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hollyoaks rumored revamp???

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i have just read that hollyoaks is set to stop in september for a revamp. it will return in january with new characters and a new theme.
whats your ideas for how they will give it a long break and how they should axe all the characters to make room?

i think that they should have something really OOT in true hollyoaks style like a jumbo jest falls on the village?
lol
kills most of them apart from louise and frankie!
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    JamesWBJamesWB Posts: 756
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    Where on earth did you hear this from? I would kind of like this to be true but stopping screening holyoaks for 3 months! That is a long time so i dont really believe this...
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    i did not hear it from a reliable source, i found it while browsing on google over footballers wives gossip, il look for the source but i think it might just be what hollyoaks needs to take it up to the top of the soaps!
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    JamesWBJamesWB Posts: 756
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    you maybe right but with out a source many people wont believe you...
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    im back on the web trying to find the source!!!!!!!
    i found it on a fbw fan site which had links to piczo sites. im dreading that it isnt a piczo site as i cannot remember
    but i think it's true as i remmeber reading some think in a soap magazine ages ago
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 104
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    Sharon marshall on this morning just said that they are revamping hollyoaks, they want to make it more like the O.C!
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    I TOLD U SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    It's gonna be more blonde, more sex, more of the stuff teenager are into, there trying to sell it to America so they want to start again with fresh characters so america can view it at the same time as us!
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    SoapcriticSoapcritic Posts: 849
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    I can OFFICIAL say that it is true that Hollyoaks will have a REVAMP and become what fans are looking for - More OC than Grange Hill! But it is also rubbish that Hollyoaks is set to go off screen for three months!...But watch this sapace---Hollyoaks is aiming for something bigger, better and new
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    it is ok that it will b gone i think, we r so used to it, i think when it returns it will be a ratings smash!!
    hopefully it will receive a better slot from C4
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    It Is Official, It Was On This Morning With Sharon Marshall
    A 3 Month Break To Make It More Like The O.c And To Be Able To Sell It To Us Tv Stations
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 103
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    I can believe the revamp news, as new producer Bryan Kirwood said he wanted the show to 'grow up'. More like The O.C? Said program is brilliant. It has the right level of comedy (which comes from what is said, rather than OTT acting and visual 'gags') and the right level of dark stories and scenes. It could work.

    However, until All3Media say so, i'm not willing to believe the show is taking a 3 month break. This has been rumoured before...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 371
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    I have completley lost interest in hollyoaks at the moment
    It was one of my fave shows but recently i cannot be bothered with it
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    FashionFashion Posts: 5,017
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    I actually prefered Hollyoaks when it first came to our screens, so much more interesting...
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,540
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    I would love to see it take a 3 month break, tie up all the loose ends first though and totally start again. IF the rumours are true Hollyoaks could end the day Big Brother 7 starts and be replaced at 6.30 by BBLB throughout its run and then a double bill of The Simpsons or something until Hollyoaks returns a fresh in September. I know Channel 4 didnt want to move Deal or No Deal or Paul O Grady/R&J this year to fit BBLB in at 5.25.

    As for Hollyoaks its been dire for ages now, It was great when it started, went down hill a bit then in 2002/2003 picked up the pace, but again now its past its best. I would definatley watch a new version, always keen to give revamps ago. Lets just hope its not another Crossroads!
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    i doubt it would b another cross roads as this is a phil redmond program. it will b on air UNTIL september then be pulled and be re launched in january with a nearly whole new cast fresh storylines and better credits and things like that
    lol
    they are trying to america it up if u know what i mean, to sell it to US tv staions
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,540
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    i doubt it would b another cross roads as this is a phil redmond program. it will b on air UNTIL september then be pulled and be re launched in january with a nearly whole new cast fresh storylines and better credits and things like that
    lol
    they are trying to america it up if u know what i mean, to sell it to US tv staions
    Ah sorry I misread thought you said it will return in September, lol thats my theory out the window then :)

    I agree I doubt it will be another Crossroads, but it is a risk taking off a soap and expecting viewers to return, especially if it's going to be changed radically.
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    SecretLifeoBeesSecretLifeoBees Posts: 51,007
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    I heard half of what Sharon Marshall said this morning (above all the racket that was going off in our house at the time :mad:) I heard her mention a couple of characters that are coming into it as well as something about a revamp. Wasn't there a rumour last year that Hollyoaks was supposed to be going off air for 3 months for a revamp, and during this time Let Loose was to take it's place? If the next revamp is anything like the last one where we saw nearly all the old faces (Lee, Bombhead, Zara, Lisa, Ben etc) leave and get replaced by crap like Olivia and The Ashworths then it won't do the show any favours.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 649
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    I think this new revamp will be good. The new EP said in one interview he wanted it to be more like Coronation Street and in another like The OC, so I get what he means like it will be as equally about the older characters as the younger ones. I think new credits are needed. I love when soaps show characters in their openings but hate when they dont bother to update it.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 985
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    ohhhhh flip! Thats some news that! 4 months without hollyoaks! ahhhh! But wow its kinda exciting too!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,471
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    All I heard Sharon say was that there would be a revamp to make it more like The OC - there was no mention of a break as far as I remember. She said a new character would be arriving called Mercedes Mc.... something-or-other. And that there would be a big storyline with the Hutchinsons.
    She confirmed that Mandy is leaving and said she will go out in a tragic storyline.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 103
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    For those who feel they can do a better job than the current (or currently changing) Hollyoaks Production Team, this is on the Mersey Tv website...

    Story Editor
    Closing Date: 28/04/2006

    Hollyoaks is undergoing an exciting period of change and we are now looking for a Story Editor to lead the Storyline team.

    The Story Editor will work alongside the Producer and Deputy Producers to produce strong engaging storylines to keep the viewers hooked
    and take the programme forward.

    As well as having an excellent command of the English language, both written and spoken, you must be creative, be passionate about drama and be able to work under pressure to tight deadlines.

    With previous experience of writing for television, preferably in storylining/story editing, you should be able to work quickly to a brief, be flexible and have good organisational, administrative and people management skills.

    Specialist training in story editing would be a distinct advantage.


    Closing date Friday 28 April 2006


    So, for all those who complain loads (and have specialist story skills), there you go...
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    EXCITING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!
    Sarah Dunn's departure has to do with an affair with Dom that leads to her death.
    ALSO
    In the revamp, I hear The Ashworths are leaving aswell as the Mother in The Barnes family, Liz will move on leaving Mel, Sophie and Justin.

    A mass cast clearout so i think all these departures will happen in an accident type thing, like a plane crash onto the village or a gas leak blows it up or something
    something ott to put hollyoaks out with a bang it would also be a plausable excuse for why lotsd of cast members will have disspeared when it returns
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    SecretLifeoBeesSecretLifeoBees Posts: 51,007
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    Marvellous. I actually did apply for a job with Mersey TV years ago as a production runner, but I didn't have a driving license at the time enabling me to drive lorries and minibuses, so it was a non-starter :(

    Don't know if it still applies, but they used to take on loads of freelance staff (including writers) on non-renewable 10 month contracts.
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    that explains a lot, i mean the ashworths and the barnes families, crap 10 month writers explain them , and other rubbish sytorylines
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    JamesWBJamesWB Posts: 756
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    Oh i dont want Liz to leave i think she is a great character.
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    .::boombastic::.::boombastic:: Posts: 1,645
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    i DID like liz but now for me she has turned to nasty and to annoying
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