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List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 2022
Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. Following is a list of characters introduced in 2022, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the programme's series producer, Iain MacLeod. Frank Bardsley (Simon O'Brien) joined in May as a love interest for Sean Tully (Antony Cotton). Jodie Prenger was cast as Glenda Shuttlworth, the sister of George (Tony Maudsley) and began appearing in August, followed by Dee Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) who debuted in September. Cait Fitton made her debut in November as Lauren Bolton, as part of a racial violence storyline, and Ciarán Griffiths and Andrew Still made their first appearances as characters Damon Hay and Justin Rutherford in December. Several other characters appeared throughout the year.
Teddy Thompkins, played by Grant Burgin, first appears when he bumps into his old school friend, Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews), in the hospital waiting room. It is revealed that he is the father of Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost), whom Jenny is in a relationship with. Fans recognised Burgin from his many other soap roles, including as a site foreman in Coronation Street in 2017. Teddy's guest appearance on 26 January 2022 is extended when he returns a few months later to confront Jenny in the pub after finding out that she kissed Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce). Teddy tells Leo that she is bad news. Leo tells his dad to back off, but afterwards, Leo is murdered by Stephen, it is assumed that Leo took his father's advice and went to Canada alone. Later, Teddy discovers that text messages he received from Leo were not sent from Canada, but from Weatherfield. He becomes suspicious of Stephen's many questions and realises that Stephen is responsible for his son's disappearance. As he is on his way to tell Jenny, he is hit by a van and hospitalised, unable to remember anything. Teddy moves in with Jenny, leaving Stephen uncomfortable that his secret might be exposed.
Burgin departs the series on 23 January 2023, when Teddy eventually remembers what happened. He confronts Stephen, who hits Teddy over the head with a hole puncher, killing him. Stephen puts the body in a roof box and dumps it in a canal. Burgin made a final appearance on 2 March 2023 as a hallucination alongside Leo after Stephen drinks tea he laced with LSD to drug Carla Barlow (Alison King). Teddy's body is found by police officer, Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) in August 2023, after the roof box surfaces. The experience is described to be a "grisly body discovery" for Craig.
Dean Turnbull, played by Anthony Crank, is Abi Webster's (Sally Carman) drug dealer who first appears on the show on 4 March 2022. He has stolen a car from Websters Motors; Abi manages to get into the passenger seat while going into labour. Dean pulls over and once Abi leaves the car, he seizes this opportunity to speed off. Dean returns to the show on 21 August 2023 as part of Cassie Plummer's (Claire Sweeney) storyline, in which she is struggling to get her life back on track after years of addiction. He meets up with her to claim the money she owes him, and assaults her; Abi warns him off, and he departs again on 6 September 2023.
It was reported on 13 November 2023 that Crank had been seen filming scenes, and Dean returned on 9 January 2024 to supply Abi with morphine, which she buys for Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) who is suffering from motor neurone disease and wants to take his own life by overdosing before his condition worsens. On 13 May 2024, it was announced that Dean would return again. He first approaches Abi at the garage, asking her for help. She then discovers that sex videos that allegedly include her have appeared on the web; however, this is later proven untrue. "Assuming Dean is responsible, Abi confronts him with a wrench in hand. Dean insists he has no idea what she's talking about, but a furious Abi doesn't believe him. As Dean is taken in for questioning, Abi learns that four more videos have been uploaded, but as she studies the footage she realises they are deepfakes. The deepfakes turn out to be the responsibility of Stefan Brent (Paul Opacic).
Alfie Franklin, portrayed by twins Carter and Oakley Razak Townsend, is the son of established characters Abi Webster (Sally Carman) and Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo), conceived during a one-night stand. When Abi's husband Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) learns of Abi's pregnancy, she lies and says that the father of her late son Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni), Tez Wyatt (Stephen Lord), is the father. Kevin discovers the lie when he sees Alfie's birth certificate.
Alfie is born prematurely and Abi abandons him in the hospital when she panics about what will happen next. Imran hires paralegal Ben Chancellor (Jon-Paul Bell) to follow Abi and take photos that suggest she is using drugs again. As a result, Imran is awarded custody of Alfie and Abi is only allowed supervised visits. In June 2022, Imran dies in a car accident and Abi is awarded custody of Alfie; however, he at first resides with Wendy Crozier (Roberta Kerr), who is assessing Abi's ability to look after Alfie after her history of drug abuse and her abandonment of Alfie at birth. Alfie later lives with Abi, Kevin, and Kevin's son Jack Webster (Kyran Bowles) at 13 Coronation Street.
Ben Chancellor, played by Jon-Paul Bell, is a paralegal who appears between 18 April and 30 May 2022. He is hired by Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo) to spy on Abi Webster (Sally Carman) to find evidence of drug abuse so that Imran will be awarded custody of his son, Alfie. He lies in court when he sees Abi giving money to a friend, and claims that she had drugs in her hand. As a result, the court rules that Alfie will be safer living with Imran, with Abi allowed supervised visits. Chancellor's character has been described as a "dodgy paralegal." Leeds Live reported that Chancellor was part of a "dramatic storyline" who was introduced as part of Imran's exit storyline.
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List of Coronation Street characters introduced in 2022
Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. Following is a list of characters introduced in 2022, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by the programme's series producer, Iain MacLeod. Frank Bardsley (Simon O'Brien) joined in May as a love interest for Sean Tully (Antony Cotton). Jodie Prenger was cast as Glenda Shuttlworth, the sister of George (Tony Maudsley) and began appearing in August, followed by Dee Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) who debuted in September. Cait Fitton made her debut in November as Lauren Bolton, as part of a racial violence storyline, and Ciarán Griffiths and Andrew Still made their first appearances as characters Damon Hay and Justin Rutherford in December. Several other characters appeared throughout the year.
Teddy Thompkins, played by Grant Burgin, first appears when he bumps into his old school friend, Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews), in the hospital waiting room. It is revealed that he is the father of Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost), whom Jenny is in a relationship with. Fans recognised Burgin from his many other soap roles, including as a site foreman in Coronation Street in 2017. Teddy's guest appearance on 26 January 2022 is extended when he returns a few months later to confront Jenny in the pub after finding out that she kissed Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce). Teddy tells Leo that she is bad news. Leo tells his dad to back off, but afterwards, Leo is murdered by Stephen, it is assumed that Leo took his father's advice and went to Canada alone. Later, Teddy discovers that text messages he received from Leo were not sent from Canada, but from Weatherfield. He becomes suspicious of Stephen's many questions and realises that Stephen is responsible for his son's disappearance. As he is on his way to tell Jenny, he is hit by a van and hospitalised, unable to remember anything. Teddy moves in with Jenny, leaving Stephen uncomfortable that his secret might be exposed.
Burgin departs the series on 23 January 2023, when Teddy eventually remembers what happened. He confronts Stephen, who hits Teddy over the head with a hole puncher, killing him. Stephen puts the body in a roof box and dumps it in a canal. Burgin made a final appearance on 2 March 2023 as a hallucination alongside Leo after Stephen drinks tea he laced with LSD to drug Carla Barlow (Alison King). Teddy's body is found by police officer, Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) in August 2023, after the roof box surfaces. The experience is described to be a "grisly body discovery" for Craig.
Dean Turnbull, played by Anthony Crank, is Abi Webster's (Sally Carman) drug dealer who first appears on the show on 4 March 2022. He has stolen a car from Websters Motors; Abi manages to get into the passenger seat while going into labour. Dean pulls over and once Abi leaves the car, he seizes this opportunity to speed off. Dean returns to the show on 21 August 2023 as part of Cassie Plummer's (Claire Sweeney) storyline, in which she is struggling to get her life back on track after years of addiction. He meets up with her to claim the money she owes him, and assaults her; Abi warns him off, and he departs again on 6 September 2023.
It was reported on 13 November 2023 that Crank had been seen filming scenes, and Dean returned on 9 January 2024 to supply Abi with morphine, which she buys for Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) who is suffering from motor neurone disease and wants to take his own life by overdosing before his condition worsens. On 13 May 2024, it was announced that Dean would return again. He first approaches Abi at the garage, asking her for help. She then discovers that sex videos that allegedly include her have appeared on the web; however, this is later proven untrue. "Assuming Dean is responsible, Abi confronts him with a wrench in hand. Dean insists he has no idea what she's talking about, but a furious Abi doesn't believe him. As Dean is taken in for questioning, Abi learns that four more videos have been uploaded, but as she studies the footage she realises they are deepfakes. The deepfakes turn out to be the responsibility of Stefan Brent (Paul Opacic).
Alfie Franklin, portrayed by twins Carter and Oakley Razak Townsend, is the son of established characters Abi Webster (Sally Carman) and Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo), conceived during a one-night stand. When Abi's husband Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) learns of Abi's pregnancy, she lies and says that the father of her late son Seb Franklin (Harry Visinoni), Tez Wyatt (Stephen Lord), is the father. Kevin discovers the lie when he sees Alfie's birth certificate.
Alfie is born prematurely and Abi abandons him in the hospital when she panics about what will happen next. Imran hires paralegal Ben Chancellor (Jon-Paul Bell) to follow Abi and take photos that suggest she is using drugs again. As a result, Imran is awarded custody of Alfie and Abi is only allowed supervised visits. In June 2022, Imran dies in a car accident and Abi is awarded custody of Alfie; however, he at first resides with Wendy Crozier (Roberta Kerr), who is assessing Abi's ability to look after Alfie after her history of drug abuse and her abandonment of Alfie at birth. Alfie later lives with Abi, Kevin, and Kevin's son Jack Webster (Kyran Bowles) at 13 Coronation Street.
Ben Chancellor, played by Jon-Paul Bell, is a paralegal who appears between 18 April and 30 May 2022. He is hired by Imran Habeeb (Charlie De Melo) to spy on Abi Webster (Sally Carman) to find evidence of drug abuse so that Imran will be awarded custody of his son, Alfie. He lies in court when he sees Abi giving money to a friend, and claims that she had drugs in her hand. As a result, the court rules that Alfie will be safer living with Imran, with Abi allowed supervised visits. Chancellor's character has been described as a "dodgy paralegal." Leeds Live reported that Chancellor was part of a "dramatic storyline" who was introduced as part of Imran's exit storyline.