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2002 was Hollyoaks's eighth year of production. July saw the beginning of Hollyoaks's first Whodunnit - Who is The Hollyoaks Serial Killer?
This year also saw the show break the Guinness World Record for longest on-screen kiss, with a kiss scene between Ben Davies and Ellie Hunter last three minutes and fifteen seconds, a record which wouldn't be beat until eleven years later.
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The potholing trip ends in disaster.
- 11th January - Adam Morgan discovers that he is paralysed from the waist down following a car accident with Mandy Richardson.
- 25th January - Finn leaves the village. (Last appearance of the character until 2013)
- 15th April - Becca Hayton is diagnosed with gonorrhoea.
- 24th June - Lisa Hunter is hospitalised after slitting her wrists, after Steph Dean publicly exposes Brian Drake and Zara Morgan's affair.
- 2nd July - The body of the first victim of Hollyoaks's mystery killer is found outside The Loft by Ben Davies and Ellie Hunter.
- 16th July - Ronnie, Les and Dan Hunter are arrested for motor vehicle theft.
- 6th August - Lee Hunter, Norman Sankofa and Bombhead are arrested for underage drinking.
- 26th August - Beth Morgan is sentenced to two months imprisonment for hitting Scott Anderson with her car.
- 17th September - Julie Matthews returns to the village to go into business with her ex-fiancé, Tony Hutchinson. (First appearance of Julie since 1997)
- 27th September - Alex Bell attempts to flee to Hong Kong with his son, Charlie. However, Anna Green discovers his plan and convinces him to give Charlie back to her. Alex leaves for Hong Kong alone. (Final appearance of the character)
- 3rd October - Eve Crawford leaves the village after Becca Hayton informs Eve's mother about her stealing. (Final appearance of the character)
- 7th October - Tony Hutchinson and Julie Matthews are accidentally locked in a freezer.
- 17th October - Luke Morgan returns to the village for his parents' second wedding. (First appearance of the character since 2001)
- 18th October - Sue and Andy Morgan remarry.
- 22nd October - Izzy Cornwell meets new Hollyoaks Community College student Kristian Hargreaves. (First appearance of Kristian)
- 25th October - Lisa Hunter begins receiving abusive text messages from an unknown stalker. Beth, Sue and Andy Morgan move to France. (Final appearance of the characters) Barry Newton's friend Eli hangs himself. Ten year old Barry discovers his body.
- 1st November - Debbie Dean arrives in the village. (First appearance of the character)
- 5th November - The Dean family throw a bonfire night party, which ends with a fight between Jake Dean and Dan, after Dan catches Jake flirting with his sister, Lisa. (First appearance of Frankie, Johnno, Craig and Jake)
- 14th November - A landslide causes the van that Jamie Nash, Ben Davies, Max Cunningham, O.B. and Theo Sankofa are travelling in, to roll over and slide over the edge of a cliff. Theo dies after falling from the back of the van and down a mountain, whilst Jamie is killed when the van falls over the edge of the cliff before he can be rescued. (Final appearances of the characters)
- 28th November - Becca Hayton discovers that she is pregnant.
- 29th November - Lisa Hunter's stalker is revealed to be her ex-boyfriend, Brian Drake.
- 10th December - After her split from Max Cunningham, Anna Green leaves the village with her son, Charlie. (Final appearance of the characters)
- 13th December - Becca Hayton has an abortion.
- 23rd December - When Mandy Richardson refuses to move to South Africa with her, Laura Burns knocks her unconscious by smashing a bottle over her head and kidnapping her. Laura attempts to kill herself and Mandy by poisoning herself and Mandy, but Mandy manages to throw a paperweight through the window, catching the attention of Tony Hutchinson, Adam Morgan and Max Cunningham. Laura is arrested and Mandy is taken to hospital. The body of the second victim of Hollyoaks's mystery killer is found outside The Loft. (Final appearance of Laura)
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