Exclusive: 'Hollyoaks' to become first UK HD soap

Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks is to become the first of the 'big four' UK soaps to broadcast in high definition.

The move from the Lime Pictures-produced show is the first of its kind for a UK primetime soap.

Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, producer Bryan Kirkwood said: "[Hollyoaks is] already filming in HD and the show will be broadcast in the format from Monday, June 2."

Meanwhile, BBC One's EastEnders is currently busy testing its HD equipment; ITV1 soap Coronation Street is continuing to "explore the options"; Emmerdale will begin filming in HD in July; while the BBC's daytime medical drama Doctors has been filming in the high quality format since December.

> Click here for DS's full interview with Bryan Kirkwood