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"Hollyoaks is to lose two of its current cast at the end of this year, Digital Spy can reveal.  Jennifer Biddall \u2013 who plays Jessica Harris in the Channel 4 soap \u2013 will bow out of the show in a dramatic twist in the New Year after her character embarks on an unlikely partnership with Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson).  Meanwhile, Sarah Jane Buckley is also leaving her Hollyoaks&amp;#039; counterpart behind when Kathy Barnes prepares to leave the village in an aptly bonkers storyline. Speaking exclusively to DS, Producer Bryan Kirkwood said: &amp;quot;Jenny Biddall is in the pipeline to be leaving at the end of the year.  &amp;quot;She steps rather too readily into Zoe&amp;#039;s shoes when Darren starts on his winning streak and they form a Bonnie and Clyde partnership which is very funny but she leaves in a dramatic twist in the New Year episode.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;Sarah-Jane Buckley will also be leaving the show in the coming months. There&amp;#039;s a lot happening in with the Barmy Barnes and it&amp;#039;s really exciting to give them ever-increasing bonkers storylines. So Kathy will be leaving in a bit of a bonkers story at the beginning of next year, too.&amp;quot;  A source added: &amp;quot;Kathy&amp;#039;s departure knocks mike for six but it&amp;#039;s not long before he strikes up a relationship with one of the younger birds in the village.&amp;quot; Check back tomorrow for DS&amp;#039;s full interview with Bryan Kirkwood. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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