Hollyoaks Favourites
{{Short description|British television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| network = E4
| related = Hollyoaks
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Hollyoaks Favourites is a British television series that aired on E4 from 29 March 2020 to 15 January 2021. The series shows past episodes of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks and was launched as a response to production on Hollyoaks being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to fill the slot of new episodes. The series concluded on 15 January 2021, when the series returned to transmitting five weekly episodes.
Production
On 22 March 2020, Channel 4 suspended production and filming of Hollyoaks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A decision was made to air classic episodes from 30 March, new episodes being broadcast was reduced from five to three, airing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. However, on 6 April, this was reduced again from three to two, airing Monday and Tuesday.{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a32014576/hollyoaks-kieron-richardson-jorgie-porter-hollyoaks-favourites/|title=Hollyoaks stars Jorgie Porter and Kieron Richardson reveal their favourite episodes ahead of classic repeats|work=Digital Spy|access-date=3 April 2020|last=Houghton|first=Rianne|archive-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404202913/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/hollyoaks/a32014576/hollyoaks-kieron-richardson-jorgie-porter-hollyoaks-favourites/|url-status=live}}
The slots were known as Hollyoaks Favourites and each show is presented by a cast member that their character was key to the episode. Once there were enough episodes of Hollyoaks filmed, Hollyoaks Favourites was replaced by Hollyoaks as it was intended to be a stopgap during the pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/hollyoaks-favourites-classic-episodes-next-week-618732/|title=Hollyoaks Favourites confirms which classic episodes will be aired next week|work=What's on TV|access-date=14 June 2020}} In July 2020, Hollyoaks Favourites was replaced by Hollyoaks@25, a series that explores moments from the first 25 years of the soap.{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/soaps/hollyoaks/2020-07-20/hollyoaks-25th-anniversary-series/|title=Hollyoaks announces new series celebrating 25th anniversary|work=Radio Times|access-date=21 July 2020}}
Episodes
{{update|section|reason=episodes have still been airing.|date=January 2021}}
References
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External links
{{Hollyoaks}}
{{Soap operas in the United Kingdom}}
Category:2020s British television soap operas
Category:2020 British television series debuts
Category:2021 British television series endings
Category:2020s British LGBTQ-related drama television series
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