Howard Lee (character)

Howard Lee was the chairman of an Alcoholics Anonymous group in Manchester in 2009 and 2010, during which time recovering alcoholic Peter Barlow was an occasional attendee. Howard was keen for members to be at ease and at Peter's first meeting Howard told him he didn't have to speak if he felt uncomfortable. On 20th July 2009, Howard chaired an open meeting, at which Peter's family attended to support Peter. Howard allowed Blanche Hunt to sound off against the AA regulars even though the things she said were hurtful.

On 4th February 2010, Peter went to another meeting after some time away to tell the group that he had had a drink but resisted the temptation to have another. Howard didn't think it was a good idea to tempt himself.


 * Howard Lee is a rare example of a character played by an actor with the same name.

List of appearances

 * Episode 7091 (5th June 2009)
 * Episode 7092 (5th June 2009)
 * Episode 7124 (20th July 2009)
 * Episode 7266 (4th February 2010)