Hollyoaks
British TV soap opera
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| August 27 2024 | Hollyoaks released its autumn 2024 preview trailer, confirming a new schedule of three episodes per week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) starting 9 September, followed by a one-year time jump on 16 September. |
| February 29 2024 | Channel 4 announced Hollyoaks would reduce its weekly episode count from five to three starting September 2024, resulting in approximately 135 job cuts. |
| November 9 2023 | Hannah Cheers and Angelo Abela began serving as acting executive producers. |
| November 8 2023 | Lucy Allan's final episode as executive producer aired. |
| September 2023 | Hollyoaks was removed from Channel 4's schedule, continuing only on E4 and streaming services, and began premiering episodes on YouTube. |
| 2022 | Hollyoaks: IRL series was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in the Short-form programme category. |
| February 2022 | Revealed as Channel 4's most-streamed scripted series in 2021 and the second most-streamed series overall on their streaming platform. |
| February 2022 | Channel 4 announced that new episodes would premiere on All 4 prior to television broadcast, starting in March 2022. |
| January 2022 | New titles premiered to represent the introduction of several new characters and departure of numerous others, with executive producer Lucy Allan emphasizing the titles' focus on optimism. |
| 2021 | Hollyoaks: IRL, a series of five documentary episodes based on high-profile Hollyoaks storylines, was produced by Lime Digital and commissioned by Channel 4. |
| September 2021 | Hollyoaks airs a Black to Front day episode exclusively starring, produced, written, and directed by Black creatives. |
| August 2 2021 | Lucy Allan began her tenure as executive producer. |
| July 30 2021 | Bryan Kirkwood's final episode as executive producer aired. |
| April 2021 | An episode focusing on unconscious biases faced by Black women is transmitted, highlighting microaggressions experienced by Grace Black and Martine Deveraux. |
| January 2021 | Titles updated to represent new characters, described as a 'brand new era' for Hollyoaks. |
| 2020 | 'Hollyoaks Later' returned for a one-off special featuring the demise of serial killer Breda McQueen and introduction of Verity Hutchinson. |
| 2020 | Batiste Dry Shampoo begins sponsoring the programme |
| November 2020 | Clothing brand Jack Wills becomes the sponsor of Hollyoaks |
| September 3 2020 | Bryan Kirkwood announced his exit as showrunner. |
| June 2020 | Hollyoaks episodes began being made available on Snapchat in shortened segments. |
| March 22 2020 | Channel 4 suspended production and filming of Hollyoaks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2019 | Hollyoaks becomes the first British television programme to tackle far-right extremism and radicalisation, with Ste Hay central to the storyline. The show also creates its first Munchausen syndrome storyline with Maxine Minniver. |
| 2019 | Hollyoaks became the first soap opera to release a boxset of episodes on a streaming service, starting with Christmas and New Year's episodes. |
| 2019 | Hollyoaks won its second Best British Soap award. |
| December 21 2019 | Hollyoaks airs a one-year flash forward episode to 31 December 2020, previewing a county lines drug trafficking storyline. |
| May 13 2019 | Launched new title sequence with altered theme music, focusing on a family theme that puts the soap's iconic families front and centre. |
| 2018 | Metro journalist Duncan Lindsay praised Hollyoaks for tackling important social issues, noting the show had moved beyond its reputation as a 'teen soap' and was producing carefully considered storylines. |
| 2017 | A self-harming storyline featuring Lily Drinkwell, Peri Lomax, and Yasmine Maalik wins Best Storyline and Best Single Episode at The British Soap Awards. |
| August 2016 | Announcement made that a new title sequence would begin airing from 5 September, featuring shots of characters on the show's set. |
| October 2015 | As part of the 20th anniversary, significant storylines reach a climax, including exposing Ste Hay and Harry Thompson's affair, resolving a children switched at birth plot, and revealing the Gloved Hand Killer as Lindsey Butterfield. |
| January 2015 | Domino's Pizza becomes the new sponsor of Hollyoaks |
| 2014 | Hollyoaks won its first Best British Soap award, breaking the 15-year tie between EastEnders and Coronation Street. |
| October 2013 | Sixth series of 'Hollyoaks Later' aired in October. |
| July 2013 | Hosen Brass, an 'Off The Wall Oompah' Band, played cover versions during Darren's Bavarian Night(s) at the Dog In The Pond, featuring in two consecutive episodes. |
| January 2 2013 | Unilever takes over sponsorship, alternating between Impulse body spray and Alberto VO5 brands |
| 2012 | Last year of annual Hollyoaks cast calendars, concluding the 11-year run of producing 'Hollyoaks Babes' and 'Hollyoaks Hunks' calendars. |
| December 28 2012 | New titles added, with purple screen replaced by grey screen. |
| November 2012 | 'Enjoy the Ride' storyline results in the deaths of four regular characters: Rhys Ashworth, Maddie Morrison, Neil Cooper, and Jono. |
| September 2012 | Fifth series of 'Hollyoaks Later' aired in September. |
| September 2012 | Bryan Kirkwood was announced as returning to Hollyoaks, replacing Emma Smithwick. |
| May 31 2012 | A four-month product placement deal with Nokia is announced |
| April 11 2012 | A six-month product placement deal with L'Oréal is revealed |
| December 2011 | The Hollyoaks Music Show, sponsored by Matalan, ended in December. |
| September 2011 | Fourth series of 'Hollyoaks Later' aired in September, featuring the return of Hollie-Jay Bowes as Michaela McQueen. |
| September 2011 | Emma Smithwick replaced Gareth Philips as producer. |
| January 2011 | Nikon Coolpix resumes sponsorship with a new 12-month deal |
| January 2011 | Paul Marquess was announced as the new series producer, to be succeeded by Gareth Philips. |
| 2010 | Third series of 'Hollyoaks Later' aired later in the year. |
| 2010 | Lucy Allan announced she would step down from the series after only a year, to be replaced by Paul Marquess. |
| October 1 2010 | Phones4u begins a 3-month sponsorship of Hollyoaks |
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