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- Lucy Jane Allan (born 30 September 1978) [ 1] is an English television producer, best known for her work on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Allan's other credited work includes a script editor for Dream Team and assistant to the director in Chica de Río.
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Lucy Jane Allan (born 30 September 1978) [1] is an English television producer, best known for her work on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Allan's other credited work includes a script editor for Dream Team and assistant to the director in Chica de Río.
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Aug 10, 2023 · Hollyoaks boss Lucy Allan has stepped down after two and a half years, it has been revealed. The acclaimed producer, who took over the role in 2021, has helmed some hard-hitting and incredibly...
Aug 10, 2023 · Hollyoaks' executive producer Lucy Allan has decided to leave the soap after two and a half years in charge. Lucy took over as the Channel 4 show's executive producer at the start of 2021.
Aug 10, 2023 · Lime Pictures has confirmed that Lucy Allan, the Executive Producer of Hollyoaks is to step down after almost 3 years. Reports suggest that the Series Producer and its Script and Storyline...
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Lucy Allan (born 30th September 1978) is an English television producer who joined the crew of Hollyoaks in 2002, beginning as an assistant script editor before becoming a storyliner and deputy producer until her promotion in 2009.
Allan became the series producer in January 2009, reigning from Episode 2571 (1st June 2009) to Episode 2855 (2nd July 2010), succeeding Bryan Kirkwood and preceding Paul Marquess. She then became the executive producer of Hollyoaks in January 2021, credited on-screen from Episode 5646 (2nd August 2021). In August 2023, Allan announced her decision to leave the show once more. Allan's final episode credited as executive producer was Episode 6240 (8th November 2023).
Working alongside executive producers Tony Wood and Carolyn Reynolds, Allan's first era of the show saw a slight transition back to a teenage/young adult focus: a majority of characters debuting during this period were students or teachers. Unlike most other producers, Allan decided against a cast shake-up and the show subsequently saw an unusually low amount of departures in 2009. However, Allan decided to bring back Bronagh Waugh as Cheryl Brady (who had previously only appeared for five episodes in Hollyoaks Later), as well as Kevin Sacre as Jake Dean who had previously appeared in the programme from 2002 to 2008.
Major storylines under Allan included the dramatic conclusion to Newt's schizophrenia storyline, Lydia Hart's reign of terror after the murder of Sarah Barnes, the disappearance of Holly Cunningham, Josh Ashworth's troubles with alcohol, teenager Ricky Campbell being the sole carer of his MS-suffering father, and a flashforward 'Whodunnit?' surrounding the murder of Calvin Valentine. She also planned for a historic child murder storyline involving Loretta Jones, but - despite a positive reception with the programme's audience - the story proved controversial and was cut shortly before transmission by Tony Wood. Allan also planned a cervical cancer storyline for Steph Dean (managing to convince departing actress Carley Stenson to extend her contract), but Allan decided to leave the programme before the storyline was completed. She then went on to produce Waterloo Road, Leonardo, House of Anubis, Rocket's Island, Wolfblood, The Dumping Ground and The Worst Witch.
Re-joining the programme in an executive producer capacity, Allan took over the programme from Kirkwood (for a second time) following accusations of racism against the show. Allan decided to partake in Channel 4's "Black To Front" day with a special hour long episode featuring black talent in front and behind of the camera, with characters Saul Reeves, Olivia Bradshaw, Pearl Anderson and DeMarcus Westwood being introduced specially for the occasion. Unlike her first era, Allan's arrival saw a number of axings and departures, with three characters being killed off in an explosion in January 2022. However, controversy arose following the dismissal of long-running actress Sarah Jayne Dunn, whose character Mandy Richardson was written out due to breach of contract in November 2021.
The larger number of axings and departures allowed for the introduction of the Chen-Williams family, a half-Chinese, half-English family - the first for a British soap opera. The beginning of Allan's era saw the regular return of Kelly Condron as Zara Morgan (who had appeared from 1999 to 2005), as well as a guest return from Gemma Atkinson as Lisa Hunter (previously appearing from 2001 to 2006). Eric Foster was introduced to add to the long-running Hutchinson family, whilst drama for the McQueen family continued with the arrival of Silas Blissett's mentioned-but-formerly-unseen daughter Wendy Blissett.
Aug 10, 2023 · It was confirmed earlier today that Lucy Allan, who has been the Channel 4 soap’s executive producer for two and a half years, had stepped down, stating that she ‘loved’ her time as boss.
Lucy Allan joined Lime Pictures in January 2021 as Head of Continuing Drama and Executive Producer of Hollyoaks. Lucy has overall responsibility for running the 5 night a week, multi award winning, show as well as developing her own slate of spins offs and long running drama ideas.
