His mother is Teresa Morton, whose ex-husband is Jerry Morton, who runs the new takeaway on Victoria Street and has taken over Number 6 Coronation Street following the death of Charlie Stubbs. In April 2007, Jerry discovered that Teresa had gone on holiday, leaving their daughter Kayleigh and her half-brother Finlay on their own. Jerry took the children back home with him, so Finlay currently lives with the rest of the Mortons at No 6.
He is known for letting the air out of people's tyres and was warned by Jodie, about doing so. So far he has served pretty much no purpose whatsoever, much like the rest of the Mortons. He also got paid money by Kayleigh Morton to keep quiet about her clubbing which got discovered about.
Yvonne is the mother of Claire Peacock. Little is known about her but she is usually there to babysit Freddie and Joshua and also there to support Claire if she has trouble with her Husband Ashley. She has recently helped Claire recover from Post Natal Depression and Claire is now living with her after she split up with Ashley following the arson attack on their home. She has objects to Claire's friendship with Casey Carswell.
Wiki (pronounced as Viki) first appeared as a new employee of Carla Connor at the Underworld factory. As she is a Polish immigrant, she was paid less than other employees, and they became concerned that their pay would be affected by this. She was bullied by Joanne Jackson and Janice Battersby, but Hayley Cropper secured her equal pay from Liam Connor, when the workers went on strike after Sean Tully was fired by Liam's brother Paul.
She is the only factory worker to have seen Kasia Barowicz fall and die in the factory during an illegal shift. Paul, Carla and Liam covered up Kasia's death until 8:00am the following morning, when the death would be covered by their insurance. Wiki went along with this when Carla told her that if they didn't do this, Kasia's family would get no compensation money.
Not much is known about her personal life, however it was revealed on the 19 September2007 that she has a son back home in Poland, aged 21, and she is working in Underworld to support him.
Marcus is a Sonographer at Weatherfield General Hospital, he was introduced when Violet Wilson went for a scan. He gave his number to Sean Tully who was also present at the scan. The two started dating but Sean was unsure how the relationship should progress. Sean tricked Marcus into revealing the sex of the baby to him after he wanted to know and Violet didn't. This led to a rough patch in the relationship, but this was overcome and the couple remained together happily.
Doreen Fenwick is a fictional character in the ITVsoap operaCoronation Street. She is played by actress Barbara Young and was originally introduced in February 2007 as an old friend of the long running character Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox). This is Young's second role in the soap; she had appeared in 1981 as a character called Dot Stockwell.[1] Doreen became a sparring partner for the character Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden), but scriptwriters then developed their relationship into a romance, which never took off, Norris deciding last minute to withdraw his offer of marriage he had made in late 2007.[2]
Doreen arrived in February 2007 as an old showbiz friend of Rita Sullivan. She was initially disliked by Rita's business partner Norris Cole whom she insulted upon first meeting him.
Shortly afterwards Rita let Doreen stay with her as Doreen told her that her flat was being repaired. On 18th May 2007 however, Rita discovered that Doreen was faking her flat being repaired and removed of asbestos. Rita then told Doreen to pack her bags and leave.
On 28th May 2007 Rita confessed to Norris that she was missing Doreens company but refused to make the first move. Norris secretly arranged to meet Doreen and persuaded her to make up with Rita. The two made up over a drink in the Rovers Return.
In 2007 she helped out in The Kabin whilst Rita was on holiday.
Tony Gordon is a character on the British soap opera Coronation Street. He arrived in 2007 and is played by Gray O'Brien, and runs a clothing firm who gave a contract to Carla and Liam at Underworld in 2007. Tony ultimately began a romantic relationship with Carla Connor, which she leaped at the opportunity of, after sharing a kiss with her brother-in-law Liam Connor. Liam doesn't like Tony's ways however, and makes a point quite often of letting him know this. It was revealed that Tony has an ex-wife when she came into the factory looking for Carla before slapping her. Lindsay (his ex-wife) has told Liam that Tony is a womaniser and a control freak who will chew Carla up and spit her out before returning to her. Liam tried to warn Carla but she didn't believe him, just thinking that he was jealous of Tony.
She has a crush on fellow neighbour David Platt but he is unaware of her feelings. When he did confront her though about her feelings for him on November 5th 2007 she denied it.
However, with new comer Tina McIntyre becoming the object of her dream boy's attention in 2008, will Amber be tempted to finally get her claws out against this new girl in order to win David for herself?
Dan first arrived in Coronation Street on December 3, 2007, along with his father Harry in order to take over the betting shop. Dan's first act of business was to track down Lloyd Mullaney who owed the previous bookie Stan a debt of £400. He found Lloyd but Lloyd denied his identity. Later in the Rovers Return, Dan called over Lloyd by name and Lloyd answered. Dan told him of his debt and that he was serious about recovering it. Later in the episode, Dan began flirting with barmaid Michelle Connor, which put Michelle's boyfriend Steve McDonald's nose out of joint. He also fancied his chances with Mel Morton's colleague Abi until they got back to his home where Dan's father made his appearance clear by having a load of mess out, making Abi even think that there had been a robbery. She decided to leave, mentioning that she has got to get up early for duty. Dan then lied to Harry about her occupation, saying that she is a nurse rather than a police officer.
Harry first arrived in Coronation Street on December 3, 2007, along with his son Dan in order to take over the betting shop. Harry criticized Dan over his choice of car and later tried to entice Eileen Grimshaw away from Streetcars while meeting with Eileen's boss Steve McDonald
Darryl Morton, played by Jonathan Dixon, is a fictional character on the soap operaCoronation Street.
In April 2007 it was announced that the character would be involved in a heavy marijuana smoking scene with Vernon Tomlin. Although the scene was never aired, there was a milder scene at the Morton's housewarming party where Vernon took on a mellow disposition after smoking a joint Darryl gave him.
A typical roguish member of his dysfunctional clan, he lives in the shed of the garden of Number 6. He has been in trouble with the law for several motoring offences after just days of having got his hands on a car and was horrified when twin sister Mel said she planned to join the police.
On 16th September2007, Darryl's friend 'Stig' asked him to look after some ecstasy tablets. Afraid that his dad would find them, he asked David Platt to look after them. However, when Bethany swallowed one, David bailed Darryl out by taking the blame.
Jerry Morton, played by Michael Starke, is a fictional character on the soap operaCoronation Street. During his first day on the street, Jerry annoyed the Platts by playing The Jam at full volume, followed with a small flirtation with Gail Platt. Later the same day, he officially opened his new take-away business, managing to negotiate the price of the neon sign by claiming it was a different colour than what he had ordered, which was in fact a lie and resulted in him claiming a 40% discount off the original price.
Jerry has won round most of the street with his friendly, charming nature although is having difficultly with Gail, who seems to secretly have a soft spot for Jerry.
Jerry is a firm but fair dad, showing his disapproval of Kayleigh and Wilfred's scams and Darryl and Mel tricking Liz McDonald into thinking they are 18 already to buy booze.
He has recently developed an interest in Eileen Grimshaw and the two have gone out on a number of dates. She ended their relationship, feeling as if she was like a surrogate mother to his children.
Kayleigh arrived on Coronation Street on 18th March 2007 with her dad, grandad and siblings Jodie, Mel and Darryl. Her family were giving their neighbours headaches after just a few hours on the street with their loud music.
Kayleigh and her her granddad, Wilf went to the corner shop and he went in first and paid with a 20 pound note with a blue flower drawn on. Kayleigh went in after and purchased something, paying with a £5 note. She told Dev Alahan that she had paid with a £20 note but he didn't believe her. She described the money and he checked to find that it did have a flower on. He apologised and gave her an additional £15 change. When her dad Jerry found out he wasn't impressed, consequentially taking her phone from her and planning to buy Dev £15 worth of drinks. She would have to work additional shifts in the take away business to repay him for this.
On her first day at Weatherfield High Sophie Webster and Chesney Battersby-Brown told her about the teachers and Sophie told Kayleigh how the teachers would take her rings off of her. Instead of going to school she went home and when Jerry found her he asked why she wasn't at school. An argument ensued and Kayleigh snapped that she wished she could go back and live with her mum.
Realising he couldn't keep her with him against her will, Jerry was forced to agree to Kayleigh's wishes and phoned Teresa. Kayleigh was delighted to be going back to live with her mum but it was clear that Jerry was devastated. Kayleigh left the following day.
A pattern soon emerged of her regular and lengthy visits to her father's house. Jodie noticed how Kayleigh was very quick at eating her breakfast and that she kept requesting money. After several days, Jerry offered to drop her off as he had suspicious the situation wasn't as how Kayleigh was making it out to be like. It turned out that Teresa had gone on holiday and left Kayleigh to look after her six year old half-brother Finlay whilst she was away. As a result of this, she has temporarily moved back into her dad's house with Finlay.
Teresa turned up a few weeks later. Jerry had taken her TV away and several other electrical items. She didn't seem that bothered about her kids and only wanted her TV back. She agreed to let Jerry keep the kids if she could have her telly back. Jerry agreed to this.
Kayleigh was furious when she found out that Jodie had stolen Chesney's dog Schmical. Jodie had been involved in a feud with Chesney's mum Cilla Battersby-Brown for weeks as the Mortons take away business had stolen the chip shops (where Cilla worked) customers. Kayleigh found out and returned the dog to Chesney.
On 3 September 2007, Kayleigh got drunk with her friends. The girls were alone in a house and Jodie was annoyed when Kayliegh phoned asking to be picked up. Jerry was on his date with Eileen Grimshaw and was unable to pick her up. (Jodie couldn't do it as she'd had a drink). Lloyd Mullaney offered to pick kayleigh up in his taxi. When they arrived back, it was revealed that Kayleigh had been sick in the back seat. Jerry was furious when he found out and informed kayleigh that she was grounded.
More recently, Kayleigh acted up when Eileen Grimshaw, Jerry's new girlfriend babysat her while Jodie went out on a date with local cabbie, Lloyd Mullaney. Kayleigh tried to sneak out of the house but was caught. She later lied to Jodie about Eileen hitting her.
It is thought that she will start dating Ryan Connor.
The more responsible member of her roguish family, she is close to her twin brother Darryl, although he was horrified after Mel announced that she intends to join the police.
Recently David Platt has been shown to have a crush on Mel. When she was going to meet him at the cinema Sarah Platt told Mel about his crush on her and about previous relationships he's had. Mel stood him up and he went mad when he found out that it was all because of Sarah's chat with her. To get his revenge he spread gossip that he slept with Mel. He was eventually dragged into Jerry's takeaway by Gail Platt to apologise to Mel.
Wilfred arrived on Coronation Street with his granddaughter, Jodie. He called Dev Alahan "chief", which Dev took to be a racist comment. However, Jodie explained that Wilfred was not good with names and that this was simply his method of addressing people informally.
Wilf is an ex-jailbird with an extensive criminal record, mostly off the back of his tendency to take part in a quick scam - a trait that many members of his family have inherited. On discovering granddaughter Mel's plans to join the police, he claimed it was like "being stabbed". However, despite his former misdemeanours, Wilf does hold his family dear; realising that his past record may affect Mel (or "Melanie", as he insists on calling her) and her application to join the Police Force, Wilf "faked" his death on Father's Day, 2007, submitting a false obituary to the Weatherfield Gazette. This action led to Blanche Hunt and Deirdre Barlow believing he was, indeed, dead - with the former arranging her own wake (despite still being very much alive) as a result.
Wilf's intentions towards Blanche are not yet known; while the two often bicker, Blanche was genuinely shocked when she believed Wilf to be dead, and Wilf has made several flirtatious comments towards Mrs. Hunt.
Freddie was born on 17th July 2006. His mother Claire started suffering from Post Natal Depression soon after Freddie was born. She believed that Freddie wasn't her own and that she had got the wrong baby. On one occasion, she pushed his pram into the path of an oncoming vehicle but luckily the driver stopped before hitting him. His mother was then sectioned and was soon well enough to come home and look after him again
In October 2006, Claire announced that she would like to have his name changed from Thomas to Freddie, after his paternal grandfather (who had died only a week before), so Thomas's name was changed accordingly. In December 2006 he was christened Frederick Thomas, with Eileen Grimshaw as his godmother, and Roy Cropper as his godfather.
Freddie went missing when he was taken by Claire's friend, who she met through the Weatherfield Women In Crisis hotline, Casey Carswell. Casey meant no harm, but was offended when Claire called the Police when she found Freddie missing.
In May 2007, after his father and step-brother Josh went out for a few days, Claire's neighbour Eileen put Freddie to bed and Claire herself went to bed shortly after. Not long after, she was woken by the smoke alarm, and to her shock found a fire was had been started in Freddie's bedroom. Claire in shock fell down the stairs into unconsciousness, but was shortly after rescued by Jamie and Kirk. As news spread that Freddie had not be rescued from the fire, residents believed the worse. It wasn't until Ashley returned on May 21 to the Street and spoke to investigators, that they informed the couple that Freddie had not been in the house when the fire began.
Freddie was found later in the day wrapped up in a local park. It was revealed that the fire was started deliberately by use of an accelerant which has led to confusion for his parents. Originally, this storyline was to last several months, not one day, but it was changed to avoid upsetting the family of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared two weeks earlier, and has still not been found.
In September 2007 the identity of Freddie's abductor was revealed to be Casey, as she had been seen around Weatherfield since. Casey abducted Freddie and took him to the balcony of her flat where she threatened to jump with him. Fortunately Casey did not jump and Freddie was unharmed. Casey was arrested on the spot. Him parents briefly split but have now got back together.
Joshua was born on the 8th April 2002 at Weatherfield General Hospital. He is the son of Maxine Peacock. At first it was believed that Maxine's husband Ashley Peacock was his father, however it was revealed that Maxine had had an one-night stand with Matt Ramsden, Joshua's real father. Ashley was listed as Joshua's father on his birth certificate and has bought him up as his own.
Maxine was killed by Richard Hillman when Joshua was just nine months old. Joshua now has a stepmother, Claire Peacock, who started off as his nanny. Shortly after Claire found out she was pregnant, Matt got in touch with Ashley and requested to see his son. Matt has now visited Joshua. Claire and Ashley had a baby boy, Thomas in July 2006, but Claire, having overcome her post-natal depression, has expressed her desire to rename him Fred in honour of his late grandfather.
He first appeared in 2007 as a teacher, teaching Drama. The point in his character became clear when it appeared he was the former Filover of Fiz Brown, her first in fact. Romance blossomed between the pair again, and she left her current partner Kirk Sutherland to be with him. In November that year, he moved in with Fiz and Maria on the Street itself.
He entered the series as a Drama teacher at Weatherfield High School, but as he became more central a character, it began to emerge that he also teaches English Literature.
John began tutoring Sally Webster for her A-Level in English Literature and she developed a crush on him. On 5th November Sally told John that she has feelings for him but John made it clear Sally's feelings weren't reciprocated which made Sally upset. He also ended the lessons with Sally but Fiz was jealous. John tried to get off the subject of Sally by saying that she was, in fact, rubbish at English Literature.
On 19th October he entered into an affair with Rosie Webster, Sally's daughter, who was at the time 16 years old. Based on the relationship with John, she decided to return to Weatherfield High. Fiz Brown became suspicious of John when she walked into the local knicker factory with John in a compromising position with Sally. Fiz slapped Sally and told Kevin about what had happened. Fiz got it all wrong though, because John was actually getting something out of Sally's eye at the time.
The relationship between John and Rosie lasted until Christmas Day, when due to a present mix-up Rosie's family found out about the affair. As Fiz Brown confronted Sally, believing her to be the culprit, Rosie entered the house carrying the present intended for Fiz. Outside, John was beaten to the floor by an outraged Kevin, who was ultimately arrested and kept in custody for the Christmas period.
After being released from hospital John decided to go and stay with a mate which Rosie didn't seem that bothered about. Rosie suggested they stop seeing each other to which John responded angrily that they obviously were through.
John returns to Coronation Street where he tries to get Fiz to give him another chance. On 6th January as John leans in to kiss Fiz she responds but when Rosie walks in the pain of John's betrayal comes flooding back to her.
Roger Stiles is a plumber in the soap who went round to fix Janice Battersby's heating in 2007 when her boiler broke down. After a couple of "dates" in the Rovers he invited Janice to go to France with him for three months as he had work there, and she accepted. Janice returned alone in March and he returned two months later. In 2007 he invested £10,000 in Leanne Battersby's restaurant, which Leanne at first struggled to pay back. Janice and Roger are now living together because Roger was struggling to pay his rent due to his loan to Leanne.
Archie Shuttleworth is an occasional character on the ITV1soap operaCoronation Street, and is played by actor Roy Hudd. He is the local Undertaker who dated Blanche Hunt for a while, and helped close friend Audrey Roberts when she was in turmoil over son-in-law Richard Hillman. Archie makes reappearances for funerals on the street.
Tina McIntyre is a minor character on Coronation Street, to be first seen on 7 January 2008. The character will be the girlfriend of David Platt, and will be played by 20-year old actress Michelle Keegan.
