The following is a list of late night, DVD and spin-off series of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.
Four episodes broadcast in 1999 centring on the kidnapping of Lucy Benson by Rob Hawthorne and the desperate search by Ruth Osborne, Lewis Richardson and Tony Hutchinson.
Broadcast in 2000, Alex Bell, Max Cunningham, Ben Davies, Tony Hutchinson, Luke Morgan, Sam "O.B."
O'Brien, Sol Patrick and Lewis Richardson make their way to Barcelona to celebrate Rory Finnigan's stag party before Finn marries Tony's Mother.
Broadcast in March 2000, the late night special involves a 90s disco at the club where Ruth Osborne discovers Lewis Richardson's gambling addiction.
Broadcast on 24 October 2003, this late night special sees Ellie Mills try to kill herself before telling serial-killer husband Toby to hand himself in to the police.
In a one-off special aired on 31 May 2005, Steph Dean is haunted by the ghost of one of Toby Mills' victims and she nearly drowns.
Cast: The late night special broadcast in 2005 sees Andy Holt spike Dannii Carbone's drink with GHB before raping her.
Meanwhile, Rhys Ashworth, Gilly Roach, Jessica Harris and Olivia Johnson go on a trip to a spiritrist camp.
In 2006, Andy Holt returns after surviving the fall and seeks his revenge against Russ by kidnapping his sister Nicole.
A late night special called Hollyoaks: King of Hearts was announced in November 2010 and was broadcast on 15 December 2010 on Channel 4.
The episode features Rhys Ashworth and Jacqui McQueen attempting to cheat during a game of poker with Brendan Brady and Danny Houston.
After their plan is discovered, Danny tells Jacqui she must sleep with him to save Rhys and wipe the debt they owe him.
Music composed and performed by Steve Wright http://www.stevewrightcomposer.com A 2005 series following Ben Davies and Lisa Hunter as they depart Hollyoaks for a new life.
Lisa delves further up the career path and Ben has an illicit affair and is involved in dodgy dealings with Burton Phillips including arson and murder.
Sarah Barnes, Nancy Hayton and Zoe Carpenter head off on a "girly" road trip as the Dirty Diegos enter 'Battle of the Bands'.
In the gripping final episode of the series, Rae Wilson was strangled by Silas Blissett after he heard that Brendan Brady wanted to kill her.
Jimmy McKenna (Jack Osborne), Jessica Fox (Nancy Osborne), Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay), Kirsty Leigh Porter (Leela Lomax), Jessica Ellis (Tegan Lomax) and Jacqueline Boatswain (Simone Loveday) were the Hollyoaks stars that took part.
[8] The series was revived in 2020 for the 25th anniversary of Hollyoaks, with Gary Lucy (Luke Morgan), Ruby O'Donnell (Peri Lomax), Rishi Nair (Sami Maalik), Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen) and Jeremy Edwards (Kurt Benson) competing.
[9] Josh Ashworth heads off to party with Dave Colburn in Manchester in the on-line spin-off which features the down side to binge drinking.
The series featured the return of Lee Hunter, and debut of new characters Jamil Fadel, Leanne Holiday and Doug Carter.
The series explores individual's experiences of depression and suicide, county lines child exploitation, disability, eating disorders and conversion therapy, all of which had been featured in high-profile Hollyoaks storylines.
[15][16][17] On 26 November 2022, the series won best digital creativity at the Royal Television Society (North West) awards.
[18] Following its success, Channel 4 commissioned two series[19] and retailer Matalan became the show's official sponsor, in order to reach the target audience of 16- to 34-year-olds.
[21] Acts which have appeared include The Saturdays,[22] Mr Hudson,[23] Chipmunk,[24] Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz and Calvin Harris, Example, Jason Derulo,[25] Diana Vickers, Olly Murs, The Wanted and You Me at Six as well as some unsigned acts including Vienna Ditto, Minnie Londoner[26] and The Palpitations.
Acts who won the award include Olly Murs, Rihanna, Selena Gomez, McFly and JLS.
The show also includes some interviews from its main cast such as: Scarlett Bowman, Dylan Llewellyn, Tosin Cole, Karen Hassan amongst many others.
Unlike the recent show, this one had exclusive sketches from Alex Carter and Lee Otway, plus a cheeky look of highlights for 2012.
[34] A Special E4 only episode which aired on 7 June 2012, that follows Dennis Savage on his journey with students Leanne Holiday, Barney Harper-McBride and Scott Sabeka who travel to Liverpool to seek out musician Maverick Sabre to headline the Savage's Forest Party back in the village, Dennis struggles to prove throughout that he knows Maverick and will be able to find him in time for the party.
[36] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production on Hollyoaks was suspended until further notice, and episodes were cut down to two per week, rather than the usual five, to preserve content.