21:01, 22 Oct 2025Updated 21:04, 22 Oct 2025<\/p>\n
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Brookside returned for a one-off special on Wednesday evening (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n
Hollyoaks has aired an explosive crossover episode with Brookside, and fans spotted a very special guest.<\/p>\n
E4 aired a one-off episode of Brookside on October 22<\/a> as the iconic soap returned to screens after 22 years to celebrate Hollyoaks’ 30th birthday.<\/p>\n Soap fans were treated to a trip down memory lane as legends returned to Brookside Close, including Ricky Tomlinson, Sue Johnston, Paul Usher, Philip Olivier, Suzanne Collins, Michael Starke, Louis Emerick and John McArdle.<\/p>\n Both beloved Channel 4 dramas were created by Grange Hill mastermind Sir Philip Redmond, with Brookside subsequently inspiring the development of Chester-set Hollyoaks.<\/a><\/p>\n In a brilliant twist, Sir Philip made a cameo in the Channel 4 soap on Wednesday. The moment came when Mick Johnson (Louis Emerick) returned to Brookside Close<\/a> after hitching a ride from Chester by Thomas Sweeney, commonly known as Sinbad, played by Michael Starke.<\/p>\n As cabbie Sinbad also reunited with old neighbours Nikki Shadwick (Suzanne Collins) and Tinhead (Philip Olivier), a mysterious man walked down the road.<\/p>\n Nikki asked Sinbad: “Is that your fare?”, as he quickly confirmed: “I think so, yeah.”<\/p>\n Sir Philip then asked: “You going to Chester, mate?”, and Sinbad inquired: “You’re not from around here, are you?”.<\/p>\n In a nod to the past, Sir Philip confirmed: “Used to be, but you know. Do you know the Dog In The Pond pub?”.<\/p>\n “There’s been a big to-do there today”, Sinbad chimed in as Sir Philip, cheekily replied: “Story of my life, mate. From one drama to another.”<\/p>\n Hollyoaks and Brookside fans wasted no time in sharing their excitement at seeing the soap’s creator, Sir Philip, on screen.<\/p>\n Taking to X, one fan wrote: “Had to watch the #Hollyoaks #Brookside mashup. Phil Redmond’s cameo is genius especially the “… one drama to another” line. I join the call to bring back #Brookie!”<\/p>\n A second stated: “Phil Redmond cameo! #Brookside #Hollyoaks #Hollyoaks30.”<\/p>\n A third chimed in: “Omg Phil Redmond making a cameo too, omg, i cannot cope! So proud to be scouse right now #hollyoaks #brookside.”<\/p>\n “This is just too good. Mick, Sinbad, Sheila, Tinhead, Nikki, Bobby, actual Phil Redmond! #Hollyoaks #Brookside”, exclaimed one fan.<\/p>\n “Phil Redmond saying “from one drama to another”.. see what he did there! Brilliant!! #Hollyoaks #Brookside”, added another.<\/p>\n The Hollyoaks and Brookside Crossover is available to stream on Channel 4.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks intertwined with Brookside for a one-off episode with a special guest making a surprise appearance Angie Quinn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,411,393,4884,1983,2465,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-520720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-channel-4","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-hollyoaks","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115420300824626413","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Brookside](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Phil-R.jpg\")
Sir Philip Redmond made a special appearance in Brookside Close (Image: Channel 4)READ MORE: Brookside fans in tears as returning soap pays sweet tribute to icon Dean Sullivan<\/a>READ MORE: Brookside’s Philip Olivier shares real reason behind Tinhead nickname<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Sinbad](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_sinbad-and-Phil-Hollyoaks.jpg\")
Sinbad warns Phil that there has been a big drama in Chester during the Hollyoaks and Brookside crossover (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n![\"Phil](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Phil-2jpg-re.jpg\")
Sir Philip Redmond made a surprise cameo during the Hollyoaks and Brookside special episode (Image: Channel 4)<\/p>\n