List of Coronation Street Characters (2002) - Tommy Harris

Thomas "Tommy" Harris (previously Nelson) was played by Thomas Craig.

Tommy and his wife Angela, and their children Katy and Craig first appeared on the street, having rented Number 6 and using the surname "Nelson". They came originally from Sheffield where Angela had worked as a barmaid. She witnessed a murder and gave evidence against the accused. The family of the accused threatened Angela and her family with threats and eventually tried to burn their house. The Harrises were given protection under the Witness Protection programme, given a new identity as the Nelsons and moved to Weatherfield.

Tommy was a trained mechanic and Sheffield Wednesday F.C. supporter, and was soon hired by Kevin Webster at the garage, using references supplied by the Witness Protection team. Soon after, Kevin found a wallet containing a union card with the name Tommy Harris. Tommy took it when he found it laying where Kevin had left it but Kevin, when realizing Tommy had the wallet, accused him of stealing the wallet of a customer. Tommy could not explain and was sacked. Eventually however, Tommy took Kevin into his confidence and was re-hired.

In April 2003 however, Katy slipped away to visit her friends in Sheffield and was followed home by the brothers of the man who was jailed on Angela's evidence. There was a siege at the Harris's house and Tommy was shot in the process, nearly losing his arm in subsequent surgery. The family stayed in Weatherfield even though their cover was blown and resumed using their real name Harris.

In late 2003, Tommy and Angela separated. Katy was in a relationship with Martin Platt and though disapproving, Angela could not bear to be estranged from her daughter. Tommy was adamant that if Angela was going to keep in contact with Katy, he was not going to be a part of it. Angela left the house briefly but returned and insisted that Tommy left. Tommy began drinking and eventually Kevin had no choice but to fire him. Tommy lived in the flat over Streetcars, jobless for a while. Shortly before Christmas, Craig, upset that his family was torn apart because of Martin, rigged the brakes on Martin's car. He told his father what he had done, but before Tommy could fix the damage, they saw Katy drive off with Martin and followed them. After Katy got out of the car, she saw her father following Martin and called him to warn him. She thought Tommy was going to kill Martin but Tommy had been trying to get Martin's attention to make him pull over. The brakes failed before this could happen and Martin crashed the car. Tommy pulled him out before the car exploded but later took the blame for the rigged brakes so Craig would not get into trouble. Craig could not cope with his guilt and confessed to Martin who told the police he knew his brakes were bad and had not got them checked. He made an uneasy peace with Tommy and Angela but Tommy still did not like Martin being with his daughter.

In early 2005, Katy told Angela and Tommy that she was pregnant and they were not happy. In March, Tommy saw Martin and Sally Webster together and thought they were having an affair. He told Katy and when Angela overheard something, she too believed it and they told Katy. Katy did not believe her father, knowing how he felt about Martin, but when Angela believed it, she thought it could be true. Devastated, she left Martin and aborted their baby. Gail told Angela that Sally had had an affair but not with Martin. Angela told Katy that Martin was not unfaithful which infuriated Katy. Katy visited Martin and told him she was sorry but he dumped her so Katy went to confront Tommy. Angry that he was not bothered and continued insulting Martin, Katy picked up a wrench he had been working with at the garage, and hit him over the head, killing him.