Channel 4 to make Hollyoaks episodes available on YouTube
Broadcaster says digital-first soap will be first to embrace viewing habits of younger audiences
August 2022
Bruce Montague obituary
Who are Britain’s longest-serving soap stars?
January 2022
School closures, grieving students and social media slang: Phil Redmond on his plans for Grange Hill – the Movie
At 72, the Brookside creator is returning to his first and greatest creation. He thinks it could teach the government a thing or two
July 2021
It’s Hollyoaks, but now with an all-black cast …
The long-running soap will be the centrepiece of Channel 4’s Black to Front diversity initiative in September
October 2020
‘Real life but better looking’: ultimate teen soap Hollyoaks turns 25
The show’s cast and creators discuss its evolution from British 90210 to taboo-busting teen TV, tackling everything from hard-hitting issues to laxative-spiked pizzas
July 2020
Repeat viewing: why the past is the future of our TV schedules
From the optimism of the London 2012 Olympics to tough times on Big Brother, watching repeats helps us to think afresh about where are as a society
June 2020
Other lives
Felix Schroer obituary
Other lives: Model of the early 1980s who became director of photography on Hollyoaks
May 2020
Class war in Emmerdale: how will soaps deal with coronavirus?
With soaps now allowed to go back into production, we imagine how they might tackle the crisis, from bloody uprisings to physically distanced pub brawls
February 2020
Who needs Netflix when you've got Corrie? Meet the soaperfans!
In an age of streaming giants, soaps are holding their own. As Coronation Street and EastEnders celebrate milestones, we meet the superfans who live and breathe their shows
December 2019
Affairs! Festive births! Pub sieges! Your guide to 2019’s Christmas soaps
EastEnders is the hub of festive misery, there’s a rampage in the Rovers in Corrie and Hollyoaks loses its grip on reality
October 2018
Jump the shark
Phantom menace: how the return of a dead character spelled the end for Hollyoaks
It’s had fireball car crashes, kidnapping and serial killers, but Mr Cunningham’s reappearance as a ghost took the show from quirky to ridiculous
June 2018
From EastEnders to Broad City: how bisexuality found its place on TV
Lysette Anthony welcomes start of Harvey Weinstein trial
February 2017
The month in soaps
The month in soaps: the EastEnders face a double-decker disaster
Walford market is struck by a bus on the loose. Plus: say hello to Corrie’s next top model and goodbye to the Hollyoaks serial killer … for now
January 2017
The month in soaps
The month in soaps: EastEnders' wedding wrecker
Plus Toyah Battersby returns to Coronation Street
November 2016
The month in soaps
Adam Barlow: Coronation Street's new stud comes from impeccable stock
It’s a Barlow/Baldwin family affair in Corrie, while a touch of Hollywood class comes to Hollyoaks
September 2016
Hollyoaks freshers' week documentary 'to start discussion on sexual consent'
The month in soaps
EastEnders: Aunt Babe takes it nice and freezy
June 2016
The month in soaps
Coronation Street: Carla’s big day ends in disaster
It’s doomed weddings, pantomime slaps and a Max Branning sighting as soapland is up to its old tricks
