Pat Phelan (Coronation Street) which revealed Phelan to have survived his fall, reached a peak audience of 8,500,000. Phelan’s final episodes also achieved high ratings, with the 1st June episode in which he was killed receiving an average audience of 8,660,000 on 28 day data. Phelan has been rated one of the best soap villains of all time and in the programme itself, alongside the likes of Richard Hillman (Brian Capron) and Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien). Pat Phelan (Coronation Street) Pat Phelan is a fictional character from the British soap opera "Coronation Street", portrayed by Connor McIntyre. The character first appeared on-screen during the
Screening of soap operas in Australia formerly broadcast "Shortland Street" at 5.00 pm weekdays, and repeated the following morning at 9:30 am. Episodes were almost three years behind current New Zealand episodes. As of August 2015, 7TWO no longer broadcasts "Shortland Street". The show first aired in Australia on SBS TV between 1994–1995. It then aired on BBC UKTV from 1997 until 2000. "Shortland Street" also aired on ABC1 between 2010–2011, weekdays at 4:30 am. "Coronation Street" is a British soap opera that first aired in Australia in 1963 on TCN-9 Sydney, GTV-9 Melbourne and NWS-9 Adelaide. By 1966, "Coronation Street" was more popular in Australia