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Hollyoaks Trailer Confirms Brookside Comebacks, Casts Coronation Street Alum Ryan Clayton

The January preview leans on crossover nostalgia to tee up recovery arcs with fresh faces.

Overview

  • Ryan Clayton joins as Jenson, meeting Mercedes McQueen at a rehabilitation centre, with the New Year trailer hinting at a romance.
  • The promo confirms the return of Brookside characters Tim ‘Tinhead’ O’Leary and Nikki Shadwick, played by Philip Olivier and Suzanne Collins.
  • Footage shows Jenson confronting Tinhead over an impersonation of Warren Fox, setting up tense interactions.
  • The trailer teases a possible Tinhead–Liberty Savage connection and shows Nikki forming a friendship with Mercedes during treatment.
  • Cast members praise the warm response to October’s crossover, and upcoming episodes air Monday to Wednesday on E4 at 7pm with Channel 4 first-look streams from 7am.