Secret HO scenes..

A TOP secret episode of a popular Channel 4 television soap has been filmed in Burton, The Mail can exclusively reveal.

Three main characters from the cast of Hollyoaks, which is normally set in Chester, filmed the scenes at Tatenhill Airfield.

Airfield staff looked on in astonishment as cast members Lydia Kelly, Loui Batley and Zoe Lister, who play Lydia Hart, Sarah Barnes and Zoe Carpenter, rolled up at the airfield for the two-day filming session on Wednesday.

Hollyoaks chief had ordered that the filming be conducted in secret with a ban placed on airfield workers talking about the visit.

However, the Mail can reveal that the filming, which began on Wednesday and continued yesterday, was for a dramatic episode of the soap in which a leading character from the cast dies.

While staff at Tatenhill have been told by Channel 4 bosses and film crews to remain tight-lipped over the exact details of the particular storyline, it is known that two of the characters are to leave the soap soon, with one of them making a ‘tragic’ exit.

Now speculation is mounting that one of the actors involved in this week’s filming will meet a bloody end during the episode flmed at Tatenhill.

An airfield source said: “We were amazed when televsion trucks arrived a n d they set up all their gear to start filming at the airfield. The three girls from the show were all there.

You would expect them to be all dressed to the nines, but actually they looked pretty ordinary.” Actress Loui Batley’s character has been a main member of the cast since joining in 2005, followed by Zoe Lister. Lydia Hart joined the soap this year.

The scenes filmed at Tatenhill are due to be aired in October.