Luke Morgan is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Gary Lucy.

He was introduced by the show's creator Phil Redmond as part of the Morgan family, and made his first appearance on 25 March 1999.

Hollyoaks creator Phil Redmond defended criticism and said the storyline "aimed to tackle one of the last great social taboos responsibly".

[7] In the lead up to the attack producers worked closely with rape-related support groups to help make the storyline as realistic as possible.

Hallows told Wendy Granditer from Inside Soap that production originally worried that Lucy would not be able to cope with tackling such a difficult storyline.

[11] On 21 May 2017, it was reported that Lucy had agreed to reprise the role after an absence of fifteen years and had signed an eighteen-month contract.

[14] He added that he is enjoying his storylines and filming with Ashley Taylor Dawson, who appeared alongside Morgan in his original stint as Darren Osborne.

The actor also cited Kirkwood's enthusiasm and the ability to film with Dunn, Dawson and Nick Pickard (who portrays Tony Hutchinson) as other reasons for his return.

[12] In July 2017, Lucy told Daniel Kilkelly of entertainment website Digital Spy that he would be performing in The Full Monty from September 2018.

He begins a friendship with Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) and a relationship with Mandy Richardson (Sarah Jayne Dunn).

Eventually, they reunite but Luke struggles with Andy and Sue's inability to discuss the rape so decides to move out.

Hoping to move on, Luke begins a relationship with Laura Burns (Lesley Crawford), who is mentally unstable.

Darren tracks Luke down and discovers he is unemployed so offers him a job at his taxi firm, Daz Cabs.

Luke leaves Mandy's daughter, Ella Richardson (Erin Palmer), by herself when he goes to buy alcohol and the neighbours call social services.

Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard) and Mandy return to the house and find social services waiting for them.

He then becomes obsessed with Mark, stalking him on social media and trying to arrange a meeting with him to buy his car whilst posing as Nancy Osborne (Jessica Fox).

Fuming, Luke finds out where they live and trashes their house, buy drops Nancy's credit card in their home.

Luke seeks help from lawyer Sami Maalik (Rishi Nair) to get a divorce from Scarlett, but they are unable to track her down.

Luke's alcoholism continues to get worse, leading to the deterioration of his relationship with Mandy and causing him to ignore Ollie's attempts to talk to him about the grooming that he is experiencing at the hands of Buster Smith (Nathan Sussex).

Luke also almost kills Simone Loveday (Jacqueline Boatswain) while drink driving and she encourages him to seek help after sharing her own experiences with alcohol.

Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe) calls the police off-screen and Luke is arrested and imprisoned for GBH.

Luke is released later in the year and has a brief fling with Lisa Loveday (Rachel Adedeji) to make Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) jealous.

Luke acts as support when Diane is under the influence that Tony has left her, but he was stabbed and kidnapped by Breda McQueen (Moya Brady).

The construction work for the Bazzar comes to a halt after Breda crashes her car into the crane, with Tony in the boot, but nobody notices him.

On New Years Eve, Ollie witnesses Sid Sumner (Billy Price) buying ketamine and Luke manages to stop him from taking it.

During a meal at the mountainside, Luke wanders around the area, beaming that he and Cindy are finally going to get a happily ever after, but due to his dementia clouding his mind, he is unable to realise he is standing to close to the cliff’s edge.

[21] A BBC columnist included Luke's rape storyline in their article about controversial issues portrayed through soap opera.

[26] A reporter from Virgin Media branded it "devastating and frightening" and placed it on their "soap's scariest storylines" list.

[28] In addition a BBC reporter noted that Lucy's portrayal garnered praise from a performance which "showed him retreating from the situation and eventually attempting suicide" and adjusting to life after the trial.

[29] Elizabeth Joyce of the Shropshire Star said that Luke was a "genuinely memorable" and "decent character", who still holds "a place in the heart of many a late-twentysomething".