The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1994, by order of first appearance.Tricia Armstrong, played by Tracy Brabin between 1994 and 1997.
Brabin was Labour MP for Batley and Spen from 2016 to 2021, and following that became the inaugural Mayor of West Yorkshire; coincidentally, her last appearance as Tricia aired on 2 May 1997 – the day Tony Blair took office as prime minister.
Percy Sugden helped Tricia secure the house, meaning Mike could not get in, and Jamie even emptied a bowl of water over him whilst the rest of the street were all laughing.
Despite this, Tricia and Jamie moved out after Deidre persuaded Mike to let her rent one of his flats he owned on Crimea Street.
She befriended her new neighbour (after initial tension between the pair), Deirdre Rachid (Anne Kirkbride), who helped look after Jamie whilst Tricia worked.
In June, Tricia was attracted to Terry Duckworth (Nigel Pivaro), Jack and Vera's son, after he returned to Weatherfield.
Jack and Vera let Tricia move into The Rovers with them and she gave birth unexpectedly to her son, Brad, on 14 February 1997 in the back of the pub.
His mother Tricia (Tracy Brabin) flirted with Curly in order to get Jamie out of trouble and they briefly began to date, until her violent ex-husband Carl turned up.
Jamie would be nearby and happened to have a repair kit and offered to fix the tyres and receive money in return.
He also helped his mother to get revenge on Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) for evicting them, by emptying a chamber pot over his head.
[1] Hebden had previously played the role of Carlos, Mavis Riley's (Thelma Barlow) Spanish lover, in 1974.
He has lived for several years with fellow character, Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) at 3 Coronation Street, first as a lodger, and more recently as the house owner.
She was training Martin Platt (Sean Wilson), and was present when his seven-year-old adoptive daughter Sarah-Louise (Lynsey King) was recovering from appendicitis in the children's ward.
Whilst she was recovering, both Martin and his then wife Gail (Helen Worth) were disgusted with the lack of attention the patients received.
This caused a furious Martin to accuse Sister of focusing on her own priorities rather than help children who needed medical treatment.
The next day, Sister Radford told Martin that he needs to respect her more in training and they both called a truce, making the excuse that work was stressing them both.
Sean Skinner, played by Terence Hillyer, was a bookmaker who bought the Rosamund Street Betting Shop in 1994 and employed Des Barnes (Phillip Middlemiss) as a manager.
[2] He added, "I was quite a worthy, idealistic actor who wanted to do really important theatre but I left drama school on Friday and by Sunday evening I was on the set".
Deirdre and Samir then moved to Morocco but their plans were cut short in June 1995 when Tracy collapsed in a nightclub after taking ecstasy and needed a kidney transplant.
He had suffered a fractured skull and later died in hospital but his kidneys were still in good condition and Deirdre gave the go-ahead for the organ to be donated to Tracy and the transplant was a success.
Angela Hawthorne (previously Wilton, Catchpole, Cole, Priestly and Trench), played by Diane Fletcher.
On 5 August 2007, Angela died after suffering a heart attack, and the news was broken to Norris by her son Neville.
In June of that year, Jack was devastated to read in the papers that Cliff and Elsie were killed in a car crash whilst on holiday.