Coming together!

Hollyoaks celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special soap crossover

- TESS LAMACRAFT

Two exciting soap worlds merge and some familiar faces return when Hollyoaks and former Liverpool soap Brookside cross over for a historic one-off episode to air this week on Wednesday. The special event is part of Hollyoaks' 30th-anniversary celebrations taking place throughout the week and features the return of Brookside favourites such as Sheila Grant (Sue Johnston), Bobby Grant (Ricky Tomlinson) and Billy Corkhill (John McArdle).