September 2Sep 2 Next 2 announced to return for crossoverPhilip Olivier and Suzanne Collins aka Tinhead and Nikki ShadwickBBC NewsTinhead to appear in Hollyoaks' Brookside specialPhilip Olivier says he will "relish returning to the close" as Timothy 'Tinhead' O'Leary. Edited September 2Sep 2 by Mark
September 3Sep 3 I reckon Donny will end up being Mick from Brookside, there’s always been hints he has a secret past. Both of Donny’s kids which are the only backstory we know of him would have been born post Brookside, I’m too young to have watched Brookside so idk about the timeline but I think that works? Given he is a police officer him being undercover or having another identity makes sense, starting from potentially around when his eldest was born (2003-4 or so?).People are speculating Alex Fletcher (Diane) will be Jacqui too but I think that’s too far fetched as Diane is a long standing character who has more backstory and I think it’s way too OTT even for hollyoaks.
September 3Sep 3 2 hours ago, Liаm said:I reckon Donny will end up being Mick from Brookside, there’s always been hints he has a secret past. Both of Donny’s kids which are the only backstory we know of him would have been born post Brookside, I’m too young to have watched Brookside so idk about the timeline but I think that works? Given he is a police officer him being undercover or having another identity makes sense, starting from potentially around when his eldest was born (2003-4 or so?).People are speculating Alex Fletcher (Diane) will be Jacqui too but I think that’s too far fetched as Diane is a long standing character who has more backstory and I think it’s way too OTT even for hollyoaks.i have a feeling the brookside storyline will be coming together for Jimmy Corkhill's funeral seeing as the characters returning are linked to Jimmy and it's been confirmed there will be a tribute to him.
September 3Sep 3 A video has been posted on the Brookside FB grouphttps://www.facebook.com/OfficialBrooksideSoap
September 4Sep 4 Ricky Tomlinson latest name coming backBBC NewsSue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson to reunite in Brookside...The pair will once again play Sheila and Bobby Grant when the soap returns in a Hollyoaks special.
September 4Sep 4 Given his exit, surprised they can weave a Bobby Grant return - especially as he cut his ties with his family, Sheila moved on with Billy etc.Also I don't think Bobby would care about going to a Jimmy Corkhill funeral - they may have had some overlap, but Jimmy was a P/T character when Bobby was still in the show. But I guess you never know :D
September 8Sep 8 Convinced that Donny is really Mick as Froggie was surprised that his name was Mick a lot to come about thatand with Vicky's surname being Grant could be related to the grants. .possibly Barry's daughter. I do think Froggie will be involved a lot in the crossover being from Donny's past.
September 8Sep 8 Vicky’s mum has already been in the show and Donny is her dad, Donny had a one night stand with her and only came back into Vicky’s life after she’d been in foster care for a couple of years and became an adult. Her mum was only in a couple of episodes though and we don’t know anything about her family besides. Louis Emerick has said in interviews that Froggy is what links Hollyoaks to the returning Brookside characters, Barry Grant was a gangster/villain/bad boy type wasn’t he so I presume that may link him to Froggy and that family as they’ve always been involved in crime and the underworld with Fraser years ago as well. I’m not sure where the rest of them would come in but it’s definitely going to be an interesting and unique thing to see unfold.
September 9Sep 9 Morgan being Tony’s daughter and them just retconning in a Nancy and Tony affair we never saw happen might well be the final straw for me, because what the f*** is that
September 10Sep 10 I haven't watched it for weeks. Curious again I peeped this thread only to read that pile of ludicrous bollocks has happened. Nah sorry
October 14Oct 14 The crossover airs next Wednesday on E4 normal Hollyoaks episode then Hollyoaks Laterhttps://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a69020716/hollyoaks-brookside-crossover-details/
Monday at 23:415 days I’ve not watched for about 6 weeks and now Tony has two unborn children, they’ve recast all 3 Hutchinson teens overnight, Darren has a hit out on Tony, Peri and Tom are engaged, Jamss is alive and Jez and Clare are about to crash a planet into the village?! camp.Peri or Tom are 1000000% dying, and it would be a gag if they kill off Diane too.
Tuesday at 18:214 days Did anyone watch yesterday's/ today's?Its laughably bad - the CGI, the bad dialogue, the acting.... I didn't realise it had got this bad
Tuesday at 18:444 days Leela and presumably Mercedes losing another child within one episode is insane, they absolutely love piling misery on these women. Leela has lost her husband, a baby and now her oldest child in the space of 18 months on screen and Mercedes has had cancer, lost her son and cousin, now she’s lost another baby, in the same period.The writing is comical, Tony and Darren focused on arguing with each other while Nancy led there crushed by a plane, Nancy just… getting up and walking off?! And of COURSE Jez had to show up because god forbid they have an episode without that storyline. I feel like rather than honouring the history of the show they just went for as much shock value as possible with this. Eastenders had a bit of both, obviously you had the shock death with Martin, but it was tied to history and it still did honour the show. This feels more like something that symbolises everything that’s gone wrong with the show lately.I assume sienna will kill Jez because SURELY this rubbish can’t go on any longer and hollyoaks absolutely love to kill off serial killers before they face justice. Nancy being killed off is a gag though if she is dead, and probably sets up Frankie to have more troubles as well as Darren.
Tuesday at 19:484 days I'm not even watching but reading what's going on with the anniversary is WILD. How is this still the same show that was on such form last year???
Tuesday at 22:064 days Also with one episode left I can’t fathom how they’re going to wrap up Nancy potentially being dead, Warren out to snipe Tony, the Jez situation AND Donny going to Brookside?! Like none of this has anything to do with Brookside. 100% Donny is Mick Johnson from Brookside I would assume and that will spill over into the main show next week but I just can’t see how that ties into anything that’s happened this week.I agree anyway with the above posts, like the show is always a bit ridiculous/camp with ott storylines, whatever, but it’s usually just fun soapy drama intertwined with great issue based storylines, that’s where the strength is for Hollyoaks. Clare Devine’s plane crashing into the village is utterly insane and Jez surviving piloting it into the Love Boat just so he can murder someone else is even more insane.
Wednesday at 19:283 days This feels like a nail in the coffin if all of those characters are dead from today (Jez not withstanding obv). Very very short sighted even if it’s just Grace, but either Nancy or Tony as well would be insane. I don’t think either will be dead though.The Brookside stuff was cute but I’m too young to have seen Brookside so it didn’t mean as much to me and it felt a shame that as so much was going on with the actual characters they cut to Brookside Easter eggs, and Donny being Mick from Brookside was so obvious so that wasn’t a gag. Roxy Mitchell moving to Brookside tho camp xAlso Kirsty Leigh Porter is beyond outstanding, for all the bad writing or shoddy plots, she absolutely smashes it every single time.
Wednesday at 19:433 days It’s a shame we couldn’t have just had 30 mins of the Brookie stuff tbh. So nostalgic!
Wednesday at 19:463 days Supervillain Warren is back again?! He killed this show.Is Clare Devine still around?
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