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Phil Redmond (centre) with the 1995 Hollyoaks cast.

Hollyoaks is an award-winning, long running English continuing drama created by Sir Phil Redmond, and is England's deadliest soap opera. The series debuted on 23rd October 1995, then airing one episode per week with a cast of fourteen characters. Now, the series airs five episodes per week, with a cast of over fifty characters. The show has also seen many spin-offs and late night episodes, as well as celebrities - and even a Doctor Who mention!

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Current Characters

Tony Hutchinson	Cindy Cunningham	Mandy Richardson	Jack Osborne	Darren Osborne
Luke Morgan	Tom Cunningham	Nancy Osborne	Ste Hay	Mercedes McQueen
Warren Fox	John Paul McQueen	Nana McQueen	Theresa McQueen	Trish Minniver
Diane Hutchinson	Liberty Savage	Joel Dexter	Maxine Kinsella	Sienna Blake
Peri Lomax	Leela Lomax	Grace Black	Cleo McQueen	Scott Drinkwell
Sally St. Claire	James Nightingale	Marnie Nightingale	Courtney Campbell	Goldie McQueen
Yasmine Cunningham	Misbah Maalik	Damon Kinsella	Brody Hudson	Imran Maalik
Sami Maalik	Oliver Morgan	Sylver McQueen	Donna-Marie Quinn	Romeo Nightingale
Brooke Hathaway	Martine Deveraux	Juliet Nightingale	Walter Deveraux	Sid Sumner
Celeste Faroe	Toby Faroe	Verity Hutchinson	Felix Westwood	Cher Winters
Ripley Lennox	Summer Ranger	Shaq Qureshi	Fergus Collins	Timmy Simons
		Becky Quentin

Recent Episodes

• Episode 5629 (8th July 2021)
• Episode 5628 (7th July 2021)
• Episode 5627 (6th July 2021)
• Episode 5626 (5th July 2021)
• Episode 5625 (2nd July 2021)

Next episode:

• Episode 5630 (8th July 2021 on E4/9th July 2021 on Channel 4)
• Episode 5631 (9th July 2021 on E4/12th July 2021 on Channel 4)

Read more about the new series viewing the real-life impact generated by storylines seen in the programme:

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Read more about the returning series looking at old Hollyoaks episodes:

On This Day

Template:9th July

The Quote Box

“	Do you come from a long line of scrubbers?	”
	— Nancy Hayton (to Frankie Osborne about her laundrette)