List of Hollyoaks characters introduced in 2001

The other three chosen were Marcus Patric (Ben Davies), Lesley Johnston (Laura Burns) and Elize du Toit (Izzy Cornwell).

[1] Theo moves to Hollyoaks where he set up the village's first gadget shop, Theologic, which supplies strange devices.

He often supports and adviss his friends, including Chloe Bruce (Mikyla Dodd) and Matt Musgrove (Kristian Ealey).

Theo also plays a key part in helping Gordon Cunningham (Bernard Latham) in winning the local elections as his campaigner.

Theologic begins taking little profit, which leads Theo into selling the business and moving into the Hunter's caravan park.

He cheats on her with Steph Dean (Carley Stenson) at a party at Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard)'s House.

She told a reporter from Inside Soap that "[she] is supposed to be a goth/punky kind of person and she used to wear dog collars – but I think they're really ugly.

[5] MSN TV's Lorna Cooper listed Abby as a "forgotten character" of soap opera who is mainly remembered for her "turbulent relationship" with Lee.

[10] John works as a lecturer at Hollyoaks Community College and begins a relationship with his colleague Ruth Osborne (Terri Dwyer).

[16] Other prominent Dan storylines included an illegal rally driving plot and a relationship with Debbie Dean (Jodi Albert).

The youngest son of Les (John Graham Davies) and Sally Hunter (Katherine Dow Blyton), he made his first on-screen appearance on 13 May 2001.

Carter announced his decision to quit the serial in 2005 to have more free time, filming his departure scenes in October 2005 and departed on-screen 23 December 2005.

[22] Jason is a footballer who lived the high life and always got what he wanted until he meets Geri Hudson (Joanna Taylor).

After getting married, Geri throws Jason out of the car, leaving him to realise that she is going to take him for every penny he is worth after what he had put her through.

Jon O'Brien from Metro called the character a "womanising footballer who got on the wrong side of wife Geri".

Louise was the roommate of Ruth Osborne's (Terri Dwyer) schoolfriend Sam Marsden (Sarah Manners), and the manager of a clothing store.

Sam is an old school friend of Ruth Osborne (Terri Dwyer) and flatmate of Louise Bridges (Abigail Fisher).

Sam's carefree nature meant that she was constantly job hunting, eventually enjoying working for a record company and began dating her boss Paul McDermott.

Rebecca "Becca" Dean (née Hayton), played by Ali Bastian, made her first appearance on 12 September 2001.

This includes running for student president against Chloe Bruce (Mikyla Dodd), and despite winning, he gives the position to her.

She dated Jamie Nash and had a one-night stand with Matt Musgrove, but left the village after Becca Hayton reported Eve for stealing money.

[25] Jodie arrives in Hollyoaks with best friend Nick O'Connor (Darren Bransford) and brother Jamie Nash (Stefan Booth).

After Jamie dies in an accident during a potholing trip, Jodie struggles to cope and has sex with Nick, who is gay, which confuses him on his own sexuality.

She begins a relationship with flatmate Kristian Hargreaves (Max Brown), but Jodie later discovers that she has failed her course and has to move back home, leaving Hollyoaks.

Scott Anderson, played by Daniel Hyde made his first appearance in the late-night DVD feature film Hollyoaks: Indecent Behaviour by current producer Jo Hallows.

The Daily Record's Lee-Ann Fullerton summed up his storylines: "he has bedded a 16-year-old, tried to seduce his rape accuser's best mate and been a suspected serial killer not bad for two years' work".

Knowing it was Darren who stitched him up, Scott decided to teach him a lesson by locking the doors of The Loft and setting fire to it.

He managed to persuade Ben and Russ Owen to go with him for a deal he was set up but when they arrived at the location they saw that Scott was the person Darren owed money to.

Dion was Jason Cunliffe and Scott Anderson’s agent and had to keep the pair in line, making sure that they stayed out of trouble.

Suki has sex with Max in a cellar and she kicks a fuse box which cuts the power to the fashion show.