Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi (2026)

[bunniefuu]

[intriguing music playing]

Hello! Is this recording?

[laughter]

Hi.

[chuckling]

[laughter]

[Kit] I've learned a lot about myself

in the process of making this show.

[director] Action.

[Yasmin] It taught me so much. Being on a

set like Heartstopper, you can't describe.

-[Tobie] We love to see it, eh?

-[laughter]

-[party horn toots]

-[laughter]

[Joe] I've never had a bond like I do

with the cast of Heartstopper.

We're like family.

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!

[Kizzy] Oh my God.

Overnight, everything was different,

and it would never be the same again.

[crowd cheering]

Heartstopper!

[William] I wish I could've had

a show like this growing up.

[woman] I hope that it has helped people.

That's really the most blessed thing

I can hope for as a creator.

[camera shutter clicking]

[Tobie] Bye.

[music fades]

[intriguing music playing]

[Alice] The origin story of Heartstopper

is an interesting one.

When I was 19,

I wrote and published my first

young adult novel called Solitaire.

That book is about Tori Spring,

who those who know Heartstopper

will know is the older sister of Charlie.

I absolutely loved Nick and Charlie

as characters in Solitaire.

As soon as I'd finished writing that book,

I knew I wanted to tell Nick

and Charlie's story somehow.

I wanted to understand

how Nick and Charlie had got

to this point so young,

where they're in such a beautiful,

loving, supportive relationship,

and so I wanted

to tell their origin story.

But when I first started planning it

as a comic,

I didn't think

traditional publishing was possible.

But I thought I could self-publish a book,

I could do a crowdfunding campaign,

raise the money and create the book

entirely by myself without a publisher.

When I did the crowdfunder,

it truly shocked me.

It raised the goal amount in four hours,

and it ended up raising

five or six times the goal.

And I took a step back and thought,

"People really like this comic."

It was a big surprise. Yeah.

So I read a little excerpt of Volume One,

the graphic novel, and I was like, "Wow."

I loved a character of Charlie.

It reminded me a little bit of myself.

Oh my goodness.

This is the picture. [chuckles]

This was my sort of Charlie Spring moment.

This is me at school.

And so when meeting with Alice,

I was like, maybe I should just get

my phone out and show this picture

as a sort of like,

you know, breaking the ice moment,

which I did probably

in a very kind of flustered, nervous way.

[Alice] I'd spoken to some other people

who wanted to adapt it,

and I wasn't sure that they truly loved

what Heartstopper was,

but I felt that instantly from Patrick.

-Now here we are.

-That's great to hear.

[Alice chuckles]

[Joe] You know, we were 17 when we met.

-16. I was 16.

-You were 16. I was 17.

Heartstopper was

my first audition I'd ever done. Um

And I'll be honest,

I don't really remember it that well.

[Alice] I remember Joe's self-tape

because he did the Charlie monologue

we'd sent to all the people

who were auditioning for Charlie.

And then at the end,

he spent 30 seconds to a minute

talking about how

he personally related to Charlie

and he felt like

he was Charlie at his school.

And that was the moment where,

for the first time,

I saw Charlie in real life.

[Patrick] We had a chemistry read

with Kit and Joe.

They'd never met each other at this point,

and they read the first big kissing scene

in season one.

It was, like, electric.

I remember thinking to myself,

"This is Nick and Charlie. We've got it.

They are the best that they can be."

-[both chuckle]

-Yeah. Fair.

-[producer] Hello.

-[Yasmin] Hi.

-[producer] Take a seat.

-[Yasmin] Perfect.

I was growing up in Manchester.

[Tobie] I was working at the supermarket.

[Corinna] I was at school.

I was doing every club afterwards.

[William] I was writing songs,

making music.

I used to nanny for a very lovely family

who, hello, if they're watching.

[Kizzy] There was an open casting call

on Instagram,

which I got sent by a friend.

And I was like,

"That sounds a lot like me."

[Yasmin] I never really could see myself

in the industry,

never mind playing a role that is trans.

I was just about to give up.

I remember I looked at my phone,

and it just went ping. "What is that?"

"Oh, that's a little bit of me!"

[chuckles]

I remember practicing in the mirror

the night before.

[Kizzy] I almost didn't get in the car

to go to audition,

telling myself if I was too scared to go,

I didn't have to.

I remember being in the audition,

the most nervous I've probably ever been.

I left my shift early and ran home

as quick as I could to make the Zoom call.

I was on the bus and I got,

like, a missed call from my agents.

And the casting director called me

and was like, "You've got the part."

I couldn't believe it.

[chuckles softly]

I tried to play it cool.

"I'll do my best."

"Thank you.

I really appreciate the opportunity."

My mum was off camera flapping

and sort of jumping up and down.

[chuckles]

It was an amazing moment.

It was a moment of, like,

"Yeah, maybe acting is possible."

Casting's incredible 'cause you had to

cast a friendship group,

and now here we are, four years later,

all in the same group chat.

[heartwarming music playing]

[Kizzy] Wow.

Oh, it's Heartstopper.

Aw, how cute.

[Tobie] We were really lucky

to have about two weeks of rehearsals

for the first series.

[William] It was during COVID,

so we all had masks on.

And we all met in this church hall

and just read through the scenes.

And that was so great

in getting to know each other as a group.

[Tobie] It was so, so cool.

We heard everyone say their lines

as their characters.

And it was really emotional.

Some of the stuff between Joe and Kit,

between Nick and Charlie,

all of us just went silent

and looked at them,

like, "Oh my God, this is gonna work."

Hey, guys,

I'm here with Netflix's Joe Locke.

Hi. This is the set of Heartstopper.

[intriguing music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Yasmin] My first day on set,

Alice and Patrick came up to me

and could sense the nerves,

just held my hand and was like,

"This is gonna be amazing."

"You're in a safe space."

Most of my scenes were just me and Joe.

I didn't really know the rest of the cast,

and it was one lunch break

and I just remember hearing them all

having a load of fun in one of the rooms.

I plucked up the courage, knocked on

the door, and introduced myself.

And then after then,

I was added to the WhatsApp group.

[William] There was this feeling on set

we were doing something special,

like inherently telling the story

of these young q*eer people

falling in love and navigating life.

[Joe] I was looking back at my photos

from season one

like "You have no idea

what's in store for you."

[Kit] The magic of season one,

I think it just captured

a lot of people's hearts.

I hope. Touch wood. [knocks wood]

[Netflix Tudum]

[suspenseful music playing]

[person 1] When I heard it was coming out

on Netflix, I was a bit apprehensive.

[person 2] I was like, "Oh no.

What's this going to be like?" [chuckles]

[person 3] It came

at a time after lockdown

where people wanted

something to really resonate with.

[music building]

And then I saw the show,

and I think it changed my brain chemistry.

[intriguing music playing]

[person 4] It's so true

to what Alice was creating.

It's a perfect adaptation.

So I watched the first season,

and I was, like, obsessed.

It's a story about finding your place

and your people.

My mum's watched the show,

and her seeing it helped her

understand my life a little bit more.

[sweet music playing]

The first time I watched Heartstopper,

I fell in love.

I fell in love with the characters.

I fell in love with the world.

I fell in love with love again.

Heartstopper made me feel so proud

that finally we have a show

where q*eer characters are

at the front and center.

This was something

that was very, very different

and had love and care at its core.

People from all generations

have connected with Heartstopper.

It's filled a gap

that they might not have had

in their childhood

and in their adolescence.

But also,

young people now can connect to it

because they can see themselves in it.

I'm having a proper full-on g*y crisis.

[inhales nervously]

I was just so confused.

And now it's taken over the world.

It was kind of unheard of to have

a television show

that was focusing on q*eer themes

that didn't lead with

the kind of extreme level of trauma.

It made me feel so happy and proud

that this could be the experience

for other people like me.

[waves lapping shore]

What we saw was just kids being kids.

[Tobie snickering]

[whispers] Action.

[giggling]

It's lunchtime. We've climbed

to the top of the helter-skelter.

-And we're not allowed to be on here.

-[all chuckling, shushing]

[Tobie giggling]

All the crew are down there.

-[William] Oh, come on, just do it.

-[Tobie snickers]

-[Kit whimpers]

-[Tobie snickers]

[Tobie laughing]

[Yasmin chuckling]

[Tobie] Oh!

-Hughie definitely saw me!

-[all giggling]

What helter-skelter?

I never went on a helter-skelter.

We decided

to take that to the grave with us.

No one's gonna ever know

that we went on the helter-skelter.

[producer] If you were to reveal

the biggest behind-the-scenes secret,

what would you say?

Oh my gosh, behind-the-scenes secrets?

Um

I guess that

Okay, any time that there is

a sort of improvised scene

or there's dialogue happening on screen

that you can't quite make out, we're

the cast are almost certainly talking

about willies and vaginas.

[chuckles]

[director] Exterior. Beach town.

Tara and Darcy are running towards

the beach, racing, laughing and screaming.

[Alice] I write the scripts,

and during that time I'm able

to have conversations with the actors,

see how they're feeling

about their characters' stories.

And often they will come to me

with their own ideas

and differing opinions

and thoughts about particular scenes

or even particular lines.

It's really helpful

to get their perspective.

[Yasmin] Alice is amazing at communicating

and also being so vigilant.

I was bullied when I was growing up,

so I knew firsthand what it was like

to experience transphobia.

So for Alice to sit me down and to say,

"What is your experience?

How can we embed it in the role?"

It's just little questions like that

that make the experience so much easier.

[Alice] When the actor feels excited

about what they're doing,

it's always a better performance.

-Bonjour.

-Bonjour.

-Hola. I mean, bonjour.

-[Tobie] Great.

Thinking back through

all of the journey of making the show,

I think the highs are are super high.

Getting up at 5:00 a.m.

to go up the Eiffel Tower

with a bunch of teenage actors

and experiencing the chaos of that

-[Tobie] Bonjour.

-Bonjour.

that's just, like, a pinch-me moment.

[Kit] We saw sunrise. It was one of

the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

[indistinct chatter]

One of my fondest memories of filming

would be season two in the Louvre.

That was so magical.

It was completely empty.

To go in such a space like that

is beautiful

and to be authentically trans,

like, playing Elle in that space

was magical.

-That's a wrap for Paris!

-[cast and crew cheering]

-Merci beaucoup!

-[Tobie] Merci! Au revoir.

-City of love.

-City of love. Paris.

Oh, my favorite on-set memory?

There's too many. It's four years.

[Joe] Most memorable,

probably the first kiss

because it's an iconic kiss for the show.

And it's framed beautifully.

It looks really lovely.

[Patrick] Also, when Nick watches

Tara and Darcy kissing free

at the party together

and he's filled with this hopefulness

about his future

because he can see two people

being open with their sexuality.

[hopeful music playing]

I was standing

next to our director, Euros,

and we were both just, like, emotional,

like, tears in our eyes

because it felt incredibly special.

[both grunting]

[William] The bullying storylines,

especially in the earlier seasons,

were really important to show.

I found them tough to sh**t.

And what's good is we show them,

we observe them.

But then later on, and also in the film,

we have bullying taking place,

but us as older characters at school

being able to stop it and intercept it.

I think that's

a really beautiful storyline.

And that is, again,

really important to show on screen.

[Joe] I really loved the way

the show as a whole handled

Charlie's eating disorder story

in season three.

I thought that was beautifully told.

I think episode four of season three

is definitely my favorite

of any Heartstopper episode.

[Alice] For me, it's about

seeing the healing process

and hopefully expressing the idea

that no matter what dark things

are going on in your life,

you can always find light at the end.

I want to get better.

[Kit] Looking back to season one,

the final scene with Olivia,

who was playing my mum,

was really special.

-Mum?

-Mm-hmm?

[hesitantly] Charlie's my boyfriend.

And seemed to really resonate

with audiences as well, which was lovely.

I just wanted you to know.

[inhales nervously]

My favorite moment of the whole show

is when Nick comes out to his mum.

She doesn't interrupt him.

She doesn't tell him what to think.

She doesn't insert

her own emotions into it.

She just sits there quietly

and she smiles.

Oh, baby.

[Tag] And you can see how proud she is.

The trans storylines in Heartstopper

are really important.

[Didi] The scene where Elle goes

into the radio station

was hard to watch.

She thinks she's about to be interviewed

about her art and her practice.

She's actually interviewed

about being trans.

[radio host] Some call it a culture w*r,

feminists versus trans activists.

It's so important

we hear all voices and opinions.

Trans people aren't a debate.

We're human beings.

But I think it's also really nice

how Tao sort of flipped that

and made it into something positive.

[Tao] I know

you've been really down lately,

but I love making little videos

to cheer up the people I love.

So I made you one.

[Elle chuckles softly, sniffles]

[sniffles]

[waves lapping]

[pensive music playing]

[Charlie] My favorite moment is the scene

with Kit Connor and Hayley Atwell

on the beach.

Nick is kind of at a loss

with how to help Charlie

and how to be there for him.

Oh, come here.

-Oh, darling.

-[Nick sobs]

That is a lot to put

on the shoulders of a 16-year-old.

[Nick] I don't know how to fix him.

Maybe you can't.

You don't know how

to handle those things at 16.

And I think it helped

so many people understand

that actually they can't fix everything,

and that's so okay.

It's been really wonderful working

with seasoned actors across the series.

Olivia Colman, Anna Maxwell Martin,

Jonathan Bailey.

Sir Derek Jacobi is in the movie,

and that was, like,

a complete pinch-me moment.

This is the trailblazing g*y actor

who has really paved the way.

And seeing him in a scene with Joe Locke,

who is, in my mind, the future of it all,

it was full circle and and brilliant.

[producer] What did you learn

from Nellie the dog?

If she could talk, what would she say?

[Kit] Hmm.

-She'd probably say, "Get a f*cking room."

-Yeah, she would.

[both chuckle softly]

[heartwarming music playing]

What?

I [chuckles]

I've never seen you in a vest before.

[Joe] Our show shows love

in all of its different forms.

Sibling, friends, romantic, parents.

And that is a really wonderful thing,

to celebrate

all those different versions of love.

[Tobie] I guess with Isaac specifically,

I've learned

how important platonic love is

and how vital

all of his friendships are to him.

And that's made me

value my friendships more.

[Kizzy] I think Tara and Darcy are

the strongest couple in the show.

The way that they're written

is almost married.

Like, they are so comfortable

with intimacy.

They love each other more

when they go through challenges together.

They are each other's rock.

They are each other's safety.

[Joe] Me and Jenny do have

a sibling relationship.

And Jenny's one

of the most talented actors that I know.

And she's also

one of the most lovely people I know.

And I do feel like a sibling.

I would fight someone for her.

[Jenny] More than anything,

I've learned more from my castmates,

particularly Joe.

I just think that

he's the most spectacular human being,

and I'm gonna cry if I talk about him.

[Yasmin] Tao and Elle, for me,

is just a magical relationship

because it goes

from them being in an all-boys school,

her transitioning,

and them still being friends,

and then building that love relationship.

It's something that a true bond

is built on through years, through time,

through being friends with each other

and loving each other

through the thick and the thin

and let each other grow and blossom.

I think that is the most magical

kind of relationship you can have.

[Fisayo] In this scene,

Mr. Ajayi is proposing

a date with Mr. Farouk.

There's awkwardness. There's,

um, there's fear. There's tension.

Some might say there's pain.

But we're here to try.

It's a fun kind of tension, though,

if you know what I'm saying.

-But everything's fun to you, isn't it?

-Yeah. I'm an art teacher.

Yeah. But for me, I know about real life,

d'you know what I mean?

-My character knows what pain is.

-[Fisayo chuckling]

[Alice] So much of Heartstopper

is about teenage love.

In the script,

we call them Heartstopper Moments,

and I wanted to see those moments

with adult characters.

And so I came up with these two teachers

who are in their thirties.

They're definitely not teenagers anymore.

-Guess how old he is.

-[both laughing]

[Alice] They've both got their own lives

and their own baggage,

but they still manage

to find their Heartstopper Moment.

[all cheering]

[siren wailing]

I suppose I'd better

head down to reception

and try and get some fresh sheets.

You could just share my bed.

No, sorry.

-Stupid idea.

-Youssef.

[Farouk] No.

I don't think it's a stupid idea.

[heartwarming music playing]

[Jamie] My favorite character, I think,

could be, curveball, Mr. Farouk.

[Janet] One moment

that crystallizes it for me

is when Mr. Farouk is telling Mr. Ajayi

that he's missed out on these

coming-of-age crushes, romance moments.

And he says to him that it's not too late.

Probably a bit late for me to have

any youthful moments of discovery.

Don't think there's an age limit on those.

to be honest.

You flirting with me?

Maybe.

[Patrick] Heartstopper treats love

in a way that's not overblown.

It's just simple. It's just

a pure connection between two people.

And it allows it to be carefree

and happy and euphoric.

People of all ages love the show

because the feeling of love

is one that you associate

with that kind of like, you know,

adolescent feelings of finding yourself.

And, yeah, I think

that's what sets the show apart.

[hopeful music playing]

[Suzannah] So I teach

predominantly teenagers.

I have the books on my bookshelf

just behind my desk.

There's a pattern which emerges

from a lot of my children.

They see the books,

and then a little bit later,

a little bit along the line,

they'll mention them.

And then, bit by bit,

they'll slowly start

adding q*eer characters to their stories.

They'll start building confidence

within themselves

and exploring what it means to be q*eer

through their writing.

And then, slowly, when they're feeling

more comfortable, more confident,

they feel ready to come out.

[Alice] To have seen

something that I've written

have that strong of an impact on people,

it's beyond my wildest dreams.

It takes me back to why we're doing this

and how important this thing is

to so many people.

[intriguing music playing]

[Kit] The fan base Heartstopper has

is flooded with creativity.

I've seen plenty of drawings and paintings

and it's clear that so much love

has been poured into them.

[Oliver] The Heartstopper fandom

is very creative.

I've seen people do fantastic pieces

of fan art online.

And also, as a fellow fan artist,

sharing my art is definitely a part

of being involved in a community.

[Didi] A lot of fans use Heartstopper

for their own creative expressions,

which I think is amazing

and I definitely do as well.

I literally started

trying to draw characters

and trying to develop more characters

after seeing Alice's work.

[Alice] It's just such a beautiful way

to express yourself,

to take something that you love

and to play with it.

It's amazing. It's all you can ask for.

At the end of the day, you wanna be

making work that is universal.

And when you're making a show about love,

there's nothing more universal than love,

you know.

[crowd cheering]

I would say the Heartstopper fan base

is very, very diverse.

I would say it's one of the most diverse

fan bases that I've seen personally.

I love you!

[Oliver] It's a very lovely thing

to like the same book,

the same TV show, the same film,

and then talk to people about it.

[all cheering]

[Suzannah] I have friends

who I've been lucky enough to meet up with

in the United States, in New Zealand.

I have friends all across Europe

who I never would have met

without Heartstopper.

[crowd cheering, clapping]

[squealing excitedly]

[Tag] There's no doubt

that Heartstopper has truly earned

its place as a phenomenon.

You can see that through

how fans in so many different countries

and with different languages

and different cultures and backgrounds

respond to this show.

[Joe] I always talk about Netflix's reach

as such a positive thing for Heartstopper

because Heartstopper's available in

all the countries Netflix is available in,

even the ones where being g*y is ill*gal.

It's a testament to our show that our show

charted in a few of those countries,

and it's a testament to q*eer identities

that people in those countries

still want to watch our show

because q*eer people exist

in those countries regardless of laws.

It's really powerful

that Netflix has the power to

to still show content like ours

in those countries.

[Joe humming softly]

[Alice] So we're at Herne Bay today.

We're sh**ting one of the sequences

near the end of the film.

It's very weird to be back here

'cause I know this place so well.

I hung out here when I was a teenager.

So this beach is, like

it has a lot of happy memories for me.

Now it has a lot of happy memories

for Nick and Charlie.

[Kit] We're having a great day. We filmed

a big scene right in front of the ocean.

-It was very beautiful.

-[Joe] It was.

And it happens to be four years to the day

that we filmed here for season one.

-How cool is that, Kit?

-It's four years to the day.

I mean, it's like they planned it.

But they didn't.

-So that's pretty crazy.

-Crazy.

Uh, it's like we were meant to be here.

[Alice] And we actually saw some graffiti

that people have left.

Just the word Heartstopper.

So the Heartstopper fans also think

this is a very special place.

So it's really magical to be here,

and we're having a lot of fun.

[director] Camera set and action!

[hopeful music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Patrick] The cast's careers

have just exploded

across the life cycle of the show.

To see them

as incredibly seasoned professional actors

who've got three seasons

and now a movie under their belt

is just extraordinary.

[Alice] Already

they're doing incredible things.

-[camera shutters clicking]

-[hopeful music playing]

[camera shutters clicking]

[Cydney] With Heartstopper and the cast,

I really feel like this is

just the beginning of their careers.

[camera shutters clicking]

[camera shutters clicking]

[Janet] I can only imagine,

with the amount of talent that they have,

it's just going to get better and better.

[Kit] You know, Nick has been

an amazing drama school for me.

I certainly think

if I'd have taken on any of the roles

I've taken on since starting Heartstopper

without Heartstopper,

they would've been

very different performances.

[Joe] I've learned the most from Kit.

I've spent most of the last four years

with Kit for at least twelve hours a day,

and he's an old pro.

He's been doing this for a long time,

and he's very talented.

I've learned a lot

from just watching him work.

And the way that he treats people,

he's a real professional

and he's very talented.

I play a lot of scenes with Joe.

And it was really special to see him

grow into the actor he's become.

You know, the sky's the limit.

[music fades]

They should put a plaque on the wall.

"This is where Nick and Charlie

had their first kiss."

[sentimental music playing]

[Nick groans, exhales slowly]

-I feel old.

-[Nick chuckles softly]

We are not old.

Last time we were in here, we were babies.

[Nick sighs]

So, I'm gonna go to uni,

and then you're gonna go to uni in a year.

It's only a few years.

It's really not that long compared to

The rest of our lives?

Yeah.

I could never imagine any of that

till I met you.

And now?

Now I can see it.

[Nick chuckles softly]

[hopeful music playing]

[Alice] I've always had the ending

of Heartstopper in mind.

Now we've reached that point,

and it feels really satisfying

to have got there.

[Joe] It made me cry

the first time I read it.

I think it's a really beautiful

and cinematic ending.

It's also way more grown up.

That's what I noticed.

I was like, "God, they're shagging a lot

and they're swearing a lot." [chuckles]

And it was great.

It felt sort of weird filming such,

like, grown-up stuff for Heartstopper.

Aww!

I almost feel I'm gonna be sad it's over,

but also at the same time, I'm glad.

Because there's nothing worse

than loving a show so much

and then it just goes on for too long.

I want to be able to miss it

when it's gone.

It doesn't matter who you are

or how old you are.

Believing in love,

believing in friendship,

believing in connection is okay.

And Alice has made that possible.

Thanks, Alice.

Oh!

This is one of my favorite moments.

With Nellie! [laughs]

Yeah. It's definitely one of those shows

that really gets you in the feels.

[intriguing music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Patrick] Getting 400 fans in

for the final day sh**t

of the Heartstopper movie

was a stressful process

in that we didn't know quite

whether it was going to work out.

[indistinct chatter]

[laughter]

[Oliver] When we got to the actual set

where the Pride was happening,

my first thought was,

"Damn. This is looking good."

-Wow.

-[fans cheering]

[person 5] It was so colorful.

It was just such a great atmosphere.

[inspiring music playing]

[fans cheering, clapping]

[Oliver] There were these butterfly wings.

I thought that was very beautiful

because it's very symbolic

of the metamorphosis

that you can go through as a trans person.

[all chuckling]

[fans cheering]

[Charlie] Every so often,

I get kids coming up to me,

"You know

there'll be a Heartstopper film?"

Do I know about it? I'm in it!

[fans cheering]

[Charlie] I feel at my most comfortable

when I'm around the fans of Heartstopper.

[fans cheering, clapping]

[Alice] Although it was a very sad moment

that something so huge

has come to a close,

I felt like I could

let out my breath a little bit.

Of course it's bittersweet.

It's so sad to be saying goodbye

to these characters that I love so dearly.

Trans rights! Trans rights!

But we've done it

exactly how we wanted to do it.

-Bye!

-Bye!

[Tobie] If there was to be

a last day on Heartstopper,

of course it was gonna be Pride,

the epitome of everything

we've tried to do with this show.

So, yeah, that definitely felt like

the right way to wrap everything up.

[Kizzy] The last day of filming,

I just burst into tears immediately.

Having so many people there

felt so overwhelming.

[William] It was this beautiful conclusion

to the last few years.

I don't know

if I've fully processed it yet,

but it was really special.

[fans cheering]

[William] Loads of fans out.

It was just a beautiful encapsulation

of what Heartstopper is

and what it does for the world.

[director] Okay, everybody,

that is a wrap. Well done.

[fans cheering]

The moment of wrap,

Alice and Brett, our producer,

had gifts

and, uh, big bouquets of flowers.

So we were rushing out into the Pride set

to give them to the cast.

All of a sudden, I saw flowers coming.

I was like, "Oh yeah, it's the last day."

-We've got matching!

-Yay!

Then everybody was crying.

[Yasmin] I just bursted out into tears,

which is not like me.

But when you've been on something

for four years,

it becomes your whole life.

Oh my God!

This show that we'd started four years ago

has given me some of my best friends.

So it doesn't feel like it's ending.

And guess what?

If I miss it, I'll watch it on Netflix.

[clicks tongue, laughs]

[person 6] This way.

We did a wrap for everyone at lunchtime.

[person 7] 5-7-3, take 2, A mark.

But me and Kit had one more scene to do.

[director] And action!

I don't want you to spend your time

worrying about me.

-Don't need to think about that now.

-I want you to be okay on your own.

-[director] Great. Yes.

-[person 8] Yeah?

Good for the camera?

Great, we got it.

Folks, we have wrapped.

[cast and crew cheering]

I've got to thank Alice for creating this.

[cast and crew cheering]

[Alice] I would encourage young creatives

or older creatives,

anyone who wants to put

their work out there,

to just put it out there

and express yourself.

Because if you earnestly love

the thing that you're making,

I promise there will be other people

who do as well.

[Joe] It means the world to me to be

part of such an important show,

especially for young q*eer people.

I think it's easy for us making this show

to forget the impact

and the importance it's had on the world.

This is just gonna blow people away.

Heartstopper Forever, man.

[Kit] It's not every day you get to do

a job that has a real effect on people.

I hope that it paves the way

for more q*eer representation

in mainstream media.

[hopeful music playing]

[Kit] It's really special

that people get to

go on one of the biggest

streaming services in the world,

and on the front page right there,

there's two boys falling in love.

[heartwarming music playing]

[music fades]