rovers Return Inn in January 2004 for a date with Shelley Unwin (Sally Lindsay). He immediately reclaims £10 that Jack Duckworth (Bill Tarmey) had borrowed four years earlier. Eric takes Shelley to a posh restaurant and the pair then go back to Eric's house for a cup of tea. Eric's overbearing mother, Dolly, greets them in her dressing gown and Shelley beats a hasty retreat, refusing Eric's offer of another date. She advises him to cut the apron strings before asking another girl out.

Amy Barlow

Amy Katherine Barlow (née Patience Cropper), is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, portrayed by Elle Mulvaney. She was born on screen during the episode broadcast on 9 February 2004. To date, the character has been portrayed by eight child actors; Holly Bowyer, Rebecca Pike, Louisa Morris, Rachel and Sarah Corker, Madison Hampson, Amber Chadwick and Mulvaney. Although Amy's surname has stayed Barlow, Chadwick was credited as Amy McDonald for three episodes from 2009 to 2010.^[1] Amy's storylines have included her mother selling her to Roy Cropper (David Neilson), who was presumed to be the father of Amy, and his wife, Hayley (Julie Hesmondhalgh), becoming lactose intolerant and purposefully making herself ill so her parents are nice to each other, losing her great-grandmother Blanche Hunt (Maggie Jones) and grandmother Deirdre and being stuck in Victoria Court flats when a fire was accidentally started by Tracy.

Mrs Fanshaw

Mrs Fanshaw, played by Alison King appeared on 22 March 2004. She was a customer of builders Charlie Stubbs (Bill Ward) and Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) who had an appointment to fit a radiator in her bathroom. Ms Fanshaw lusted after Jason. Charlie took his cue shortly after and left Jason to “finish the job”. On the pretext of a faulty thermostat in her bedroom, she led the boy in there and soon made her intentions crystal clear. He succumbed, despite being the supposedly faithful boyfriend of Candice Stowe (Nikki Sanderson).

Yvonne Casey

Yvonne Casey is the mother of Claire Peacock (Julia Haworth). Little is known about her, but during Claire's battle with post-natal depression, Yvonne admitted she had not been close enough to Claire as a child. She occasionally appears to babysit Freddie (Niall Beresford) and Joshua (Benjamin Beresford) and to support Claire during marital crises with Ashley (Steven Arnold).

In September 2006, Claire begins leaving home every day, telling Ashley that Yvonne has terminal cancer and needs her care. After several weeks, Yvonne shows up at Ashley's butcher shop, telling Ashley she'd been away learning yoga techniques. She is shocked to learn the lies Claire has told, and then works with Ashley to help Claire recover from post-natal depression. In 2007, Claire moves in with Yvonne following an arson attack which damages the Peacock home. She is shown to object to Claire's friendship with Casey Carswell (Zoe Henry). Claire then returns home. In summer 2008 Claire and the kids stay with her while their new home is being renovated. Yvonne made her last appearance in October 2010, when she visits Claire, telling her about her plans to move to France with her new partner.

Claire tries to contact Yvonne in late 2010 to inform her that Ashley has died from injuries sustained during an explosion on Coronation Street. Claire leaves the Street in January 2011, to join Yvonne in France.

Danny Baldwin

Danny moves to Weatherfield to help his uncle Mike (Johnny Briggs) with his business. Not long after his wife Frankie (Debra Stephenson), who had previously cheated on him, arrives as she wants to give their marriage another chance. They are soon joined by Danny's sons, Warren (Danny Young) and Jamie (Rupert Hill). Unaware of Frankie's intentions, Danny has a brief fling with Sunita Parekh (Shobna Gulati) shortly after his arrival but Sunita does not know he is married and is very hurt when Frankie arrives. The Baldwins then rent Number 7 from Blanche Hunt (Maggie Jones).^[2]

Frankie Baldwin

Francesca "Frankie" Fraser (previously Baldwin) was played by Debra Stephenson. Glamorous Frankie met her husband Danny (Bradley Walsh) when she worked as a babysitter for his son Jamie (Rupert Hill). Even though he was still married to his first wife Carol, Frankie could not resist sleeping with Danny, as she had fallen in love with him. They had a son of their own, Warren (Danny Young), and she also became close to her stepson Jamie after she married Danny. He cheated on her numerous times, but she continued to forgive him until he cheated on her with Jamie's girlfriend Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson).

Billy Platt

William "Billy" Platt was the son of Sarah-Louise Platt (Tina O'Brien) and Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley). Sarah, already a teenage mother, was 16 at the time she conceived Billy, after Todd had suggested the two try for a baby of their own. Sarah was reluctant, and when she discovered her pregnancy she was considering getting an abortion. However, Todd brought Sarah around to the idea of having the baby. On Christmas Day 2003, Nick (Adam Rickitt), Sarah's brother revealed to her mother that his sister was pregnant. By this time Sarah had made a firm decision to keep the baby. For the next few months this caused friction between Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and Sarah. In April 2004, Sarah suffered her first placental abruption, and felt Billy was dead. Once at the hospital it was discovered Billy was fine, however his heart beat was a tad slow. This was caused by some uncertainty within Sarah and Todd's relationship. However, when Todd reveals to Sarah when he is gay, she suffers a second placental abruption on 1 June 2004, 3 months away from her due date. The abruption was so serious Billy had to be born by Cesarean. His first 24 hours alive were critical, and his father Todd was never granted access to see him. Sarah did not want to allow Todd into Billy, and she didn't want her son either. On 2 June, Sarah finally agreed to go and see her son, who was in an incubator. However, Billy's health deteriorated and whilst Sarah was bonding with Billy for the first time, he died. Todd never saw his son alive, apart from a photograph that Gail gave him after the death of her grandson, his son. Sarah continuously blamed herself for his death until his funeral on 7 June 2004. Despite doubts from the rest of the street's members, Todd finally showed up with his family to say goodbye to his son.

Sarah and Todd regularly visited his grave until they left Weatherfield.

In December 2015, when Sarah discovered she was pregnant with her dead ex-boyfriend Callum Logan's baby, she tells Todd (whom she finally made up with since her return in March after eleven years of ignorance) that she's getting a termination. However, Todd reminds Sarah of how she felt after Billy passed away and that this baby could possibly replace him. Sarah would later change her mind after her sister in law, Kylie, stopped her from making the decision as she also reminded Sarah that her own son, Max Turner, was also Callum's son but despite that, she loves him.

Dr. Patel

Dr. Patel was first seen when Josephine Lloyd-Welcome played Sunita Alahan's (Shobna Gulati) doctor in 2004, but was not credited as Dr. Patel. She works at Rosamund Street Medical Centre. In 2008, she re-appeared when her receptionist, Gail Platt (Helen Worth) asked her to visit neighbour Jerry Morton (Michael Starke), who had recently suffered a heart attack. She appeared again the following spring, when Gail's boyfriend Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale) suffered a back injury. He visited her several times over the next few months, as he had become addicted to the painkillers she had prescribed to him. Dr. Patel was last seen tending to Sunita's daughter Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey) in January 2010.

Warren Baldwin

Warren Baldwin was played by Danny Young. Warren is the youngest member of the Baldwin family. He is the half-brother of Jamie Baldwin (Rupert Hill) and son of Danny (Bradley Walsh) and Frankie Baldwin (Debra Stephenson). He arrives on the Street to live with his parents after being kicked out of his football club. His mother was disappointed when she found out about this as she had hopes of his fame and fortune. Candice Stowe (Nikki Sanderson) later finds out that he is no longer a footballer and that Warren had been telling lies to impress her, resulting in Candice dumping him. Later Warren joins Weatherfield County FC, and Candice decides that she wants to give him another chance. In August 2005, Warren leaves the Street to launch his football career and start a new life in Spain, leaving Candice behind after they split up again.

He makes a surprise return to Weatherfield on 20 November 2006 when he is back in England for trials with Port Vale, which he fails. Warren moves to Spain again, and in early December 2006 his mother goes to visit him to see if he has heard from father Danny who had left Weatherfield and disappeared. She also reveals her affair with Jamie to him, a revelation which results in Warren falling out with his mother.

Jamie Baldwin

James Andrew "Jamie" Baldwin, played by Rupert Hill.^[3] He first appeared in 2004 and left in 2008.^[4] In March 2011 it was announced that Jamie would return for one episode on 24 April 2011.^[5]

Kelly Crabtree

Kelly Louise Crabtree. Portrayed by actress Tupele Dorgu, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 6 September 2004. On 6 November 2009 it was announced that Tupele Dorgu had decided not to renew her contract which meant that her character would depart the show in March 2010.^[6] She made her last appearance on 19 March 2010.

Violet Wilson

Violet Wilson, portrayed by Jenny Platt making her first onscreen appearance on 8 October 2004 and remained until 29 February 2008. Platt returned for one episode on 24 April 2011.

Ian Davenport

Ian Davenport is the father of Gemma, Rosie Webster's (Helen Flanagan) classmate at Oakhill. He first appears on 8 November when Rosie and her family are invited over. The Davenports and the Websters get along very well and Ian soon takes a shine to Rosie's mother, Sally (Sally Dynevor). Sally later takes a job working for Ian at his dealership and they soon begin an affair. When Ian's wife, Justine suspects he is having an affair, Sally gets nervous and tries to end things with Ian. Ian then threatens to make her life miserable at work if she does end the affair. When Sally tells her husband Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) that Ian tried to fire her for refusing to sleep with him, Kevin punches Ian in the mouth and he is not seen again.

References

External links

• Amy Barlow at itv.com