Hollyoaks Fan Reviews & Ratings - TV.com 10 By skooch50 , Nov 01, 2013 I was highly disappointed to see that nancys tattoo has all of a sudden vanished (on 30/10/13 and 31/10/13) after a few years back when there was a big storyline of when her older sister becca hit the roof for nancy getting a tattoo. I am more disappointed at the fact that I like that tattoo so much I went and got it done my self and now the writers of the show have took it upon themselves and assumed that the viewers have forgot about the tattoo too and in no part of the show has there been any discussion about her tattoo getting removed. I would like an explanation for this. DO YOU AGREE? 1.0 By COMEON , May 19, 2013 THE WORST SHOW IN THE WORLD. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARACTERS IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE. STORY LINES ARE EITHER PREDICTABLE OR THE WRITERS ARE TOO LAZY TO GIVE THE VIEWERS THE ENDING THAT THEY DESERVE.

THEY CREATE A SO-CALLED "EPIC" STORY LINE, AND MOUNT THE STORY LINE UP AND UP WITHOUT ANY SORT OF DIRECTION AND IN THE END, NOTHING IS UNCOVERED APART FROM THE OBVIOUS. THE ONLY THING THEY LOVE TO DO IS KILL EVERYONE OFF. (IE) TEXAS - DOES SHE FIND ABOUT THE BROOCH AMONG ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL DID IN THE BUILD UP TO THEIR "EPIC" WEDDING. SILAS - STORY LINE WAS DRAGGED ON A FEW HALF CENTURIES ONLY TO UNCOVER THE MINOR ANSWER THAT SILAS WAS THE MURDERER IN HALF AN EPISODE. MADDIE - BULLY STORY LINE WAS DRAGGED FOR A PAINFUL NUMBER OF MONTHS ONLY TO KILL HER OFF. AND WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO LAZY TO CREATE AN AFTERMATH STORY. OH, BUT THEY LOVE TO FILM SHOTS OF THERESA PARADING AROUND IN HER UNDERWEAR, OR HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN THAT THEY LUMBERED HER OFF WITH A CHILD A FEW "EPIC" STORY LINES DO YOU AGREE?

Hollyoaks follows the lives of young and old adults as they go through their daily routines, and not the regular things normal people go through. 5.5 By aluminae , May 07, 2011 I used to watch Hollyoaks religiously i.e. if I missed an episode I would curse more than usual. Unfortunately in the past few months the storylines have become more outrageous and they have introduced more new characters which makes it hard to keep up. There a spin offs aplenty which also makes it hard for the regular 18:30 viewer to know what on earth is going on. Many likeable characters are going off track and many new characters are too young or annoying for anyone to really relate to them. Its a shame, this show has finally hit its peak and even then it wasn't exactly the soap to watch. DO YOU AGREE? I actually think to myself "Why Did I Watch That?" after each and every episode and yet I watch it most days. 2.0 By randomshat , May 07, 2011 Its amazing, I have never come accross a TV show that is so inherently bad and yet I watch every day.

The plots are ludicrous, the acting is worse than a secondary school Drama class, the script is bad, the characters are shallow and fake. Its so bad in fact, that its actually good. The women are awesome, over the years there have been some absolutely unbelievable lasses in the show (although at the moment Becca is the only one really). This is the main reason for me watching it, although recently it had a few stories that werent just bad - they were unwatchable, and I left it for a few weeks. I dont recommend it to anyone, but no doubt ill tune in at 6.30 tonight. DO YOU AGREE? A teen soap about lifes problems, far fetched beyond belief which makes it all the more fun to watch. 7.0 By EmzRedDevil , Feb 04, 2009 Hollyoaks is a typical British soap which revloves mainly around the lives of a younger age range.

I use to be addicted to this show but then I got a bit sick of the same old story, don't get me wrong Hollyoaks is full of new twists and turns but seems to use the same storylines in separate situations, not to mention it does drag on with some pointless ones at times. However if you are ever bored through the week it is good trash TV to watch. Some of the actors are a bit lame whereas others can be very effective and believable in their roles, depends on how you look at it. At the end of the day it can keep you entertained and amused with its over dramatic storylines like any soap, so its always worth a watch. DO YOU AGREE? The best show since sliced bread :) 10 By keiths_sarah , Nov 28, 2008 Hollyoaks is definatly a fabulous show!! It is life like...well apart from the fact everyone is gorgeous I mean I've never visited a town like that lol....it's easy to relate to...most of the time lol.

It's 100% better then boring soaps like Eastenders and Corrie...Hollyoaks has been running for so long with great story lines, funny characters and fit lads haha! It brings out calanders and extra shows! So is obviously popular!! The extra shows are a lot more life like though with swearing and stuff not a lot though...the hollyoaks characters shock me when they swear just so use to them being all goody goody...except the murderers lol! xx As soap dramas made in the UK go this isn't half bad. 8.5 By vicky24c , Apr 28, 2008 I am an avid follower of all soaps, but I must admit myself that this one is very addictive, easy to get into and has great potential. Set in the fictional village of Hollyoaks, in Chester the show follows the everyday lives of the people who live in the village. It is by no means the best drama ever written, but for the UK it is pretty good. It currently airs on Channel 4 and E4, every week day night. There is something about Hollyoaks, which has me hooked.

The cast, the story lines, the settings are not perfect don't get me wrong, but there is something about this show. It always has different story lines that are current and interesting such as: - teenage pregnancy (which was hidden until the baby was born), gambling problems, drug problems, money problems, eating disorders, basically problems that everyone can relate to and story lines that keep viewers glued. It's hard to believe that this show has been on air since 1995, and yet is as popular now as it has ever been. I would give this show 8.5 out of ten. DO YOU AGREE? Okay, here is my review ! 8.0 By joeldan , Feb 25, 2008 I just started watching this show, and I like it but not too much, but I gave it 8/10 because it has a good story line and an intresting plot. I live in Iceland and we are not in the same place in the show, I think the diffrence is 1 or 2 years. Icelandair are wathcing the show when the 15 year old Amy has a baby !

My friend from school just moved here from London and she recommended Hollyoaks and said it was her favourite show. I can't agree with that, though it is a good show. Thank You ! DO YOU AGREE? 10 By petrelli19 , Feb 07, 2008 This show is pretty cool. There are so many characters in hollyoaks. Some of them are in high school and some of them are all grown up but i think their lives seem same. They all try to get rid of problems they have. It is really fun to watch this series. Actors and actresses are successful and when i start watching it, i cannot help myself watch it. Dramatic changes also occur in the series and this gives a whole different turninig point which becomes more enjoyable to follow. I hope hollyoaks keeps going so we can follow. I love hollyoaks. DO YOU AGREE? Hollyoaks goes through all the major things in life from teenage pregnancies to explosions, from drug taking to anorexia. It's so good because of the way the producers make it seem so real.

10 By xXxbabybunnixXx , Jan 28, 2008 In my opinion, Hollyoaks is the best soap ever! There is always something going on their and it never ever gets boring unlike corrie sometimes. I think the whole Danny and Hannah thing is great! I really really really hate Jake. He is sooooo controlling over Nancy and he tried to blame her for Charlie having cancer. It is one of the best shows in the world and they should never ever stop making Hollyoaks. I would die without it! I would recommend it to everyone because it appeales to all ages and because it is the best show ever! Go Hollyoaks ! ! ! DO YOU AGREE? 9.2 By momothelemur , Oct 03, 2007 I watch this every night on Channel Four, sometimes, if the episode's been really good, I go all rebellious and decide to watch the next episode on E4 :P I've been watching Hollyoaks for about a year, and I love its mix of humour and real life dilemmas. The recent anorexic-focused storyline was dealt with brilliantly, showing the dangers of anorexia without glamourising it.

Of course, it's hard to believe that so many beautiful women could live in one place, but whatever, I'm willing to overlook that. Not many people know I watch Hollyoaks, but once we had a discussion about it in the middle of our science lesson, which was random but fun. I found out that one of the Valentine siblings (played by Dominique Jackson I think) goes to a school near me. All in all, Hollyoaks is a good British show. DO YOU AGREE? Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera, first broadcast on 23 October 1995, on Channel 4. Originally devised by Phil Redmond, who also devised shows such as Brookside and Grange Hill 9.0 By bigb89 , Sep 10, 2007 Hollyoaks families Characters in this section are listed in family categories. The families are listed in alphabetical order with each family listed with parents first, and then children in order of age.

The Ashworth/Fletcher Family * Neville Ashworth, played by Jim Millea (2005-) * Suzanne Ashworth, played by Suzanne Hall (2005-) * Rhys Ashworth, played by Andrew Moss (2005-) * Hannah Ashworth, played by Emma Rigby (2005-) * Josh Ashworth, played by Sonny Flood (2005-) * Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher, played by Sam Darbyshire (2005-) The Barnes Family * Mike Barnes, played by Tony Hirst (2005) * Sarah Barnes, played by Loui Batley (2005-) * Amy Barnes, played by Ashley Slanina-Davies (2005-) * Leah Barnes, (2007-) The Cunningham Family/O'Brien Family * Max Cunningham, played by Matt Littler (1995-) * Tom Cunningham, played by Ellis Hollins (1996-) * Sam "O.B." O'Brien, played by Darren Jeffries (1997-) * Clare Cunningham, played by Gemma Bissix The Dean/Osbourne Family * Jack Osborne, played by James McKenna (19

96-) * Frankie Osborne, played by Helen Pearson (2002-) * Darren Osborne, Ashley Taylor Dawson (1999-) * Steph Dean, played by Carley Stenson (2000-) * Jake Dean, played by Kevin Sacre (2002-) * Craig Dean, played by Guy Burnet (2002-) * Charlie Dean, played by Harry and Thomas Gordon (2006-) The Fox Family * Warren Fox, played by Jamie Lomas (2006-) * Katy Fox, played by Hannah Tointon (2007-) The Hutchinson/Reilly Family * Tony Hutchinson, played by Nick Pickard (1995-) * Dominic Reilly, played by John Pickard (2005) * Tina Reilly played by Leah Hackett (2006-) The McQueen Family * Myra McQueen, played by Nicole Barber-Lane (2006-) * Jacqui McQueen, played by Claire Cooper (2006-) * Mercedes McQueen, played by Jennifer Metcalfe (2006-) * Carmel McQueen, played by Gemma Merna (2006-) * John-Paul

 McQueen, played by James Sutton (2006-) * Michaela McQueen, played by Hollie-Jay Bowes (2006-) The Valentine Family * Leo Valentine, played by Brian Bovell (2006-) * Calvin Valentine, played by Ricky Whittle (2006-) * Danny Valentine, played by David Judge (2007-) * Lauren Valentine, played by Dominique Jackson (2007-) * Sasha Valentine, played by Nathalie Emmanuel (2006-) HCC Students * Elliot Bevan, played by Garnon Davies (2007-) * Zoe Carpenter, played by Zoe Lister (2006-) * Kris Fisher, played by Gerard McCarthy (2006-) * Jessica Harris, played by Jennifer Biddall (2005-) * Nancy Hayton, played by Jessica Fox (2005-) * Zak Ramsey, played by Kent Riley (2004-2005, 2006-) * Gilly Roach, played by Anthony Quinlan (2005-) Other Characters * Justin Burton, played by Chris Fountain (2003-) * Russ Owen, played by Stuart

 Manning (2004-) * Louise Summers, played by Roxanne McKee (2005-) Recurring characters * Bill Ashworth, played by John Jardine (2005-) * Vivien Holden, played by Jacqueline Leonard (2007-) * Davey Thomas, played by Alex Preston (2006-) * Wayne Tunnicliffe, played by Joe Marsden (2006-) Upcoming Characters * Beth Clement, played by Sinead Moynihan (Arrives 5 October 2007) Departing Characters * Craig Dean, played by Guy Burnet (Departs September 2007) Hollyoaks DVD and Video specials * Hollyoaks: Off on One (1998) * Hollyoaks: Indecent Behaviour (2001) Hollyoaks Late Night Specials * Hollyoaks: Breaking Boundaries (2000) * Hollyoaks: Boys Do Barca (2000) * Hollyoaks: Leap of Faith (2003) * Hollyoaks: After Hours (2004) * Hollyoaks: In Too Deep (2004) * Hollyo

aks: Crossing The Line (2005) * Hollyoaks: No Going Back (2005) * Hollyoaks: Back from the Dead (2006) Hollyoaks New Media Content * Hollyoaks Backstage (2007) Hollyoaks Spin Offs * Hollyoaks: Movin' On (2001) * Hollyoaks: Let Loose (2005) * Hollyoaks: In the City (2006) Books * Hollyoaks: New Friends (1996) * Hollyoaks: Friends and Families (1996) * Hollyoaks: Can't Get the Girl (1997) * Hollyoaks: Luke's Secret Diary (2000)Luke dealing with life after being raped by Mark Gibbs * Hollyoaks: Lives and Loves of Finn (2000) * Hollyoaks: Running Wild (2002): About what Ellie Mills (nee Hunter) did before she came to Hollyoaks and the real reason she returned.

* Hollyoaks: Seeing Red (2002): about Lisa Hunter self harming. * Hollyoaks: Truth or Dare (2006): about Hannah Ashworth, Nancy Hayton and Sarah Barnes on a school trip to France. Although Nicole Owen is featured on the cover she does not appear in the book as she is still in shock after Andy Holt's attack. * Hollyoaks: Playing with Fire (2006): this follows the storyline of Becca Dean and Justin Burton's affair. * Hollyoaks: Fame Game (2006): about Steph Dean and Debbie Dean in London on a search for stardom. * Hollyoaks: Guilt Trip (2006): about Nicole Owen's struggle for a normal life and Sam Owen's plan and action for revenge. * Hollyoaks: It's My Life (2007): about Amy Barnes' pregnancy. Music Hollyoaks is the only major British soap to make use of incidental music, Each episode begins with a current or recent chart song.

These have included bands such as Ocean Colour Scene with the song "Hundred Mile High City", Belle & Sebastian, Oasis, Radiohead,Fall Out Boy, Scissor Sisters, U2, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Justin Timberlake, The Libertines, The Kooks, Muse, Feeder, Seth Lakeman, Arctic Monkeys, Morrissey, The Fratellis, Kasabian, The Darkness, Maroon 5, BabyShambles, Sugababes, Dirty Pretty Things, Kate Nash, The Maccabees and My Chemical Romance. Current chart songs are not used in the international version of the show; instead library music and a selection of purposely-composed songs are used. In 2007, The Alphites were the first band to perform on the show. They played in the SU Bar A "Hollyoaks" soundtrack CD was released in 2001, containing music used in the programme. The main theme was written and performed by Steve Wright, who produced music and themes for not only Hollyoaks but Brookside, Grange Hill and other Mersey TV productions. DO YOU AGREE?

the best of the british 10 By MoreThanAnyone , Aug 28, 2007 this is the only decent soap that has come fom english tv. i would highly recomend this show to anyone it is the only british soap i watch and shows of british talent to the highest standard. hollyoaks is often dismissed at soap awards but i thinkit is very under rated, people dont take the time to love it! maybe because i'm in my teens is why i love it so much, but i dont understand why the main audience is teens i see it perfect for all ages. i swear this show is turning into one tree hill, the same stories(kind of), the same music, the same camera angles, its all the same. but hey im not complaining i still love it. DO YOU AGREE? 8.8 By hollacious , Aug 16, 2007 People know me as the person who cannot tolerate soaps! I pride myself in not watching them day in day out obsessing over not missing an episode. Recently after moving back in with my sister who watches it, I've become that soap addict I so desperately didn't want to become. I love Hollyoaks!

The Characters, the storylines I love it! It's a soap but its not a soap... well it has a whole different feel to it than other soaps like corrie and eastenders. It's clearly made for a younger audience than other soaps and I've just realised that there are no old people in it which is odd concidering its set in a village... anyway thats not the point! Hollyoaks is the best soap by far! DO YOU AGREE? definietly my guilty pleasure of the day 10 By randomly_keira , Jun 21, 2007 Definietly my guilty pleasure for the day. I'm not quite sure why I like it; there's no great plot-poimts of intellectual-stimulants; but it keeps calling me back for more. Every day I find myself switching through channels looking for soomething to watch, and always end up stopping on Hollyoaks. The drama, and slight once in a while humor just makes it all the more inticing. Add to it the mix of social ladders and mental states, its the perfect half hour soap opera. I can see why it's desired five nights a week.

It sure pulled me in the first time I saw it, and I haven't been able to stop watching since. DO YOU AGREE? Oooh this show is the TV equivalent of eating a very large bar of chocolate!! In a good way though... 10 By hotpinkcons21 , Apr 30, 2007 Seriously, this show is soo underrated. The soap awards ignore it every year but Hollyoaks has the best stunts, the most controversial storylines and the hootest cast on TV without a doubt. I mean, Stuart Manning...who would say no!!! Anyway, at the moment in Hollyoaks there is a transvestite, a psycho stalker, a budding gay relationship, a girl struggling with an eating disorder, and a girl who is strugggling to cope with exam pressure. These are all really relevant issues (apart from the stalker one maybe) that teenagers struggle with every day. We've all felt pressure to do well in our exams or to be as thin as our friends, Some of us may even have struggled with our sexuality. So it's nice to see one major soap that deals with these issues rather than the more adult world topics that other soaps focus on.

DO YOU AGREE? 10 By kirstie22 , Apr 24, 2007 Over the past couple of months I've been becoming more and more obssessed by this show. It's easily the best soap on english TV screens. I mean, I used to think Eastenders was good, but this is in a league of it's own. It's a fun, modern youn person's soap and is never dull. Personally, my favourite storyline is the students. Kris, Jess, Zoe, Zack and Will. Kris and Jess being my favourites of the group with their love/hate relationship and constanting sniping, it's hilarious. I can't wait for them to get together. Kris is a cross-dressing bisexual who is witty and loved by many, much to Jess' annoyance. Jess is daddy's little princess adn is from St. Albans. She's posh and loves her expensive clothes which she misses terribly after she had to sell them to get money after her dad declared himself bankrupt. So naturally they sound like the perfect couple; or not...but trust me, it works! With many other characters all with dilemnas of their own this programme is a truly great watch!

DO YOU AGREE? best soap ever to be shown on telly and probably no better soaps in the future 10 By stud--2007 , Mar 21, 2007 this show has got every thing a teenager needs, sexy women (to fantacise over), descent story lines, funny sometimes, and just people messing about. this is the best show on t.v, and this show has got the some sexiest women on t.v. like: jess, michaela, sarah, hannah, zoe, becca, mandy, jodi albert, louise, jakkie mcqueen, mercedes mcqueen, carmell mcqueen. they are just a few of them. the only thing about carmell is that she is annoying, i couldnt cope with her for more than 5 minutes. warren is a tosser sumtimes, but he has been in sum good storylines. the only person who spoils it is nancy, why put her on the show DO YOU AGREE? Best TV program on TV, Eastenders & Coronation Street have nothing on Hollyoaks.

10 By PacmanChampion , Mar 07, 2007 I,ll just make a list of things that are great about Hollyoaks. Hollyoaks is the only major soap in the UK to be on all weekdays (Emerdale doesnt count because its s**t). Hollyoaks has the fittest woamen on (and probley men too but I wouldnt know). Hollyoaks is the only soap too have popular music in it. Hollyoaks doesnt contain Cockneys or Mancs. Hollyoaks is set in the best part of England. Hollyoaks has more sense of humour in it than Coronation Street, Eastenders, Neighbours and Emerdale put together. Bombhead is the best character ever created for a soap. Hollyoaks has the best opening credits and theme tune (yes the new one). Hollyoaks always has got a new story. Hollyoaks is like daytime porn. The list goes on and on, but I cant be bothered listing them, basically Hollyoaks is the best TV program on TV.

Hollyoaks to TV is what Queen is to music, what PacMan is to games, and What Fish pie is to food. ITS THE BEST! DO YOU AGREE? hollyoaks is all about teenagers,their familys, and the problems they have to face 10 By i-do-not-wish , Mar 06, 2007 I personally like hollyoaks for its realness, it isn't like many of the other sops, it doesnt solve a problem straight away and its not all fighting and spitting in people's faces. Holyoaks is a catchy name too! it suits the show and the surroundings of the hollyoaks "set". through the years there have been lots of diffrent theme tunes. petitions against hollyoaks, petitions against the petitions for hollyoaks but after all this time, it is still favoured and no matter what people dislike about the theme tune, the cast, who dies or leaves, even who can or can't act. everybody has to admit. its there favourite show of them all! extra, extra! ::: hollyoaks tomorrow!

these recent plots have made me wait watching the clock for hours waiting for hollyoaks. is it just me, or does hollyoaks resemble this world in this generation, not unrealistically but almost rite on the dot???? drugs, se.x, teenage pregnancy, general prgnancy, bfs, gfs, hiv, std everything DO YOU AGREE? 7.9 By hobbleit , Mar 05, 2007 I go through periods of watching Hollyoaks and then periods of not watching it. I'm in the former category at the minute. I'm addicted at the minute, the storylines are good. I like the John Paul story. They've handled his coming out and how people react to it well. There are several things that I would like to see happen 1. Sonny needs a punch. John-Paul is gay not a leper. 2. Jess and Kris need to get together before I tear my hair out. 3. Claire needs to die a horrible, slow and preferably painful death for what she has done to Max. 4. There should be more screentime for Tom, cos seriously he is the cutest kid on the telly.

As for the new titles, I'm not sure about them. They're really to fast paced for my liking. DO YOU AGREE? Hollyoaks (TV Series 1995– ) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Hollyoaks takes a look at the lives, loves and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSE's, A-Levels and College into the world of work. Creator: a list of 39 titles created 03 Aug 2012 a list of 23 titles created 29 Sep 2012 a list of 25 titles created 10 Sep 2013 a list of 28 titles created 01 Jan 2014 a list of 26 titles created 18 Sep 2015 Search for " Hollyoaks " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

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Stars: Jeremy Paxman, Roger Tilling, Waldemar Januzczak Uniform officers and detectives from an inner London police station enforce law and order on a day to day basis. Stars: Graham Cole, Trudie Goodwin, Jeff Stewart Hollyoaks Later (TV Series 2008) Comedy | Music | Romance Unseen scenes from Hollyoaks which are high in gore, violence and sex. Which is why they weren't shown in the first place. Stars: Jorgie Porter, Rachel Shenton, Jennifer Metcalfe Edit Storyline Hollyoaks is a British TV soap opera, that takes a mundane look at the lives, loves and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSE's, A-Levels and College into the world of work. first broadcast on 23 October 1995, on the Channel 4 network.

Originally devised by Phil Redmond, who also devised shows such as Brookside and Grange Hill, the program is set in and around the fictional Chester suburb of Hollyoaks and is centered around a former 1950s technical college which is now a college of higher education called Hollyoaks Community College (often mistaken for the real-life University of Chester), with the characters and main target audience generally being in their late teens or early twenties. Written by Anonymous Life gets a little bit better when you rub some Hollyoaks on it. See more » Genres: 23 October 1995 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Zycie w Hollyoaks See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Alex Carter (Lee Hunter) auditioned for the part of Darren Osbourne, but he lost out to Ashley Taylor Dawson . About four years later he was up for the part of Dan Hunter, but was considered to look too young for that part, but ideal for the younger brother. See more » Quotes Jack Osborne : If she's old enough to be in college then I'm Miss World. Sam 'OB' O'Brien : Then put your bikini on, Jack, 'cause she's doing media studies.

Hollyoaks is great at the moment 12 October 2013 | by atinder Only 14 months ago, I was saying this show is near the Axed but Lucky one of there Advert they showed last year, Looked well mad and it worked on me. I was never Fan of Oaks before but when I saw that Bus Crash and the aftermath. Those set of episoed blew me away and the showed had me there and there have some great gripping storyliens Over that gripped. There as not been one Dull moment this year, there alway drama every week, Shock and so many shocking twist and turns Hollyoaks is like no other UK soap, it takes Risk and they pay off!, Lastest soap awards Hollyoaks 3 awards beating Rival Eastenders with 0 awards and Emmerdale with 2. Since then show as got EVEN better they few months awesome to watch, after long day work. There I got another huge stunt this week,looks UNMISSABLE Blockbuter stuff. (I am not teen,My whole family enjoyed, my whole family loves this show! 1 of 3 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you?

Yes Hollyoaks: In the City - All 4 Hollyoaks: In the City Episodes About the programme This spin-off to the popular Chester-based soap focuses on Ben and Lisa's turbulent relationship as they try to build a life for themselves in Liverpool The History of British and Irish Towns About The history of British and Irish towns A town is not just an overgrown village . It has its own economy. Goods are made and traded there. So a good site might be on a bend in a navigable river, or beside a river crossing. The development of towns is generally complex. In those of our historic towns not too mangled by Blitz or boom, you can trace the growth from medieval core through belts of Georgian , Victorian and modern buildings, almost like tree rings. Check your conclusions with a series of town maps . The date and magnificence of churches , public buildings and places of entertainment give other clues to the periods of greatest prosperity.ï¿½ City status in England and Wales was traditionally given to towns with cathedrals , but from 1888 size of population became the chief factor in such designations.

Roman In the century before the Roman conquest a few tribal centres (oppida) grew up in southern Britain, though only one appears truly urban - Calleva (Silchester), which was laid out c. 25 BC on a grid plan influenced by Roman town planning. Some tribal centres were rebuilt as Roman district capitals after the conquest - Canterbury, Silchester, St Albans and Winchester. Other district capitals, such as Carmarthen, Carlisle, Cirencester, Exeter and Wroxeter, perhaps replaced a tribal meeting-place nearby, but as towns they were Roman creations, as was London, capital of the new province of Britannia. Other towns began life as legionary fortresses with settlements of ex-soldiers, like Caerleon, Chester, Gloucester, Lincoln and York, while Bath and Buxton were Roman spas. Roman towns were laid out on a grid plan, with a forum in the centre forming a market place, surrounded by shops, offices and a basilica . In the 4th century AD many gained defenses . Bibliography . Saxon/Viking Urban life declined drastically after Britannia left the Roman Empire in 410.

The early Anglo-Saxon arrivals had no use for Roman towns, living as they did at subsistence level. Even where Romano-British culture continued, the imperial economy which sustained urban life had collapsed. As trade revived in the 7th century, the Anglo-Saxons developed coinage and trading centres, for which they used the term wic (borrowed from Latin vicus). Some were beside former Roman towns well-sited for trade. Lundenwic lay west of the walled Roman Londinium. Hamwic (Southhampton) was downstream of the Roman fort and harbour of Clausentum. Eoforwic (York) was founded outside Roman Eboracum. Fordwich (Kent), Droitwich (Worcestershire) and Ipswich (Suffolk) retain the -wic suffix which provides a clue to their trading status. Urban life blossomed more widely in the 9th century. As the Vikings threatened, Saxon kings were driven to resurrect ruined Roman towns as walled market towns , which would generate income for their own defense (see Alfred's work on Bath and the Charter of Worcester ).

They also created new boroughs (burhs), such as Bristol , Hereford, Oxford, Shrewsbury and Wilton. Meanwhile the Vikings were founding their own boroughs. They too made use of Roman defenses where they could - at Leicester, Lincoln and York - but also founded towns like Derby. In Ireland the Vikings built fortified bases to wait out the winter between raiding seasons. A few of these - Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Waterford and Wexford - developed into Ireland's first true towns in the 10th century. Viking Dublin (Dï¿½bh Linn) was a major trading centre. Bibliography. Medieval The 12th century was a time of new town foundation throughout western Europe. The population was rising in a period of bountiful harvests. Kings, barons and churchmen hoped to reap the profits of urban property and markets . 100 new towns were created in England and Wales between 1066 and 1190. Some were to prosper, others to fail. Look for place-names like Newton, Newport and Newmarket.

As the Normans pressed into Ireland they founded inland towns, such as Trim, as well as building on Viking foundations along the coast. Meanwhile the first burghs were formed in Scotland. Some were existing centres like Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Perth and Stirling, which were granted a degree of self-government by royal charter. Others were new creations, often beside a royal castle , such as Roxburgh. New towns continued to spring up in the 13th century, for example Salisbury, created to serve the new cathedral begun in 1220. It was the most successful of the English medieval planned towns, rising in wealth above many an older town . Edward I was a notable town planter. He laid out a series of towns between 1277 and 1296 beside his new castles in north Wales, such as Caernarvon and Conway. But as the climate cooled after 1300, famine periodically stalked the land, weakening resistance to infection. People crowded together in towns became more vulnerable to epidemics. The Black Death nearly halved Britain's population in the mid-14th century.

Few new British towns were founded after that, until populations began to rise once more in modern times.ï¿½ By 1300 about thirty English provincial towns had over 5,000 inhabitants, but none in Wales. In Ireland and Scotland only Dublin and Edinburgh qualified. Dublin was the centre of English government in Ireland, while Edinburgh was emerging as the Scottish capital. But London dominated Britain's trade. With a population of over 60,000 it was by far the greatest city in these islands, and the first to recognise a need for building regulation . Bibliography . Tudor and Stuart plantations and ports The late 16th and 17th-century policy of encouraging English and Scottish settlement in Ireland created a swathe of new towns, since land grants to the immigrants required town building. Most towns in Ulster date from this period, including Belfast and Londonderry, the last walled city built in western Europe (see the Irish Historic Towns Atlas vols. 12 and 15 and BBC: London Companies ). Some of the new towns were more successful than others. In Britain several completely new ports were created in a wave of 17th-century enterprise.

Falmouth in Cornwall was established by the swashbuckling Sir John Killigrew of Arwenack House, long occupied by his family and now within the town. Falmouth gained its charter in 1661. Whitehaven, Cumbria, also owes its existence to a local landowner, but this time a newcomer. Sir Christopher Lowther purchased the estate of the former Priory of St Bees in 1630 and in 1634 built a stone pier at the fishing hamlet of Whitehaven. The estate had coal which could be exported to Ireland. Sir John Lowther laid out a grid of streets in the 1680s. Soon it was to rival Liverpool and Newcastle as a port. Bibliography: see General works on towns . Georgian An early 18th-century growth spurt transformed Dublin into the next largest British city after London. That growth was partly fuelled by cloth-making, even before the industrial revolution changed the focus from craft to mass-manufacture. As industry gathered pace, good sources of raw materials and power could turn a small town into a city.

Manchester and Birmingham were not even among the 40 largest provincial English towns in 1662, but by 1801 they were first and third on the list. (See provincial town ranking .) At the same time Britain was seeking wider markets or securing them by conquest. The west-coast ports of Bristol and Liverpool expanded dramatically with cross-Atlantic trade, while London remained the country's greatest trading magnet. The population of the capital doubled during the 18th century to reach one million; by the end of the Georgian era it was the largest city in the world and held that title for a century. From a novelty at the start of the 18th century, house numbering became the norm in new districts of expanding Georgian London. This concept gradually spread to other cities, which facilitated the creation of local directories . Guidebooks too start in the 18th century for London and major British resorts. A confident Enlightenment Edinburgh trumpeted its status as the Capital of North Britain with an entire New Town laid out across Nor Loch from the old city to plans approved in 1767. By 1820 much of it was complete.

The wide streets on a grid plan were in stark contrast to the steep, narrow ways of the old town clustered below the castle. Bibliography. And see Georgian style . Resorts of health and pleasure With rising wealth came a new type of town - the resort. The established spa of Bath burst out beyond its medieval walls in a flowering of late Georgian squares and crescents. Fishing hamlets blossomed into Regency seaside resorts such as Brighton, which grew as the railways brought travel within the means of the masses. In the mid-19th century they catered mainly to the middle classes, but by the 1890s the wages of factory workers were high enough for a seaside holiday. By 1900 Blackpool was a city of pleasure. The Edwardian period saw more resort development, such as the creation of Frinton-on-Sea from 1903. Bibliography. Suburban sprawl The Victorian population explosion added to urban sprawl, putting a Victorian fringe around market towns or joining villages to city in one huge conurbation. That trend gathered pace in the twentieth century, with council estates adding to private developments creeping across the countryside.

Modern transport made possible the dormitory surburb; people no longer had to live within walking distance of the workplace. Bibliography . Garden cities Ebenezer Howard developed the concept of the garden city - a happy meld of town and country. His ideal was to make it a pleasant environment which would be fairly run, with ground rents used to benefit all the townspeople. It was put into practice at Letchworth (begun 1903) and Welwyn (begun 1919). Garden suburbs sprang up along similar lines. Two of the most successful were Hampstead Garden Suburb outside London (begun 1907) and Wythenshaw outside Manchester (begun 1927). Bibliography Post-war new towns and redevelopment Influenced by the garden cities, the New Towns Act of 1946 designated 14 sites for the creation of new towns, eight of which formed a ring around London.

Another two were in Scotland (East Kilbride and Glenrothes), one in Wales (Cwmbran) and the rest in the North-East (Peterlee and Newton Aycliffe) and East Midlands (Corby).ï¿½ Cumbernaud followed in 1956 and a further 11 new towns in the 1960s, such as Telford, Redditch and Milton Keynes . Meanwhile the Blitz had devastated a number of city centres, giving scope for bold new town plans to transform the urban landscape. These swept away yet more of the historic fabric and sacrificed local character in favour of uniform modernism. Bibliography More recently Charles, Prince of Wales, has set an example of urban planning with his development of Poundbury as an extension to Dorchester on 400 acres of Duchy of Cornwall land, formerly Poundbury Farm. The aim was to design on a human scale, respecting the varied traditions of Dorset building. Architect and urban planner Leon Krier created the masterplan and building began in 1993. At the beginning of 2013 approximately 2,500 people were living in Poundbury.

It is due for completion in 2025. Bibliography Aston, M. and Bond, J., The Landscape of Towns A History of Settlement in Ireland (2000). City Status in the United Kingdom, 1830-2002 (2005). Clark, P. (gen. ed.), The Cambridge Urban History of Britain . vol.1 (600-1540), ed. by D.M. Palliser (2000); vol. 2 (1540-1840), ed. by P.Clark (2000); vol. 3 (1840-1950), ed. by Martin Daunton (2001). A. Dyer, Decline and Growth in English Towns, 1400-1640 (1991). Cities and People: A social and architectural history (1985). Martin, G. H., and MacIntyre, S., A Bibliography of British and Irish Municipal History (1972) The Story of Scotland's Towns (1989). Nolan, W.

and Simms, A. (eds.), Irish Towns - A Guide to Sources (1998). The Great Cities in History (2009). Exploring Urban History: Sources for Local Historians (1990). Urban Ireland: Development of Towns and Villages (1982). The Walled Towns of Ireland 2 vols. (1992). West, J., Town Records (1983). Gives a gazetteer of boroughs in England and Wales from Anglo-Saxon to modern, listing related charters, Domesday, gild and borough ordinances, town plans, improvement acts, commercial directories, newspapers, photograph collections and census data. Britain under Fire: The bombing of Britain's cities 1940-1945 (1986). Primary sources Much useful material can be gleaned from the guide books and street directories which began to appear in the 18th century. By the late 19th century any significant town should appear in county directories, while major cities had their own directories. Census returns from each decade after 1801 are prime sources for population data, now online at Vision of Britain .

For the previous centuries some taxation records give an indication of the number of people living in a town and their occupations. For England see town ranking and The Poll Taxes of 1377, 1379 and 1381 ed. C.C. Fenwick, Records of Social and Economic History New Series vols. 27 and 29 (1998, 2001). Online transcripts ofï¿½medieval tax records are listed by Medieval English Genealogy . Local authority records will generally be found in the relevant local record office . Many are now catalogued online: see archives . Some early borough records have been published by local record societies. British History Online has digitised some urban record volumes for Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and York. For other contemporary surveys and descriptions see primary sources in print .

Specific towns and cities Online interactive maps Mapping Medieval Chester : an interactive online digital map ofï¿½Chester c.1500, interlinked with medieval descriptions of the city c.1200-1500.ï¿½ The Map of Early Modern London using the Agas map of London as its platform, this project by the University of Victoria, Canada, links articles, scholarly work, student work, editions, and literary texts to the streets and sites of London 1560-1640. Lobel, M.D. (gen. ed.), Historic Galashiels (2011) English Historic Town and City Surveys . English Heritage is supporting a national programme of surveys of the archaeology, topography and historic buildings of England's historic towns and cities. Currently some databases are held either as part of the local Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record), or as a separate Urban Archaeological Database. Some are online via the Archaeology Data Service , which also has links to those on local authority websites. Those online or described online for South-West England are included in the bibliography below for SW England .

See official inventories for gazetteersï¿½of historic monuments in Cambridge, Edinburgh, London, Northampton, Oxford, Salisbury, Stamford and York.ï¿½ Property surveys A few historic towns have been analysed in detail, property by property, drawing on deeds, original surveys and other sources: Gerhold, D.,

Question: ‘Hollyoaks’ is set in which English town or city?
Answer: CHESTER