Hollyoaks (1995-)

Hollyoaks is an English continuing drama, created by Phil Redmond in 1995. Redmond created the show based upon ideas from fans during the creation of Brookside in 1982. The program is targeted towards a teen/young adult audience, and is currently run by executive producer Bryan Kirkwood, who has held the role since October 2012. Kirkwood has been succeeded by former series producer Lucy Allan, whose episodes will begin transmitting in June 2021.

Hollyoaks is renown for its diversity - the program saw the first ever regular transgender character in a UK continuing drama in 2015, and also saw the first ever non-binary character in the history of continuing dramas in 2020. The program is also renown for its high death count, having nearly aired 140 on-screen character deaths - substantially higher than other continuing dramas.