'Hollyoaks' Dirk proposes to Myra

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'Hollyoaks': Esther's bullying nightmare continues

Hollyoaks sixth former Esther Bloom is close to breaking point next week as her bullying ordeal gets even worse.

Esther (Jazmine Franks) is already far from popular after weeks of humiliation at college, and things don't get any easier for her when art teacher Jen Gilmore (Amy Downham) instructs the students to create a memorial canvass for the mini-bus crash victims.

Viewers will see Esther struggle with the task as she is confronted with her own hatred of the late Maddie Morrison, who was responsible for alienating her in the first place.

When the completed memorial is later slashed, Esther is the prime suspect and faces yet another backlash from her peers.

As well as being subjected to cruel messages online, Esther has a bottle of urine thrown at her in the corridor at college.

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A tormented Esther also opens her locker to find a picture of Maddie, Jono and Neil with the words "it should have been you" written underneath.

In the end, Esther makes a drastic decision over what she needs to do about her horrendous situation - but what?

Meanwhile, Jen's project also has consequences for her ex-girlfriend Tilly Evans (Lucy Dixon) as it leads to the pair reconnecting.

As Tilly opens up to Jen about her grief after the crash, they end up sharing a passionate kiss. Their secret romance seems to be back on, but for how long?

'Hollyoaks': James Atherton reveals dark Will twist

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poor Esther

Emmett has quit HO

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s1...rady-role.html

Even though everyone already knew, It's confirmed Brendan is leaving in March :sad:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s1...rady-role.html

Hollyoaks favourite Emmett Scanlan has decided to leave the soap, Digital Spy can confirm.

The actor, who plays bad boy Brendan Brady, will make an on-screen exit in March after two and a half years with the Channel 4 show.

Announcing the news and thanking his supporters, Scanlan commented: "To the greatest fans I could ever wish for - the time has come for me to sign out of Hollyoaks, to bow out as Double B aka Brendan mother******ing Brady.

"It has been the greatest honour to share the stage with you and I could think of no better company to spend my evenings with. Thank you for your love and loyalty and please, let's dance again another time, another role."

He added: "To the channel and Lime Pictures, thank you. A success built on surrounding myself with people who are better than me in every department, thank you."

Scanlan first hinted that Brendan's story was drawing to a close late last year, but today (January 9) is the first time that his departure has been officially confirmed.

While little is known about how Brendan leaves, Digital Spy has learned that show bosses want him to go out with a bang in a dramatic final storyline.

Viewers will have to wait and see whether Brendan is killed off, makes a sudden escape from troubles in the village, or heads to prison as punishment for his past crimes.

Scanlan joined Hollyoaks in 2010 and has since established Brendan as one of the most popular characters in the show's history.

Brendan's major storylines have included his domestic violence and subsequent love story with Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson), explosive feuds with Warren Fox and Simon Walker, and disturbing encounters with his abusive father Seamus (Fintan McKeown).

Away from Hollyoaks, Scanlan has expressed an interest in working with Lime Pictures again on other projects, and is already being linked to another drama currently in development by the production firm.

oops lol, I think I'll quit Hollyoaks in March, both Brendan & Mitzeee leaving is just awful. Brendan is my favorite character, and Mitzeee is my favorite girl.

Glad Bart has gone, but he didn't get his comeuppance for causing Dom to burn down the diner & killing Malachy (& Steph). And then being the main cause of four deaths in the minibus crash. But at least hes gone :elephant:

I was beginning to like Joel, I didn't want him to go in hindsight :(. But his character wasn't going anywhere tbh & he cried too much lol.

glad they're getting rid of people.... Ruby, Sinead and Esther will all be gone soon too...

Cant wait for Ruby to go she's a horrific actress...if you could even call her that

I know. I'll miss Brendan so much, but at least Walker is coming back! Can we keep him? :amazed:

I think they will keep Esther, she is mostly popular with viewers and I think Ruby will probably leave once the bullying has been revealed.

I can see Sinead sticking around and rebuilding her relationship with Diane though now Bart has gone.

RE Emmett I am glad he has confirmed the rumours of his departure. Brendan will be missed, but the show must go on and I hope they have the next bad boy or girl lined up to replace him.

The people who say that Hollyoaks is nothing with BB annoy me because the show has seen people come and go, no character is bigger than the show!

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I really hope that HO have been working hard behind the scenes to bring in good replacements for those leaving.

No character is bigger than the show and this applies to Brendan Brady too despite some Stendan fans thinking that the show won't survive without him...

Karma has found its way to Bart at last, kind of.

Wait till Myra finds out that Dr Browning is lying.

I will kind of miss Joel tbh:(.

I think one teen will end up staying, probably Esther. Just like with Nancy.

John Paul, Craig, Sarah & Hannah had all left & she ended up staying with new storylines

Bryan Kirkwood certainly has a lot of rebuilding to do, this is still Emma Smithwick's material on screen till March I think.

What I was thinking would happen is that Esther kills herself and them two get the blame..... it all depends on how the story pans out...

This sounds bad, but I hope she does kill herself. It rarely gets that far in soaps & I want to see the huge effect & stuff.

I know what you mean, they do need an accurate portrayal..... here in Ireland a few teen girls have commit suicide over the past few weeks/months.

I laughed at Brendan's scream to Joel:joker:.

Is that spoiler about Esther?

Yes!

Joel and Bart are off then.

Okay, I won't click then. I don't wanna know if she manages to kill herself or not