List of Coronation Street characters (1993)

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 1993, by order of first appearance.

John Finnan

John Finnan is the adoptive father (and secret grandfather) of Carmel. He made his first and last appearance on 22nd March 1993. He was portrayed by Shay Gorman.

John had two daughters and one of them was his granddaughter, Carmel, as his other daughter had gotten pregnant with her at fifteen. When she discovered the truth about her parentage at the age of fourteen, Carmel became mentally unstable and became obsessed with next door neighbor, Michael McGuire, and made up that he had gotten her pregnant. Because of her behavior, John and his wife place their granddaughter in a psychiatric hospital and a year later, Carmel left as a happy girl who put her dark past behind her.

Between 1992 and 1993, Carmel became obsessed with former college friend, Martin Platt. This resulted in his then wife, Gail, to angrily confront Carmel at her bedsit and the feud ended with Carmel falling down the stairs and breaking her leg. When Carmel falsely accused Gail of pushing her down the stairs, John arrived in Weatherfield to question the Platts about what happened and was shocked to discover that Carmel had falsely accused Martin of getting her pregnant; he explained her mental past and told them he would take her home to Ireland to get the care she needs.