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Katy Harris (golfer)
Katherine Jane "Katy" Harris (previously Nelson) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', portrayed by Lucy-Jo Hudson. She made her first on-screen appearance on 13 November 2002, before departing in 2005. The teenage daughter of the Harris family, Katy's storylines centred on her family's victimisation by a gang, her diabetic diagnosis and her relationship with Martin Platt ( Sean Wilson). Her departing storyline entitled "Killer Katy", in which she had an abortion, murdered her father, and then killed herself has been described as one of the soap's most sensational and shocking storylines. Storylines In November 2002, Katy moved into No. 6, Coronation Street with her father Tommy ( Thomas Craig), mother Angela ( Kathryn Hunt) and younger brother Craig ( Richard Fleeshman). The Nelson family had moved to Manchester from Sheffield after secretly being placed under a witness protection programme, as Angela was due to testify in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Former Coronation Street Characters
''Coronation Street'' is a British television soap opera. It was first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of all the former characters and the actors who portrayed them in chronological order. __NOTOC__ 1960s Last appeared in 1960 Last appeared in 1961 Last appeared in 1962 Last appeared in 1963 Last appeared in 1964 Last appeared in 1965 Last appeared in 1966 Last appeared in 1967 Last appeared in 1968 Last appeared in 1969 1970s Last appeared in 1970 Last appeared in 1971 Last appeared in 1972 Last appeared in 1973 Last appeared in 1974 Last appeared in 1975 Last appeared in 1976 Last appeared in 1977 Last appeared in 1978 Last appeared in 1979 1980s Last appeared in 1980 Last appeared in 1981 Last appeared in 1982 Last appeared in 1983 Last appeared in 1984 Last appeared in 1985 Last appeared in 1986 Last appeared in 1987 Last appeared in 1988 Last appeared in 1989 1990s Last appeared in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Craig (actor)
Thomas Craig (born Craig Thompson; 4 December 1962) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in ''Murdoch Mysteries'', '' Where the Heart Is'', '' Hidden'', ''Coronation Street'', and '' The Navigators''. Biography Craig was originally a plumber before making the move into acting in the 1980s. He attended the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. His stage name is taken from the name of former Sheffield Wednesday player Tommy Craig. In 1994 he appeared sporadically in the first series of '' Common As Muck'', alongside Edward Woodward and Neil Dudgeon and he also had a brief role in the 1995 film ''I.D.'', where he played one of the Tyneburn leaders during the market fight scene, his only word then was "Well!" when asking for a fight. Craig appeared in ''EastEnders'' in 1992 as Mandy Salter's mother's boyfriend. Around 1994 he appeared as Aelfric in "Monk's Hood", an episode of the ''Cadfael'' television series starring Sir Derek Jacobi. He currently stars as Inspector Brac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Forum. History digiNews (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the digiNEWS website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting a lot of attention from visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Very soon Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to create the digiN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Halsall
Alan David Halsall (born 11 August 1982) is an English actor, best known for portraying the role of Tyrone Dobbs in ''Coronation Street'', a role he has played since 1998. Early life Halsall was brought up in Walkden, Salford and attended Walkden High School. Career Halsall has been in ''Coronation Street'' since November 1998, but had previously appeared in a variety of television shows including ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat'', ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' and ''Queer as Folk (UK TV series), Queer As Folk'' (1999). He also appeared in the CITV four-part series ''Matt's Million''. Halsall won the 2013 National Television Awards Outstanding Serial Drama Performance award for his role on ''Coronation Street''. Awards and nominations Personal life Halsall was married to former ''Coronation Street'' and ''Wild at Heart (UK TV series), Wild at Heart'' actress, Lucy-Jo Hudson. They met on set and began dating in 2005. They married on 13 June 2009 in Cheshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Dobbs
Tyrone Dobbs is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Alan Halsall, the character first appeared on screen during the episode airing on 30 November 1998 and is still a cast member over 20 years later. Tyrone's storylines have been focused on his relationships with Maria Sutherland (Samia Ghadie) and Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine) as well as his doomed marriage to Molly Compton (Vicky Binns) and suffering domestic violence at the hands of his fiancée Kirsty Soames (Natalie Gumede). In 2018, following the death of his adoptive mother Jackie (Margi Clarke), Tyrone discovers that Jackie was not his biological mother and while searching for his birth parents, meets his maternal grandmother, Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman). Storylines Upon his arrival, it becomes clear that Tyrone has been in minor trouble with the law. He is employed by Curly Watts ( Kevin Kennedy) collecting trolleys at a supermarket but loses his job when he accid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Sanderson
Nikki Ann Sanderson (born 28 March 1984) is an English actress and former glamour model who is known for playing Candice Stowe in the television soap opera ''Coronation Street'', Dawn Bellamy in '' Heartbeat'' and Maxine Minniver in ''Hollyoaks''. During her time at ''Coronation Street'' and since, she has also been a television presenter on programmes such as '' CD:UK'', '' Junior Eurovision: The British Final'' and ''Ministry of Mayhem''. Career Sanderson was born in Blackpool, Lancashire and joined ''Coronation Street'' in 1999. She left in autumn 2005, when her character left Weatherfield to become a stylist for Status Quo. Prior to this, she had appeared in children's drama ''Children's Ward'' and in 2004, the hit fitness DVD ''Coronation Street: Funk Fit''. Since leaving Coronation Street she has appeared in episodes of the BBC television series' ''Holby City'' and ''New Street Law'' alongside fellow ''Coronation Street'' alumni Chris Gascoyne and Chris Bisson. In 2006, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candice Stowe
Candice Stowe is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Nikki Sanderson. She was introduced as the best friend of Sarah-Louise Platt (Tina O'Brien). She made her first appearance during the episode airing on 5 November 1999. Storylines Candice first appeared as Sarah Platt's (Tina O'Brien) best friend from school. Candice was one of the first people Sarah told of her pregnancy. When people at their school start to tease Sarah about her weight gain, Candice tries to help by telling that them that she is pregnant, which leads to everyone finding out about it. Sarah is initially upset but later forgives her. While many of Sarah's friends turned against her, Candice sticks by her throughout the pregnancy and birth of her daughter Bethany, and becomes Bethany's godmother. Her mother did not approve of Sarah when she became pregnant and called her a bad influence on her daughter, but it was later revealed that Candice was the bad influen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weatherfield
Weatherfield is a fictional town based on Salford, Greater Manchester, which has been the setting for the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' since its inception in 1960. Much of Weatherfield has been seen by viewers throughout the years, though the primary focus from the viewer's perspective is the eponymous Coronation Street, a cobbled street where many of the programme's characters live. Weatherfield areas are often shot on location around Salford and the neighbouring large city of Manchester, as its filming studios, the Granada Studios complex on Quay Street in Manchester city centre (which closed in 2013) and its replacement set MediaCityUK in Salford Quays (opened in 2014), only house the outdoor sets of Coronation Street and its immediate surrounding streets. As part of the 2010 Children in Need charity appeal, Weatherfield became twinned with Walford in a special programme uniting the two soaps, ''Coronation Street'' and ''EastEnders'' called ''East Street' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Le Vell
Michael Robert Turner (born 15 December 1964), known professionally as Michael Le Vell, is an English actor. He is best known for his role as mechanic Kevin Webster in the long-running ITV (TV channel), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', a role he has played since 1983. Early life Le Vell was born in Newton Heath, Manchester. When he was fifteen, his mother died from a brain tumour, and when he was 22, his father died of lung cancer. He has a brother, Phil and two sisters. Career Le Vell began his acting career in the Oldham Theatre Workshop after taking an interest in amateur dramatics while at school. He had a guest role as paperboy Neil Grimshaw in ''Coronation Street''. He then went on to appear in the BBC shows ''Fame is the Spur (TV series), Fame is the Spur'' and ''One by One (TV series), One by One''. Le Vell later attended an audition at Granada Studios for the series ''Scully (TV series), Scully'', where he met casting director Judy Hayfield. Hayfield presumed that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Webster
Kevin Webster is a Character (arts), fictional character from the Television in the United Kingdom, British ITV (TV network), ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Michael Le Vell, the character first appeared on-screen during the episode airing on 19 October 1983. Le Vell was suspended from the soap in February 2013 due to allegations of sexual offences, with scenes he had already filmed cut from broadcast. Le Vell was found not guilty of all charges in September 2013, and briefly returned in early 2014, before taking another 3-month break from the show and returning once again. Kevin is protective of his two daughters Rosie Webster (Emma Collinge, Helen Flanagan) and Sophie Webster (Ashleigh Middleton, Emma Woodward, Brooke Vincent) and their mother Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor). His notable storylines have seen him have an on-and-off relationship and marriage with Sally, his affairs with Natalie Barnes, Natalie Horrocks (Denise Welch) and Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witness Protection Programme
Witness protection is security provided to a threatened person providing testimonial evidence to the justice system, including defendants and other clients, before, during, and after a trial, usually by police. While a witness may only require protection until the conclusion of a trial, some witnesses are provided with a new identity and may live out the rest of their lives under government protection. Witness protection is usually required in trials against organized crime, where law enforcement sees a risk for witnesses to be intimidated by colleagues of defendants. It is also used at war crime, espionage and national security issues trials. Witness protection by country Not all countries have formal witness protection programs; instead, local police may implement informal protection as the need arises in specific cases. Canada Canada's Witness Protection Program Act received royal assent on June 20, 1996. The program is run by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties of England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The city is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don with its four tributaries: the River Loxley, Loxley, the Porter Brook, the River Rivelin, Rivelin and the River Sheaf, Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. The city is south of Leeds, east of Manchester, and north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
