Jim Millea
Encyclopedia
Jim Millea is an English
actor who plays small businessman and publican Neville Ashworth
in the Channel 4
soap opera
Hollyoaks
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Millea first came to public attention in 1989 as Pete Whiteley in Emmerdale Farm, a married man who embarked upon an affair with teenager Rachel Hughes. Pete Whiteley was killed off and his embittered wife Lynn set about confronting Rachel. A recurring role in the ITV children's drama Children's Ward
in 1993 saw Millea play a parent who removes his son from the ward on learning that another patient is HIV positive. Millea has also appeared as minor characters in various television dramas and soaps including a one off special episode of EastEnders
"The return of Nick Cotton" in 2000. In 2005, Millea was cast as the father of the new Ashworth family in Hollyoaks. He left the show in 2010.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actor who plays small businessman and publican Neville Ashworth
Neville Ashworth
Neville "Nev" Ashworth is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jim Millea. He debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 3 October 2005 and was created by David Hanson...
in the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
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Millea first came to public attention in 1989 as Pete Whiteley in Emmerdale Farm, a married man who embarked upon an affair with teenager Rachel Hughes. Pete Whiteley was killed off and his embittered wife Lynn set about confronting Rachel. A recurring role in the ITV children's drama Children's Ward
Children's Ward
Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons...
in 1993 saw Millea play a parent who removes his son from the ward on learning that another patient is HIV positive. Millea has also appeared as minor characters in various television dramas and soaps including a one off special episode of EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
"The return of Nick Cotton" in 2000. In 2005, Millea was cast as the father of the new Ashworth family in Hollyoaks. He left the show in 2010.