Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2020, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is (Dylan Brady), a love interest of James Bailey (Nathan Graham), in February. In March, (Paul Copley) was introduced as a love interest for Evelyn Plummer (Maureen Lipman), and April saw the arrival of an old friend of Johnny Connor (Richard Hawley), (Tom Roberts), as well as the ex-wife of Rick Neelan (Greg Wood), (Kel Allen). (Kimberly Hart-Simpson) made her first appearance in June as a new love interest for Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard). The former partner of Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) and biological mother of T