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| Marta Zarek | |
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| Coronation Street character | |
| Portrayed by | Edyta Budnik |
| First appearance | Episode 8833 5 February 2016 |
| Last appearance | Episode 8865 21 March 2016 |
| Introduced by | Stuart Blackburn |
| Classification | Former; recurring |
| Rana Habeeb | |||||||
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| Portrayed by | Bhavna Limbachia | ||||||
| Duration | 2016– | ||||||
| First appearance | Episode 8842 19 February 2016 |
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| Introduced by | Stuart Blackburn | ||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||
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| Other names | Rana Habeeb | ||||||
| Occupation | Nurse | ||||||
| Home | 6 Coronation Street | ||||||
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| Father | Hassan Habeeb |
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| Mother | Saira Habeeb |
| Husband | Zeedan Nazir (2016–) |
| Lauren | |||||
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| Portrayed by | Shannon Flynn | ||||
| First appearance | Episode 8852 4 March 2016 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 9003 30 September 2016 |
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| Introduced by | Stuart Blackburn | ||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||
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| Occupation | Student | ||||
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| Father | Phil |
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| Mother | Lauren's Mum |
| Freddie Smith | |||
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| Coronation Street character | |||
| Portrayed by | Derek Griffiths | ||
| Duration | 2016–2017 | ||
| First appearance | Episode 8857 11 March 2016 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 9148 21 April 2017 |
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| Introduced by | Stuart Blackburn | ||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||
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| Occupation | Mechanic | ||
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| Wife | Sadie Smith (until 2016) |
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| Harry Platt | |||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Woody (2016) Pixie and Presley Sellars (2016–2017) Freddie and Isaac (2017–) |
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| Duration | 2016– | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 8865 21 March 2016 |
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| Introduced by | Stuart Blackburn | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; recurring | ||||||||||||||||
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| Home | 8 Victoria Court (2016–) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Father | Callum Logan |
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| Mother | Sarah Platt |
| Half-brothers |
Billy Platt Max Turner |
| Half-sisters | Bethany Platt |
| Grandmothers |
Gail Rodwell Marion Logan |
| Uncles |
David Platt Nick Tilsley |
| First cousins | Lily Platt |
| Other relatives | Audrey Roberts |
| Will Chatterton | |
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| Coronation Street character | |
| Portrayed by | Leon Ockenden |
| Duration | 2016–2017 |
| First appearance | Episode 8870 28 March 2016 |
| Last appearance | Episode 9258 25 September 2017 |
| Introduced by | Stuart Blackburn (2016) Kate Oates (2017) |
| Classification | Former; recurring |
| Profile | |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Stuart Blackburn, or his successor Kate Oates. Marta Zarek arrived in February, igniting a child slavery storyline, as did Alya Nazir's best friend, Rana Habeeb. In March, Freddie Smith was introduced as a new friend for Kylie Platt. He was followed by the birth of Callum Logan and Sarah Platt's baby son, Harry, as well as Michelle Connor's childhood lover, Will Chatterton. Pablo Duarte made his first appearance in April, as the homosexual husband of Maria Connor. July saw the introduction of murderous teenager Clayton Hibbs, followed by an acquaintance of Pat Phelan, Vinny Ashford, and Sonia Rahman, a family friend of the Nazirs, in August. Seb Franklin, the boyfriend of Faye Windass, first appeared in October. December saw many new arrivals, including troubled Shona Ramsey who would become involved in a storyline with David Platt, Nathan Curtis and his assistant Mel Maguire, which began the child grooming and sexual exploitation storyline involving Bethany Platt, and Mary Taylor's long-lost son Jude Appleton.
Marta Zarek, played by Edyta Budnik, made her first on-screen appearance on 5 February 2016. The character and casting was announced on 29 January 2016. Marta will be being introduced as part of a modern slavery storyline.Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) finds Marta hiding at the Underworld factory on Coronation Street and Marta tells her that she has been forced into slavery by Richie (James Midgley) and Julia O'Driscoll (Malgorzata Klara), Underworld's new clients. She also explains that she cannot escape as she is worried about her family's safety back in Poland. Mark Jefferies of the Daily Mirror reported that producers consulted experts to ensure the storyline would be accurate. A spokesperson commented, "Obviously, Coronation Street tries to tackle difficult subjects and has done storylines about serious illnesses and violence before. But this is the first time slavery has appeared."
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