Soap opera only lasted one year. Nevertheless, soap operas gained increasing prominence on UK television schedules. In 1995, Channel 4 premiered "Hollyoaks", a soap with a youth focus. When Channel 5 launched in March 1997, it debuted the soap opera "Family Affairs", which was formatted as a week-daily soap, airing Monday through Fridays. "Brookside"s premise evolved during the 1990s, phasing out the politicised stories of the 1980s and shifting the emphasis to controversial and sensationalist stories such as child rape, sibling incest, religious cults and drug addiction, including the infamous 'body under the patio' storyline that ran from 1993 to 1995, and
Calvin Valentine a miscarriage. After Calvin uncovers Louise's betrayal, he dumps Louise. Calvin becomes a suspect with Warren, Sam "OB" O'Brien (Darren Jeffries), Max Cunningham (Matt Littler) and Louise for the attempted murder of Clare after his mobile phone is found at the scene of the crime. He is questioned but later released. In September 2007, Calvin unearths that he has two half-siblings, Danny (David Judge) and Lauren Valentine (Dominique Jackson), who are the children of Leo and Valerie Holden (Jacqueline Leonard), the woman whom he had an affair with. Calvin and Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna) become romantically linked and announce their