After watching Eastenders tonight I have been left gutted by Belinda's departure.
I haven't been a fan of Eastenders recently but Belinda was an enjoyable character and had a great personality and if she was axed it will be a huge loss.

If this was SOC's decision then I fear what will come next.

The actress runs her own business, she probably left of her own accord to focus on that.

I think there's already about 3 of these threads.

This producer gets rid of babe, belinda, les, pam, claudette, masood, roxy and ronnie but thinks the viewers were crying out for the return of libby and dereck, SOC is a moron he's worse than blackburn.

If he did he's NUTS .

Belinda has bags of potential if she stayed as a regular for several years.

Would this forum go into meltdown if the producer ever got rid of Phil Mitchell

That's how I feel he brings back 2 of the most boring characters and axes ones who were quite popular.

He's burnt out so I wouldn't care. But Belinda, Pam, Les and Masood and we get Geraldine.😏

I haven't seen it but if they've axed Carli Norris, that was a big mistake. She was the best addition to the cast in a long time.

It's a huge shame really, Belinda had so much potential!!!! We never really seen her develop fully but she could have been great. I think DTC should have made Neville more likeable and have both Belinda and Neville move to the square as a wealthy power-couple on a permanent basis, rather than making him a creep and the pair of them swingers, maybe give them a teenage son or stepson who doesn't really like Belinda, but they eventually bond.

I can understand the comparison, they are dull characters but they are only guest stints.

All the characters I like are leaving or have already left.

What do we get?? Libby!

https://twitter.com/carlinorris/stat...10111995510785

Carli Norris has tweeted she hopes to return one day. She's recently launched her own business called chocodolly and I'm wondering if she's left to concentrate on that for a while.

She's back next year she's confirmed herself.

I think she means she has a new TV role next year.

That tweet seems to suggest that it was not her choice to leave (maybe her contract ended and was simply not renewed). A real loss, as she played a good part and teh character had potential had she been given better storylines.

And no signs of anyone trying to stop his impending train wreck .
I said it before, he will be another Birkwood in the sense irreparable damage will be done and the BBC will eventually Axe him

SOC helped create the Slater's. I'm wondering if the reason she has been axed is purely because this Belinda is a world away from the original. The whole point of Belinda was that she wasn't anything like her sisters.

I keep getting the impression that SOC was not a fan of what DTC did to EE.

SOC for me is axing too many characters and some of them had potential like Les, Pam and Belinda. It is making the show less enjoyable for me. I think I preferred DTC's era.

Lol, a mess.

He is axing too many good characters that still have loads of potential on the show, such as Roxy, Ronnie, Lee, Claudette, Les, Pam and now Belinda. I hope he ups his game.

Also, if previous history is to go by, Carli never tends to stay around for long and appears to like playing different roles. She was in the original cast of Doctors and was the first main character to leave, she left Holby after not long and I don't think she was in Hollyoaks for long either (although was fantastic as Martha in that).

Belinda was great, but maybe some actors don't like to play the same character for years on end like others?

Please see my new thread for my comments on this topic

I would welcome her back.

I liked this version of Belinda and will miss her as she was a very like Kat.

I feel her departure was very sudden and a bit of a shame.