Ian Bentley
Ian Bentley, played by Jonathan Guy Lewis, first appeared on 29 January 1999. He is introduced as the fiancé of Sharon Gaskell ( Tracie Bennett). Ian begins an affair with the recently widowed Natalie Barnes ( Denise Welch). Sharon discovers the affair, but intends to marry Ian regardless, dismissing the affair as one last fling. However, during the service, Sharon calls Ian a liar and jilts him. Months later, after Sharon attempts suicide, she calls Ian and the pair decide to reconcile their relationship. When Sharon returns in 2021, she reveals to Rita Tanner ( Barbara Knox) that she and Ian have since divorced due to Ian's infidelity.Jessica Lundy
The Reverend Jessica Lundy, portrayed by Olwen May, was a pastor who was best known for officiating at the wedding Hayley Patterson ( Julie Hesmondhalgh) and Roy Cropper ( David Neilson), despite it being illegal due to Hayley being transsexual. Les Battersby ( Bruce Jones) almost made the wedding a failure as he ran into the church and protested. Jessica next appeared as the pastor to christen babyNita Desai
Nita Desai, played by Rebecca Sarker, arrives in January as a new assistant at the Corner Shop, which her family later take over. Nita managed the shop for Ravi when he bought it from Fred Elliott, living in the flat above. After just four months, Nita, craving independence, left the family business to climb the managerial ladder at Freshco supermarket. She spent a year as assistant manager at the Weatherfield branch before, in 2000, leaving the street for Inverness to run her own store.Ravi Desai
Ravi Desai took over the management of the Corner Shop on Coronation Street in January 1999. Played by actor Saeed Jaffrey, Ravi left Weatherfield due to family issues later in the year, and sold his empire of corner shops in the area to his nephew, Dev Alahan ( Jimmi Harkishin). In June 2019 Dev receives a phone call and learns that Ravi is dying and he takes his children Aadi and Asha to see him in India. However, when Dev returns in August, he reveals Ravi is still alive and well.Darren Dobbs
Darren Dobbs is the father of Tyrone Dobbs ( Alan Halsall) who appears in March 1999 to take his wife Jackie ( Margi Clarke) home to Liverpool. Darren made a return in September 2018 to tie in with ex-wife Jackie's death among Darren's return he had revealed to Tyrone that he and Jackie weren't actually Tyrone's real parents.Vikram Desai
Vikram Desai was played by Chris Bisson. Vikram is Dev Alahan's ( Jimmi Harkishin) cousin and he used to own the shop with Dev and worked with Sunita ( Shobna Gulati). During his time inTom Ferguson
Tom Ferguson, played by actor Tom Wisdom, is the son of Duggie Ferguson ( John Bowe), who arrives later in the year. Tom is a hairdresser, and worked at Audrey Roberts' ( Sue Nicholls) salon until he quit in January 2000 and left Weatherfield to get away from his father.Boris Weaver
Boris Weaver was a butcher who worked for Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold) at Elliott and Sons butchers. Boris appeared for the first time in 1999 and appeared recurrently and made his last appearance at Christmas 2004, at Ashley's wedding to Claire Casey ( Julia Haworth). From then on, Boris was still referred to and looked after the shop when Ashley was away. In later years both Kirk Sutherland ( Andrew Whyment) and Graeme Proctor ( Craig Gazey) successively worked for Ashley at the shop, it is assumed that Boris was no longer an employee there.Danny Hargreaves
Danny Hargreaves is played by Richard Standing between 1999 and 2001. A market trader, Danny meets Sally Webster ( Sally Dynevor) at work and begins a relationship with her. Danny and Sally fell in love and got engaged, but he jilted her on their wedding day after discovering that Sally had a one-night stand with ex-husband Kevin ( Michael Le Vell).Beryl Peacock
Beryl Hayden Peacock (also Elliott) is the sister of Fred Elliott ( John Savident). Beryl and her husband Sam had raised Fred's son, Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold), as their own. Beryl first appeared when Ashley asked her for the truth about his parentage and she was forced to tell Ashley that she was actually his aunt, not his mother. Beryl made her most recent appearance at Fred's funeral in October 2006. Beryl did not attend Ashley's funeral when he died in a tram crash in December 2010.Belinda Peach
Belinda Peach, portrayed by Maxine Peake, appears briefly at the ''Freshco's'' Summer Ball where she tries to woo Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold). Ashley is amused by Fred Elliott's ( John Savident) attempts to pair him with Belinda, despite him attending with Maxine Heavey ( Tracy Shaw). Maxine gets annoyed by Belinda's overly friendly manner and pushes her in the direction of Curly Watts ( Kevin Kennedy).Lee Sankley
Lee Sankley, portrayed by Stephen Graham, was a drug dealer who worked with Steve McDonald ( Simon Gregson) sellingDoreen Heavey
Doreen Heavey (also Outhwaite) is the mother of Maxine Peacock ( Tracy Shaw), played by actress Prunella Gee, who had three spells on the Street between 1999 and 2004; the third of these covering the period of her daughter's death at the hands of Richard Hillman ( Brian Capron) in early 2003, after which she moved back in with her ex-husband Derek, Maxine's father, in order to give their relationship another go. Doreen was last seen in November 2004 when she, Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold) and her grandsonDerek Heavey
Derek Heavey is the father of Maxine Peacock ( Tracy Shaw), who had three spells on the Street between 1999 and 2003; the third of these covering the period of her daughter's death at the hands of Richard Hillman ( Brian Capron). His marriage to Maxine's mother, Doreen Heavey ( Prunella Gee) wasn't a happy one and ended up leaving her for another woman in 2002. After Maxine's death, Derek and Doreen reconciled.Vinny Sorrell
Vinny Sorrell, played by James Gaddas, appeared for a period of 15 months between 1999 and 2000. He has an on/off relationship with Natalie Barnes ( Denise Welch) throughout, and works alongside her at The Rovers Return Inn as a barman and cellarman. Vinny departs Weatherfield in November 2000 after his affair with Natalie's sister Debs Brownlow ( Gabrielle Glaister) is revealed. Vinny moves to Southampton with Debs where she gets a new job. Unbeknownst to Vinny, Natalie is pregnant with his child and she gives birth to their daughter, Laura, off-screen in 2001. Gaddas had previously played Robert Prescott in 1989, the brother of Dawn Prescott (Louise Harrison).Kathleen Gutteridge
Kathleen Gutteridge is the biological mother of Ashley Peacock ( Steven Arnold). She is first mentioned when Fred Elliott ( John Savident) reveals that he is Ashley's father. Fred tries to talk him out of finding her as it would hurt Ashley's adoptive mother, in reality his aunt, Beryl Peacock (Anny Tobin). Kathleen had abandoned Ashley when he was born and Fred gave him to his sister, Beryl and her husband Sam. When Kathleen and Ashley eventually meet, Ashley is very bitter towards her. However, they are able to eventually reconcile and Kathleen attends Ashley's wedding to Maxine Heavey ( Tracy Shaw). Fred tries to woo Kathleen again, but she turns him down.Kieran Hargreaves
Kieran Hargreaves is the brother of Danny Hargreaves ( Richard Standing). He appeared intermittently when he helped out on Danny's stall at ''Weatherfield Market'' and the brothers played 5-a-side football together.Gwen Davies
Gwen Loveday (also Davies) is a machinist at Underworld, played by Annie Hulley for a period of eight months from 1999 to 2000. She was Jim McDonald's fiancé until he kicked her out after she scammed him of £35,000.Duggie Ferguson
Douglas William "Duggie" Ferguson was played by John Bowe. An ex-rugby league player who went into the printing business, Duggie Ferguson first came to Coronation Street after tracking down his son Tom – who worked as a hairdresser for Audrey Roberts ( Sue Nicholls). Tom blamed his father for his mother's death and did not want him around. Duggie was hurt by this and bought into a local development on Victoria Street to be close to Tom but there was no reconciliation and Tom left Weatherfield and moved to Leeds. In late 1999 to early 2000, Duggie turned property developer and employed Steve McDonald ( Simon Gregson) as foreman for the building of his Victoria Street complex – those who rented the commercial units included Sally Webster ( Sally Dynevor) and Danny Hargreaves ( Richard Standing), butcher Fred Elliott ( John Savident), and Vikram Desai ( Chris Bisson) and Steve, who started up their own mini-cab firm. Early in 2000 Duggie started a relationship with Debs Brownlow ( Gabrielle Glaister), sister of The Rovers landlady Natalie Barnes ( Denise Welch). Debs came to Weatherfield to be near her sister after many years working on a cruise ship as a hairdresser. Debs helped Duggie overcome his emotional block concerning women and the couple were happy until Duggie started to develop another property and tried to forcibly evict tenants including Toyah Battersby ( Georgia Taylor) and Phil Simmonds ( Jack Deam). Both felt that they had been treated badly, especially when Duggie employed Vinny Sorrell ( James Gaddas) to evict Phil from his home. Phil went to the press and the adverse report caused Duggie's financial downfall, forcing him to sell the home that he had shared with wife Laura. Dev Alahan ( Jimmi Harkishin) bought Duggie's home for a quick sale before putting it back on the market and making a tidy profit. Duggie was forced to move in with Debs, hoping to use it as an office for his business contacts but Debs had a fling with Vinny – Natalie's lover and Duggie's employee. Duggie was furious when Vinny and Debs left town with £400 of rent money. In December 2000, Natalie decided to sell and The Rovers came under threat by a chain who planned to turn it into a "fun pub" named the Boozy Newt. Duggie stepped in to help the Rovers avoid this but could not buy the place alone so Fred and Mike Baldwin ( Johnny Briggs) invested in The Rovers with Duggie. Neither of the trio wanted to run the place so they employed Liz McDonald ( Beverley Callard) to run it. Liz moved into The Rovers with resident barmaid Toyah but her reign as manager was short as, after numerous disagreements with the trio, and husband Jim being transferred to a prison in Leicester, she quit and left Weatherfield. Mike's new wife, Linda ( Jacqueline Pirie), took the helm of The Rovers, but her heart was not in it and Duggie persuaded his partners to sell their shares to a 'mysterious owner' – Duggie snapped up their shares and became sole owner of the Rovers. At the end of 2001, the social club at Duggie's beloved WeatherfieldCandice Stowe
Candice Marie Islandos (also Stowe) was played by Nikki Sanderson. Candice first appeared in 1999 as Sarah-Louise Platt's ( Tina O'Brien) best friend from school. She attempted to get Sarah to smoke. She and Sarah were both thirteen at the time. Candice was one of the first people Sarah told of her pregnancy. While many of Sarah's friends turned against Sarah, Candice stuck by her throughout the pregnancy and birth of her daughterDev Alahan
Devendra "Dev" Alahan, played by Jimmi Harkishin, made his first appearance on 10 November 1999. He is the ex-husband of Sunita Alahan ( Shobna Gulati), and father to Amber Kalirai ( Nikki Patel), Aadi Alahan (Zennon Ditchett/Adam Hussain) and Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey), although Amber is not Sunita's daughter. Dev has had many affairs, including ones with Deirdre ( Anne Kirkbride) and Tracy Barlow ( Kate Ford), and a friendship with Stella Price ( Michelle Collins), whom Dev later develops feelings for. In 2012, Dev discovered that Sunita had been having anRebecca Hopkins
Rebecca Hopkins was played by actress Jill Halfpenny. Rebecca was introduced as a nurse in a abusive relationship and as the colleague of Martin Platt ( Sean Wilson), with the pair beginning an affair. Halfpenny liked the way that the romance was portrayed as she believed that it highlighted that the affair was not planned and that the pair really fell for each other. Martin plans to leave his wife Gail Platt ( Helen Worth) for Rebecca, but he stalls when he finds out that their teenage daughter is pregnant. Rebecca and Martin continue their affair, but Rebecca becomes tired of waiting for Martin to leave his wife and she eventually leaves for a new job in Dubai in June 2000. Following Rebecca's departure, Martin admits the affair to Gail and their marriage breaks down. Halfpenny later returned for a short stint which aired in December of that year, which involved a brief reconciliation between Martin and Rebecca. Halfpenny enjoyed working on Coronation Street and did not mind that most of her scenes were with Wilson as they got on well together, and she believed that viewers enjoyed Rebecca's storyline.Jerry Hopkins
Jerry Hopkins, portrayed by Ken Christiansen, was the abusive ex-husband of Rebecca Hopkins ( Jill Halfpenny). In December 1999, Martin Platt ( Sean Wilson) befriended Rebecca when Jerry started domestically abusing her and refused to have children. Martin and his then wife Gail ( Helen Worth) met Jerry at a Christmas party, and were appalled at how he treated her. Jerry's behaviour resulted in Martin and Rebecca sleeping together and, to save his marriage, Martin ignored Rebecca. Rebecca then came into work with a black eye, making Martin feel guilty. On New Year's Eve, Jerry found Martin and Rebecca talking to each other and accused them of having an affair, but Martin sent him away with a flea in his ear. In January 2000, Jerry discovered that Martin and Rebecca were indeed having an affair and informed Gail of this but she didn't believe him. In April, Rebecca served Jerry with divorce papers, causing Jerry to visit her flat and blame Martin for his divorce. Martin, however, put Jerry in his place, and Jerry vowed revenge, but nothing ever happened.References
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