{"id":507143,"date":"2026-04-01T13:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507143\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:29:13","slug":"hollyoaks-airs-deadly-cliffhanger-as-villain-stages-surprise-village-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/507143\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks airs deadly cliffhanger as villain stages surprise village return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollyoaks<\/a> spoilers follow for Wednesday\u2019s episode (1 April), which is available to watch now on streaming service Channel 4 and hasn\u2019t yet aired on TV.<\/p>\n

Hollyoaks has aired the return of villain Clare Devine as she stages a surprise comeback. While her prison escape has already been announced<\/a>, her appearance in today\u2019s episode was kept under wraps \u2013 and the fate of two characters has been left up in the air.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s episode, newly engaged Donny received a mysterious phone call<\/a> after Sully\u2019s plea hearing \u2013 a visit request from Clare, who blackmailed Donny last year after they slept together.<\/p>\n

Donny secretly showed up at the prison to hear her out, and Clare told him that she had the means to get Sully killed in prison. She reminded him that they almost ran away together months back and admitted that she had never stopped thinking about him.<\/p>\n

Despite Clare\u2019s pleas to give them a chance, claiming to be able to get out of jail that day, Donny insisted that he was happy with Misbah and walked out \u2013 leaving her heartbroken and furious.<\/p>\n

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Later, a prison guard realised that CCTV footage of Clare had been looped and was horrified to discover that she had managed to escape<\/a> in the back of a van.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Froggy was on hand to support devastated Rex, whose relationship was in tatters<\/a> \u2013 with Ste struggling to accept that his fianc\u00e9 is experimenting with wearing women\u2019s clothes. <\/p>\n

Froggy reassured Rex that things would work out, then turned up at The Hutch to confront Ste about the way he\u2019s treated his partner. Ste tried to explain himself, but Froggy made it clear to Ste that if he can\u2019t accept Rex for who he is, he should stay away.<\/p>\n

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Related: Hollyoaks reveals new lifeline for Vicky Grant as health story escalates<\/a><\/p>\n

Back at home, Rex prepared to leave for a callout and was touched when Froggy began playing the piano. The pair shared a moving moment, as Rex thanked his grandad for support before heading out.<\/p>\n

Froggy, still playing the piano, got a scare when he turned around and came face to face with his granddaughter Clare, who had made her way to the flat \u2013 after reapplying her famous red lipstick.<\/p>\n

Clare explained that she had a fling with one of the guards, who helped her grand escape plan, and told Froggy that he was back to pick up a gun that her late sister Grace had secretly hidden.<\/p>\n

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Related: Hollyoaks’ Tony reaches breaking point as next chapter of Diane story begins<\/a><\/p>\n

She intended to make a fresh start away from the village, but Froggy refused to let her go and lose another granddaughter so urged her to return to jail and serve her sentence.<\/p>\n

It looked like Froggy had convinced her, but things took a turn when Clare realised that her grandad had called the emergency services on her. As a violent struggle ensued, Clare and Froggy both reached for the weapon \u2013 and two gunshots were then heard. <\/p>\n

What has unfolded, and have either Clare or Froggy been wounded?<\/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

Read more Hollyoaks spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – as Cain Dingle is left for dead, Jasmine Fisher goes on trial, and Jodie Ramsey gets up to no good again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Wednesday\u2019s episode (1 April), which is available to watch now on streaming service Channel…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147950,379,177828,381,96,2788,1156,177827,148053,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-507143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-921b0226-5d16-4c4b-aa0c-5d607f149691","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-hasproduct-true","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-hollyoaks-airs-deadly-cliffhanger-in-surprise-return","tag-subsection-hollyoaks","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}