"Hollyoaks" (1995) TV series 1995-????

Creator:

Phil Redmond

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

23 October 1995 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Life gets a little bit better when you rub some Hollyoaks on it.

Plot:

Hollyoaks takes a mundane look at the lives, loves and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSE's, A-Levels and College into the world of work.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Teenage | Soap | College Campus | Social Issues

Awards:

16 wins & 90 nominations

Cast

Nick Pickard	...	Tony Hutchinson / ... (331 episodes, 1995-2009)
Gerard McCarthy	...	Kris Fisher (282 episodes, 2006-2009)
Sarah Jayne Dunn	...	Mandy Richardson / ... (201 episodes, 1996-2008)
Ashley Taylor Dawson	...	Darren Osborne (II) / ... (196 episodes, 2007-2009)
Zoë Lister	...	Zoe Carpenter / ... (193 episodes, 2006-2009)
Nico Mirallegro	...	Barry 'Newt' Newton / ... (190 episodes, 2007-2009)
Kieron Richardson	...	Steven 'Ste' Hay / ... (187 episodes, 2006-2009)
Andrée Bernard	...	Liz Burton Taylor (184 episodes, 2003-2007)
Ricky Whittle	...	Calvin Valentine (183 episodes, 2006-2009)
Andrew Moss	...	Rhys Ashworth (177 episodes, 2005-2009)
Emma Rigby	...	Hannah Ashworth (167 episodes, 2005-2009)
Stephanie Waring	...	Cindy Cunningham (II) / ... (166 episodes, 1996-2009)
Carley Stenson	...	Steph Cunningham / ... (163 episodes, 2000-2009)
Jamie Lomas	...	Warren Fox (160 episodes, 2006-2009)
Sonny Flood	...	Josh Ashworth (159 episodes, 2005-2009)
Hollie-Jay Bowes	...	Michaela McQueen (157 episodes, 2006-2009)
Dominique Jackson	...	Lauren Valentine (157 episodes, 2007-2009)
Jessica Fox	...	Nancy Hayton / ... (156 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kent Riley	...	Zak Ramsey / ... (154 episodes, 2004-2009)
Gemma Merna	...	Carmel Valentine / ... (152 episodes, 2006-2009)
Garnon Davies	...	Elliot Bevan (151 episodes, 2007-2009)
Helen Pearson	...	Frankie Osborne / ... (150 episodes, 2002-2009)
Chris Fountain	...	Justin Burton (149 episodes, 2003-2009)
Jenny Metcalfe	...	Mercedes McQueen / ... (147 episodes, 2006-2009)
Loui Batley	...	Sarah Barnes (144 episodes, 2005-2009)
Claire Cooper	...	Jacqui McQueen / ... (140 episodes, 2007-2009)
Nathalie Emmanuel	...	Sasha Valentine (140 episodes, 2007-2009)
John Pickard	...	Dominic Reilly (133 episodes, 2005-2009)

Runtime:

UK:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

Company:

Mersey Television

Trivia:

Although set in a fictional village in Chester the series is actually filmed in Liverpool and uses many of the same houses used by "Brookside" (1982).

Quotes:

Dannii Carbone: [about Zara] That girl could start an argument in an empty room!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Sex, Lies & Soaps: Bad Behaviour (#1.2)" (2006)

Awful yet addictive...

Hollyoaks is many things. One thing that it isn't though, is well acted out. It has one of the poorest collections of actors/actresses I have ever witnessed on TV. There are a few which are satisfactory, but overall it's terrible. They cast the actors purely on looks, a lot of the cast were models prior to being on Hollyoaks. And I must say the writers seem absolutely clueless, as most of the story lines seem to be totally unoriginal and cliché...

On the other hand, there is a certain spark to the show which makes you enjoy watching it, and carry on watching it. There are a few lovable characters, and a few which you hate so much that you watch the show again just to laugh or cringe at. There's the adictive-ness that I think you will always find in soaps, which is why I must recommend anyone who hasn't started watching this to never start watching this, as you will too become hooked to a simply awful show.