Hollyoaks to air special hour-long episode amid coronavirus schedule shake-up

Hollyoaks is set to air an hour-long episode later this month amid the show’s major schedule shake-up due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The special is reportedly airing on Channel 4 on Tuesday, April 14, with an earlier broadcast time of 6pm.

There will be a first look screening on E4 as usual, with the hour-long instalment scheduled for Monday, April 13 at 7pm.

According to Digital Spy, the episode will cover the show’s ongoing County Lines drug dealing storyline.

Full details of the extended episode will be revealed next week, but it has been said the special will go into more depth of the drugs plot.

The dark drug dealing storyline has been gathering pace for weeks, after Sid Sumner (Billy Price) and Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw) were both plunged into the scary world of drug dealing after becoming friends with newcomer Jordan Price (Connor Calland).

Lockdown has resulted in soaps having to cancel filming for the foreseeable future and cut down on episodes in the week.

Hollyoaks will broadcast only broadcast on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays at 6.30pm on Channel 4 and a first look episode following at 7pm on E4.

‘Hollyoaks Favourites’ is replacing episodes which would have aired on Thursday and Friday, with these throwback shows seeing classic episodes of the programme on E4.

Viewers adored the throwback episode shown on Thursday which saw a fiery fist-fight between Mercedes McQueen and Lindsey Butterfield.

Fans were gobsmacked and went into a frenzy on Twitter over Mercedes and Lindsey’s brutal fight, saying it was the most gory fight seen on the show in years.

One fan wrote: “Ooh that Mercedes VS Lindsey fight was good.”

While another added: “When this fight scene is more violent than most of the stunts/deaths they’ve had recently.”

A third continued: “Omggggg so much drama in this old episode I can’t cope.”