It is a soap tradition as established as Peggy Mitchell throwing a no-good out of her pub- actors leaving in search of 'new challenges and opportunities'.
While lots of stars are content to remain on their shows for decades, others get itchy feet and depart, in search of new roles.
Some make it big in Hollywood or carve out a career in the UK entertainment industry, and some return to where it all began, their ambitions perhaps not going to plan.
