Nicholas Marc Cochrane is an English actor, known for his role as Andy McDonald in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
11 Facts About Nicholas Cochrane
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Nicholas Cochrane's character stayed in the programme for seven years before he was axed, along with several other cast members, in a high-profile cull by a new producer in 1997.
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Nicholas Cochrane's character took a job as an English teacher in Spain, but has since returned for two short spells so that Andy McDonald could be seen attending the remarriage of his parents and later being best man at his brother's wedding to Becky Granger.
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In 2004, Nicholas Cochrane co-launched a short-lived magazine about soap operas named Into Soap under the newly formed company Treble Media Ltd.
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The closure of the publication resulted in job losses, unpaid bills to staff and photographers and Nicholas Cochrane having to sell his house after filing for bankruptcy.
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Nicholas Cochrane has co-hosted a show on Peak FM in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
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Nicholas Cochrane was an executive producer of the tour which earned rave reviews.
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Nicholas Cochrane has turned his hand at television presenting with appearances on Granada TV and MUTV where Cochrane interviewed footballers Roy Keane and David Beckham.
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Nicholas Cochrane starred in a nationwide tour of Spring and Port Wine with the Middle Ground Theatre Company, which was a Manchester Evening News theatre award winner.
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Nicholas Cochrane has appeared in various pantomime productions, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Aladdin and Cinderella.
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Nicholas Cochrane appeared again on 24 January 2022, in the role of Kenny Coles.