Thats per episode. It is shown 5 times on ch4 & e4 and has 260 episodes a year. It costs £16,000,000 so it was easy to work out, very cheap.

Bloody good though.

Others should take note.

The titles look like they took up about 50p of that.

*runs*

Rofl, they are awful.

Ooh, really? And yet with all that money they must earn, I still hate most of the clothes they dress Kris in, and I'm sure one of the others claimed he was the best-dressed.

I think they look kool. Anyway H;oaks is the only soap to be shown in the USA.

How much do the other soaps cost per episode? It'd be interesting to compare them all...

Of all the soaps, Hollyoaks is the only one I watch with any regularity. Money well spent, then

Yes I think you mean EE which costs a shocking £250,000 pounds per episode work out how much that is per year! Totall disgrace.

and i bet they sell it to the USA for about 10 grand per episode.

Proper little money spinner for Channel 4!

xP.
But will people in the USA watch it?

It does very well out of it. It's supposed to have the highest advertising slot price for any pre-7pm show due to the number of 16-34 year olds watching.

not just the USA its shown in


Taken from Wikipedia

They watched H-in the city which is why I guess they bought h'oaks

It's supposed to be quite popular in New Zealand as well.

In the USA, they're starting off with the explosion in the Dog.

But your not comparing like for like. The £250,000 per episode for Eastenders, is to actually make the episode. It is then shown twice on BBC One, then on BBC Three, then repeated on UK Gold.

The figure for Hollyoaks above, is the price per episode divided by the times it is shown. Per episode to make it costs around £61,500 per episode.

Though i do agree, Hollyoaks is better value of money. But you only have to look at recent contracts that Eastenders have given to see where the money is going.

Sorry your right about this. I forgot to divide EE cost by 3 times! The UKtv gold showing does not count as this is a private channel and pays for the pay-tv rights.

The reall cost of EE per episode is £83,333 which is still much higher than H'oaks!

PMSL!

Interesting figures, does anyone have any sources for any of the figures?

I'm wondering the same thing. I can't believe it's that cheap to make!

H'oaks costs £16 million pounds a year for 260 episodes. It is easy to work out how much each episode costs.

I thought it was taken off air in NZ

What's your source?