Overview

• The one-off special will air in October to commemorate Hollyoaks’ 30th anniversary with a tribute to its predecessor Brookside.
• Filming is scheduled for September on the unadopted Brookside Close in West Derby after the owner and Liverpool Film Office granted exceptional permission and local residents were invited to participate.
• Executive producer Hannah Cheers describes the episode as “a love letter to both Hollyoaks and Brookside,” crediting Sir Phil Redmond’s blessing and Channel 4’s support for the project.
• Writer Steve Hughes, who began his career on Brookside, has reimagined the current lives of iconic heritage characters more than two decades after the original series ended.
• Viewers can revisit digitally restored Brookside episodes from the series’ inception on STV Player following a Lime Pictures and All3Media International restoration.