Hollyoaks chaos as filming shuts down just a day after cast return to work from Christmas break
HOLLYOAKS has been rocked by a major filming disruption just one day into 2025’s filming schedule.
The cast began filming scenes for upcoming episodes on the Chester set yesterday after a break for the Christmas and New Year period.
However, they were left unable to continue with takes today after the filming schedule was thrown into chaos.
As a result of adverse weather conditions, the Channel 4 soap was forced to abandon plans for some of their planned scenes set to take place outside.
Actress Nadine Mulkerrin, who plays Cleo McQueen, took to social media to confirm she was one of the soap stars who had been affected.
Nadine turned up to work only to be told her day’s scenes had been axed due to an abundance of snow on the Hollyoaks set.
Sharing a picture of her looking glam backstage on the show, Nadine wrote online: “When your scene gets pulled because of the snow but you don’t mind because @beckageee & @georgiamorls transformed you from feral cupboard bride to new bun Cleo.”
Elsewhere, her co-star Charlie Wernham, who plays Robbie Roscoe, shared a snap of the snow covering the outdoor set.
He wrote “welcome back” over the top of the snap as work got underway on the show.
It isn’t the first time that the soap has been forced to abandon filming plans as a result of the snow.
As the programme films weeks in advance, show bosses have to ensure continuity on screens.
They also often film scenes out of sequence and must ensure there is no snow in one scene, only for it to have disappeared in the following scene.
Over the past year, Hollyoaks has undergone a series of changes.
As a result of the show’s budget being cut and the programme’s episode count being slashed from five to three, a number of stars left the programme.
A huge stunt and flash-forward propelled the soap into the future in order to bridge the gap in the changes.
Having originally aired on Channel 4, the soap was moved to sister channel E4 to air three times a week from Monday to Wednesday.
Episodes also stream in advance on Channel 4’s online streaming service.
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HOLLYOAKS beauty Chelsee Healey has dropped the biggest hint yet she's been axed from the soap - yet what's happening at the Channel 4 show?
Earlier this year, the Channel 4 soap was forced to address the cull of cast members.
It came after The Sun was first to report Hollyoaks bosses plan to kill off a whopping 20 cast members.
Now Chelsee, who recently took time away from her role as Goldie McQueen to give birth to her second daughter, has now made a cryptic move on X.
The Manchester lass, 36, re-posted a picture of her character crying to her page.
It came after Stephanie Waring, famed for her 28-year-long role as Cindy Cunningham, confirmed that soap bosses had axed her as part of the 20-person strong cast cull.
Another big name set to quit for good is popstar turned soap star Jamelia.
The soap’s resident hunk and TV favourite Owen Warner has also left the show amid the cuts with fans left devastated to say goodbye to his character Romeo Nightingale.
Jamie Lomas has also quit the show and will depart his Warren Fox role soon.
Haiesha Mistry famed for her role as Yasmine Maalik has also left after seven years.