List of Hollyoaks characters introduced in 1995–1996

Ollie Benson, played by Paul Leyshon, appeared from 1995 to 1997. Making his debut in the first episode, he departed two years later when the character died in a road accident. The character's death occurred as part of a new "radical" direction for the serial, as it sought to tackle "tougher issues" on-screen. The car crash storyline aired over four consecutive nights and saw both Ollie and Lee "Stan" Stanley (Nathan Valente) involved in a head-on collision, after a drunken Stan takes Ollie on "a nightmare drive".

Ollie is the youngest of Benson children and the brother of Kurt Benson (Jeremy Edwards) and Lucy Benson (Kerrie Taylor). Ollie works as a journalist for the Riverbank Review, where he instigates seminal reports including ''Babe of the Month'' and ''Cleavage of the Year''. Ollie's best friend is Lee "Stan" Stanley and even after Ollie exposes a scandal of Stan's, Ollie remains best friends with him. Ollie has sex with Mandy Richardson (Sarah Jayne Dunn), not discovering until later that she is fifteen and facing a statutory rape charge. Ollie tries to stop Stan in his car for driving too fast until Stan loses control of the car and a lorry reverses down the road, with Stan having no time to brake. Ollie suffers injuries and is rushed to hospital with his family beside him. After a week, both Ollie and Stan die in hospital. Provided by Wikipedia