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Aiden Lester Aiden Lester was a colleague of Marcus Dent at the Weatherfield General . Marcus brought him to the Rovers Return in May 2012 and introduced him to Maria Connor , intent on getting them together , unaware that Aiden was gay . When Maria made a move on Aiden , he revealed his sexuality to her and a shocked Marcus , and explained that he had been under the impression that Marcus was interested in him . Marcus later consoled Aiden when his father reacted badly to the fact that he had turned out gay , much to the annoyance of Marcus ' boyfriend Sean Tully . Sean ' s jealousy caused Marcus to storm out and go for a drink with Aiden . However , when Aiden tried to kiss Marcus he gave him the brush - off , saying that he loved Sean , despite their argument . When Marcus never returned home the same evening , instead deciding to sleep on Maria ' s couch , Sean assumed that he had slept with Aiden , leading to them splitting up due to Sean ' s insecurities . Aiden and Marcus remained friends and eventually began dating . Eileen Grimshaw invited the couple for dinner , thinking Sean wouldn ' t be there as he had told them he had a date ( which was just a ruse to make show off to Marcus ) . However , Sean returned home early from his ' date ' while Aiden and Marcus were still there . He then got drunk and embarrassed himself by making snide remarks about Aiden , causing tensions to rise between the two , although Sean later apologised . Marcus and Maria later began to develop feelings for each other , although they initially ignored these feelings . When Aiden was offered a job promotion in London , he planned to ask Marcus to move with him . Maria offered to sound him out and was pleased when Marcus said he didn ' t miss London and wouldn ' t like to leave friends . Maria told Aiden who put the job offer in the bin . However , a guilty Maria recovered it and put it in with Marcus ' s post . When Marcus found it he realised Maria had been meddling and confronted her . They gave in to their feelings and slept together . The following day , Marcus regretted this and chose to move with Aiden instead of staying with Maria , but got cold feet and lied to Aiden that he was still in love with Sean . A distraught Aiden then left alone . List of appearances . 2012
Anthony Brown Anthony Brown appeared in " Coronation Street " in November 1969 as the Chairman Magistrate at the trial of Elsie Tanner for shoplifting . He also appeared in " No Hiding Place " , " Crown Court " , " Edward & Mrs . Simpson " , " Hammer House of Horror " and the films " Sweeney ! " and " Give My Regards to Broad Street " . Stage roles include the Earl of Essex in " King John " at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre .
Episode 2100 ( 18th May 1981 ) Plot . Brian is tired from working nights at the petrol station . Ken assures Albert that he ' ll keep an eye on him when he moves out but Albert pretends not to be bothered . Vera feigns illness to get away from work to entertain Harry at No . 5 . Hilda witnesses Vera kissing Harry and letting him into No . 5 . She tells Ivy . Ivy dashes home to find the door bolted . Harry escapes and Vera answers the door . Ivy is furious . Gail and Brian entertain neighbours Sue and Colin Jackson . Bert asks Jack to take Vera back . Jack claims that he ' s enjoying his peace too much . Bert persuades Jack to see Vera and tell her she must apologise or never return home .
Episode 2040 ( 20th October 1980 ) Plot . Audrey arrives at Gail ' s house with her suitcase . Les Boden has thrown her out and she has nowhere to stay and she has given up her job . Gail lets her stay on the sofa . Deirdre panics when Tracy disappears . Ken and Alf search for her . Alf finds her locked in the bathroom . Tracy doesn ' t like it in there and starts to cry . Albert ' s old pal from the Somme , Monty Shawcross , visits him . Deirdre reads to Tracy through the keyhole . Alf gets a ladder up to the bathroom window but is too high up for Tracy to pass the key to him . Albert is jealous as Monty is marching with their old regiment to the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday . Audrey swears she ' s never going to get herself in trouble with men again . Tracy lets herself out of the bathroom after Alf has spent an hour trying to climb through the window . Jim Sedgewick decides that he doesn ' t want a pregnant waitress and tells Gail it ' s time she left the cafe .
Episode 3189 ( 18th February 1991 ) Plot . Derek escapes from Boomer without being seen . The fox appears in the Wiltons ' garden and Mavis scares it off by making a lot of noise . Boomer follows Derek ' s scent but a roaring drunk Jack and Bert Latham think they ' re on the fox ' s trail . Curly goes along as an observer . The neighbours are woken by the racket . When the hunt follows Derek home , Mavis hits Bert on the head with a frying pan . Rita is disappointed in Jenny but to her surprise Reg defends Robert Weston . Everyone thinks that Bert was having Jack on and there never was a fox . Mavis feels sorry for him as he becomes a laughing stock . Percy worries when Emily spends time at the hospital . Phil Jennings arranges with Alec to lodge at the Rovers . Deirdre is surprised when Liz tells her as he never mentioned anything to her . Jenny is annoyed when Rita mentions Robert ' s wife as Angie must have told her . Phil moves into the Rovers paying £20 a night . The Wiltons tell Jack about the fox . He feels vindicated and calls them hunt saboteurs . Vera hears from her Auntie Cissie that her mother has died . Jenny orders Angie to leave No . 7 in the morning but she refuses to go as she pays her rent to Rita . Notable dialogue . Derek Wilton ( to Mavis Wilton ) : " You know , you have a wonderful tenderness for all dumb animals - including Jack Duckworth . "
Veronica Marchant Veronica Marchant was a barmaid whom Bet Gilroy interviewed for a position at the Rovers in March 1989 . Veronica barely showed a flicker of emotion during the interview , responding to Bet ' s attempts at humour with blunt , matter - of - fact replies . She put her robotic manner down to her years of experience in local pubs , which meant it took a lot to surprise her . Later that day , Bet gave the job to Tina Fowler .
Meriel Scholfield Actress Meriel Scholfield has appeared on " Coronation Street " in seven different minor roles : Having completed a two - year acting course at the RADA in 1982 , her numerous credits include roles in " The Bill , Frankenstein , Cracker , Peak Practice , Heartbeat , Seeing Red , Holby City , Cold Feet , The Royal , Twisted Tales , Shameless , Doctors , Emmerdale , Waterloo Road , Hollyoaks " and " Last Tango in Halifax " .
Episode 7050 ( 10th April 2009 ) Plot . Joe ' s laid up on the sofa and Gail enjoys fussing round him . Len tells Gary that he wants him to fit some kitchens whilst Joe ' s incapacitated . Anna ' s pleased that Gary ' s got a job . Norris gets Sophie to mop The Kabin floor as her penance for stealing all those years ago . Rita tells Sophie that she doesn ' t have to bother . Anna talks Roy into giving her a job in the café . Roy doesn ' t have a choice . Tina ' s shocked to find out Joe ' s done his back in . Joe admits to Tina he loves Gail and doesn ' t want to move out anyway . Tina ' s unimpressed . Gail asks Jason if he could do some kitchen fitting for Joe . Jason ' s only too pleased to have some more work . Peter brings Simon home from the hospital . He takes him round to the Barlows ' house to see Leanne the rabbit in the new hutch . Peter apologises to Michelle for their abortive date and asks her if she ' ll give him a second chance . Michelle ' s non - committal . Molly looks over the garage accounts and notices something interesting . Roy offers to give Chesney a lesson about the English Civil War . Mary suggests Peru to Norris but he ' s more in favour of the Lake District . David arrives home from Martin ' s . He ' s unimpressed to find Gail , Joe , Tina , Gary and Jason in cahoots .
Andrea Lawrence Andrea Lawrence appeared in " Coronation Street " in May 1971 as applicant barmaid Janet Stockwell . She had a long list of credits from the early 1960s to the beginning of the 1980s , quite often in the part of buxom barmaids and the like in shows such as " On the Buses " , " The Fenn Street Gang " and " For the Love of Ada " but she also appeared in some serious productions including roles in several of the acclaimed " Wednesday Plays " . On film she appeared in " Danny Jones " , " Countess Dracula " , " Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell " and the sex comedy " I ' m Not Feeling Myself Tonight " .
Patricia Browning Patricia Browning appeared on " Coronation Street " between March and May 1980 as Baldwin ' s Casuals supervisor Pauline Stringer . Her other credits include roles in " Tales of the Unexpected " and " Flying Lady " whilst on stage she appeared in a 1984 production of the Alan Ayckbourn play " Taking Steps " at Watford Palace .
Episode 649 ( 6th March 1967 ) Plot . Ron Jenkins threatens to tell Emily that Dennis fixed her up with Brian Thomas unless Dennis puts a stop to the affair . Emily makes a date with Brian . Brian plans to ask her to share the future with him . Ken grows determined that the meeting should take place . Brian is annoyed when Emily introduces a chaperone - Audrey Hargreaves - as he prepares to propose . Emily leaves Audrey and Brian to it as they hit it off . Ken tells Alf the demo is going ahead - and he ' ll be joining it .
Episode 3292 ( 16th October 1991 ) Plot . Martin and Gail realise that it ' s stupid to row ; they ' re both on the same side . They ask Nicky to leave the St . Luke ' s team but he refuses . Vera holds a council of war with Jack and the Websters over Jim ' s extension . Kevin suggests that they complain to the Council . Jack tackles Jim about the extension . When Jim insults Vera , Jack nearly goes for him . Nicky runs out of the house with his football kit when Martin tries to stop him going to St Luke ' s . Jack rings up the Council and complains about Jim . Alf gives Bet money and asks her to buy an eternity ring for Audrey on his behalf as he can ' t get out of the house . Ivy watches Nicky playing football and is stunned when Martin appears and drags Nicky off the pitch . Liz begs Jim to talk to the Websters and Duckworths about the extension . Audrey loves the eternity ring . Martin is sorry for humiliating Nicky but Gail thinks that he did the right thing . Nicky refuses to talk to either of them . Jim attempts to placate the Duckworths and Websters but ends up rowing with Vera . He is furious when Jack reveals that he ' s contacted the Council and an Inspector is being sent round .
Episode 4876 ( 18th August 2000 ) Plot . Janice demands Les gets rid of the trolleys which are in their back yard . Les offers them to Curly but he says they ' ve got a design fault and he doesn ' t want them . Toyah ' s hopes for studying Media at Warrington University are ruined when she only gets three ' E ' grades . She feels useless but Ken tells her that she should be proud as she ' s still got three ' A ' levels . Dev is pleased when Deirdre takes the job in the shop . Blanche warns her that she ' ll be a laughing stock but she just wants a job with no responsibilities . Leanne tries to work out who has sent her the flowers but can ' t think of anyone . She is stunned when a gold necklace is delivered . Geena is surprised when Linda asks her to be her best woman . Leanne is horrified when Jez tells her that he sent the flowers and necklace as he ' s decided he wants her as a girlfriend .
Episode 3522 ( 31st March 1993 ) Plot . Vera decides to sell her car as they need money . Raquel offers to run the Rovers in Bet ' s absence . She is disappointed when Bet diplomatically tells her that she ' s too young . Maureen asks Reg not to ignore her but he doesn ' t know where he stands with her . He tells her that he needs time to adjust but is hopelessly in love with her . Maureen is touched and tells Reg she wants to continue seeing him . Raquel is miffed that Bet has asked Liz to run the pub and is cool towards her . Bet arranges with Richard Willmore for Liz to take over on the condition that she sleeps in . Des realises the Duckworths must be in dire straits if they ' re having to sell the car . He tells Doug that they could help out if they agreed to change their statements . Doug tells him that he ' s talking stupid . Reg decides to face Maureen ' s mother . Percy goes to Prestwich to call on Olive Clarke . They reminisce about Nobby and the old days . Kevin values Vera ' s car at £1 , 100 . She is disappointed it isn ' t more . Rita is pleased when Bet invites her to Tenerife . John Hargreaves , the driver who killed Lisa , calls on Des to tell him how awful he feels . He feels awful about Tommy as he has a child the same age . Des realises that he is genuine .
Nicholas Camm Nicholas Camm played three roles on " Coronation Street " : The actor trained at the Rose Bruford College and is a baritone singer as well as a stand - up comic . He has made many stage appearances across the north - west of England in productions such as " Of Mice and Men " , " Prime Pinter " , " Macbeth " , " The BFG " and " Kes " . Television appearances include " Hollyoaks " , " Waterloo Road " , " Between the Sheets " , " Emmerdale " , " Heartbeat " and " The Cops " .
Episode 7577 ( 14th April 2011 ) Plot . Norris runs into an angry Lloyd . He ' s still seething about Steve ' s secret plans but gives nothing away . Liz is angry about Jim ' s attempt to rob a building society . Chesney and Katy are finding it difficult to pay the bills . Katy says that she ' ll get a part - time job . Tracy confronts Becky . She ' s angry about Jim ' s foiled plot . Lloyd is hurt by Steve ' s plan to leave him in the lurch . Liz and Steve rue the pressure they put on Jim . Owen is angry at Katy ' s nonchalance towards her education . She ' s adamant that she ' s going to get a job . Kevin tells Sally that he ' s not taking the car back . Liz visits Jim in prison . She promises to wait for him . Tracy and Frank rile Maria in the Rovers and Carla is left to diffuse the situation . Liz grows increasingly upset as her commitment dawns on her . Maria is determined to persevere and throws herself into work at the factory . Kevin ' s gutted when he finds out that Sally has sold the car he bought her . Liz is downbeat after a tough shift in the Rovers . Frank spooks Maria when she leaves the factory . Liz reminisces about her time at the Rovers and resolves to leave the Street in a midnight flit . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Councillor Warburton Councillor Warburton was an officious critic of Len Fairclough at the Town Hall . In May 1972 , Warburton backed a housing committee plan to do up a building in a run - down area , but Len preferred that the money be spent on a series of old people ' s bungalows . After failing to get Len to change his mind , Warburton took an interest in his opponent . While in Coronation Street to tell Hilda Ogden and Archie Crabtree to take down No . 13 ' s front porch which had been built without planning permission , Warburton approached Emily Bishop to ask her if she thought Len ' s interest in local government was waning . Emily flatly suggested that he asked Len himself instead of snooping . Warburton ' s efforts were rewarded when he went to a roadworks site to find Len , who had gone there to see Harry Bates , and witnessed a fight break out between the pair , ending with Len face down in a puddle of muddy water . Warburton submitted a report about Len to Mayor Harold Chapman , resulting in Len being summoned to a meeting with the Mayor . However , Chapman was one of Len ' s allies at the council and treated him to lunch in the mayoral Rolls and a vote of support in his quest to keep his seat in the local government re - organisation . Dismissive of Warburton , Chapman labelled the odious councillor a " tale - teller " .
Gazza Cartwright Gazza Cartwright was one of Kevin Webster and Mark Casey ' s friends from the banger racing crowd . In November 1989 , he paid a visit to Casey ' s Garage to get a dipstick off an Escort van . At that moment , Kevin , Mark and Martin Platt were trying to find a fifth player to play on the Rovers side against Maurice Jones ' s builders , and the sight of the buff giant , dubbed by Mark as " King Kong with a driving licence " , convinced them that their search may be over . Kevin then recalled that he was an experienced footballer - he ' d tried out for Weatherfield County FC , and was suspended from the Lancashire League when he was shown a red card and thumped a linesman on the way off . Gazza agreed to play for the Rovers but the sight of him in the boozer immediately drew suspicious looks from the builders as they ' d never seen him in there before . Alec Gilroy nearly gave the game away when he asked Jack Duckworth who he was , but quickly covered by saying he didn ' t recognise him with his hair cut . With Gazza playing in defence , the Rovers team won the match . Just before kick - off , Gazza showed a less pleasant side to his personality to referee Derek Wilton when told to play a fair game . Throwing Derek an disgusted look , Gazza asked the man disparagingly , " are you a pansy ? "
Jamie Lee Actor Jamie Lee appeared on " Coronation Street " in December 2008 as Pat Gordon , the brother of Tony . His other TV and film credits include roles in " Wycliffe , Casualty , Monsignor Renard , The Bill , Cold Mountain , Lassie , Taggart , The Princess and the Gangster " and " Headhunters of World War II " .
Susan Rutherford Susan Rutherford appeared on " Coronation Street " as the Pianist who played at Eddie Yeats and Marion Willis ' s engagement party at the Rovers in May 1982 . Her other credits include roles in " Wood and Walters , Chessgame , The Practice , Fell Tiger , Travelling Man " and the 1986 film " Gunpowder " .
Episode 2517 ( 15th May 1985 ) Plot . Curly spends the night looking for Halley ' s Comet making it impossible for Kevin to sleep . Ken takes up jogging . Emily tries to involve Kevin more in the household routine and gives him the silver to polish . The St . Lukes rugby team ' s minibus breaks down so George can ' t get the team to the game . Ivy uses her factory keys to get the firm ' s van . Terry and Andrea leave notes for each other in the ginnel . Andrea asks him to fix up her friend Michelle Robinson with a lad for a double date . Kevin goes with him and can ' t believe his luck when Michelle turns out to be a real looker . Ivy has a black eye after fighting the mother of one of the opponents . She tells George that she took the van without Mike ' s knowledge and now it ' s covered in graffiti .
Episode 6951 ( 21st November 2008 ) Plot . Hayley ' s finding it hard to adjust to life back in Weatherfield . Joe and Gail set off on their weekend away . Hayley gives Becky a present from Africa . Becky ' s made up . Norris gets a call to say that he came second in the Cliff Richard competition . He ' s disappointed to hear that Mary Taylor came first . He recognises her name . Darryl ' s upset when he gets a call from Jerry to say that he ' s selling the takeaway to Dev and putting the house on the market . Steve lies to Michelle saying he ' s got a meeting at the brewery when really he ' s going to meet Becky ' s solicitor . Hayley tells Roy that Tilly , a girl she shared a tent with in Mozambique is coming over to drop off one of Hayley ' s bags which she took by accident . Darryl ' s angry with Amber for encouraging her to show the takeaway accounts to Dev only to find out he ' s gone behind their backs . Minnie stands up for Amber . Graeme asks Ashley for a job in the butchers . Jed ' s discharged from hospital . Emily asks him to move in with her and Jed ' s very grateful . Darryl ' s annoyed when a " To Let " board goes up outside No . 6 . Hayley admits to Roy that she ' s fallen in love with Mozambique and its people and she wants to return . Roy ' s gutted .
Choir Girl The Choir Girl was a member of the Weatherfield Fellowship Church choir which was attended by Sophie Webster and Sian Powers , who received an invitation to Sophie ’ s sixteenth birthday party in November 2010 . Unaware of Sophie and Sian ’ s relationship , the girl was shocked when Rosie Webster , in her role of party planner , introduced Tom Crude , a local drag king act . Also present were several of Rosie ’ s fellow cherry vodka promotional girls and handed out generous free samples which resulted in Sophie and Sian getting roaring drunk in front of a near - speechless choir girl and the church pastor as he walked into the house with a present . Later on , as the vodka caused the party to get more and more raucous , the girl was seen staggering in a dance , vodka in her hand . The Pastor tried to make the girls end their relationship and when they turned up for the next choir practice , the Pastor made it clear that he couldn ’ t condone their actions and so they quit , accusing him of being a bigot . During the acrimonious exchange , the girl stood by Sophie and Sian fleetingly , asking the Pastor why the girls ’ arguments shouldn ’ t be heard .
Scooter Makuna Hiren " Scooter " Makuna was a short - term boyfriend of Sarah Platt during 2005 . His character was mostly remembered for not being too bright , having a fondness for fish and getting pleasure from retrieving junk from skips . Scooter and Sarah broke up after an argument .
Episode 2312 ( 30th May 1983 ) Plot . Hilda goes to the Citizen ' s Advice Bureau for advice . Pamela Mitchell asks Ken to join the " Weatherfield Recorder " as Agony Uncle for her advice column . Hilda visits a Community Solicitor . Ken takes on the agony column . Deirdre thinks he ' s not equipped to answer the letters . Mavis wants to be with Victor but only as his wife . She worries that she ' ll lose him but feels she loves him . She fears this may be her last chance . She refuses to be rushed into a decision . Hilda has to fill in probate forms - the shop will be hers but only in a month ' s time .
Episode 7667 ( 12th August 2011 ) Plot . Stella confronts Eva about Leanne ' s birthday card . Eva admits that she threw it away saying she was just trying to protect Stella from getting hurt . Stella ' s sceptical . Lloyd tells Karl about Chris ' s illness and how Cheryl wants him to move in with them at No . 13 . Karl reckons that Lloyd should capitulate as Chris is a dying man . Chris and Cheryl break the news to Russ about Chris ' s brain tumour . Russ is devastated . Frank clocks the frosty atmosphere between Peter , Leanne and Carla in the Rovers and wants to know what ' s going on . Leanne asks Eva why she ' s so hostile towards her but Eva just tells her to stay out of her way . When David tells Gail he ' s going on a management course , Gail ' s horrified realising that she and Kylie will only have each other for company . Brian and Julie go for dinner at the bistro . Julie gets horribly drunk and accuses Brian of flirting with Eva . Brian ' s embarrassed and Julie stumbles home alone . Lloyd has a word with Chris and insists he moves in with them until he finishes his treatment . Carla tells Frank that she was in love with Peter but it ' s all in the past now . Frank ' s appeased and Carla feels guilty for feeding him half - truths . Cheryl ' s grateful to Lloyd for allowing Chris to move in . Cheryl , Chris and Russ play happy families whilst Lloyd feels like a spare part in his own home . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Martin Oldfield Martin Oldfield was either seen or heard on " Coronation Street " in six roles : Also a renowned voice - over artist , his other credits include roles in " All Creatures Great and Small , Strangers , Bulman , Albion Market , Grange Hill , The Bill , Heartbeat , A Touch of Frost , Blue Murder , Waterloo Road , Emmerdale , Shameless , DCI Banks , Mount Pleasant , Vera " and the films " A Flame to the Phoenix , Vroom , Charlotte Gray " and " The Mark of Cain " . On stage he has appeared in productions of " Pride and Prejudice " and " Pierrepoint : The Hangman ' s Tale " .