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Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks to air fewer episodes each week

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Hollyoaks will have fewer episodes each week, Channel 4 has announced.

The soap, airing on streaming, E4 and YouTube, will move from five weekly instalments to three from September.

The channel explained the decision by saying this is the “optimum pattern to keep heartland audiences hooked and attract new ones in a highly saturated content market” based on Channel 4 data.

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