Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that appeared or will appear in the serial in 2017, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by executive producer, Bryan Kirkwood. The first character to be introduced was (Lauren McQueen), the niece of Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher). (Michael Salami), the father of Prince McQueen (Malique Thompson-Dwyer) and Hunter McQueen (Theo Graham), was also introduced in January, while (Aisling Jarrett-Gavin), the former fiancée of Adam Donovan (Jimmy Essex), and (Amy Robbins), the adoptive mother of Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams) and sister of Diane, were introduced in March. Four characters were introduced in April: (Haiesha Mistry), a new teenage character who befriended Peri Lomax (Ruby O'Donnell); (Lucas Haywood), the secret son of Darcy and Adam; (Adam Rickitt), the former boyfriend of Nancy Osborne (Jessica Fox); and (Michelle Holmes), Scott's biological mother. Yasmine's sister, (Krupa Pattini), and mother, (Harvey Virdi), as well as (Nathan Morris), were introduced in June. (Jenny Lee), (Jacob Roberts) and (Adam Woodward) made their first appearances in July. (Neil Roberts) made his debut the following month, while September saw the arrivals of (Ijaz Rana) and (Rishi Nair).