"Hollyoaks" is a British soap opera that first aired in Australia on free-to-air digital secondary channel, 7Two from 18 October 2010 to January 2012, in double episodes from September 2009. The show began airing on BBC UKTV on 2 April 2013 at 6:30pm EST each weeknight. Beginning on 7 October 2013, "Hollyoaks" moved into a daytime slot and aired at 8:10am EST. Episodes were 16 weeks behind the UK airings. As of 12 October 2017 Hollyoaks has been removed from BBC UKTV schedules in Australia with no plans for it to return on this channel.