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Hollyoaks: A Multi-Cultural Soap Opera Reflecting Britain's Diversity

"Hollyoaks, a long-running soap opera set in the fictional Chester suburb, portrays a diverse range of characters in their late teens or early twenties. With storylines tackling issues like drugs, smoking, and relationships, the show explores various family types, classes, and community dynamics. While accurately reflecting modern Britain's multicultural society, Hollyoaks occasionally leans into stereotypes, particularly with its teenage characters. Despite this, the show offers a realistic portrayal of a typical town and relatable real-life stories."

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Hollyoaks: A Multi-Cultural Soap Opera Reflecting Britain's Diversity

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  1. Hollyoaks Soap Opera Ebony Solomons

  2. Hollyoaksbackground information • It was first broadcast on Channel 4 in 1995. • The programme is set in and around the fictional Chester suburb of Hollyoaks and is centred around a local higher education college with the characters generally being in their late teens or early twenties. • The cast has expanded from 7 to approximately 50 characters.

  3. How is Britain represented in Hollyoaks? • Multi-cultural • Majority are teenagers • Problems- such as drugs, smoking and alcohol • Range of family types- nuclear, extended and single parent • Range of classes • Relationship complications • Close community • Middle class

  4. Fair/ accurate representation? • Hollyoaks is quite an accurate representation of Britain as a place, because it has the conventions of a typical town, for example shops, park, bar and pub. • A range of people are represented which reflects modern Britain such as it becoming more multi-cultural. • It is accurate in the way that different places are represented, such as the student houses and then family houses. • Relates to real life stories

  5. Are the characters stereotypes themselves? • The target audience for Hollyoaks is teenagers, the majority of characters are teenagers. • Stereotypes of the teenagers- young pregnancies, drugs, smoking and alcohol • There are the typical and stereotypical ‘bad boys’

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