Edgar Nuttall was the producer of shows staged by the St. Agnes Amateur Operatic Society which flourished in Weatherfield during the Second World War. Many years later, on Christmas Day 1963, he was one the surprise guests as a specially-staged This Is Your Life that was sprung on Annie Walker in the Glad Tidings Mission Hall by Dennis Tanner. Credited as "Mr. Nuttall", the character's first name was given in dialogue.