Hollyoaks are keen for a cameo from Greta Thunberg

Virgin Radio

9 Nov 2021, 11:57

Climate change activist and environmentalist Greta Thunberg is in demand.

Channel 4 are reportedly seeking to sign the Swedish 18-year-old for a cameo in Hollyoaks.

She could soon be joining many of the famous faces in the soap if bosses get their way.

The show already has a nod to Greta with a sustainable clothing stall called Sweater Thunberg in her honour.

Scriptwriter Rebecca Ramsden said: "It would be amazing if she came down. Sweater Thunberg has been on the show for a year and we've always tried to put environmental issues at the top of our agenda. It's a brilliant pun."

The recent "big soap swap" week was a roaring success and saw the likes of 'Hollyoaks', 'Emmerdale', 'EastEnders' and 'Coronation Street' crossing over in various ways for the COP26 climate event.

Show bosses were keen to prove that the week of climate change discussion wasn’t a one-off or a fad, and are wanting to remain green for the future.

Greta was seen attending a rally in Glasgow on the same weekend as COP26, which she called a “failure”.

She insisted: “It is not a secret that COP26 is a failure. It should be obvious that we cannot solve the crisis with the same methods that got us into it in the first place.

“The COP has turned into a PR event, where leaders are giving beautiful speeches and announcing fancy commitments and targets, while behind the curtains governments of the Global North countries are still refusing to take any drastic climate action.”

She said it was “now a global north greenwash festival, a two-week-long celebration of business as usual and blah blah blah”.

Greta attended the first week to avoid missing too many days of school.