Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October The following is a list of characters introduced in , by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by executive producer, Bryan Kirkwood. Sid Sumner Billy Price , the son of Stuart, joins as a guest character in May, before being promoted to the regular cast in November. Additionally, multiple other characters appear throughout the year. Mitchell Drinkwell-Deveraux also Deveraux , portrayed by Imran Adams, first appears in episode , broadcast on 8 February Toussaint , annoying Lisa.
Gordon said that Toby and Celeste have "ulterior motives", but did not believe that they were villains. His exit story sees him blackmailed into leaving the village by Toby and Celeste. Stuart Sumner , portrayed by Chris Simmons , first appears in episode , broadcast on 21 February The character is at the focus of a year-long far-right extremism story, where he grooms Ste into joining his far-right group using "psychological manipulation" to "immerse him in their anti-Islamist ideology".
Keen to portray himself as the respectable owner of the Teahouse, Stuart was actually the leader of a dangerous Far Right Organisation with the intention of grooming vulnerable young men into fostering Islamophobic beliefs. Along with his right-hand man, Jonny Baxter Ray Quinn , Stuart successfully groomed Ste over the course of a year and fuelled his hatred of Maalik family. Once Stuart had isolated Ste from the Lomaxes, he planned to detonate an explosive device in a Muslim community centre - but it accidentally detonated in the Maaliks' back garden, causing Yasmine Maalik Haiesha Mistry to go deaf.
After that, Stuart began to realise that Ste no longer believed in the Far Right cause and became suspicious of him. Realising Ste could no longer be trusted, Stuart and Jonny abducted Ste and Sami Maalik Rishi Nair and drove them to the clifftops - where he planned to kill them both. However, the police arrived and Sid pushed Stuart to his death to save Ste's life.
Shahid Shirani , portrayed by Alex Williams, first appears in episode , broadcast on 14 March He called his first scenes "hard-hitting". Babs Drinkwell credited as Babs , portrayed by Samantha Mesagno, appears in episode , broadcast on 11 April McQueen explained that Babs' illness "forced [Lily] to grow up before her time". Amir Shirani , portrayed by Naveed Choudhry, first appears in episode , broadcast on 26 April Prior to this, they had also attacked Shahid.
