October 2020 will mark the 25th anniversary of Channel 4's Hollyoaks, and you can bet that Tony Hutchinson, who's been there since the beginning, will be involved in a big way.

Speaking to Inside Soap magazine, Tony actor Nick Pickard was asked what he knows about the showrunner's plans for the big celebration, to which he said: "I genuinely don't have a clue!

"I know its going to be a big year ahead, and that they're planning something exciting — it will be a roller coaster!"

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He added: "I've been told I can't go on holiday around the time of our big autumn stunt, but that's all I know at the moment."

That fact that Nick has been told he can't go on holiday around the time of the big stunt makes us wonder if Tony is either going to get hurt and will be involved in a lot of hospital scenes, or he'll have a lot of scenes where he is dealing with the fallout of whatever goes down.

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They can't kill off though, can they? Not after teasing the possibility of it with Brenda McQueen at the pig farm, and the emotional ringer that put fans through.

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"(The reaction was) what we wanted, for people to respond that way," Nick added. "It's nice to know my character is still so loved — but that doesn't mean they still won't kill him off, though!"

Hollyoaks airs weeknights at 6.30pm on Channel 4, with first-look episodes airing at 7pm on E4.


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