Oh, god. That's all we need, Louise resurrecting aswell. Although I liked her so probably wouldn't mind.

They kept it so secret because it wasn't filmed that far ahead of transmission from what I've heard. Rewrites and everything.

Wasn't too bad. Some odd ways of filling in the blanks though lol

Enjoyed the flashback episode defo think it is Mandy sending the texts

Is Louise definitely dead ?

I think so why u ask???

It was messy and the writers using a complete Deus Ex Machina was disappointing. It was all fairly predictable to say that it had been hyped up.

In case it was her behind the texts. I remember it appeared he had killed her, but I can't remember if it was ever shown.

No it wasn't shown, Warren said he killed her but maybe he thinks he did and doesn't know that she might have escaped somewhere and is out there planning revenge:shocked:.

Another three new characters are to join Hollyoaks in the weeks ahead, shaking up life in the village as the soap's ongoing renewal process continues.

Theresa McQueen's new best friend Liberty, her fiancé Ethan Scott and mysterious Irishman Pete will all quickly make their mark in Chester once they make their debut on screen in forthcoming episodes.

Actress and singer-songwriter Abi Phillips has taken on the role of Liberty, who immediately hits it off with Theresa (Jorgie Porter) when they meet for the first time. However, it's not long until the pair's blossoming friendship hits an unexpected stumbling block.

Phillips will already be familiar to some fans of the teen show as she is the voice behind the track 'Missing You', which proved popular with viewers when it was recently featured in Steph Roach's death episode. The musician penned the song after being inspired by Steph's cervical cancer storyline and later submitted it to be used on the show.

Following the strong response to the track, Hollyoaks bosses arranged a meeting with Phillips and subsequently invited her to audition for the part of Liberty - a character they had been developing for some time.

Meanwhile, actor Craig Vye has landed the role of Ethan, a detective constable who catches Theresa's eye when he arrives in the village. A mutual attraction between the pair quickly grows, but when Theresa discovers that Ethan is Liberty's fiancé, she realises that she has found herself in another tricky situation.

Finally, former Cast Offs star Peter Mitchell's casting has also been officially confirmed. The Northern Irish actor - who has used a wheelchair since 2002 after a car crash left him paralysed - is to play Brendan Brady's old friend Pete, a new arrival who has a complicated history with the nightclub manager and turns up with a score to settle.

Liberty and Ethan will both appear on screen for the first time next week, while Pete makes his debut in February.

Steph's funeral:(, shame they didn't make any references to the Epilepsy or nearly being killed by Toby Mills.

Steph is a HO legend, nasty when she first came in and got involved with the local bad boy Scott Anderson but completely changed her behaviour and became nice, with dreams to be famous:).

Watching the E4 one, it's way too cheesy. What's with the video too OTT.

And even though Carley Stenson can sing great she always acted Steph as a terrible singer. I remember her doing a show in the Dog and she sounded awful and was booed off stage. Then suddenly for this video she recorded before dying she can sing completely note perfect?

I disagree, it's typical Steph.. she was cheesy and OTT. Tom was amazing with his speech, really emotional:(.

Steph was always meant to be just a normal girl trying to choose her dream at first and meant to start awful but improve as time went on and she was great at the end.

Liked the Brendan/Warren scene, bring on the war between those two:devil:. Mercedes and Carl scene.. interesting!

Come on though. Rewatch any clips of Steph singing in the show and Carly goes all out to make every note horrible and screechy. Then suddenly she's dying of cancer and she can hit every note perfect. That's more unbelievable than her exit storyline.

It's a shame they only concentrated on the last few years of her life like you said. She's been in it agessssssssssss. On a plus Warren and Brenden have finally met :D

oh no more new characters?

The music was mint at the funeral bit when Gilly first walks in anyone know who it is by???

Brendan all the way , the tash is legendary

Also it has to be said Chezza has a cracking set of tits

'Missing You' by Abi Phillips, who is going to play new character Liberty:).

I like Brendan's tash too:joker:, Cheryl does indeed have a good round set on her too;):p.

E4 just

Thanx BBfan :xyxwave:

You're welcome:), this new character looks similar to Rae though:shocked:.

Editing is still all over the place.

Oh ffs one Rae is bad enough lol

Lmao I don't mind Rae:joker:.

Never liked her since her stupid curse ****e lol

That was Lucy Allan's fault:nono:.