Hollyoaks spoilers: Dancer Marco, played by AJ Pritchard arrives in Chester

AJ Pritchard plays Marco in Hollyoaks

AJ Pritchard makes his first appearance in Hollyoaks playing dancer Marco, who ruffles Trish Minniver's feathers....

Dance pro and former Strictly professional, A J Pritchard arrives in Chester playing dancer Marco, in tonight’s episode of Hollyoaks on at 6.30pm (See our TV Guide for full listings).

AJ and Curtis Pritchard join Hollyoaks

It was recently announced that AJ Pritchard and his brother, Curtis, would be joining Hollyoaks

It’s the launch of bossy diva Trish Minniver’s (Denise Walsh) new dance school at Hollyoaks High.

However things get off to a rocky start when Trish’s dodgy boyfriend, Brad King (Tom Benedict Knight) goes AWOL for her special day.

A fuming Trish takes out her anger on poor pupil, Leah Barnes (Ela-May Demircan).

Yazz Maalik in Hollyoaks

Budding reporter, Yazz Maalik, turns up to get the lowdown on Trish's launch

Meanwhile the pressure mounts for Trish when budding young reporter Yazz Maalik (Haiesha Mistry) shows up eager to get the scoop on the new local enterprise.

And just to add to the drama, one of Trish’s dance rivals, Marco (AJ Pritchard) also rocks up to get the lowdown on what’s going on. Is Trish’s launch day doomed for disaster?

AJ Pritchard plays Marco in Hollyoaks

Rival dancer, Marco, played by AJ Pritchard shows up at Trish Minniver's launch

Elsewhere, Trish’s wheeler dealing partner, Brad is busy with the dodgy deal that is taking place today.

Brad King played by Tom Benedict Knight in Hollyoaks

Brad King is putting his dodgy business plan into action

Felix Westwood (Richard Blackwood) who has been recruited as part of the scam, is starting to have serious second thoughts about the whole thing, but his mate Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) convinces him it will be fine.

Felix Westwood in Hollyoaks

Felix Westwood is disguised as a policeman in order to hijack a van

It’s Felix’s job to hijack the van delivering a load of laptops and bring it back to the garage, however the job turns out to be far more difficult than anyone anticipated.

Felix Westwood in Hollyoaks

Felix makes his move and stops the van

Maxine Minniver (Nikki Sanderson) finds herself caught in the crossfire when things start to go badly wrong!

Felix Westwood and Katja in Hollyoaks

The driver gets out, but are things about to go badly wrong?

Elsewhere, John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) is desperate to get his relationship back on track with boyfriend PC George Kiss (Callum Kerr).

John Paul McQueen and George Kiss in Hollyoaks week 5

John Paul's relationship with manipulative copper George is under serious strain

John Paul suggests couples’ therapy as a solution.

When that idea goes down like a lead balloon with George, John Paul has another plan up his sleeve. What exactly does he have in mind?

Hollyoaks is shown weekdays on C4 at 6.30pm with the next episode following on E4 at 7pm.

Tess Lamacraft
Senior Writer for What's On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite week, Whattowatch.com

Tess is a senior writer for What’s On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite and WhattoWatch.com She's been writing about TV for over 25 years and worked on some of the UK’s biggest and best-selling publications including the Daily Mirror where she was assistant editor on the weekend TV magazine, The Look, and Closer magazine where she was TV editor. She has freelanced for a whole range of websites and publications including We Love TV, The Sun’s TV Mag, Woman, Woman’s Own, Fabulous, Good Living, Prima and Woman and Home.