Hollyoaks exits aren’t over as another legend makes sad goodbye after 13 years

Hollyoaks spoilers travel for Tuesday’s (September 24) occurrence that is now disposable to view on Channel 4 streaming. The occurrence successful question volition aerial connected E4 connected astatine 7pm.

After 13 years connected our screens, Leah Barnes (Ela-May Demircan) has officially near the eponymous village.

The fashionable character, arsenic viewers know, gave commencement to a babe boy successful the aftermath of the long-running show’s historical clip jump.

Despite the residents of the colony believing Charlie Dean (Charlie Behan) to beryllium the dad, a controversial twist revealed that the begetter was really Dillon Ray (Nathaniel Dass).

This means that Dillon cheated connected Lucas Hay (Oscar Curtis) – the precise aforesaid Lucas who helium fought desperately to beryllium with – and helium did truthful with his boyfriend’s ain sister!

Dillon was disappointed to larn that the babe would beryllium staying successful the village, with Leah having convinced dada Ste (Kieron Richardson) to look aft him for her.

Tuesday’s offering of the Channel 4 serial saw Leah sojourn Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith) astatine the tribunal house, wishing her bully luck up of JJ’s (Ryan Mulvey) trial, branding her the ‘bravest idiosyncratic she knows’.

Afterwards, she paid a sojourn to the infirmary to spot her dada 1 past clip to accidental goodbye.

The quality is going disconnected to the US to survey instrumentality but, earlier doing so, she revealing that she’s named her kid James – successful honour of stepdad James Nightingale (Gregory Finnegan), who devastatingly died successful the stunt week.

No, I’m still not implicit it.

This marks the extremity of Leah’s travel on the amusement aft 13 years.

It was confirmed earlier this twelvemonth that prima Ela-May would exit amid the formed changes arsenic portion of Hollyoaks’ determination to 3 episodes a week.

It was reported that 20 characters would beryllium written retired to facilitate the changes, with Stephanie Waring – who has played Cindy Cunningham for astir 3 decades – confirming that her quality was 1 of those to go.

Gregory Finnegan, who played James, subsequently confirmed that his iconic and beloved quality was besides axed by bosses.

With Leah’s departure having aired connected screen, it seems the lone 1 near to spell is Ethan Williams (Matthew James Bailey). Metro confirmed earlier this twelvemonth that the quality – again, different precise fashionable 1 with audiences – is set to exit.

Hollyoaks streams Mondays to Wednesdays from 7am on Channel 4’s streaming platform, oregon drawback episodes connected TV astatine 7pm connected E4.

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