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hollyoaksloversx · 5 days
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Grace is coming back!!!! This makes me happy because Tamara Wall should NEVER have been axed by Lucy Allan that was a disgraceful decision by Lucy.
I was also pleased to see that Grace is coming back! I'm assuming it's just a short return, but it'll still be good to see her again!
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hollyoaksloversx · 5 days
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Do you think Lime Pictures would create another soap if Hollyoaks gets axed? I think all soaps are struggling right now
Never say never, but it's probably quite unlikely. As you say, soaps are struggling right now and I don't think there's an appetite for a new one.
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hollyoaksloversx · 9 days
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It’s very telling that the long serving cast members are quitting due to the changes coming at Hollyoaks. I never expected Ross Adams to go it must be awful at Hollyoaks at the moment due to all the cast and crew who are being called in to be told they no longer have a job there :(
Jamie Lomas and Ross Adams will be just the start, unfortunately. I'm not sure whether they've decided to leave as a direct result of the changes or if they were considering leaving anyway. I suppose there's also the possibility that the changes could have made any decision easier for them. If they were thinking about leaving anyway and were happy to go, that's one less person the producers have to sack and it saves a colleague's job in the process.
The uncertainty must be awful. One thing's for sure, Hollyoaks is going to look like a very different show by the end of the year...
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hollyoaksloversx · 9 days
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I think James is on his way out as Gregory Finnegan has been posting on his instagram lately memories of his time at Hollyoaks is he hinting that he’s going? 👀
It wouldn't surprise me, unfortunately. James is now the last Nightingale standing and I can't say I've ever really bought into his relationship with Ste.
I hope he's not going, but it wouldn't surprise me if he did.
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hollyoaksloversx · 11 days
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I could have sworn that Suzanne used to work as a nurse! What's she doing fanny-ing around in a shop?!
You're right, Suzanne did used to work as a nurse. I might have missed something, but I'm not sure if it's been mentioned or not why nursing is not an option for her now. Maybe she quit or was struck off?
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hollyoaksloversx · 11 days
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I know it’s an important storyline but I cannot watch the Frankie & JJ storyline. It hits a little too close to home for me.
I'm sorry to hear that this story is close to home for you :( It's been tough enough for me to watch so I can only imagine how difficult it must be if you've got experience of it.
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hollyoaksloversx · 26 days
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I honestly don't understand why fans of other soaps are gloating about Hollyoaks being cut down to 3 episodes a week. Have a little compassion, these are people's jobs!
Yeah, it's something that I don't get either.
If you don't like Hollyoaks/ don't watch it, then surely the show being on/not being on has absolutely no baring on your life?
Then there's the fact that the soap genre seems like it's in quite a precarious position right now. In the last 2 years, Doctors, Holby City and Neighbours have all been axed (albeit Neighbours was brought back on streaming) and Hollyoaks has been moved off a main channel and had it's episode count reduced. Corrie and Emmerdale are both seeing drops year on year in their viewing figures (quite significant drops in Corrie's case) whilst EastEnders, despite it's resurgence, seems stuck in 3rd place in the ratings. Corrie and Emmerdale have also, like Hollyoaks, experienced budget cuts over the last 12 months...
I imagine that all of those who work across the soaps are aware of how things are at the moment and when one soap goes, or undergoes these changes, they'll all feel it. They'll all be aware that it could be them next...
Some people are quite snobby when it comes to soaps and look down their noses at them, but they do a lot for the tv industry, for talent both in front of and behind the camera. In the case of all soaps bar EastEnders, there's also the fact that they offer these opportunities outside of London. A lot of very talented people work on soaps and a lot of these people have gone on/will go on to do great things elsewhere in the industry, too.
For every soap that goes, or has it's episode number reduced, that's less of these opportunities, and I don't think that's anything to be celebrated.
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hollyoaksloversx · 26 days
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With Hollyoaks having to cut some of the cast I'm really worried that they'll be forced to axe some of the longest serving cast as they'll be on more money and cost more. Surely this will just end up ruining the show?
I believe that every actor on Hollyoaks gets paid the same fee per episode regardless of longevity, so luckily this shouldn't be an issue.
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hollyoaksloversx · 29 days
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So I have heard Hollyoaks might be moving to 3 days a week. Personally this sounds like another nail in the coffin for the show. Off the main channel and cutting episodes. But at the same time Hollyoaks has suffered with 5 days a week in recent years so maybe it might be a good thing. Who knows?
I'm struggling to see it as anything other than another nail in the show's coffin.
In some ways, it might be a good thing and we could see a more streamlined cast and an end to block storytelling. However, the optics of this are terrible, especially coming just months after the show lost its Channel 4 slot. There's the risk that new and lapsed viewers will be reluctant to give the show a chance, and existing viewers could decide to give up. After all, shows that are performing well don't generally get moved off a main channel and have their episode count reduced. What's the point of investing in a show if the perception is that it's on its last legs?
At the end of the day, I feel very sorry for all of those who stand to lose their jobs. The atmosphere on set at the moment must be terrible.
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hollyoaksloversx · 2 months
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Is Kieron Richardson leaving Hollyoaks? Because how can Ste get away with killing Ella even if it was due to saving his daughter? The amount of lies and covering up Ste has done will be found out eventually surely this is going to end with him going to prison if not then he’s getting killed by Warren once he finds out. Ste will need to do a runner if Warren finds out.
I'm wondering if they're now going to go down the 'shock twist' route and say that Ste didn't hit Ella after all. It's pretty much the only way out of this that keeps the character.
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hollyoaksloversx · 2 months
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I can’t see Hollyoaks getting rid of Ste because I feel he is their “favourite” let’s be honest and he is one of the biggest characters on the show regardless of what everyone thinks of him unless Kieron has decided to leave on his own accord but I can’t see that either as he has a family to support and loves being at Hollyoaks. So I have no idea how this story with Ste will play out as I can’t see them getting rid of him or Kieron quitting.
I'm starting to wonder if he didn't actually hit Ella after all? Maybe he hit something else and then ran over her boot, hence how it ended up in his wheel? Like you, I can't see them getting rid of Ste, or Kieron having quit, and it would be absolutely ridiculous if Ste got away with killing a child, accidentally or not.
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hollyoaksloversx · 2 months
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So... they just killed off Ella. I Mean it's tragic but now they have to cope with Ella's death without Mandy around (unless the show either recasts Mandy or convinces Sarah-Jane to return. Both are unlikely.) Quite frankly I would have killed Mercedes and Ste. Maybe Warren as well. I just feel that these characters are way past their sell by date on the show (especially Mercedes)
It's a real shame. This should be a huge moment for Mandy's character but instead it's going to be all about Norma and Warren, who were releated to Ella for all of 5 minutes.
I wonder if part of the reason they've done this is because they know that there's no way Mandy is ever coming back? As I've said before, Mandy's absence was always the elephant in the room whenever Ella had big storylines (the fact that she didn't return when Ella miscarried was ridiculous). Mandy was such a huge part of Hollyoaks for many years and maybe there's not really much point in continuing with her daughter if she's never coming back? Although they could have just sent her to live with Mandy in America and brought her back when she's older and when Mandy not being around will be less of an issue?
I definitely agree regarding Warren and Mercedes. They're two characters that I've been fed up with for ages now. Ste's a character who's bothered me in the past because the show had an obsession with chucking issue based stories at him and constantly making him the victim. He's not bothered me so much lately but I'll be annoyed if he's (accidentally or not) responsible for killing Ella and we're supposed to think "aww, poor Ste". Surely he'll need to go to prison?
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hollyoaksloversx · 2 months
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I wonder what Ste new storyline is in January. Kieron said he’s been having sleepless nights worrying about it so it must be pretty big. It’s been such a long time since a big Ste story that I’m actually looking forward to it. Kieron works best at hard hitting stuff not all this comedy rubbish he’s been getting it doesn’t suit the character of Ste.
After the ending of tonight's episode, I think we've found it...
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hollyoaksloversx · 2 months
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There's an article in The Metro that says Darren is told that the twins are his. Surely he already knows? Another retcon coming?
I saw this and wasn't sure what to make of it. Darren definitely knows that the twins are his (he was the one who suggested their names and he's been out to Spain to visit them).
I'm thinking it's more likely that the article is just badly worded and it's a case of Darren not recognising them and having to be told who they are. According to Suzanne Hall (Suzanne), Darren hasn't seen the twins for 10 years so it's understandable that he'd not recognise them.
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hollyoaksloversx · 4 months
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The news that Hollyoaks has cast Darren's twins and aged them up by a few years has me asking what on earth is going on at Hollyoaks? First Tony and Diane's triplets and now Jack and Frankie. All in the space of a few months too. Lazy lazy lazy.
The cynical part of me wonders whether they're doing this because they know the show has no long term future now? That they've got stories they want to tell that would work better with older kids, but there's every possibility that the show won't be around when they would naturally get to the age they need them to be at?
I wouldn't be surprised if Theresa's daughters come back with her with a few years added on. Or Liberty's baby, Faith, will now be school age on her return.
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hollyoaksloversx · 4 months
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Have you heard anything about what's gone wrong with Rita Simon's character? She was announced as joining in July, it's now November and we've still not seen her! Looking at Insta she moved to Liverpool at the end of September. Given Hollyoaks film 6 weeks in advance, she should be on screen by now.
There seem to have been a lot of changes behind the scenes since Lucy Allan left very suddenly over the Summer, so it's possible that things have been moved around a bit.
Hollyoaks films scenes anywhere from a few weeks to 3 months in advance, so if we assume that Rita started filming shortly after moving to Liverpool, we shouldn't have too much longer to wait.
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hollyoaksloversx · 5 months
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I have to say, I don't really understand the logic behind this new storyline with Rose. It seems like she feels left out within the family but surely it would have made more sense for them to do the story with DeeDee. After all Rose is Tony and Diane's biological daughter. DeeDee is not related to any of them.
I suppose what we have to remember is that Rose spent her early years being raised by Tegan and only came to the Hutchinson's when she was about 6. Tegan may not have been Rose's mum biologically, but as far as Rose was concerned, she was. I think it would be challenging for any child to be plonked into a new family, even if they are related to them.
There's also the fact that I can imagine a lot of the Hutchinson's attention has been focussed on Dee Dee due to her being seriously ill a few years ago. I think we saw a bit of that a few episodes ago when Diane walked off to get ready with her arm around Dee Dee and Rose was left standing there. I can definitely see there being a rivalry between Rose and Dee Dee in the future.
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