Jamie Bowman is a villainous character in Coronation Street, who first made his debut in September 2015. He is a minor antagonist in the 2015 series overall, however is the main villain in a revenge porn storyline involving regular characters Luke Britton and Steph Britton, when Jamie uses indecent photos of Steph to blackmail Luke into carrying out illegal street racing for him.
He is played by James Atherton, who is also known for his other villainous role Will Savage in the soap Hollyoaks.
Biography
Jamie Bowman is the friend of mechanic Luke Britton, and also dated Luke's younger sister Steph once years ago. When Luke's girlfriend Maria was skeptical about his racing, he called Jamie along so they can attending a race and show her it was not all bad. Steph's new boyfriend Andy Carver gets jealous of Jamie's presence, but is assured that it is all in the past.
However Jamie harbours a more darker side. When Luke decides against taking part in a street race to save his relationship with Maria, Jamie reveals that he has pornographic photos of Steph which were taken when the pair of them were originally together. Luke flies into a rage, but a scared Jamie assures him it is not personal and reveals he has debts with dodgy people and needs Luke to race. Luke doesn't tell Steph about what Jamie is doing, and his presence piles the pressure on Luke who begins to suffer outbursts of anger and frustration when trying to contain the secret.
Luke takes part in a street race, in which he wins. He hopes this will settle the score and eventually tells an angry Steph the reason for what he did it. She is shocked and warns Jamie to keep away, who later reveals the debt isn't cleared and he will need Luke to take part in another race.