Overview

• Channel 4 confirms the crossover will air Wednesday, October 22 at 7pm on E4 as part of the anniversary programming.
• Original Brookside stars including Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Paul Usher, Philip Olivier, Suzanne Collins, Michael Starke and John McArdle reprise their roles.
• The storyline links to Hollyoaks via Detective Donny Clark’s investigation, which leads him to Brookside Close and a tense encounter with Sheila Grant.
• Production returned to the real L12 cul-de-sac for a single day after exceptional permission from the close’s owner and the Liverpool Film Office, with Lime Pictures producing.
• Hollyoaks Later returns the same night after a five-year break, continuing events from the crossover in a late‑night special filmed on location in Liverpool and Merseyside.