{"id":487400,"date":"2026-05-16T08:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/487400\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T08:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:13:14","slug":"hollyoaks-alex-fletcher-explains-emotional-final-scene-after-tragic-death-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/487400\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks’ Alex Fletcher explains emotional final scene after tragic death episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollyoaks<\/a> spoilers follow.<\/strong>
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This week’s instalment of Hollyoaks marked the end of an era, as Diane Hutchinson<\/a> tragically passed away after 16 years on the soap. The character, played by Alex Fletcher, died peacefully on Wednesday night, amid her recent battle with ovarian cancer.<\/a><\/p>\n

Matriarch Diane spent her last day celebrating the wedding of Ste Hay and Rex Gallagher<\/a> alongside her loving family. Later that night, viewers saw an emotional montage<\/a> of her time in the village, before her devastated husband Tony discovered her lifeless body. <\/p>\n

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Related: <\/strong>Best streaming services<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking exclusively with Inside Soap<\/a>, Fletcher addressed her “special” exit and shared that the final scene she filmed was Tony and Diane’s last dance at the wedding<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“Kirsty-Leigh [Porter, who plays Leela] and all the kids were in bits, the camera wasn’t even on them!” she recalled. “It was special because Nick [Pickard, aka Tony] and I have been partners in crime for years, I love the bones of him and he’s one of the main reasons I stayed so long. He’s the ultimate professional on set and brings a real energy.”<\/p>\n

She added: “I hope Tony doesn’t forget Diane, you know what he’s like \u2013 he’ll probably have a new girlfriend in about two weeks, the dirty dog!” <\/p>\n

After being encouraged to watch her final scenes by the director, Fletcher described it as “some of the best work [she’d] ever done”.
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“I don’t often give myself credit. But it’s a collective thing, everybody came together to make it special.”<\/p>\n

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Related: <\/strong>Exclusive: Hollyoaks reveals details of Brooke Vincent’s role<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Over the last 16 years, Diane has been at the centre of several important storylines, including a baby swap, fertility issues, OCD and alcoholism. <\/p>\n

Asked how she wants her character to be remembered, Fletcher highlighted Diane’s unwavering love for her family, saying: “She always gave people a chance. She was fair but fierce when it came to her kids – family was everything to her. Maybe she was a bit deluded with Tony, and took him back a few too many times!” <\/p>\n

She added: “I’ve been lucky enough to be given quite gritty storylines you can relate to, I think people have felt sorry for her over the years.” <\/p>\n

Hollyoaks <\/strong>is working on Diane’s story with support from <\/strong>Ovarian Cancer Action<\/strong><\/a>, the UK\u2019s leading ovarian cancer research charity that focuses on early detection, prevention and treatments for the illness. Support and information are available via the charity’s website.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hollyoaks<\/strong> airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming<\/a> premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more Hollyoaks spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks spoilers follow. This week’s instalment of Hollyoaks marked the end of an era, as Diane Hutchinson tragically…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[150410,150409,341,212753,343,18,117,19,17,201411,342,212752,151221,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-487400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-collection-inside-soap","9":"tag-collection-latest-news","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-84ff2d14-ea35-449b-a5da-1a624ceb6242","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-issyndicated-false","18":"tag-locale-gb","19":"tag-shorttitle-hollyoaks-star-explains-emotional-final-scene-after-death","20":"tag-subsection-hollyoaks","21":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116583256662062562","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}