HEY BENWAHS FANS!!!!
THE BENWAHS HAVE FILMED HOLLYOAKS!!!! WOHOOO!!!!
DRIVING DOWN THE MOTORWAY LATE ON MONDAY NIGHT THE BENWAHS EXCITED CHATTER FILLED THE CAR. LIKE LITTLE KIDS HEADING TO ALTON TOWERS THE BENWAHS MADE THEIR WAY TO LIVERPOOL. TALK OF HOLLYOAKS AND THIS BEING OUR BIG BREAK WAS THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR JOURNEY.
STEPPING OUT OF THE CAR AT 11.30PM AND STARING UP AT A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE COUNTRY PUB HOTEL THE BENWAHS HAD ARRIVED! WALKING TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE WITH SLIGHT TREPIDATION WE HEARD "ALRIGHT MATE, PLAY US A SONG!". WE HAD MET OUR FIRST SCOUSERS!!!
WE DROPPED OUR BAGS IN OUR ROOMS AND HEADED OUT TO THE BEER GARDEN FOR A QUICK NIGHT CAP. AS SOON AS WE TOOK OUR SEATS THE SCOUSERS ROUNDED THE CORNER, PULLED UP A PEW AND GOT DOWN TO MAKING US FEEL RIGHT AT HOME! WITH QUICK INTRODUCTIONS THE COMEDY DUO OF THE GROUP, TONY AND BURNIE, BEGAN REGALING STORIES OF OLD AND SOON HAD US CRYING WITH LAUGHTER AND WANTING TO COME BACK TO LIVERPOOL MORE OFTEN THAN WOULD BE POSSIBLE!
FEELING QUITE RELAXED AND CHILDISHLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MORROW WE HEADED TO BED.
6AM THE ALARM SOUNDED AND SUZIE BENWAH JUMPED OUT OF BED AND INTO THE SHOWER. TODAY WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY.
LIKE TWO GIRLS GETTING READY FOR A NIGHT ON THE TOWN SUZIE AND KAREN BENWAH DID HAIR AND MAKE UP WHILE HIGH SPEED CHATTING ABOUT THE DAY AHEAD!
AT 8AM THE BENWAHS ENTERED LIME PICTURES STUDIOS.
WITH WARM WELCOMES FROM EVERYBODY WE GRABBED SOME BREAKFAST AND MADE OUR WAY TO THE S.U.BAR!
LIKE ANY TV SET THE S.U.BAR WAS TINY IN REAL LIFE! THE BENWAHS SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT AND, SCARED TO TOUCH ANYTHING FOR CONTINUITY REASONS, SAT AT A TABLE AND TALKED IN HUSHED TONES ABOUT OUR FORTHCOMING TV DEBUT PUNCTUATED WITH "OH MY GOD, LOOK AT THAT!" "OH MY GOD, WE'RE GONNA BE ON HOLLYOAKS" "OH MY GOD, THERE'S JUSTIN!".
AFTER HALF AN HOUR OF THE CREW SETTING UP LIGHTS AND SET THE EXTRAS FILED IN AND THE BENWAHS STOOD WITH DRY MOUTHS, NERVOUS GLANCES AND "THIS IS IT GUYS, ROCK OUT AND KNOCK 'EM DEAD!"
OUR TIME WAS NOW AND WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT GOOD!
THE BENWAHS STEPPED ON STAGE, DONNED THEIR GUITARS AND STICKS AND GOT INTO ROCK GOD MODE!
FILMING BEGAN!!!
WE DON'T WANT TO RUIN ANY STORY LINES OR HOLLYOAKS SECRETS SO WE'LL JUST SAY THE TYPICAL STOP-START NATURE OF FILMING PURSUED FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS. THE BENWAHS PLAYED, THE AUDIENCE WATCHED, HOLLYOAKS CHARACTERS ACTED AND EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY!
IN NO TIME AT ALL WE WERE TOLD, "THAT'S A RAP, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK TODAY, YOU'RE FREE TO GO".
AS WE STEPPED OFF THE STAGE NEIL, THE SOUND GUY, ASKED US IF WE WANTED TO WATCH THE FILMING BACK ON THE MONITORS. THE BENWAHS SAT WITH HANDS OVER EYES AND THOUGHTS OF PLEASE LET THIS LOOK GOOD AND AS NEIL PRESSED PLAY THE BENWAHS CAME TO LIFE ON STAGE.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THE BENWAHS HAD SEEN THEMSELVES PLAY AND WITH SMILES CREEPING OVER OUR LIPS AND EYES GLUED TO THE SCREEN WE ALL AGREED WE DIDN'T LOOK HALF BAD!
THE BENWAHS HAD DONE IT! IT WAS ON FILM, LOOKING GOOD AND WITH NOTHING LEFT BUT TO BATHE IN OUR OWN GLORY WE SAT BACK AND WATCHED THE MONITORS. OH MY GOD, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON HOLLYOAKS!!!!!!!
NEIL THEN TOOK THE BENWAHS ON A GUIDED TOUR AROUND THE WHOLE OF THE HOLLYOAKS SET! WE SAW EVERYONES HOUSES, THE VILLAGE, THE DOG PUB, THE LOFT CLUB AND BOY, WERE THEY REAL! ONE OF THE HOUSES WAS A WHOLE FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE WITH A DOWNSTAIRS KITCHEN AND LIVING ROON AND EVERYTHING!!!
INCREDULOUSLY SUZIE BENWAH ASKED "AND THIS WAS LITERALLY BUILT JUST FOR HOLLYOAKS?" AND EVEN MORE INCREDULOUSLY NEIL REPLIED "YEAH! THAT'S WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU...THE SET!".
IN MY DEFENSE, IT WAS MASSIVE!!!
AFTER NIPPING BACK TO THE LOVELY HOTEL FOR A QUICK BITE TO EAT THE BENWAHS WERE BACK ON THE ROAD.
HEADING HOME WITH TIREDNESS CREEPING THROUGH THEIR BONES BUT EXCITEMENT KEEPING THEM AWAKE, THE BENWAHS FELL INTO A SILENT THOUGHTFULNESS, EACH LEFT TO OUR OWN IMAGININGS WITH THE ODD "DID YOU SEE THAT BLOKE", "WHAT ABOUT WHEN WE HAD TO DO THAT". THE RETURN JOURNEY ENDED IN NO TIME AND SAYING GOODBYE AT THE TUBE STATION WE ALL PARTED WAYS. WITH SECRET SMILES AND FEELINGS OF ACHIEVEMENT WE ALL HEADED HOME SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAD DONE OUR BEST AND FELLING REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THE BENWAHS!
THE BENWAHS HOLLYOAKS EPISODE IS SCHEDUALED TO BE AIRED SEPTEMBER 10TH BUT THE BENWAHS WILL MAKE SURE TO REMIND YOU! WE DON'T WANT ANYONE MISSING OUR BIG TELEVISION DEBUT!!!
TO VISIT THE HOLLYOAKS WEBSITE JUST CLICK THE LINK BELOW:
http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/H/hollyoaks/
FOR NOW,
BIG LOVE,
THE BENWAHS
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