| Runtime: | 50–60 minutes (excl. adverts) |
| Creator: | Daran Little |
| Director: | Rob Rohrer Daikin Marsh Sarah Walker Ian Bevitt Tessa Hoffe David Kester Tracey Rooney Paul Murphy |
| Starring: | Gemma Atkinson Marcus Patric Kym Marsh Lee Warburton Georgina Walker Philip Olivier Alexis Hall Oliver Lee Leon Lopez Bryony Seth Effie Woods Adam-Jon Fiorentino |
| Opentheme: | Next to Me (Vocals by Shayne Ward)[1] |
| Endtheme: | Next to Me (Vocals by Shayne Ward) |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Producer: | Daran Little |
| Location: | Liverpool |
| Network: | E4 |
| Num Series: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 20 |
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Hollyoaks: In the City is a British television drama series set in Liverpool, first broadcast in 2006. Hollyoaks: In the City is a spin-off of Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, originally devised by Phil Redmond. It also served as a continuation to 2005's , which also starred Gemma Atkinson and Marcus Patric.
On 16 November 2006 the writer of the show, Daran Little, announced on his Myspace site that the series had not been recommissioned due to low audience figures.
After returning home from Sri Lanka, Ben and Lisa move in with Ben's friend "Tank Top" when they cannot afford to purchase their own place. They quickly settle in and plan to purchase a bar in Liverpool. However, Ben is tricked into handing over the deposit to con men. After being given a chance to retrieve his money by a local entrepreneur, Burton, Ben finds himself embroiled in a world of crime and sleaze and he tries to work off his debt.
Lisa starts to work at Burton's modeling agency, Gloss, which is actually a front for an escort agency run by Burton. Lisa befriends Polly (Georgina Walker) who shares a flat with Kay (Kym Marsh) but Kay is murdered after two episodes. Afterwards a story arc involving Kay's murder emerges with many characters under suspicion; Denise Welch guest stars as the detective in charge of investigating the murder. Kay's brother, Mickey, turns up, but is later killed after breaking into Burton's office.
The series also features Oliver Lee as a gay student, Josh, who becomes infatuated with his teacher, Adam (Philip Olivier). The producers made the decision of breaking up Ben and Lisa, with Ben ending up with Polly and Lisa sleeping her way through the male characters. Lisa briefly turns to escorting as does Ben when he sleeps with Stella (Claire King) so that Polly is able to give up escorting. However it is clear Lisa and Ben are still in love with each other.
The final episode comes to a dramatic climax as Debbie finds out the truth that Polly isn't her real sister and runs off to find Josh; Polly later appears to commit suicide by overdosing; and Josh and Adam get together briefly, but when Adam kisses another man at the nightclub, Josh runs off distraught. Lisa is abducted by clients of Stella who intend to use her in a snuff pornographic film, whilst Ben, Burton and Tank Top frantically rush to find her. This ends in tragedy when Lisa, whilst trying to escape, accidentally shoots Ben in the stomach and he dies in her arms as Burton and Tank Top look on.
The themes introduction was composed by Luke Blu.
Main cast
Recurring cast