Nick Tilsley

Nick Tilsley

Nicholas Paul "Nick" Platt (previously Tilsley) is a fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. Originally known as "Nicky", he was the first-born child of Brian Tilsley and Gail Platt (then Tilsley), and has been portrayed by three different actors. Warren Jackson from 1981 to 1996, then by Adam Rickitt from 1997 to 2004. Rickitt had left in 1999 but returned on two occasions in 2002 and 2003. Since December 2009, he has been portrayed by Ben Price.

From 1981 to 1996, storylines involved Nick's adolescent problems and his role in the fraught relationship between his parents. He left in 1996 to live with his Uncle Stephen in Canada, returning in 1997 having considerably changed his appearance. The subsequent storyline dealt with his teenage marriage to Leanne Battersby and their divorce. In 1999 he left again but made a brief comeback in 2002 for the wedding of his mother, Gail, to Richard Hillman. He returned again in late 2003 but left in 2004. In 2010, Nick bought into the local factory Underworld which he subsequently co-owned with Carla Connor, before opening The Joinery bar with his ex-wife Leanne. As part of the show's 50th anniversary storylines in December 2010, an explosion at the bar caused a tram to crash from the viaduct, resulting in the deaths of three people.