List of Hollyoaks spin-offs - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is a list of late night, DVD and spin-off series of Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

soap-opera Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks

Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...

. Each has a brief summary of the plot.

Hollyoaks: Off on One

A video spin-off from 1998 which sees Rob Hawthorne

Rob Hawthorne (Hollyoaks)

Robert "Rob" Hawthorne is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Warren De Rosa.-Character history:...

seek revenge against Kurt Benson

Kurt Benson

Kurt Benson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jeremy Edwards. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 23 October 1995. He was created by Phil Redmond as one of the serial's original characters....

. The storyline comes to a dramatic conclusion with Rob and Kurt fighting on a boat. Rob rushes at Kurt, however he moves out of the way and Rob falls into the sea, with everyone believing he is dead.

Hollyoaks: Indecent Behaviour

A video/DVD spin-off released in 2001. Geri Hudson

Geri Hudson

Geri Hudson is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Joanna Taylor. She first appeared in 1999 before leaving in 2001 after two years in the show.-Storylines:...

arrives with footballer boyfriend Jason Cunliffe

Jason Cunliffe

Jason Cunliffe is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Alex Reid. The character first appeared in 2001 and made his final appearance in 2002...

. In a club, Scott Anderson

Scott Anderson (Hollyoaks)

Scott Anderson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Daniel Hyde.-Storylines:Ambitious and possessive, Scott had a mean streak that can quickly offend, but when need be he can easily turn on the charm...

begins to chat Geri up. Luke Morgan

Luke Morgan

Lucas "Luke" Morgan is a fictional character from long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Gary Lucy. He played the part between 1999 and 2001 before a brief return in 2002. He was introduced as part of the Morgan family alongside sisters Beth and Zara, brother Adam and parents Andy...

steps in to stop him taking it too far, however just as Scott and his friends are about to throw Luke into the river, Scott tells his friends that he has a better idea; Scott and his friends pull Luke's trousers down to make fun of Luke's rape from the previous year. Ben Davies

Ben Davies (Hollyoaks)

Benjamin "Ben" Davies is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Marcus Patric. He first appeared in 2000 and, after departing from the main show in 2005, made further appearances in spin-offs, Hollyoaks: Let Loose and Hollyoaks: In the City, which...

and Beth Morgan

Beth Morgan (Hollyoaks)

Bethany "Beth" Morgan is a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.She was played by actress Elizabeth O'Grady between 1999-2000 & Kate Baines between 2001-2002.-Character history:...

try to break Scott and Luke up before a fight breaks, which it does between Ben and Luke. Beth is later offered a lift by Scott, and then is raped.

Hollyoaks: Lost Weekend

Four episodes broadcast in 1999 centring around the kidnapping of Lucy Benson

Lucy Benson

Lucy Benson is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Kerrie Taylor. Taylor appeared from the first episode on 23 October 1995. Taylor later quit the role with the character leaving in 2000 when she went travelling.-Casting:Taylor quit the role saying...

by Rob Hawthorne and the desperate search by Ruth Osborne

Ruth Osborne

Ruth Osborne is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Terri Dwyer. She first appeared in 1995 as part of the Osborne family before leaving in 2001. Since then, she has made guest appearances between 2003–2004 and 2008. In 2009 Dwyer said she'd return...

, Lewis Richardson and Tony Hutchinson

Tony Hutchinson

Anthony "Tony" Hutchinson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Nick Pickard. Tony first appeared on-screen on 23 October 1995, the first episode of the series, and is the only original character still on the show to the present day...

Hollyoaks: Boys Do Barca

Broadcast in 2000, Alex Bell

Alex Bell (Hollyoaks)

Alexander "Alex" Bell is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Martino Lazzeri. He first appeared in 1999 before leaving 3 years later in 2002.-Storylines:...

, Max Cunningham

Max Cunningham

Max Cunningham is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Matt Littler. From 1995 to 1996, Max was portrayed by Ben Sheriff before Littler took over. In 2008, Max, along with Tony Hutchinson , was the longest running character in Hollyoaks...

, Ben Davies

Ben Davies (Hollyoaks)

, Tony Hutchinson

Tony Hutchinson

, Luke Morgan

Luke Morgan

, Sam "O.B." O'Brien, Sol Patrick

Sol Patrick

Sol Patrick is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Paul Danan.-Storylines:Sol arrived in Hollyoaks with his mother Jill Patrick , and sisters Kate and Gina...

and Lewis Richardson make their way to Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

to celebrate Rory Finnigan's engagement to Tony's mother Victoria. Tony, however, has secretly enlisted the help of Carol Groves

Carol Groves

Carol Groves is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Natalie Casey. Casey played the character from January 1996 before leaving the role in October 2000.-Characterisation:...

to convince Finn not to go ahead with the marriage.

Hollyoaks: Breaking Boundaries

Broadcast in March 2000, the late night special involves a 90s disco at the club where Ruth Osborne

Ruth Osborne

discovers Lewis Richardson's gambling addiction. Ruth and Lewis eventually end up sleeping together, despite Ruth's marriage to Kurt Benson

Kurt Benson

. Meanwhile, after a football match, Mark Gibbs beats up Luke Morgan

Luke Morgan

before raping him.

Hollyoaks: Leap of Faith

The 2003 late night special sees Ellie Mills

Ellie Mills

Eleanor Jane "Ellie" Mills is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Sarah Baxendale...

try to kill herself before telling serial-killer husband Toby

Toby Mills

Tobias "Toby" Alexander Mills is a fictional character from the long-running British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Henry Luxemburg.-Storylines:...

to hand himself in to the police. Toby realises he could not live without Ellie and ends up holding her hostage on a rooftop. As Toby prepares to jump with Ellie, Dan Hunter arrives and pushes Toby off the building, killing him.

Hollyoaks: After Hours

A four-part late night series broadcast in 2004. Lisa Hunter

Lisa Hunter

Lisa Hunter is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Gemma Atkinson. The character is noted for her storylines including bullying and self-harming...

is whisked away to Paris with a man she meets in a hotel where she worked. Joe Spencer

Joe Spencer (Hollyoaks)

Joseph "Joe" Spencer is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Matt Milburn. He debuted on-screen during episodes airing in 2003 and left in 2006 after his character was axed by Bryan Kirkwood.-Storylines:...

and his friends go on a night out that ends in disaster. Meanwhile, former character Matt Musgrove crosses over to the special.

Hollyoaks: In Too Deep

In 2004, Steph Dean is haunted by the ghost of one of Toby Mills

Toby Mills

Tobias "Toby" Alexander Mills is a fictional character from the long-running British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Henry Luxemburg.-Storylines:...

' victims and she nearly drowns. Meanwhile Lee Hunter

Lee Hunter (Hollyoaks)

Lee Hunter is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Alex Carter. The youngest son of Les and Sally Hunter , he made his first on-screen appearance on 13 May 2001. The character was described as "wayward", a "cheeky chap" and a "wheeler dealer"...

and Bombhead cause mayhem at the backstage of Steph's show.

Hollyoaks: Crossing the Line

The late night special broadcast in 2005 sees Andy Holt

Andy Holt

Andrew "Andy" Holt was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.He was played by actor Warren Brown between 2005-2006.-Character history:...

spike Dannii Carbone

Dannii Carbone

Dannii Carbone is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Christina Baily. She first appeared in 2004, before leaving in 2006.-Storylines:...

's drink with GHB

Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid

γ-Hydroxybutyric acid , also known as 4-hydroxybutanoic acid and sodium oxybate when used for medicinal purposes, is a naturally occurring substance found in the central nervous system, wine, beef, small citrus fruits, and almost all animals in small amounts. It is also categorized as an illegal...

before raping her. Andy then reveals his activities to his friend, Sam Owen

Sam Owen

Samuel Liam "Sam" Owen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Louis Tamone. He first appeared in 2004, before the character was killed off in 2006 in the well-known fire at The Dog.-Storylines:...

, who agrees to join Andy to drug and rape girls. Meanwhile Chris tricks Lee Hunter

Lee Hunter (Hollyoaks)

into sleeping with a transvestite called Aphrodite. Elsewhere, Ben Davies

Ben Davies (Hollyoaks)

and Lisa Hunter

Lisa Hunter

Lisa Hunter is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Gemma Atkinson. The character is noted for her storylines including bullying and self-harming...

make friends with siblings Ally and Alex.

Hollyoaks: No Going Back

Following Crossing the Line, Andy

Andy Holt

Andrew "Andy" Holt was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.He was played by actor Warren Brown between 2005-2006.-Character history:...

drugs Sophie

Sophie Burton

Sophie Burton is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by actress Connie Powney. She first appeared in 2003 with on-screen family, the Burtons, including twin sister Mel, who was played by Powney's real life twin Cassie Powney.-Character...

and Mel Burton

Mel Burton

Melanie "Mel" Burton is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by actress Cassie Powney. She first appeared in 2003 with her family, which included her twin sister Sophie, played by Powney's real life twin Connie Powney.-Character Description:Mel was an...

. He rapes Mel and leaves Sam

Sam Owen

to rape Sophie, but he does not. Dannii tells Russ Owen

Russ Owen

Russell Charles "Russ" Owen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Stuart Manning. He first appeared in August 2004 with his on-screen family and has been involved in storylines including being diagnosed with testicular cancer and kidnapping his son. It...

that she was raped. He does not believe her so she attempts suicide. Mel, Sophie and Louise Summers stop her and report Andy to the police. Sam and Andy, both on the top of a cliff, are caught in a fight between themselves and Russ. Sam and Andy both fall over the cliff. Russ manages to grab the pair, however has to let one go, so lets Andy fall to his death.

Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead

In 2006, Andy Holt returns after surviving the fall and seeks his revenge against Russ by kidnapping his sister Nicole

Nicole Owen

Nicole Owen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Ciara Janson. First appearing in 2004, Janson left the soap in 2006, making a brief return in 2007.-Storylines:...

. Sam and Russ come in to free Nicole but Andy attacks them with a metal pole and threatens to rape Nicole but then Mel bursts in and whacks him over the head with the metal pole and begins to laugh at him as she calls the police. Andy escapes, and Mel chases after him and he runs into a metal spike and he starts to bleed from his mouth, he starts to talk but Mel can't understand what he said, maybe it was sorry! He then dies a painful death causing celebrations round Chester to those he raped

Hollyoaks: King of Hearts

A late night special called Hollyoaks: King of Hearts was announced in November 2010 and was broadcast on 15 December 2010 on Channel 4. The episode followed events in the main series which saw Kathleen McQueen

Kathleen McQueen

Kathleen McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Alison Burrows. She first appeared during late-night spin-off Hollyoaks Later in September 2009 as the sister of Myra McQueen and mother of Theresa McQueen .-Creation and development:The character...

blackmailing her family. The episode features Rhys Ashworth

Rhys Ashworth

Rhys Lesley Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Andrew Moss. He made his first on-screen appearance on 4 October 2005.-Character creation and casting:...

and Jacqui McQueen attempting to cheat during a game of poker with Brendan Brady

Brendan Brady

Brendan Brady is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Emmett J. Scanlan. The character was introduced in 2010 by series producer Paul Marquess during part of the show's overhaul the character has become incredibly popular and liked.He is the older half...

and Danny Houston. After their plan is discovered, Danny tells Jacqui she must sleep with him to save Rhys and wipe the debt they owe him. The episode was originally due to air on 16 December 2010. However, this was later changed.

Hollyoaks: Movin' On

A new sixteen part series. Tony Hutchinson

Tony Hutchinson

and Rory Finnigan open their new business venture. Meanwhile, after beating Ruth Osborne

Ruth Osborne

up, Lewis, racked by guilt, commits suicide. Ruth then leaves for London

London

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Hollyoaks: Let Loose

A 2005 series following Ben Davies

Ben Davies (Hollyoaks)

and Lisa Hunter

Lisa Hunter

Lisa Hunter is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Gemma Atkinson. The character is noted for her storylines including bullying and self-harming...

as they depart Hollyoaks for a new life. Lisa and Ben's relationship is put to the test over Lisa's jealousy, however she agrees to give their relationship another go.

Hollyoaks: In the City

Lisa and Ben return to Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, where Lisa is set up with a modelling agency. Ben spends the pair's entire savings on a bar. Lisa delves further up the career path and Ben has an illicit affair and is involved in dodgy dealings with Burton Phillips. Finally, Lisa ended up shooting and killing Ben.

Hollyoaks Later

2008 series following Niall Rafferty

Niall Rafferty

Niall Rafferty is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Barry Sloane. He first appeared during an episode broadcast on 3 December 2007. Former Brookside actor Sloane was cast as the "mysterious" hairdresser Niall and was introduced by the series' producer...

as he returns for revenge on Steph Cunningham

Steph Cunningham

Stephanie "Steph" Roach is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Carley Stenson. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 8 March 2000 and is the second longest featured regular female character in the history of Hollyoaks...

, Craig Dean

Craig Dean

Craig Dean is a fictional character from the long-running British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Guy Burnet. Burnet has won many of Britain's most prestigious acting awards for this role...

and Tom Cunningham

Tom Cunningham

Thomas "Tom" Cunningham is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Ellis Hollins. Hollins has portrayed the character since his birth in 1999.-Storylines:...

, which leads to the dramatic death of Niall. Meanwhile Kris

Kris Fisher

Francis "Kris" Fisher is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Gerard McCarthy. The character first appeared on-screen in September 2006 and left in August 2010 after McCarthy quit the show...

and Malachy Fisher

Malachy Fisher

Malachy "Mal" Fisher is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Glen Wallace. Malachy first appeared in 2007 on a recurring basis and became a permanent character in 2008. The character has been noted for being at the centre of a HIV plot...

return to Ireland to attend their father's funeral as Malachy and Mercedes McQueen

Mercedes McQueen

Mercedes Fisher is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jennifer Metcalfe. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 19 June 2006 as the first character to be introduced to the serial by series producer, Bryan Kirkwood...

marry. Sarah Barnes

Sarah Barnes

Sarah Barnes is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Loui Batley. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 10 October 2005. Sarah was created by executive producer David Hanson as part of the Barnes family. In 2009 Batley quit the serial in...

, Nancy Hayton

Nancy Hayton

Nancy Anne Hayton is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jessica Fox. The character first appeared on 6 July 2005. Since the character's inception she has been involved in many notable storylines such as a three-way open relationship, drug taking,...

and Zoe Carpenter

Zoe Carpenter

Zoe Carpenter is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Zoë Lister. The character first appeared on-screen on 1 September 2006, as one of three new students at Hollyoaks Community College. It was announced in 2009 that Lister had quit her role in order to...

head off on a "girly" road trip as the Dirty Diegos enter 'Battle of the Bands'.
A second series was commissioned and was broadcast in September 2009. It follows four main stories: Hannah

Hannah Ashworth

Hannah Rose Ashworth is a fictional character from long-running Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Emma Rigby. Hannah first appeared on-screen from October 3, 2005 until her exit on February 12, 2010....

, Rhys

Rhys Ashworth

and Josh Ashworth

Josh Ashworth

Joshua Josh Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Sonny Flood. He dedbuted on-screen during the episode airing on 3 October 2005 and left on 14 July 2010, after his character was axed by executive producer Paul Marquess...

go off to a music festival, where they encounter a dangerous drug dealer, Tony Hutchinson

Tony Hutchinson

marries Cindy Cunningham

Cindy Cunningham

Cindy Longford is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Stephanie Waring...

after several mishaps, the McQueens

McQueen family

The McQueen family are a fictional family in the long-running Channel 4 soap-opera Hollyoaks. The family first appeared in 2006 and have been involved in a number of the shows main storylines since then, most notably John Paul's affair with Craig Dean and Niall's revenge on his...

go to London for Theresa's

Theresa McQueen

Theresa McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jorgie Porter. She made her first appearance in November 2008. The character was introduced as an extension of already established McQueen family...

modelling and Sarah Barnes

Sarah Barnes

and Zoe Carpenter

Zoe Carpenter

are joined by Sarah's jealous girlfriend Lydia Hart

Lydia Hart

Lydia Hart is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, a long-running serial drama about life in a fictional suburb of Chester. The character is no longer part of current storylines. She was played by actress Lydia Kelly between 2009 and 2010. Lydia was created by...

on a parachute jump which leads to Sarah's death after Lydia sabotages her parachute.
In April 2010, Channel 4 announced that the show would return for a third series, this time produced by Hollyoaks series producer Paul Marquess. The characters appearing included: Mitzeee Minniver

Mitzeee Minniver

Ann "Mitzeee" Minniver is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Rachel Shenton. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 23 July 2010. Mitzeee was created by series producer Paul Marquess for a different television series which was...

, Carl Costello

Carl Costello

Carl Costello, is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Paul Opacic. The character was introduced by executive producer Paul Marquess and debuted onscreen during the episode airing on 19 July 2010. He came to the village as the new owner of The Dog in the...

, Riley Costello

Riley Costello

Riley Costello is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Rob Norbury. Riley was introduced in July 2010 with his on-screen family by series producer Paul Marquess as part of a cast overhaul of the series....

, Seth Costello

Seth Costello

Seth Costello is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Miles Higson. He made his first on-screen appearance on 20 July 2010. His first major storyline was in 2011 when he was the centre of a Steroids plot...

, Malachy Fisher

Malachy Fisher

, Mercedes Fisher, Theresa McQueen

Theresa McQueen

and Nancy Hayton

Nancy Hayton

. Filming took place in the summer of 2010, and in October 2010, it was revealed that the third series would begin on 25 October, and would closely interweave with the main Hollyoaks series, revolving around "one fateful night". UFC Fighter Michael Bisping guest starred.
It Was reported that a fourth series had been recomissioned due to the popularity of the last few series. Filming will take place in the summer of 2011. Characters rumoured to be involved in the storylines have included Mercedes McQueen

Mercedes McQueen

, Myra McQueen

Myra McQueen

Myra McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Nicole Barber-Lane. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 19 June 2006 and was introduced by series producer Bryan Kirkwood as part of the McQueen family.-Character development:The...

, Michaela McQueen

Michaela McQueen

Michaela McQueen is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Hollie-Jay Bowes. Michaela was the first of the McQueen family to be seen on-screen in 2006, when she was credited as Michaela Jones. On 8 June 2010, Hollie-Jay Bowes announced that she had quit...

, Texas Longford

Texas Longford

Texas "Tex" Longford is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 May 2010. Texas was introduced by producer Paul Marquess as the on-screen sister of established character India...

, Silas Blissett

Silas Blissett

Silas Blissett is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jeff Rawle. Rawle's casting was announced in December 2010 and it was revealed that he would portray a killer. Rawle was approached by Hollyoaks and met with series producer, Paul Marquess, who...

, Heidi Costello

Heidi Costello

Heidi Costello is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Kim Tiddy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 July 2010 and made her final appearance in the series on 1 November 2011, after the character was accidentally murdered by her father, Silas...

, Riley Costello

Riley Costello

, Lynsey Nolan

Lynsey Nolan

Lynsey Nolan is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Karen Hassan. The character originally appeared in the first series of the Hollyoaks spin-off, Hollyoaks Later, as the former girlfriend of Kris Fisher...

and Mitzeee Minniver

Mitzeee Minniver

. New cast members include a new addition to the McQueen family played by Amy Walsh sister of Girls aloud star Kimberly Walsh and a new unnamed hunk to be played by ex-eastenders actor Chris Coghill. By early June scenes had begun filming in Ibiza with Mercedes McQueen, Myra McQueen, Michaela McQueen, Theresa McQueen

Theresa McQueen

, Will Savage, Rae Wilson

Rae Wilson

Rae Wilson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Alice Barlow. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 5 October 2009. Barlow was cast into the role, which fulfilled her dream of starring in a soap opera. Fellow cast member Helen...

and Mitzeee Minniver. Series 4 is set to be aired over the course of five nights from 5 September to 10 September 2011.
In the gripping final episode of the series, Rae Wilson was strangled by Silas Blissett after he heard that Brendan Brady

Brendan Brady

wanted to kill her. He wanted Brendan to be arrested on suspicion of murder so that he could continue with his evil plans.

Hollyoaks: The Morning After the Night Before

Josh Ashworth

heads off to party with Dave Colburn

Dave Colburn

David "Dave" Colburn is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Elliot James Langridge. He first appeared in Hollyoaks online spin-off, Hollyoaks: The Morning After the Night Before, which explored the dangers of binge drinking...

in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

in the on-line spin-off which features the down side to binge drinking.

Hollyoaks: Freshers

Freshers is an 2010 online drama following the lives of the fresher students before they begin at Hollyoaks Community College. Like The Morning After the Night Before, several characters' social networking websites were created. This time using Facebook

Facebook

Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

. The series featured the return of Lee Hunter

Lee Hunter

Lee Hunter was an automotive engineer.His inventions include the "Kwikurent" device for the rapid charging of a car battery, and a machine to balance car wheels while they spin. He founded Hunter Engineering Company in 1946...

, and debut of new characters Jamil Fadel, Leanne Holiday

Leanne Holiday

Leanne Holiday is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and its Internet spin-off Hollyoaks: Freshers, played by Jessica Forrest. Forrest's casting was announced in July 2010 and she began filming her scenes in June. The actress originally commuted from Manchester to...

and Doug Carter

Doug Carter

Doug Carter is a fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks, played by PJ Brennan. He initially appeared in the programme's online spin-off series Hollyoaks: Freshers, before debuting in the main series in the episode airing 13 September 2010. He left on 17 September before returning...

. It also starred Charlotte Lau

Charlotte Lau

Charlotte Lau is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Amy Yamazaki. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 9 June 2009 and was introduced by series producer Lucy Allan as the ex-girlfriend of Lydia Hart...

, India Longford

India Longford

India Longford is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Beth Kingston. She made her first on-screen appearance on 21 September 2009 and was introduced by series producer Lucy Allan as a new student at Hollyoaks Community College...

, Texas Longford

Texas Longford

and Dave Colburn

Dave Colburn

. A return also featured Bombhead.

Hollyoaks Backstage

An on-line documentary featuring various members of the Hollyoaks cast showing viewers behind the scenes of the show. Each 3 minute episode is shown broadcast weekly on the E4 website.

Hollyoaks: The Good, the Bad and the Gorgeous

A drama-documentary shown on E4 on 2 October 2009. Ste Hay

Ste Hay

Stephen "Ste" Hay is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Kieron Richardson. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 17 February 2006. Ste was created by David Hanson and was originally intended to be a short-term character for seven episodes...

and Cheryl Brady

Cheryl Brady

Cheryl Brady is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Bronagh Waugh. The character first appeared on-screen on 25 November 2008, during the first series of the Hollyoaks spin-off, Hollyoaks Later, as the former love interest of Malachy Fisher...

go to a cinema where old clips from Hollyoaks are being shown by a familiar face. It was presented by Bernard Latham who played Gordon Cunningham

Gordon Cunningham

Gordon Hilton Cunningham is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Bernard Latham. He first appeared as one of the original characters on the show when it started, he left in 2004 when the character died of a heart attack which he had after being...

. For the episode, special sequences were filmed between old clips of the show. They parodied such films as Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career...

's The Shining

The Shining (film)

The Shining is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, co-written with novelist Diane Johnson, and starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, and Danny Lloyd. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. A writer, Jack Torrance, takes a job as an...

and Randal Kleiser

Randal Kleiser

John Randal Kleiser is an American film director and producer, perhaps best known for directing the 1978 musical film Grease.-Life and career:...

's Grease

Grease (film)

Grease is a 1978 American musical film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Warren Casey's and Jim Jacobs's 1971 musical of the same name about two lovers in a 1950s high school. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, and Jeff Conaway...

The Hollyoaks Music Show

The Hollyoaks Music Show is a music television programme broadcast as part of T4

T4 (Channel 4)

T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 from about 09:00 until 14:00 on Saturdays and 17:00 on Sundays. It also airs on weekdays in the school holidays. The slot has a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. The logo of T4 is noticeably the top right segment of the...

on Channel 4

Channel 4

. The show began broadcasting on 17 October 2009, following a pilot episode in 2008, and features various recording artists performing and participating in the show. It is sponsored by British retailer Matalan

Matalan

Matalan is a British retailer that specialises in shoes and clothes. It was founded by John Hargreaves in 1985. It currently has 200 stores across the UK. The 200th store opened on 22 September 2006 in Croydon...

and hosted by Rick Edwards

Rick Edwards

Rick Edwards is a British TV presenter who mainly works on Channel 4 and E4. Rick has presented T4 with co-hosts Georgie Okell, Miquita Oliver, Jameela Jamil and Alexa Chung from which he left on 3 July 2011...

.

The series first began in 2008, when it was named Hollyoaks Music Special, a one-off programme hosted by Rick Edwards

Rick Edwards

and former Hollyoaks actor Matt Littler

Matt Littler

Matt Littler is a British actor and director born in Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. He is most famous for playing the role Max Cunningham from 1997 to 2008 in the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.- Career :...

. Following its success, Channel 4 commissioned two series and retailer Matalan

Matalan

became the show's official sponsor, in order to reach the target audience of 16 to 34 year olds. Repeats of the series have been shown on 4Music

4Music

4Music is a music and entertainment channel in the United Kingdom and available on some digital television providers in the Republic of Ireland - its web component can be found at with its own and pages. It is the only channel within the Box Television Network to be branded under Channel 4 and...

since 2010. In 2009 the first series aired, retitled The Hollyoaks Music Show. When the new series was broadcast, it was shown as part of T4 weekly on Channel 4, again presented by Rick Edwards. It is filmed within the Hollyoaks studios in Childwall

Childwall

Childwall is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Wavertree, Belle Vale, Broadgreen, Bowring Park and Mossley Hill...

, Liverpool

Liverpool

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. The show features signed and unsigned acts performing in and around the Hollyoaks set. A Christmas special was announced in November 2010, due to air in December.

Acts which have appeared include The Saturdays

The Saturdays

The Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...

, Mr Hudson, Chipmunk

Chipmunk (rapper)

Jahmaal Noel Fyffe known by his stage name Chipmunk, is a British hip hop rapper and songwriter from Tottenham, London....

, Tinchy Stryder

Tinchy Stryder

Kwasi Danquah III , better known by his pseudonyms Tinchy Stryder and Star In The Hood, is a Ghanaian British recording artist, music executive, A&R executive, and businessman...

, N-Dubz

N-Dubz

N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London. The group consists of members Dappy, Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer.N-Dubz were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records...

and Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls"...

, Example

Example (rapper)

Elliot John Gleave , better known by his stage name Example, is an English singer and rapper signed to Data Records. His name arose due to his initials being E.G., which is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase "exempli gratia", which means, "for example".Example's third album Playing In The Shadows...

, Jason Derulo

Jason Derulo

Jason Joel Desrouleaux , better known by his stage name Jason Derülo, is an American singer-songwriter, actor and dancer. After producing records for several artists and writing songs for Cash Money Records, co-founder of the label Birdman, Young Money Entertainment owner Lil Wayne and rapper...

, Diana Vickers

Diana Vickers

Diana Vickers is an English singer-songwriter, stage actress and fashion designer who initially came to public attention as a semi-finalist on the fifth series of British talent show The X Factor in 2008...

, Olly Murs

Olly Murs

Oliver Stanley "Olly" Murs is an English singer-songwriter and TV presenter. Murs rose to fame after being the runner-up on the sixth series of The X Factor...

, The Wanted

The Wanted

The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band based in London, England. The band consists of Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes. Their debut single, "All Time Low", was released in July 2010 and reached number one in the United Kingdom for one week...

and You Me at Six

You Me At Six

You Me at Six is a British rock band from Weybridge, Surrey. Formed in 2004, the group rose to fame in 2008 with the success of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours, which included the singles "Save It for the Bedroom", "Finders Keepers" and "Kiss and Tell", with the latter two peaking at #33...

as well as some unsigned acts including Minnie Londoner and The Palpitations. The show regularly features members of the Hollyoaks cast as part of the audience.

Along with the performances, The Hollyoaks Music Show also features fashion awards in each episode from episode 11 onwards. The award is presented to an act from the same episode for their clothing style. Acts who won the award include Olly Murs, Rihanna

Rihanna

Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

, Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez

Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...

, McFly

McFly

McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...

and JLS

JLS

- Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...

.

A competition was run online throughout the series, with the winner given the chance to appear performing in an episode of Hollyoaks. The winner was Shide Boss.

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