Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters that appeared in 2014, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by series producer Stuart Blackburn. (Marc Anwar), the father of established character Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry), made his first appearance in February. Steph Britton's (Tisha Merry) brother, (Dean Fagan), and a new love interest for Gail McIntyre (Helen Worth), (Les Dennis), began appearing from March. Kal's daughter, (Sair Khan), arrived in June, while Kal's mother and Sharif's wife, (Shelley King), turned up in July. In August, recurring character (Christine Mackie) made her first appearance, as well as Steve McDonald's (Simon Gregson) enemy, (Justin Moorhouse). Kal's son, (Qasim Akht