Overview

• Filming has resumed on Brookside Close in Liverpool after exceptional permission from the owner and the Liverpool Film Office.
• Tomlinson reprises Bobby Grant opposite Sue Johnston’s Sheila, joining confirmed returnees Philip Olivier, Suzanne Collins, John McArdle, Paul Usher, Michael Starke and Louis Emerick.
• The episode is scheduled to air in October on Channel 4 as part of Hollyoaks’ 30th anniversary programming.
• Former Brookside writer Steve Hughes penned the special, which executive producer Hannah Cheers describes as a love letter with Sir Phil Redmond’s blessing.
• Digitally restored episodes of Brookside are now available from the start on STV Player through a Lime Pictures and All3Media International project.