New family for Hollyoaks

Soap spoiler alert! New faces are set to appear in the village...

19:54 12 March 2010

A set of new faces are to appear in Hollyoaks, it has been announced.

Writing on the soap's website, show producer Paul Marquess said: "We're particularly excited about the new family that will join the show in the summer - and guarantee they'll bring glitz, glamour and great stories to the Hollyoaks village!"

It was recently revealed that up to 16 existing cast member were to get the chop in a show shake up.

Speaking of their departure, Marquess said: "Sadly we will be losing some characters as storylines progress and actors' contracts come to an end. But we've created lots of fantastic new characters that we're currently casting for."

However, he has promised that the new family would be part of 'lots of exciting things coming up, with a lot of dramatic, funny and heartbreaking storylines in the pipeline'.