craig is the son of angela (kathryn hunt) and tommy harris (thomas craig). he enters the series in november 2002 as craig nelson, under the witness protection programme. his mother angela has witnessed a murder in their home city of sheffield and the family move away to weatherfield. he later uses his real surname harris once the family's cover is blown and they decide to stay in weatherfield. soon, craig befriends david platt (jack p. shepherd), rosie webster (helen flanagan) and bradley diggins. the quartet begin causing trouble for norris cole (malcolm hebden) and rita sullivan (barbara knox) by banging their football against their garage doors. eventually, they begin making threats when norris and rita confiscate their ball, leading to norris stabbing the ball with scissors. this was all resolved when tommy took the money off norris for damages and the quartet went back to school.