It was the weirdest reunion... everyone is 20 years older

PHILIP Olivier says slipping back into playing his muchloved Brookside character Tinhead felt amazing as the soap returns after 22 years.

- BY JANINE YAQOOB TV and Showbiz Editor

He is among a host of faces from the Channel 4 soap taking part in a special crossover episode with Hollyoaks, including originals Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson.

Philip, 45, says: "It was like the weirdest reunion you've ever had.

"Everyone's aged. Everyone's 20 years older. But seeing everyone back in the same place ... it was the strangest thing, but it was great."

Brookside started on the day Channel 4 launched November 2, 1982 and went off air 21 years later on November 4, 2003.

ROGUE

Filmed in a cul-de-sac on a newbuild estate in Liverpool, it was the brainchild of Sir Phil Redmond, who also created Hollyoaks, which turns 30 next month.