Josh Ashworth
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Joshua "Josh" Ashworth is a fictional character in long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks. He is played by actor Sonny Flood.
Josh is the youngest of the Ashworth children.
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[edit] Storylines
[edit] Moving in
Josh moved into the Hunter family's old house with his Neville Ashworth and Suzanne Ashworth, brother Rhys Ashworth and sister Hannah.
On his first night at the new house he got into an argument with Hannah over who should get the biggest bedroom. Their parents decided to let them settle it between themselves, they decided the first one to reach the room would get it. The 2 sibliings ran up the stairs only to find their older brother Rhys had already claimed it because he needed the extra space for when his mate Gilly Roach comes round to the house. Hannah then claimed the second biggest bedroom, which left Josh with the smallest room.
[edit] At war with Hannah
At school he was turned down by both of his sister's friends Nancy Hayton and Sarah Barnes. He then moved on and tried to scam the school with his best friend and cousin, Fletch by starting a tour of the Hollyoaks woods to see the Hollyoaks beast. When his sister Hannah found out, she, Sarah and Nancy played a trick on them by pretending to be the "real" Hollyoaks beast. Josh and Fletch became very frightend and Josh started giving a speech about how he would miss his sister if anything were to happen to him and that he should have been nicer to her. He was to be surprised when he found out it was a joke by the very person he was thinking of at that moment.
He and Fletch then tried to get on the Year 12 girls "fit list" but he was tricked by Sarah, her sister Amy and Amy's friend Michaela McQueen, into stripping off in front of a class full of students.
The two lads then got their own back on Nancy, Hannah and Sarah by doing an intreview with them then editing it so they gave funny answers to their questions, then looping it in the school hallway. The 3 girls then got him back by stealing Josh's childhood toys and putting them on display. Josh decided to end the war and the 2 sides agreed to a truce.
[edit] Christmas with Grampa Bill
Around Christmas 2005, Josh's Grampa Bill came to temperly stay with the family. Josh managed to persuade his parents to let Fletch spend Christmas with them. The 2 friends never get on well with Gramps (though Gramps adores Hannah), and the pair found out that Bill had won some money on the horses. They manged to persuade Grampa Bill to buy some new clothes, but only on the condition that they got the clothes from the charity shops. BIll was unimpressed with any of the clothes and Josh told Fletch that Gramps was past it and there wasn't much point him spending his money as he wouldn't be around to enjoy it.
Upon hearing this Bill made a bet with his 2 Grandchildren on the day they thought he would die. Rhys and Gilly Roach also made a bet and Grampa choice the day he would die as Christmas day. A few days before Christmas Bill found his war medals missing and blamed Gilly. Eventually he found out that Josh and Fletch had taken them to frame for his Christmas present. Gramps apologised to Gilly and the whole family ate their christmas lunch together. After lunch the family noticed Grampa Bill wasn't breathing and Josh, Fletch, Hannah, Rhys, Gilly, Suzanne and Neville all stood round Bill assuming him to be dead. He sprung awake and asked Josh, Fletch, Rhys and Gilly for the money he had just won for the bet they had made.
[edit] Taking Grampa Bill home
Months then passed and Neville forced a reluctant Josh to visit his Grampa in his rest home along with Fletch. When Josh and Fletch saw how sad and lonely his Grampa was in his rest home. Josh then tried to tell his parents about Bill, but his dad was busy with work as he had to make some staff changes at Price Slice whilst Suzanne was busy with the family. Josh and Fletch manged to persuade Grampa to leave his home and the pair snuck him into the Ashworth house.
A few days passed and eventually Grampa was found by Suzanne, she called a family meeting with the rest of the family and had a vote as to weather or not Gramps could stay in the house. Suzanne was out voted as Grampa Bill had bribed his grandchildren to get them to vote his way.
[edit] Trying to be cool
At school Josh and Fletch were confronted by Ste Hay and Wayne Tunnicliffe, who told Josh that they fancied his sister Hannah. They asked Josh and Fletch to hang out with them after school and be in their gang. Then Ste asked Josh if he and Wayne could come by his house to meet Hannah. The first time they came round Neville asked them to leave but Ste recognised Neville from working in Price Slice and Neville gave the two lads a lecture in how he manges the supermarket. After going round to the Ashworths' house a few more times Ste and Wayne were bored of Hannah always being at either Sarah or Nancy's houses.
[edit] The inheritance
Things were looking bleak at the Ashworth House after Neville was fired from Price Slice after refusing to fire a long term employee, to save the shareholders of Price Slice's money. This meant that Suzanne had to do extra shifts for her job as a nurse at the local hospital.
Neville wanted to buy the local shop, Drive 'N' Buy after it was put up for sale by the owner Max Cunningham, but the family couldn't afford the shop. Grampa Bill decided to give his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren their inheritance as he wanted to be around to see them enjoy it.
Hannah and Rhys were going to spend their share on a holiday whilst Josh wanted to to buy a new mountain bike, but Neville realised that his share alone wouldn't be able to buy Drive 'N' Buy. He asked the family to but all their shares together but they all refused. Grampa Bill, with help from Fletch, manged to persuade Hannah and Rhys to do the right thing (using emotional blackmail).
Josh was then told by Fletch that it would pay off for him in the long run and that if he didn't do the right thing Neville would have to get a 9-5 job and Suzanne would have to cary on doing extra shifts and Josh would never see them, just like Fletch's own parents. This along with a little nudge from Hannah and Grampa Bill, persuaded Josh to give up his share. Though Josh did ask if he could keep a bit of his money.
[edit] Joyriding
Josh tried again to be cool with Ste, so he copied an adult video for Ste, who had just got back with Amy Barnes. Ste asked if he could go to the Ashworths' house to get it, so he, Amy, Josh and Fletch went round there and Ste noticed Neville had left his car keys on show. Ste then took the boys and Amy for a joyride in Neville's car before bringing it back again.
He, Fletch, Michaela and Amy were walking home from school when Ste pulled up in a stolen BMW. Ste told them all to get in the car and he drove the car across town. The police started chasing them but Ste lost them and told the others to get out of the car while he ditched it.
[edit] The crash
Whilst in school he and Fletch overheard Amy, Michaela and Ste planning to skip school and go joyriding again. Amy wanted to stir a situation between Ste and the two cousins by telling Ste that Josh and Fletch criticised his driving. Ste told the two that they should come with them so he could prove how great a driver he was, but Fletch refused and Josh hesitated. Ste and the girls went and left them behind.
Whilst walking home from school that day they found Ste and the two girls waiting for them. Ste threatened them with a beating if they didn't get in the car. Josh was easier to persuade then Fletch who only went along because Josh was going. Josh wanted Ste to think he was cool and bought him and the others some beer.
Ste's plan was to prove to the two cousins that he was an experienced driver by speeding and swerving on the road and trying to frighten them before leaving them stranded in the countryside.
Whilst driving dangerously down the road he turned around to ask Josh and Fletch, "How's my driving?" and took his eyes of the road. The others in the car shouted to him to watch the road. Ste turned around just in time to see a dividor in the road; he swered to avoid it and ended up crashing the car.
Ste ran off after leaving Josh, Fletch and Michaela with an injured Amy, who had not been wearing a seatbelt. Ste told the others to keep quiet about him otherwise he would kill them all.
Josh and Fletch were arrested at the scene and spent the night in a police cell, whilst Michaela went to the hospital with Amy. Days passed and Josh, Fletch, Amy and Michaela were convicted for joyriding and sentenced to community service. A few days later Josh and Fletch ran into Ste who was hiding in the village and along with Michaela's brother John-Paul managed to hand Ste over to PC Calvin Valentine.
[edit] Relationship with Amy Barnes
A few months later Josh was partnered, for a school assignment, with Amy. The two got on well together during the assignment and Josh took the risk of asking Amy out: to his joy she said yes. Josh doesn't know that Amy is 7 months pregnant (though neither Josh nor Ste is the father), or that Amy is only dating Josh as he is a good laugh and is a distraction from her current problem (which was also the reason she went joyriding with Ste and Michaela).
Josh's mum, Suzanne Ashworth, who was a nurse at the hospital at and was attending to Amy, knows of her pregnancy, she told Amy to stay away from her son. So Amy then broke up with Josh and he started moping around the house until his brother Rhys and Rhys's best mate Gilly Roach suggested he write down his heartbreak into a song. This gave Josh an idea and he wrote Amy a song called "I'm in Love". He persuaded Fletch to record the music and together they sung the song at his sister, Hannah's 18th Birthday party. Amy ran out embarrasesd because she didn't want the school to know she was dating Josh, but she did admit to Josh (who had ran out after her, leaving Fletch to sing the song by himself) that she thought it was sweet of him to create a song for her and the two then got back together.
[edit] Amy's secret
After getting back with Amy, Josh was going to take her out but Rhys told him he'd have to look after the shop because his band had just got a gig. Josh closed the shop and set up a picnic as a surprise for Amy. She was about to tell him something but Frankie Osborne came into the shop to buy supplies for baby Charlie.
A few weeks later Josh noticed Amy having stomach problems at school but she told him it was PMS and he invited her round to his house to use Suzanne's therapeutic pillow. He went to get some music for Amy but when he came back into the room he noticed Amy had left and there was a wet patch on his bed. Josh assumed she had wet herself because she hadn't been feeling well, but in actual fact her waters had broken. Josh then phoned Amy on her mobile and left a message to tell her not to worry about the bed.
[edit] Party time
The following week Amy missed school and had her baby which she called Leah, whilst Josh was off sick because of the flu. When he recovered he and Fletch set up a party. Josh wanted to invite Amy, but couldn't find her. He did, however manage to invite Amy's best mate, Michaela. Amy tried texting him but he didn't receive any of her messages.
Fletch gave Josh a condom and told him to get lucky with some other girls but Josh only wanted Amy. Amy later arrived with Michaela and started drinking heavealy because of her problems with Leah. Josh went up to talk to her and Amy asked him why he didn't answer her texts. She then asked him to go upstairs with her to his room and forced herself on him, but Josh didn't want to take advantage of her in the drunken state she was in. Just then Michaela burst into his room and assumed Josh had treid to have sex with Amy while she was drunk. She took Amy home, leaving a confused Josh behind.
The following day he tried to text and phone Amy to see if she was all right but she was busy dealing with a health vistor.
[edit] Friendships and Relationships
[edit] Family/Lives with
- Mother: Suzanne Ashworth
- Father: Neville Ashworth
- Brother: Rhys Ashworth (Older)
- Sister: Hannah Ashworth (Older)
- Grandfather: Bill Ashworth
- Cousin: Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher
- Brother Rhys's best mate: Gilly Roach
[edit] Friendships
- Best mate: Jamie "Fletch" Fletcher
and Michaela McQueen
[edit] Relationships
- Girlfriend: Amy Barnes
[edit] Classmates
[edit] External links
Josh Ashworth on the Hollyoaks website
