{"id":28910,"date":"2023-01-20T16:26:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1772403"},"modified":"2023-01-21T06:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T05:49:59","slug":"hollyoaks-brooke-hathaway-for-major-upcoming-storyline","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/hollyoaks-brooke-hathaway-for-major-upcoming-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks\u2019 Brooke Hathaway for major upcoming storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Stefania Sarrubba\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 20 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Hollyoaks\u2019 Brooke Hathaway has been keeping quiet in recent episodes, but it seems that the character will be at the centre of a big storyline moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Brooke, played by Tylan Grant, is the Channel 4\u2019s soap first autistic character and one of Chester\u2019s non-binary residents.<\/p>\n<p>In new scenes, Brooke will be focusing on their career, as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/hollyoaks\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Hollyoaks<\/a> executive producer Lucy Allan explained recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;body-text&quot;\">\u201cWe\u2019ll be looking at Brooke in terms of a young person with autism entering the workplace, and how they go about seeking employment,\u201d Allan told <a class=\"&quot;body-link&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.insidesoap.co.uk\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.insidesoap.co.uk\/&quot;\">Inside Soap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Tylan Grant as Brooke Hathaway on Hollyoaks.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Lime Pictures\/Channel 4<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The show didn\u2019t disclose more about the job, but it looks as though it will bring about a friendship between Brooke and Lizzie Chen-Williams (Lily Best).<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;body-text&quot;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a real joy to Lizzie as a character, she\u2019s a mother hen,\u201d Allan added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;body-text&quot;\">\u201cBut sometimes the assumptions people make about what they know about autism might not be quite right. It\u2019ll be a learning process.\u201d<\/p> <p>Last year was a little traumatic for Brooke following their break-up from Ripley Lennox (Ki Griffin) and Ripley\u2019s subsequent decision to leave the village.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, Brooke had to deal with ex-partner Oliver Morgan (Gabriel Clark) relocating to Canada <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/hollyoaks\/hollyoaks-luke-morgan-exit-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">after his father Luke\u2019s (Gary Lucy) death<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\" data-placement=\"&quot;Body&quot;\">\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/hollyoaks\/hollyoaks-2023-preview-spoilers-exclusive\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Hollyoaks 2023 preview: 12 spoilers ahead as producer teases big plots<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/hollyoaks\/hollyoaks-rayne-royce-actor\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Who is Hollyoaks newcomer Rayne Royce?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/hollyoaks\/hollyoaks-lacey-lloyd-actor\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Who is Hollyoaks newcomer Lacey Lloyd?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Hollyoaks is available to stream on All4 and airs every weeknight at 6:30pm on Channel 4 and 7pm on E4. 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