{"id":1522214,"date":"2026-07-08T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=2306aa32a8dd04d74c2f426f2dc9f4f6"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:20:09","slug":"heartstopper-behind-the-scenes-special-ending-on-a-hi-headed-to-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1522214","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Heartstopper&#8217; behind-the-scenes special &#8216;Ending on a Hi&#8217; headed to Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/07\/babca904fbfdfbc5f0b75a8593f75507.png\" alt\/><figcaption>Kit Connor and Joe Locke appear in this key art promoting 'Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi.' (Netflix) <\/figcaption><\/figure><p><em>Heartstopper<\/em> is about to say goodbye, but Netflix wants you to say hi to its behind-the-scenes special celebrating the series.<\/p><p>The streaming service has announced that <em>Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi<\/em> will debut on July 24. The behind-the-scenes special draws on unseen archival footage across all of the seasons of <em>Heartstopper<\/em> and its upcoming film.<\/p><p>Franchise creator Alice Oseman, the cast and executive producer Patrick Walters all come together along with some of the show's many fans in this new special.<\/p><p>\"Through candid interviews and fan voices, it charts the show's creative journey, cultural impact, and lasting legacy \u2013 a love letter to the community it brought together. Because every ending is also a beginning. Somewhere, someone is about to say \u2018hi\u2019 for the very first time,\" according to a description from Netflix.<\/p><p>Luke Hyams directed <em>Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi<\/em>. It arrives a week after the debut of the film <em>Heartstopper Forever<\/em> on July 17.<\/p><p>Wash Westmoreland directed <em>Heartstopper Forever<\/em>, which was written by Oseman.<\/p><p>Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Tobie Donovan, Jenny Walser, Rhea Norwood and Leila Khan star in the movie and behind-the-scenes special.<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kit Connor and Joe Locke appear in this key art promoting &#8216;Heartstopper: Ending on a Hi.&#8217; (Netflix) Heartstopper is about to say goodbye, but Netflix wants you to say hi to its behind-the-scenes special celebrating the series.The streaming service has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1919,"featured_media":1522223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-08\/E_HeartstopperEndingOnAHi_070826.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1522214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-entertainment-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 16:26:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-07-08\/E_HeartstopperEndingOnAHi_070826.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1919"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1522214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522222,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1522214\/revisions\/1522222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1522214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1522214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1522214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}