Hollyoaks favourite returns to Channel 4 soap after controversial exit sparked backlash

Charlie Dean is heading backmost to Hollyoaks conscionable months aft reports that histrion Charlie Behan was leaving the Channel 4 soap aft 13 years playing the fashionable character

Charlie Dean is making his instrumentality to Hollyoaks, striking excitement amongst fans conscionable months aft rumours suggested that histrion Charlie Behan had near the Channel 4 soap.

Behan, who's been portion of the amusement since 2011 and stepped into the shoes of Becca Dean and Justin Burton's lad primitively played by Joshua McConville, was noticeably missing from the surface aft the soap's one-year leap successful communicative clip successful September.

This lack was felt particularly fixed his family's cardinal relation successful a large storyline involving Frankie Osborne (portrayed by Isabelle Smith) courageously disclosing her duplicate JJ Osbourne's (Ryan Mulvey) intersexual maltreatment against her.

Yet, upcoming spoilers person revealed that connected Wednesday's (November 20) episode, "Frankie is delighted by Charlie's sojourn home. He's shocked erstwhile Lucas reveals the quality astir Dillon and Leah."

Long-time viewers volition beryllium alert that Leah Barnes (played by Ela-May Demircan) unexpectedly recovered herself large during the twelvemonth that fast-forwarded past viewers, amidst theories circling that Charlie mightiness beryllium the father. Plot twists aboriginal confirmed that Dillon Ray (characterised by Nathanial Dass) is successful information the child's father.

Adding intrigue upon intrigue, Dillon became embroiled successful ungraded aft cheating connected Leah's member Lucas Hay (Oscar Curtis) during a stint successful a young offenders instauration for attacking JJ, driven by what helium learned astir JJ's actions towards Frankie. Now with Charlie returning to the fold, watchers are near wondering: what adjacent for this Hollyoaks family?, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Charlie's comeback is acceptable to nonstop shockwaves among fans, who were initially outraged by his departure. One instrumentality expressed their disappointment astatine the time, saying: "NO! ! ! ! ! Why? Charlie has ever been specified a large quality and good acted."

Another instrumentality questioned the show's decision, writing: "I'm really truly confused astir #Hollyoaks. Why bring backmost aged characters that radical were implicit but get escaped of perfectly bully (loyal) characters who radical inactive love. It's not the characters that are stale they conscionable request caller stories written for them, plentifulness of beingness near yet!"

Meanwhile, Jack Osbourne (Jimmy McKenna) urges Nancy Osborne (Jessica Fox) to enactment beardown arsenic she struggles with Darren's disappearance. Nancy is determined to support the information from Frankie, insisting that Darren is staying with his sister.

Robbie Roscoe (Charie Wernham) suspects a transportation betwixt Darren's disappearance and his ain acheronian past, specifically the execution of Dave Williams (Dominic Power).

Tensions emergence astatine the store arsenic Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) witnesses an statement betwixt Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey) and Robbie, starring him to fishy that Rex whitethorn person killed James Nightingale. At school, Nancy returns to work, weighed down by her secrets.

She confides successful John Paul McQueen (James Sutton), expressing her doubts astir Darren's return. Will Charlie's instrumentality to the colony beryllium the catalyst for Darren's comeback, oregon volition helium stay successful hiding?

Hollyoaks airs Monday to Wednesday connected E4 astatine 7pm and archetypal look episodes tin beryllium streamed Channel 4 from 7am