When Hollyoaks picked up the award for its powerful male depression storyline at the weekend there was no-one cheering louder than soap fan John Junior.
Last summer John had decided to take their own life when the story of friends Kyle Kelly and Darren Osborne, who were both suffering from depression, pulled them back from the brink.
John says harrowing scenes showing a grief-stricken Darren telling Kyle's fiancee Nancy that his friend had died by suicide were pivotal in saving their life. READ MORE: I'm A Celebrity's Danny Miller has a famous dad and you may not realise On Saturday night actor Ashley Taylor Dawson, who has played Darren in the soap for 25 years, collected the award for best continuing drama storyline at the Royal
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