Hollyoaks is a British television soap opera that was first broadcast on 23 October 1995. The following is a list of characters that appeared or will appear in the serial in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by executive producer, Bryan Kirkwood. The first character to be introduced was , a mysterious solicitor who begins manipulating Cindy Cunningham, in January. February began with the arrival of the Nightingale family's matriarch, . March and April included the first appearances of Grace Black's half-brothers, , and Jesse Donovan, as well as the first appearance of Simone and Louis Loveday's missing daughter , who had previously been impersonated by Sonia Albright. June saw the appearance of new police officer , with Diego Salvador Martinez Hernandez De