{"id":221540,"date":"2025-10-24T01:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/221540\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T01:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:02:10","slug":"eastenders-star-gillian-taylforth-pays-rare-tribute-to-former-hollyoaks-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/221540\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth pays rare tribute to former Hollyoaks role"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> star Gillian Taylforth has joined the celebrations for Hollyoaks<\/a>‘ 30th anniversary, looking back on her role on the Channel 4 soap. The actor starred in the series as Sandy Roscoe from 2013 to 2015. <\/p>\n

Taylforth made this two-year detour to Chester over a decade ago before returning to EastEnders in a regular capacity in 2015, reprising her role as Kathy Beale. She had previously played the character for 15 years, between 1985 and 2000. <\/p>\n

As Hollyoaks has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, some cast members from EastEnders have wished the soap a happy birthday in a video montage<\/a>, including Taylforth. <\/p>\n

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The star briefly recalled her time as Sandy, and sent the soap’s cast and crew “lots of love” as they celebrate three decades on screen. <\/p>\n

“Hi Hollyoaks, it’s Gilly Taylforth here, AKA Sandy Roscoe,” she said with a pause, adding: “Ooh, all those years ago.”<\/p>\n

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“I just want to wish you all a very, very happy 30th birthday,” she added.<\/p>\n

“I hope you all have a wonderful time celebrating and save a glass for me. Lots of love!”<\/p>\n

Other EastEnders stars paying tribute to Hollyoaks included Taylforth’s onscreen son Ian Beale star Adam Woodyatt as well as Peter Beale actor Thomas Law and Nicola Mitchell star Laura Doddington, who teamed up to recreate Hollyoaks’ iconic intro tune.<\/p>\n

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Hollyoaks has marked its anniversary with a special Brookside crossover<\/a>, with a few characters being killed in the aftermath of a devastating plane crash.<\/p>\n

Peri Lomax<\/a>, Jez Blake and Grace Black<\/a> are those who didn’t make it alive out of anniversary week for now, but more lives are hanging in the balance.<\/p>\n

Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming<\/a> premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.<\/p>\n

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast. <\/p>\n

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