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Top 100 appearances This page details the top 100 appearances by character in the programme ' s history , up to Episode 9143 ( 14th April 2017 ) . Note : ' # ' in the " Year of Departure " column indicates that the character is still current .
Episode 2571 ( 20th November 1985 ) Plot . Ivy decides that she wants George . Betty goes on holiday rather than see Bet make a fool of herself with Frank . Bet spends the night away from the Rovers . George Newton phones and Gloria covers for her . George turns down an evening with Ivy . Bet eventually returns to the Rovers at lunchtime . Ida and Shirley find George and factory worker Pauline Walsh out together .
PC Barnes PC Barnes was a motorcycle police officer who arrived on the scene when summoned in September 1965 following the sudden collapse of the front rooms of 7 Coronation Street . His superior , Sergeant Bowden had arrived before him and sarcastically commented that he ’ d taken his time to get there . Barnes explained that his radio was on the blink . He was instructed to get ropes and warning lamps from the police station to prevent the public entering the house . Later on , he was one of a party that shifted the rubble out of the house when it was feared that Lucille Hewitt might be underneath it but the missing teenager turned up safe and sound , having been watching television at a friend ’ s house .
Episode 974 ( 27th April 1970 ) Plot . Ken and Val plan to go to Manchester Airport to meet Hilda and Irma . Stan thinks he should wear a sombre tie to meet them when they arrive home and to show Irma that he ' s settled and in regular work . Dickie grows desperate to find Audrey but Cyril can ’ t help as she isn ’ t an official missing person . Stan asks Emily for help replying to the well - wishers . Dave Smith takes the Barlows to the airport as he has to call on someone in Wythenshawe . Stan puts on a suit for his daughter ’ s return . Irma comes home to a big hug from her dad . Dickie hides Audrey ’ s absence from the residents . Irma is sombre . Dave knows that Irma could have got home cheaper on an assisted passage but he has his own reasons for wanting the Ogdens spending £600 . Ken wonders about buying a car but Val is frightened about what happened to David . Dickie rings round Audrey ’ s friends and family . Irma breaks down when she reads one of the well - wisher ’ s letters . She tells Ken and Val about the suddenness of the accident . Dickie feels frustrated when Ray calls round looking for Audrey . He claims she ’ s ill in bed with flu . Notable dialogue . Valerie Barlow : " I ' m frightened , Elsie . It ' s a curse , Ken ' s family . . . like the . Violence and sudden death . They don ' t grow old . ”
Episode 4329 ( 5th January 1998 ) Plot . Deirdre decides to withdraw money from Jon ' s account using her credit card until she has her £5 , 000 back and look for a flat to rent . Chris returns to work at the garage with Kevin warning him that he might not be civil to him . Liz starts work as a trainee machinist at Underworld . Gail tries to hunt down Nick in vain . In Scotland , Nick and Leanne stay in cheap B & Bs , pretending to be married . Jon apologises to Deirdre for what Linda said to her , explaining that she is mentally ill and wants to wreck his happiness . Deirdre tells him that she hates him and is horrified by him , wishing she ' d never met him . Spider and Toyah rehearse how they plan to chain themselves to the Town Hall railings by having a practice in Emily ' s hall . Unfortunately they can ' t reach the key to undo the padlock . Sally shouts at Kevin when she finds Natalie in the garage going over the accounts with him . When Chris stands up for her , Kevin rows with him . Kevin tells Sally he can ' t stop Natalie coming to the garage . Mike assures Alma he doesn ' t fancy Liz and has taken her on as she has the right sort of tarty image for something he ' s planning in the future . Emily returns home and releases Toyah and Spider after they ' ve been chained up all afternoon . Spider is furious as he missed the Town Hall meeting about the Red Rec dome . Nick and Leanne decide to get married whilst they ' re in Scotland so they can always be together .
Episode 7152 ( 31st August 2009 ) Plot . Janice puts her first aid skills into practice and puts Joshua in the recovery position . Claire ' s shocked whilst Ashley quickly phones an ambulance . Rita breaks the terrible news to Emily that Ramsay is dead . Emily ' s visibly shaken . Umed sets up a curry stall at the fete . Teresa insists she makes a better curry and they agree to a " curry challenge " . Kevin and Molly finish their race . Sophie congratulates her dad and leaves them saying she wants to join her mates at the fete . Kevin and Molly look at each other longingly . At the hospital , Ashley and Claire are relieved that Joshua is going to be fine . Emily makes a phone call to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and discovers Ramsay died of a brain tumour . She realises Ramsay knew he was dying and wanted to make up with Norris before his death . Norris pretends he doesn ' t care . Emily loses her temper with him and calls him a selfish little man . Sian and Ben con Umed and Teresa out of free curry . Teresa can ' t help being impressed at their cheek . Emily tells Rita how much Ramsay meant to her . Ashley thanks Janice for helping save Joshua ' s life . Janice is glad she could help . Kevin and Molly have sex in a hotel room and admit it ' s what they both want . Graeme wins the raffle and returns the signed boxing gloves to Ashley . Ashley ' s very grateful . Emily sits alone and cries over her loss of Ramsay . Norris visits his mother ' s grave and places some flowers next to those left by his dead brother . It ' s clear that deep down he ' s very upset .
Charlie ( 1975 character ) Ken Barlow forced an election for the leader of the youth section at the Community Centre when stories told to him by Mary Broughton and Debbie Shaw brought to his attention the fact that current incumbent Janice Berry was using her position to bully some of the others . Finding out that Janice had never actually stood for a democratic vote , he persuaded Mary and two others to stand against her . A furious Janice used her allies to “ campaign ” for her and Charlie chanted out Janice ’ s name as the vote took place . She wasn ’ t successful and Mary was duly elected .
Episode 5334 ( 8th September 2002 ) Plot . Mike is seriously worried about Alahan International . Without their cheque , Underworld will go belly up . Karen isn ' t in any rush to find a job . Steve tells her that until she gets one she ' s on £20 per week pocket money . Sunita wishes she had a boyfriend and a social life . Dev gives Mike his word that he will have the money by the end of the week - he ' s spoken to Naveen Alahan . Harry Flagg turns up in the Rovers to clean the toilets . He does a fantastic job and Fred gives him the permanent job of cleaner at the Rovers . Sunita tells Dev she ' s sick of lying to his girlfriends on his behalf . They fall out and Sunita threatens to leave but Dev apologises . Toyah decides to use Les ' s chair as the basis of her Visual Art project . The chair shows that your world - class skiver spends his life boozing , smoking and snoring in one square metre . Sunita decides to go to bingo with Janice and Karen . Mike tells Dev that unless he gets his money the business is finished . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Episode 4106 ( 11th December 1996 ) Plot . Tricia helps out behind the Rovers bar and is stunned to discover that Sally resigned over her sacking . Ida tells Mike that the girls need a supervisor and puts herself forward for the job . Des is furious with Derek for spoiling Becky ' s party and showing him up in front of the Palmers . Emily is glad to discover that Deirdre spent the night with Ken . Curly breaks the news to Maureen that Reg ' s daughter has been born . Bill tells Maureen that he ' d like to take her to Gran Canaria for Christmas . She wants to go but feels she can ' t leave Maud . Joyce gets a £10 sub on her wages from Vera and buys scratchcards but doesn ' t win anything . Rita feels uncomfortable selling scratchcards to Joyce as she keeps losing . Deirdre is pleased that her relationship with Ken is getting better but wants to play it one day at a time . Liz cancels visiting Steve as she doesn ' t want to be in the same room as Fraser . Tricia feels bad about Sally losing her job but Sally assures her that she wasn ' t the only issue . Ken asks Kelly to write a statement about their relationship with Daniel for him to give to the courts . Mike knows he ' ll have to make Ida supervisor in order to get an order out but feels confident that Sally will come crawling back soon . The customers are amazed by Roy ' s photographic memory when he reels off an advertisement in the " Gazette " word - perfectly . Ken is amazed when Mike wishes him well with his fight to get Daniel back . Sean tries to explain his actions to Liz but she refuses to listen . Gerry sees Sean pursuing Liz .
Episode 5081 ( 25th July 2001 ) Plot . Jack and Vera are excited about going to see the house that Jack inherited . Tyrone is worried about where he is going to live but they are all surprised when they realise it is a shed on an allotment - not a house ! Molly tells Gail that Matt has fallen out with Charlie . Matt confides in Molly . Kevin buys Molly a TV as a thank - you for putting Alan Rush ' s business his way . Molly insists that they are just friends . Mr Rush asks Kevin for a cut in the profits . Alex Swinton tricks Vera into telling him where Roy and Hayley are , saying he was from social services . Jim Simmonds arrives to give Toyah a letter from his brother Phil . Toyah is frightened as she is alone , but he doesn ' t harm her . Maxine and Ashley get back from holiday and Matt confides in Ashley who offers him a place at his house . Gail invites Richard Hillman to dinner the following evening .
Dave Sparks Dave Sparks was a salesman who got too close for comfort to a married Audrey Roberts in 1989 . Dave and Audrey met at OWD Betts , a wine bar in the countryside where Dave and his friend Terry Conway had gone on a lunch date . Smouldering after being dumped by Mike Baldwin for a younger woman , Alma Sedgewick had gone out with Audrey to take her mind off Mike . Audrey had just reminded Alma of the old adage that there were plenty of fish in the sea when Terry and Dave introduced themselves and sat with the ladies . Dave was the quieter of the two , but was reeled into the conversation when Audrey asked about his job . Alma and Terry had hit it off and arranged a date at a nightclub , but after hearing that Dave would be there , Alma talked Audrey into coming along , against Audrey ' s better judgement . Dave was pleased to see Audrey again , not being put off at all by her obvious discomfort . He enjoyed getting the chance to talk to her one - on - one but respected her decision to stick to mineral water and leave early - which she actually did so that she would make it home before Alf , who had gone to a grocers ' function and believed Audrey to be having a quiet night in . A few days later , while touring the local smaller retail outlets , Dave turned up at the Corner Shop to try and sell Alf skin and haircare products . Knowing nothing about either , Alf brought Dave into the shop to get Audrey ' s opinion . Realising immediately what was going on , Dave didn ' t give the game away , but he used the situation to secure a sale by saying he ' d been in the shop while Alf wasn ' t there and hadn ' t wanted to take advantage of Audrey on her own . Not wanting to risk getting Dave ' s back up , Audrey gave her approval for Alf to make an order , but privately Dave assured her that his turning up there had been a coincidence .
Bus Driver ( Episode 8740 ) The Bus Driver of the 157 service to Oakhill had Cathy Matthews on his vehicle as he left the stop on Rosamund Street . She was leaving the area after a disastrous birthday treat for Roy Cropper when she had taken him to Blackpool not knowing of its bitter - sweet associations for him as he had been there with Hayley before she died . Carla Connor helped Roy see that he had to move on and that Cathy was the one for him . Going after her , he was furious that the bus was leaving the stop seven minutes early and as he yelled at it to stop , strangely enough , a tyre burst and it did so . The driver jokingly asked if any of the passengers were mechanics with a puncture repair kit and invited them to wait for assistance . All but Cathy got off to try another service . Roy joined her and the two came to an understanding with each other .
Bryan Hulme Bryan Hulme played the part of Teddy Boy Bryan in " Coronation Street " in January and March 1961 . He also played several small parts at about this time , including a minor role in the Oscar - nominated film " Tunes of Glory " and the television serials " Captain Moonlight : Man of Mystery " , " The Secret Kingdom " and the BBC play " Girl on a Roof " .
Episode 7926 ( 6th August 2012 ) Plot . Tyrone gently persuades Kirsty that she should go and see the doctor about her mood swings . Reluctantly Kirsty agrees . Norris bangs on about Tracy ' s unacceptable behaviour until Emily loses patience and tells him that as Tracy ' s Godmother , she has a responsibility to Tracy . Michelle quizzes Ryan about the band he was in up in Glasgow and suggests he should pick up his guitar again . Deirdre tells Kirsty that Dr Carter is ready to see her but Kirsty loses her bottle and making excuses , flees the medical centre . Kirsty lies to Tyrone and assures him that Dr Carter said her behaviour is perfectly normal and a direct result of hormones and pregnancy . Tyrone ' s relieved . Steve fixes Ryan up with a gig at an open mike night in a pub to play his guitar . Tyrone tells Tina that Dr Carter confirmed Kirsty will be fine once she ' s had the baby . Tina ' s sceptical and when Deirdre arrives and lets slip that Kirsty cancelled her appointment and never saw the doctor , she becomes deeply concerned for Tyrone . Tracy asks Steve for her share of the money from No . 13 , but Steve insists that the house was his and the money ' s all gone . Tyrone confronts Kirsty about her lies . Kirsty admits she was scared of what the doctor might say . Mary asks Roy to accompany her to an concert in Malvern . Roy thinks it ' s a lovely idea and offers to pay . Mary ' s thrilled . When Tracy helps herself to the blackberry pie from the fridge and Amy spills blue paint over Norris ' s dancing shoes , even Emily ' s patience is put to the test . Michelle talks Ryan into doing the gig at the open mike night . Ryan secretly steals £20 from Michelle ' s purse to score some cocaine . Tyrone and Kirsty row in the back yard . When Tyrone makes to leave , Kirsty grabs him and Tyrone pushes her away . Kirsty stumbles and cuts her face . Hearing the commotion , Deirdre peers round the gate . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Episode 2204 ( 17th May 1982 ) Plot . The factory girls find they have an extra £4 in their wage packets . Eddie breaks the Ogdens ' old armchair by sitting on it . Maggie Dunlop calls on Mike with flowers - he is delighted to see her . Eddie and Stan try to repair the chair before Hilda sees it . Hilda returns home to see Eddie sawing up the chair leg . Mike tells Maggie he wants her - she is pleased .
Mrs Flanagan Mrs Flanagan was the secretary to Father Bennett of St . Theresa ' s RC Church . Harry Hewitt and Concepta Riley were engaged to be married and the bride was of the Catholic faith . Harry was willing to take catholic instruction and Mrs Flanagan arranged the appointments for Harry and Concepta to see the priest . Later in the year , she was present when Father Bennet reconciled Concepta with her parents who had previously been opposed to the match .
Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Europe . Comprising its islands and landmasses within the continent itself , it also includes the Faroe Islands and Greenland as two autonomous constituent countries . A constitutional monarchy of some 5 . 7 million people , it has been rated as having one of the highest standards of living in the world and one of the highest rates of personal taxation to fund it . Denmark has long had a reputation for its liberal attitudes and such was one of the first countries in the world to legalise pornography in 1969 . Individuals from other countries would smuggle out the x - rated publications and one of them was newsagent Walter Biddulph from Rosamund Street in Weatherfield . He sold the magazines within the pages of the innocuous " Pig Producers ' Monthly " and his customers continued to buy them up to the point in June 1973 when he sold up to Len Fairclough and the Kabin opened up in the same premises . Under the new management , the trade for under - the - counter materials was quickly cut off .
Episode 4612 ( 16th May 1999 ) Plot . Greg phones Mike and tells him that he ' s not stupid enough to go to the factory . He orders him to bring the money to No . 13 , saying he ' s holding the Websters . Sally struggles to remain calm as he refuses to let go of Sophie . He tells her that he ' s blackmailing Mike and demands she collects the money whilst he holds on to the girls . She goes to walk across the Street but Kevin sees her and makes a fuss about her leaving the girls unattended . Kevin gets alarmed when frightened Rosie calls out to him , saying Greg is in the house . Kevin tries to break down the door but Sally pleads with him to leave them alone for the sake of the girls . Kevin causes a scene , alerting the residents to Greg ' s presence . Mike and Alison try to calm him and have to restrain him . Greg blames Rosie and Sally has to stop him hurting her . Kevin calls the police and Mike realises the situation is hopeless for him . Greg is furious when the police turn up . Sally begs him to let the girls go but he feels they ' re his only bargaining tools . Kevin grows impatient as the police refuse to rush the house . Greg blames Sally for ruining his life and tells her he despised her . She tries to keep the girls occupied but they are terrified as Greg shouts and hurts Sally . Ken is appalled when Deirdre tells him about Mike being blackmailed over his affair . He feels the police should be told . The police surround No . 13 . When Greg rips the phone from the wall the girls scream , causing the police to smash into the house . When Greg tries to grab hold of Sophie , Sally smashes a chair over his head and knocks him unconscious .
Jesse Chadwick Jesse James Chadwick arrived to entertain the guests at Amy Barlow ' s Christmas party in December 2008 , but he turned up - minus his wife , the other half of his double act . He was clearly not in the mood for entertaining as his wife had run off with someone else . Steve McDonald , Amy ' s father managed to console Jesse who agreed to do the party for Amy . When Eileen Grimshaw arrived in the Rovers , the pair hit it off and soon , Eileen was donning his ex - wife Hia - Lowa ' s costume and entertaining the kids . He later hit it off with Eileen during a post - gig drink . Months later while doing a children ' s play at the Weatherfield Community Centre , he and Eileen crossed paths when she took Amy along so she could meet him again . He began turning up in Coronation Street , but Eileen was fed up with him being scared of his mum and always running back to her when she wanted him back home . He later moved in with Eileen at No . 11 and also brought his pet parrot John along as well , which ended up taking a dislike to Eileen . An electrician by trade , Jesse persuaded Bill Webster to let him store his props at the Builder ' s Yard on the presumption that Bill would find him occasional work . In 2010 , Jesse won a lot of money at Barlow ' s Bookies , and Eileen hoped he would treat her , and although he did get her a present , he splashed out the money on a holiday for him and his parents . Angry , Eileen told him to leave . Jesse later returned after getting back from his holiday - hoping for forgiveness . Believing there wasn ' t a future for him and Eileen , he attempted to make a pass at her half - sister Julie Carp , and a shocked Julie told Eileen just as she decided to get back with Jesse . When he came back , Eileen and Julie gave him his belongings and chasing him out of the Rovers , he left the area for good . Quotes . " Are you Steve McDonald ? " ( First line ) . " Why did you have to go and spoil everything ? " ( Final line , to Julie Carp ) .
Nick Stringer Nick Stringer was born 10th August , 1948 in Torquay . He is an English actor who has played two minor roles in " Coronation Street " : firstly Newton & Ridley ' s temporary manager Frank Harvey between April 1984 and January 1985 and singer Jump Jackson in December 1997 - who was the childhood sweetheart of Ida Clough in the 1960s . Nick also appeared in " The Bill " , " The Long Good Friday " , " Sweeney 2 " , " Minder " and " The Professionals " .
Episode 4935 ( 26th November 2000 ) Plot . Janice is amused to discover that Eileen and Dennis have spent the night together . Les tries to get the questions for the " Mr and Mrs Contest " off Toyah so he and Janice can win . Anthony decides to sell his house and Jaguar and live with Amanda . He assures Rita that he won ' t let her come between them . Blanche determines that Ken and Deirdre should win the contest , telling them the other put their names down . Liz has doubts about marrying Jim , thinking she ' s making a fool of herself . Andrea Clayton turns up looking for the Duckworths . She calls at No . 9 but Tyrone sends her off , thinking she ' s after a hand - out . Janice refuses to enter the contest knowing Les knows nothing about her . Ken is appalled to hear Audrey telling Fred that the Council are planning to tarmac over the cobbles . Liz is thrilled when Andy turns up . Cast . Guest cast . " None "
Episode 6412 ( 29th October 2006 ) Plot . Liz gently reminds Bev that the date for completion on the Rovers sale is next week . She hopes Bev will move out then but she doesn ' t seem to be taking the hint . Jason tries to win Sarah round telling her he still loves her and wishes they were married but Sarah ' s still too hurt . Bev has a go at Michelle for being late for work until Michelle points out the clocks have gone back . Bev ' s embarrassed . Cilla gets Amber to guess her age . She ' s upset at Amber ' s answer and suggests to Yana that she might have a face - lift . David delivers an anonymous sympathy card to Tracy which says " " Sorry to hear Charlie has been such a bad boy . You must be devastated " . Tracy accuses Bev of sending the card but Bev denies all knowledge of it . Ashley tries to tackle drunken Bev over Fred ' s ashes but she becomes emotional . Jamie accuses Frankie of running back to Danny out of sheer panic after they kissed . Charlie decides to teach David a lesson . He grabs him and throws him into the back of his van however Liam clocks what ' s going on and Charlie has to let him go .
Derek Francis Derek Francis ( 7th November , 1923 - 27th March , 1984 ) played Charles Beaumont , Annie Walker ' s cousin , on " Coronation Street " in 1977 . His other credits include six of the " Carry on " films , " Danger Man " , " Just William " and " Shelley " .