Coronation Street in 2004 2004 was " Coronation Street " ' s forty - fifth year . Production . The big finish . Kieran Roberts bowed out as producer with Episode 5722 on 28th March after two successful years in charge . His replacement was Tony Wood , who had previously worked on " Coronation Street " as a stopgap producer of six episodes in 1994 . Carolyn Reynolds remained executive producer for one more year . Schedule changes due to Euro 2004 football coverage resulted in three episodes of " Coronation Street " being shown on the same day for the first time in May . These episodes featured Todd Grimshaw coming out to his fiancée Sarah Platt and confessing to his affair with nurse Karl Foster , and a brawl on the cobbles between a dressing - gowned Gail Platt and Eileen Grimshaw . The first episode shown that evening was Jonathan Harvey ' s inaugural script for the programme . Bruno Langley quit the show once the storyline had concluded , after three years playing Todd . Rather than leave the programme without a gay character , three weeks before Todd made his on - screen departure Antony Cotton ' s character Sean Tully was revived and made a regular . The writing team saw further changes in the course of the year with the addition of Chris Fewtrell and Damon Rochefort and the departures of Ken Blakeson and Peter Mills . Three episodes were shown on one night on three more occasions , but only the last of these was an addition to schedules . Following the success of the Richard Hillman storyline , writers began cultivating more long - term villains and the first of these was Maya Sharma , Dev Alahan ' s unstable ex - girlfriend who embarked on a campaign of terror against Dev and his new wife Sunita . The story climaxed in November with an eight - episode week where Maya torched all of Dev ' s shops , culminating with a blaze in the Corner Shop and the attempted murder of the Alahans . Maya ' s reign of terror ended when a lorry crashed into her car and she was arrested , although her fate was never properly addressed as Jimmi Harkishin took time off work in early 2005 to beat a cocaine addiction . After the fire , the Corner Shop received a makeover both inside and outside . The other big storyline of the year was the birth of Tracy Barlow ' s daughter Amy and Tracy ' s revelation - at Steve and Karen McDonald ' s wedding - that Steve was Amy ' s real father , after months of pretending that it was Roy Cropper . Holly Bowyer played Amy under her original name of Patience Cropper . After 11 episodes , Rebecca Pike took over the part . Beverley Callard made a full - time return as Liz McDonald , arriving for the wedding in February , while Suranne Jones left her role of Karen McDonald at the end of the year , last appearing on Boxing Day after a Christmas Day showdown with Tracy . Tony Wood . The main family introduced under Tony Wood was a new branch of the Baldwins , consisting of Mike ' s nephew Danny , Danny ' s WAG - type wife Frankie , their teenage son Warren , and Danny ' s older son Jamie from his first marriage . Like Mike , the new Baldwins were originally from London and relocated to Weatherfield , and Danny ran Underworld with Mike after whom his character was styled . The creation of the new family required a retconning of Mike ' s backstory , with only child Mike given a brother , Harry . Mike was supported further by the return of his son Adam Barlow in December , recast with Sam Robertson in the role . Sophie Webster also gained a new head , with Brooke Vincent taking over the part from Emma Woodward , while Nick Tilsley appeared for the last time in his Adam Rickitt incarnation . After his year - long comeback , Rickitt once again quit the series . Other casting included Tupele Dorgu as Underworld machinist Kelly Crabtree and Jenny Platt as new Rovers barmaid Violet Wilson , while Jane Danson returned full - time as Leanne Battersby after a four - year absence and Iain Rogerson as Harry Flagg departed in August . The year also featured notable cameo appearances by comedians Peter Kay as Shelley Unwin ' s disastrous date Eric Gartside and Norman Wisdom as jogging pensioner Ernie Crabbe . Viewing figures . " Coronation Street " ' s reign as the UK ' s No . 1 show on most weeks of the year continued for the third year in a row , with 46 episodes reaching top position and only one episode falling outside the top twenty . After a successful 2003 , ratings were back to their 2002 levels , although the year ' s average of 12 . 09 million viewers remained above 2002 ' s figure of 11 . 94m , and the peak rating of 16 . 33 million viewers for Episode 5694 ( 16th February 2004 ) ( Steve and Karen ' s wedding ) outrated the peak from 2002 . Every month saw its average drop from the same month in 2002 , with drops of around two million viewers occurring in March , June , and September . Storylines . To be added . Who lives where . Coronation Street Victoria Street Others Awards and nominations . National Television Awards Royal Television Society BAFTA TV Quick Awards The Celebrity Awards