Damn it! According to Wikipedia (yes I know, I know) Frankie will be gone by November!

This can't be! I'm losing ALL MY FAVOURITES

Not true, and I haven't seen it anywhere else...

Oh My God, Holly and Tom vs. Mercedes! This is going to be pure GOLD!

Cunningham Crime Busters!! Tom and Holly rule!!

Tony's back .....but without Mandy.

Two 'Hollyoaks' stars to leave

Two of Hollyoaks' leading actors are to quit the show at the end of the month in a dramatic fire plot, DS can exclusively reveal.

Chris Fountain and Jamie Lomas, who play the show's resident bad boys Justin Burton and Warren Fox respectively, will bow out in a storyline which sees their characters caught in a fire at The Loft.

Warren's past comes back to haunt him when an old adversary returns to the village and with neither prepared to bury the hatchet and move on, his enemy decides to settle their score once and for all. As The Loft blazes, Justin becomes embroiled in the incident and viewers will be left wondering who lives and who dies.

The move comes just three months into Lucy Allan's reign as producer and echoes Bryan Kirkwood's decision to blow up The Dog pub and kill off twin Sophie Burton (Connie Powney) when he took over as the soap's chief in 2006.

Speaking of his decision to leave, Fountain said: "I've been at Hollyoaks for five years now and I've enjoyed exploring and playing the many different sides of Justin. He's been a fantastic character to play and so much has happened to him! I’m actually surprised he’s lasted this long!

"I'll be sad to leave as I've had some great times and gained a lot of good friends at work but I personally feel that it's the right time for me - and Justin - to move on…"

Lomas said of his decision: "I've had a fantastic three years at Hollyoaks but having fully explored the character, I felt the time was right for me to move on. I'm delighted to be going out as part of such a dramatic storyline and my final scenes are some of the most dramatic I've ever filmed. I'm sure viewers will be hooked!

He added: "I've had a great time playing Warren and have thoroughly enjoyed being part of the Hollyoaks cast where I've made some brilliant friends and worked with some great people."

The pair are due to finish filming at the end of the month, while their characters will remain on screen until the final week of May.

Fountain, 21, joined Hollyoaks in 2003 and has been involved in some of the soap's major storylines including Justin's affair with Becca Dean (Ali Bastian), the 'Who Pushed Clare?' saga and baby Charlie's paternity.

Meanwhile, 28-year-old Lomas signed to play Warren in 2006 and quickly became one of the show's central characters during the Kirkwood era, which saw Warren kill Sean Kennedy and frame Jake Dean for the murder, embark on an affair with Mandy Richardson (Sarah Jayne Dunn) and apparently suffocate his fiancée Louise Summers (Roxanne McKee).

Last week, it was announced that Emma Rigby had extended her contract with Hollyoaks by an additional six months, despite originally indicating her intention to leave at the end of this month. She will now continue filming until October.

A source told DS: "Both Emma and Chris were due to leave at the same time, but when Emma decided to stay on until towards the end of the year, producers had to re-work the storylines dramatically."

Damn that sucks!!!!!!!

I liked Justin/Chris and Warren/Jamie! I guess this should be expected since HO has so many young actors and I'm sure they want to try other things. Damn, so many of favorites have left!

I'm glad Jamie is leaving, Warren has worn out his welcome, IMO.

Damn it, Chris Fountain leaving is a HUGE blow to the show. If they kill him off it would be a terrible mistake.

I keep forgetting Justin's on the show. I will never understand why they gave him almost nothing to do for all of 2008.

A casting cull is on the horizon. 10 actors.

^I'll take that with a grain of salt, News of The World is a trashy tabloid afterall.

But yeah, you can tell Bryan Kirkwood is gone, the show just doesn't have the extra pizzazz that it had for most of Kirkwood's run. I miss him.

Did anyone see this new promo?

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Kirkwood brought so much to the show, but the stories became so dark and some of the pacing was so off. I still wish they'd kept Kieron around. I think he had incredible potential outside of the relationship with John Paul, which always seemed too plot-driven.

I think a large cast change is almost guaranteed, given the size of the cast and Kirkwood's exit. I just hope they get rid of the right characters.

It's frustrating because I think some of their best actors play characters who are lost at sea, like Nancy. I don't think any of this "bisexual love triangle" has worked. Kris is better at comedy than romance. Or they could have paired Kris and Nancy and never involved Ravi. He could have gone with Russ. Or they could have written Ravi out and made his brother Ash bisexual. I think that would make a better story, since he's more straitlaced.

^I'll take that with a grain of salt, News of The World is a trashy tabloid afterall.

Good to know that it is! I got a big depressed when I read that article.

But yeah, you can tell Bryan Kirkwood is gone, the show just doesn't have the extra pizzazz that it had for most of Kirkwood's run. I miss him.

Isn't some of this stuff still his? I thought his material ends in the summer?

Did anyone see this new promo?

LOL Great promo. "Girls and Boys" was the first song I ever heard from Blur.

Preview clips for next week.

I love the Tom and Fernando scene 55 seconds in. The exchange between the two of them is hilarious.

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Becca's Funeral

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCbSFs4tg30

Nancy was so annoying back then.

Very, very, very good casting news.

OMFG CLARE IS COMING BACK! EEEEEEEEE

Sorry, I'm too excited to hold it in.

But I bet it's just a short return to send Warren and Justin off...

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OMFG CLARE IS COMING BACK! EEEEEEEEE

Sorry, I'm too excited to hold it in.

It is so much fun to see the otherwise phlegmatic Alvin lose it!