Hollyoaks fans can expect more dramatic stunt scenes in January as one character faces terrible danger when the village's council flats are demolished.

Grace Black (Tamara Wall) is at the centre of the shock storyline as she targets someone close to Freddie Roscoe in order to force him into doing her bidding.


Ruthless Grace wants Freddie (Charlie Clapham) to murder Mercedes Browning on her behalf, so she tells him that she has locked away somebody he loves.

Grace warns that she will kill the mystery individual if Freddie doesn't follow her instructions, but she refuses to reveal their identity or where they are.

Backed into a corner, a horrified Freddie is forced to seriously consider following Grace's sinister instructions - fearing that the lives of Sinead O'Connor (Stephanie Davis) or Lindsey Butterfield (Sophie Austin) could depend on it.

While we can't reveal whether Freddie does kill Mercedes, he later receives another terrible shock as Grace tells him that his loved one is in the abandoned flats - and time is running out as it's the day of their demolition.

The abandoned flats moments before their demolition
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The flats moments before their demolition

The wrecking ball strikes the building
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The wrecking ball strikes the building

The demolition continues
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The demolition continues

As our pictures show, the destruction of the building soon goes ahead as planned as a wrecking ball and a digger tear through it - but fans will have to tune in to see whether Freddie has rescued his loved one in time.

A Hollyoaks insider told Digital Spy: "It's going to be a race against time for Freddie to save the mystery character, but will he kill Mercedes to get the information he needs from Grace? And once Grace tells him everything, will his efforts be too late?"

The flats are left as nothing more than rubble
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The flats are left as nothing more than rubble

Work on the flats' destruction is almost complete
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Work on the flats' destruction is almost complete

Regular viewers will know that the council flats have been abandoned since October, when they were rocked by a huge explosion which claimed the lives of Doug Carter, Ash Kane and Leanne Holiday.

Hollyoaks airs these scenes in the week commencing Monday, January 13 at 6.30pm on Channel 4.