Jamie Lomas will make his full time return to Hollyoaks next year.
Jamie Lomas as Warren Fox
Jamie's fan-favourite, bad-boy character Warren Fox is set for an explosive return to the Channel 4 soap in 2020 as the show celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Executive Producer, Bryan Kirkwood said: "Warren Fox is one of our greatest ever characters and our most dynamic, complex villain. Jamie Lomas is a leading man who we can't wait to have back."
Jamie added: "Warren is back in the village and when the Fox is back, trouble isn't far behind him. The village best be on their toes because there is plenty of unfinished business."
Jamie will return to film full-time before Christmas and his scenes will air in the New Year.
Lomas made a brief return to the soap earlier this week, as part of the heart-breaking climax to Sienna Blake's (Anna Passey) twins kidnap plot, where she was sure that she had found her missing children who Warren snatched last year.
However, as she prepared to run off with them, her loved ones persuaded her that they weren't her children and she gave them up, only for Warren to arrive and take them back to Spain.
Jamie, 44, started playing Warren in 2006 and he quit the soap in 2009 before making several reappearances but he recently said that returning to the soap is "like coming home".
Speaking in a video uploaded to the 'Hollyoaks' Instagram account, Jamie said: "Hello guys. As you can see, The Fox is back in the village, causing some trouble. And this might not be the last you see of me.
"How does it feel to be back? Yeah, amazing, you know? It's like coming home, coming to see my family, my friends.
"Coming back to play Warren Fox is always a pleasure and an honour. 'Hollyoaks' ... I love it."
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