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
Richard Hillman for Richard but he’s definitely not finished yet I can promise that. I think he’ll be homing in on one or two of the street’s best-loved residents. He’s definitely going to get nastier before he gets his comeuppance". The character of Richard Hillman proved to be very successful with viewers and critics. On 13 January 2003, an estimated 15.3 million viewers watched the first instalment of "Coronation Street" with 15.6 million tuning in to watch Richard murder long-standing character Maxine Peacock in the second episode. The two episodes caused a power surge; a National Grid spokesman said: "Obviously, there was