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Coronation Street is a British soap opera first broadcast on 9 December 1960. The following is a list of characters introduced in 2018, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by series producer Kate Oates or her successor, Iain MacLeod. The first character to be introduced is Josh Tucker, the rapist of David Platt, in January. Gail Rodwell's clairvoyant Rosemary Piper, Liz McDonald's new love interest Mike Thornberry, school bully Tyler Jefferies and Geoff Metcalfe, Tim Metcalfe's father, joined the show in March. April saw Emma Brooker, a new love interest for David, and Kayla Clifton, a character introduced to continue Bethany Platt's sexual exploitation storyline, make their first appearances, while the year's first birth, Susie Price, daughter of Aidan Connor and Eva Price, also took place this month. Paul Foreman made his first appearance in May for a guest stint, before returning to the serial regularly in January 2019. Mr Fitzgerald appeared in July. Sally Metcalfe's lawyer Paula Martin joined the cast in August, while Liz and Jim McDonald's fraudulent "daughter" Hannah Gilmore, Tyrone Dobbs' long-lost grandmother Evelyn Plummer and Tyler's mother Vicky Jefferies were introduced in September. Elsa Tilsley, Nick Tilsley's secret wife, joined the cast in November.