Josh Ashworth, played by Sonny Flood, is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks.

In early 2010, it was announced that Hollyoaks executive producer, Lucy Allan, had stepped down from the role and that Paul Marquess had taken over.

Josh was involving in a storyline alongside the characters of Michaela McQueen (Hollie-Jay Bowes) and Amy Barnes (Ashley Slanina-Davies).

[5] After arriving in the village, Josh and his cousin Fletch begin a tour in the woods to see the "Hollyoaks Beast".

When his sister, Hannah (Emma Rigby), discovers what they are doing, she and her two best friend, Sarah Barnes (Loui Batley) and Nancy Hayton (Jessica Fox), play a trick on Josh and Fletch by pretending to be the "real" beast.

However, Josh is tricked by Sarah, her sister Amy Barnes (Ashley Slanina-Davies) and Michaela McQueen (Hollie-Jay Bowes) into stripping in front of a class full of students.

Josh and Fletch get their revenge on Hannah, Sarah and Nancy by doing an interview with the girls and editing the material to make their answers seem embarrassing.

After lunch, the family notice Bill not breathing and Josh, Fletch, Hannah, Rhys, Gilly, Suzanne and Neville panic.

Bill "awakens" and asks Josh, Fletch, Rhys and Gilly for the money he has just won for the bet they had made.

Months pass and Neville forces a reluctant Josh and Fletch to visit Bill in his rest home.

Josh and Fletch persuade Bill to leave his home and the pair sneak him into the Ashworth house.

Ste's plan is to prove to the two cousins that he is an experienced driver by speeding and swerving on the road and trying to frighten them before leaving them stranded in the countryside.

Ste ends up crashing the car and runs off after leaving Josh, Fletch and Michaela with an injured Amy, who had not been wearing a seatbelt.

Josh and Fletch are arrested at the scene and spend the night in a police cell, while Michaela goes to the hospital with Amy.

Josh and Fletch, with Michaela's brother John Paul McQueen (James Sutton), manage to hand Ste over to PC Calvin Valentine.

Amy breaks up with Josh and he mopes around the house until Rhys and Gilly suggest he write down his heartbreak into a song.

The next day Josh finds a necklace on the ground and gives it to Amy as a present and asks her out on a date, which she accepts.

During the date, Frankie Osborne (Helen Pearson) comes into the shop to buy supplies for baby Charlie.

The following week Amy misses school and has her baby, who she names Leah, while Josh is sick with the flu.

The next day Josh goes to the Barnes' house, where the pair find and steal some of Mike's home brew, getting drunk as it is much stronger than they had believed it to be.Mike bursts in on them after they had been dancing and fallen on the bed.

As Hannah's condition continues to worsen, Josh becomes increasingly frustrated because he feels no one is dealing with the situation.

Josh confronts Rhys and Beth with the rumours, and despite their suspicious behaviour he believes their denial and sends Michaela packing.

Although angry with Josh for revealing her secret about the abortion, they get back together while a gutted Ste demolishes his flat.

Josh offends Sasha calling her a "druggie" and makes Amy play drums to hide the fact that she is pregnant.

They try to get a demo CD on the student radio station, but Kris Fisher asks them if they can play live instead.

They put on a competition called Voice Idol on the student radio Kris runs in order to find a female lead singer, with Hayley Ramsey winning.

The band later collapses after Josh fires Hayley because she can't dance due to her being in a wheelchair, and Micheala becomes the new lead singer.

Josh begins to develop feelings for India and, after sharing a kiss at the students' Christmas party, they start going out.

India is left unconscious by the crash and is rushed to hospital fighting for her life as Josh is arrested by the police for driving under the influence.

It is revealed in December that Josh is unable to return for his brother Rhys' funeral as he is in Thailand with Michaela and cannot get a flight back.