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Stephen Reid
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Todd Boyce
Duration 1996–1997, 2007
First appearance 29 January 1996
Last appearance 26 December 2007
Introduced by Sue Pritchard (1996)
Steve Frost (2007)
Classification Former; recurring
Profile
Home Milan
Kelly Thomson
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Sarah Moffett
First appearance 9 February 1996
Last appearance 20 December 1996
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Occupation Childminder
Joyce Smedley
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Anita Carey
Duration 1996–1997
First appearance 23 February 1996
Last appearance 21 February 1997
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Classification Former; regular
Profile
Occupation Cleaner
Claire Palmer
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Maggie Norris
Duration 1996–1997
First appearance 8 May 1996
Last appearance 14 April 1997
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Classification Former; regular
Becky Palmer
Coronation Street character
Portrayed by Emily Aston
Duration 1996–1997
First appearance 20 May 1996
Last appearance 16 March 1997
Introduced by Sue Pritchard
Classification Former; regular

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1996, by order of first appearance.

Stephen Reid (also Potter) is the son of Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), whom her father insisted she gave up for adoption after she gave birth to him at 16. Malcolm Reid, a neighbour and old boyfriend of Audrey, adopted Stephen and later emigrated to Canada.

In January 1996, Stephen arrived in Weatherfield to get to know his biological mother and carry out some business for his firm KBec with local tycoon Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs). During his stay, Mike's wife and Audrey's best friend, Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie) became besotted by him and made her feelings clear but Stephen was not interested and returned to Canada once his work was completed. Stephen's nephew, Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickitt), later went to stay with his uncle in Canada for several months when he started to become troublesome towards his mother, Stephen's half-sister Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and stepfather Martin Platt (Sean Wilson). In 1999, following the break-up of his marriage to Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson), Nick again turned to Stephen, who offered him a job in Canada. Over the years Audrey has maintained regular contact with Stephen and has even visited him a number of times. Gail's third husband Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) also took her to Canada for an impromptu visit at Christmas 2001.

On 10 December 2007, Stephen returned to Weatherfield to spend Christmas with Audrey en route to Italy, from where he intended to expand his business empire into Europe. On 14 December, Stephen invited his youngest nephew David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) to join him in his Italian home and he accepted, to the disappointment of his niece and David's half-sister Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien). On 21 December David's ambitions were ruined when Sarah bought some ecstasy tablets from a drug dealer in Leanne's restaurant Valandros and put them in David's drawer in Audrey's Salon. Audrey opened the drawer and discovered the pills. After deciding that David was too much of a troublemaker, Stephen left Weatherfield on Boxing Day and was joined by Sarah and her daughter Bethany (Emily Walton) four days later. Gail visited them in June 2008.


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