''Hollyoaks Favourites'' is a British television series that began airing on E4 from 29 March 2020. The series shows past episodes of

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'' Hollyoaks'', and was launched as a response to production on ''Hollyoaks'' being suspended due to the

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, in order to fill the slot of new episodes. The series will conclude on 15 January 2021, when the series returns to transmitting five weekly episodes.

Production

On 22 March 2020,

suspended production and filming of '' Hollyoaks'' due to the

. A decision was made to air classic episodes from 30 March, new episodes being broadcast was reduced from five to three, airing on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. However, on 6 April, this was reduced again from three to two, airing Monday and Tuesday. The slots were known as ''Hollyoaks Favourites'' and each show is presented by a cast member that their character was key to the episode. Once there are enough episodes of ''Hollyoaks'' filmed, ''Hollyoaks Favourites'' will be replaced by ''Hollyoaks'' as it was intended to be a stopgap during the pandemic. In July 2020, ''Hollyoaks Favourites'' was replaced by '' Hollyoaks@25'', a series that explores moments from the first 25 years of the soap.

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