1999

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 was Hollyoaks's fifth year of production.
== Overview ==
This year saw the show begin to broaden, as the programme began to focus on the residents of Hollyoaks as opposed to mainly surrounding a group of students. The size of the cast was increased, and the programme gained a third weekly episode in September 1999.
Stories transmitted throughout the year included Sean Tate's domestic abuse towards Cindy Cunningham and her daughter Holly, Lucy Benson overcoming her heroin addiction after the death of her friend Clare, Sol Patrick going off the rails after learning that he and Gina were Jill's adoptive children, Kate Patrick finding her biological father and having an incestuous relationship with her long-lost twin, and Finn inheriting a castle and wealth from his grandmother.
Helen Richardson married Gordon Cunningham (366) after falling pregnant from a one-night-stand, giving birth on Millenium Eve (393-395). Lucy Benson discovered her friend Clare dead from a drug overdose (302), Sol Patrick woke to find his cellmate's body hanging from the ceiling (325), Finn's grandmother died during his visit to Ireland (344), Lucy was informed that her brother Kurt had been killed by a jet ski (345; but Tony learned different 21 years later!), Nikki Sullivan tells Sam Smallwood that she and her boyfriend killed a man in a car accident (382), Alex Bell was shocked to learn that his internet girlfriend had died (389/390), whilst Rob Hawthorn returned from the dead... only to die setting fire to Finn's Bus (393-395)!
== Events ==
=== Hollyoaks events ===
* 21st January - Kate Patrick and Ruth Benson have a massive fight in the HCC swimming pool, where Ruth reveals that Kate has a different father to her siblings Sol and Gina. Ruth's husband Kurt witnesses the fight and violently holds Kate's head under the water.
* 25th January - Kurt Benson leaves the village after splitting from his wife Ruth. (Final appearance of the character)
* 15th February - New pool lifeguard Adam Morgan arrives in the village. (First appearance of the character)
* 18th February - Finn crashes his bus into Jambo Bolton's shed.
* 22nd February - Kate Patrick meets her long-lost twin brother Joe Johnson in her attempt to track down her biological father. (First appearance of the character)
* 25th February - Lewis Richardson is arrested for possession of heroin when addict Lucy Benson hides her drugs in his guitar.
* 25th March - Ruth Benson meets Luke Morgan at the pool, and is left smitten by him. (First appearance of Luke)
* 1st April - Sol Patrick and Jill Osborne are left seriously injured after Sol accidentally crashes his car through Store TwentyFour. New Deva owners Sue and Andy Morgan arrive in the village with their daughter Zara. (First appearances of the characters)
* 12th April - Lucy Benson's friend, Clare, takes an accidental heroin overdose. Lucy discovers Clare laying dead on her bed.
* 19th April - Sol Patrick is arrested after confessing to crashing into Store TwentyFour.
* 6th May - Beth Morgan arrives in the village. (First appearance of the character)
* 10th May - Kirk and Juliette Benson leave the village. (Final appearance of the characters)
* 13th May - Sol Patrick is sentenced to four weeks imprisonment for dangerous driving.
* 10th June - After falling out with flatmate Ruth Osborne, Jasmine Bates leaves the village. (Final appearance of the character)
* 1st July - Sol Patrick finds his cellmate Tank dead.
* July - Helen Richardson discovers that she is pregnant.
* 15th July - Gordon Cunningham proposes marriage to Helen Richardson, but she rejects.
* July - Gordon Cunningham proposes to Helen Richardson for a second time, and she accepts.
* 9th August - Helen Richardson and Gordon Cunningham marry.
* 6th September - Finn's grandmother, Lady Molly, dies suddenly whilst being visited in Ireland by Finn and his friends.
* 9th September - Lucy Benson is told that her brother Kurt has died. The supposedly deceased Rob Hawthorn makes a surprise return, intent on revenge. (First appearance of Rob since 1998. Kurt's death would be revealed to have been fake in 2020)
* 13th September - Kurt Benson's funeral takes place. Lucy Benson is kidnapped by Rob Hawthorn, who is revealed to in fact be alive. New student Geri Hudson arrives in the village, asking Adam Morgan for directions. Adam also directs Nikki Sullivan to the halls. (First appearances of Geri and Nikki)
* 14th September - Geri Hudson and Nikki Sullivan meet their new neighbours at the Hall of Residence, Alex Bell and Sam Smallwood. Rob Hawthorn attempts to drown Lucy Benson, Ruth Osborne, Lewis Richardson and Tony Hutchinson in the nautical test facility. (First appearances of Alex and Sam)
* 15th September - New student Anna Green arrives in the village, moving into the Hall of Residence. (First appearance of the character)
* 20th September - Tony Hutchinson and Lewis Richardson manage to find an escape hatch, which allows them to escape into the River Dee. Tony manages to revive an unconscious Lucy Benson.
* 23rd September - Darren Osborne returns to the village with his father, Jack. (First appearance of Darren since 1997)
* 7th October - Nikki Sullivan collapses after contracting meningitis. Cindy Cunningham is injured after being attacked by her boyfriend, Sean Tate.
* 28th October - Rob Hawthorn attempts to drown Carol Groves in a bathtub.
* 4th November - Holly Cunningham is injured when she burns herself on Sean Tate's sparklers. Kate Patrick leaves the village alone, leaving behind Joe Johnson after their incestuous affair is discovered. (Last appearance of Kate until 2000)
* 15th November - After falling out with his mother Jill Osborne over the whereabouts of his twin sister Kate Patrick, Joe Johnson leaves the village. (Final appearance of the character)
* December - Rob Hawthorn and Beth Morgan get engaged.
* 22nd December - Sean Tate leaves the village for Tenerife, leaving Cindy and Holly Cunningham at the airport when Cindy forgets Holly's passport, but taking Holly's savings with him. (Last appearance of the character until 2000)
* 28th December - Rob Hawthorn is killed in a bus explosion. The blast knocks down a wall, leaving Sam Smallwood and Nikki Sullivan seriously injured. Assisted by her daughter Mandy Richardson, Helen Cunningham gives birth to a son. (First appearance of Tom, final appearance of Rob)
=== Historical events ===
*Steven Banks is fatally hit by a stolen car, occupied by joyriders Nikki Sullivan and Dan Sanders.
*Ellie Hunter goes missing whilst on holiday in Ibiza. She would later return to her family in February 2002.
*Sienna Blake falls pregnant by a young boy doing maintenance work at her private school. She is unaware that the boy is, in fact, her long-lost twin brother Dodger.
=== Real life events ===
* 8th June - Owen Warner (Romeo Nightingale) is born.
* 8th September - Hollyoaks Highs: The Wicked Bits is transmitted.
* 13th September - 16th September - Hollyoaks introduces two extra episodes as a one-off for a special set week of episodes.
* 22nd September - Beginning with Episode 351, Hollyoaks introduces a Wednesday episode and begins airing three episodes per week.
* 27th September - Bethannie Hare (Cher McQueen) is born.
* 2nd October - Matthew McGivern (Sam Chen-Williams) is born.
* 14th November - Ellis Hollins (Tom Cunningham) is born.
* 19th November - Niamh Blackshaw (Juliet Nightingale) is born.
== Cast ==
=== Appearances ===
=== Debuts ===
See also: :Category:1999 debuts.
Number	Character 	Actor 	Debut date
 	Adam Morgan 	David Brown 	15th February 1999
 	Joe Johnson 	James McKenzie Robinson	22nd February 1999
 	Luke Morgan 	Gary Lucy 	25th March 1999
 	Andy Morgan 	Ross Davidson 	1st April 1999
 	Sue Morgan 	Eve White 	1st April 1999
 	Zara Morgan 	Kelly Greenwood 	1st April 1999
 	Beth Morgan 	Elizabeth O'Grady 	6th May 1999
 	Geri Hudson 	Joanna Taylor 	13th September 1999
 	Nikki Sullivan	Wendy Glenn 	13th September 1999
 	Sam Smallwood 	Tim Downie 	14th September 1999
 	Alex Bell 	Martino Lazzeri 	14th September 1999
 	Anna Green 	Lisa M. Kay 	15th September 1999
 	Tom Cunningham	Unknown 	28th December 1999
=== Returns ===
See also: :Category:1999 returns.
Number	Character 	Actor 	Return date
 	Rob Hawthorn 	Warren Derosa 	9th September 1999
 	Darren Osborne	Ashley Taylor Dawson (recasted from Adam Booth)	23rd September 1999
=== Departures ===
See also: :Category:1999 departures.
Number	Character 	Actor 	Departure date
 	Kurt Benson 	Jeremy Edwards 	25th January 1999
 	Juliette Benson	Martine Brown 	10th May 1999
 	Kirk Benson 	James Quinn 	10th May 1999
 	Jasmine Bates 	Elly Fairman 	10th June 1999
 	Kate Patrick 	Natasha Symms 	4th November 1999
 	Joe Johnson 	James McKenzie Robinson	15th November 1999
 	Sean Tate 	Daniel Pape 	22nd December 1999
 	Rob Hawthorn 	Warren Derosa 	28th December 1999
== Episodes ==
See also: :Category:1999 episodes.
== See also ==
* :Category:1999 minor characters
* :Category:1999 births
* :Category:1999 marriages
* :Category:1999 deaths
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