Hollyoaks is a British soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond. The program is set in a fictional suburb of Chester called Hollyoaks, and features a large cast of characters primarily aged between 16 and 35. The daily soap that follows the loves, lives and misdemeanors of a group of people living in the Chester village of Hollyoaks where anything could and frequently does happen.