Hollyoaks Later
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| Genre | Serial drama |
| Created by | Naim Ahmed |
| Starring |
Series 1 cast Series 2 cast Series 3 cast Series 4 cast Series 5 cast Series 6 cast |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) |
Lucy Allan (series 1) Bryan Kirkwood (series 2) Paul Marquess (series 3) Claire Fryer (series 4) Jane Steventon (series 5 - 6) |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Distributor | Lime Pictures |
| Release | |
| Original network | E4 |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Original release | 24 November 2008 – 11 October 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Hollyoaks |
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| Website | |
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Hollyoaks Later (originally Late Night Hollyoaks) is a British television spin-off of the Channel 4 television series Hollyoaks. The series began in 2008 and since then has become an annual event for the soap. The series returns every September and takes place over five consecutive nights on E4. As the title suggests, the late night series allows for more sexual content, 'edgier' storylines and stronger language. Hollyoaks Later was cancelled in 2014, after 6 years, as the producers wanted to focus more on the main show.
Hollyoaks Later was devised after Hollyoaks had improved ratings. Tony Wood, creative director of Lime Pictures the production company of Hollyoaks, explained that it was decided that Hollyoaks would be expanded on because of its increased audience. Camilla Campbell, the commissioning editor for drama at Channel 4, said that Hollyoaks had grown up in "eyes of the viewers" and had begun being taken seriously by the television industry and critics. This meant that a late night slot for Hollyoaks allows for writers and producers to take "the drama to another level and be more daring with adult storylines, whilst also keeping the fun playfulness that Hollyoaks fans love". The series is darker in tone than parent show Hollyoaks and "explores issues difficult to dramatise in-depth before the watershed". Lime Pictures described the show and its purpose saying that "the series delves deeper into the lives, loves and misdemeanours of the Hollyoaks regulars, shedding their teen image as they look to find their feet away from the Village".
On 5 June 2008 it was announced that a spin-off of Hollyoaks had been commissioned and would begin filming in September to transmit in November. It was confirmed the series would air on a post watershed slot on E4 for five episodes of one hour airing consecutively over five nights. It was revealed that four storylines would occur throughout the series: Craig Dean (Guy Burnet) returns to save Steph Dean (Carley Stenson) during a cliff-top confrontation, an unlikely marriage between Malachy Fisher (Glen Wallace) and Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe), the debut gig of Hollyoaks' band the Dirty Diegos and the students of Hollyoaks Community College go on a road trip.
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