| Lloyd Mullaney | |||||||||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Craig Charles | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2005–2015 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 20 June 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 25 September 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Tony Wood | ||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | StreetCar Stories (2014) | ||||||||||||
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Lloyd Mullaney is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Craig Charles. He made his first on screen appearance on 20 June 2005. The character departed on 23 July 2006, while Charles was suspended from work. He returned on 12 February 2007. Charles took a temporary break from the show in autumn 2011 to film new episodes of Red Dwarf, with Lloyd departing on 15 December 2011. After a seven-month absence, Lloyd returned on 2 July 2012. Charles announced his departure from the show in May 2015.[2] Charles' final scenes aired on 25 September 2015 after Lloyd departed for good after 10 years alongside his pregnant fiancée, Andrea Beckett (Hayley Tamaddon) when they left the street together to move to Jersey.
Lloyd's storylines have included: his comedy-duo act with best friend Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and running taxi firm StreetCars with him; relationships with Kelly Crabtree (Tupele Dorgu), Cheryl Gray (Holly Quin-Ankrah) and Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard); discovering Cheryl's affair with her ex-husband Chris (Will Thorp); and an engagement with Andrea, which struggled when he discovered she was secretly married, and ended temporarily when Andrea stole a rare 7" record (worth £1,000) in order to help her daughter.
- ^ Jones, Allison (15–21 September 2012). "I think Lloyd deserves some joy in his life!". Inside Soap (37). Hearst Magazines UK: 28–29.
- ^ "Craig Charles leaving Coronation Street". BBC News. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2020.