Neville Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, played by Jim Millea.

As such, the character has provided the parental viewpoint in storylines that cover issues such as eating disorders,[1] incest,[2] drug addiction[3] and misattributed parentage.

In contrast to this role, he is also the comic relief in many scenes, with Neville characterised as old fashioned, boring and somewhat bigoted, in the tradition of former character, Gordon Cunningham.

[4] Actor Jim Millea was given the role after regular auditions for Neville's character in the Ashworth family, he was created by David Hanson.

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

[5] It was soon revealed that Marquess planned to give Hollyoaks a "shake up", changing the productions team[6] In February 2010, it was announced that new series producer Paul Marquess had decided not to renew Millea's contract, along with Suzanne Hall and Sonny Flood's contracts.

Whilst he says his reason is that Hannah had been advised not to enter a relationship while recovering from her eating disorder, his real objection is Danny's skin colour.

In 2009, Neville, along with Suzanne, Rhys and Josh, assume Hannah has taken a relapse after finding food, planted by Ash Roy (Junade Khan), in her room.

To make matters worse, Suzanne begins a sexual affair with Hannah's fiancé Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson) at Calvin (Ricky Whittle) and Carmel Valentine's (Gemma Merna) wedding.

Ultimately Neville decides they need a clean break, and they tell Josh that since he started their problems, he will stay behind while the rest of the family move to Spain.

A guilt-ridden Rhys, unable to convince Neville to change his mind, confesses that he was the one who caused Josh's car crash.

In December 2012, Suzanne returns for Rhys' funeral and reveals that Neville could not make it as he recently had surgery on his back and couldn't fly out.