


A few months later, he confronts Jenny in the pub after finding out that she kissed Stephen Reid ( Todd Boyce), and tells Leo that she’s bad news. It is then found out that he is the father of Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost), who Jenny is in a relationship with. Teddy Thompkins, played by Grant Burgin, first appeared when he bumped into his old school friend Jenny Connor ( Sally Ann Matthews) at the hospital whilst she is in the waiting room. The pair later visit him to find he had died. Faye and Emma Brooker ( Alexandra Mardell), who she was driving with, check up on Ted and insist he goes to the hospital, but he claims he is fine. Ted Spear, played by English comedian Duggie Brown, brother of Lynne Perrie who played Ivy Tilsley in the show, was an elderly man that Faye Windass ( Ellie Leach) accidentally hits with her car whilst she is learning to drive. Additionally, multiple other characters appeared throughout the year. She was then followed by Dee Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) who debuted in September. Jodie Prenger was cast as Glenda Shuttlworth, the sister of George ( Tony Maudsley) and began appearing in August. Frank Bardsley ( Simon O'Brien) joined in May as a love interest for Sean Tully ( Antony Cotton). All characters are introduced by the programme's series producer, Iain MacLeod.

The following is a list of characters introduced in 2022, by order of first appearance. Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on ITV on 9 December 1960.
