Creation and development Hollyoaks: Enjoy the Ride

kieron richardson described events during storyline 1 of biggest stunts in soap history

susan hill daily star announced storyline on 21 october 2012. reported lots of lives lost in tragedy – biggest hollyoaks has seen . show source told hill huge stunt , lot of money has been spent making realistic possible. team of stuntmen , women brought in , bosses hired of best special effects people in business. bus crash disaster no 1 ever forget . daniel kilkelly of digital spy announced upcoming storyline feature tragic storyline twist wedding day joy turns horror number of soap s characters . added event change life in village forever . executive producer of hollyoaks bryan kirkwood revealed worked alongside series producer emma smithwick create storyline. explained decided time big, show-stopping, blockbuster sequence grab audience s attention , bring them hollyoaks. realised needed engage of older audience again , how . richardson said crash , following explosion 1 of biggest stunts in soap history , while moss told s on tv biggest stunt think hollyoaks have ever done , ve pulled make best . brennan explained storyline dramatic storyline reflection of direction re going in @ hollyoaks. re going show s soap roots , doing big, bombastic storylines . brennan felt scenes included hardest day has had @ hollyoaks while filming storyline due filming demanding in terms of depths of emotions . added audiences expect big emotions due large number of characters @ risk. scenes become very, dramatic many characters in village . roberts said after crash no 1 same, going affected in way. s going carnage, s going messy, people going hurt, s going sad exciting .

the episodes said feature double wedding of tony , cindy alongside ste , doug. jono , ruby plan elope gretna green steal minibus. bart , esther try stop minibus jono , ruby not marry. driver maddie distracted , runs on leah, swerves off road avoid her. maddie drives double wedding venue, crashing minibus before explodes. several factors lead crash of minibus. shaffer said minibus faulty brakes , dangerous behaviour of esther , bart largely blame. shaffer explained esther , bart doing out of goodness of hearts , not being malicious in trying stop wedding amount of blame have lie them!

kilkelly explained storyline created reveal secrets , lies many had fought hard keep hidden . brennan elaborated on this, saying crash comes @ worst time possible because there gigantic reveal between ste , doug before crash. added secret doug has gone behind ste s take out brendan revealed @ wedding. tony plans reveal cindy s infidelity during service not. waring told soap magazine cindy decides run away rhys, witnessed tony looks , sees bus coming right them! actress said cindy has load of secrets , there lot of repercussions following decision run away rhys.

kilkelly announced @ least 2 characters expected killed off in momentous episodes, identities kept closely under wraps until transmission . brennan said doug in danger @ wedding in danger considering bus ploughs through venue . soap expert susan hill, writing daily star noted tony, cindy, rhys, ste, doug, ruby, maddie , neil possibilities die in storyline. when fourth episode aired 3 regular characters: neil, maddie , rhys killed off. identities of characters die kept secret public until moment of transmission. in following , concluding episode of week shock death aired when jono had appeared uninjured crash died undetected internal injures. big twist unannounced saw sinead discover pregnant. kirkwood explained high death toll mix of [himself , smithwick] feeling characters had come end of line, , other actors deciding time them go .

moss disclosed difficult keep exit secret careful details did not emerge death scene came shock . moss told kilkelly when considering leaving serial told stunt , keen involved in scenes. said big death scene @ end first hollyoaks, because left camera on rhys , jacqui whole scene , let play out . moss said tears during scene between himself , cooper absolutely real , scenes not rehearsed emotions raw , fresh. moss described filming of death scene upsetting added emotions played out onscreen. bowman said difficult keep exit under wraps worked make exit memorable. explained felt if better exits not announced build suspense , shock . bowman explained maddie s death devised give character comeuppance bullying esther. on maddie s decision leave neil die, bowman explained maddie have helped mate, doesn t saves herself, think time door comes audience yes, deserve .