Bryan Kirkwood has confirmed that Hollyoaks Later is returning for one episode in January, to tie up the Breda storyline. And Mercedes will get shot in a whodunnit storyline.
And the New Year Special is a flashforwards episode set one year into the future. One character is supposed to have a shock death in January. Warren Gox is supposed to be in the Hollyoaks Later too. And James Sutton has just returned to filming as John Paul.
Jamie Lomas was back on set a couple of days ago, clean-shaven, possibly filming for the Hollyoaks Later episode on January 7th.