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Doctors star Sophie Abelson has departed the soap after three years in the role of Cherry Clay, Digital Spy can confirm. The actress filmed her final scenes for the BBC One drama in the summer, and viewers will see Cherry bow out later this month. Abelson made the decision to leave Doctors earlier this year in order to pursue new acting opportunities. While firm details of her exit have yet to be revealed, viewers can expect Cherry's marital problems with Jimmi (Adrian Lewis Morgan) to come to a head before she goes. Abelson told Digital Spy of her Doctors departure: "It's very sad. I was there for three and a half years, I had an amazing time (more)...

Doctors actress Sophie Abelson recently had a chat with Digital Spy about all of the drama surrounding Cherry and Jimmi's upcoming wedding. To find out about the couple's big day, read the main Q&A with Sophie in the Interviews section. Here, though, Soap Scoop presents some extra bonus snippets from Sophie... There's been a lot of tension between Cherry and Freya lately. Can they get their friendship back on track?

"It's such a shame because they had such a good friendship! In my opinion, Cherry's response to Freya recently has been very juvenile. Cherry lived with Simon and she's not homophobic in any way, but she's always had a big issue when it comes to people lying to her. She can't abide it, so I think that's what the main problem has been. But I think we might see her come round." Would you be friends (more)...

Doctors's Jimmi Clay finds himself with a tough decision to make in next week's episodes when Eva Moore returns to his life. Back for the Harcourt debrief, Eva (Angela Lonsdale) is keen to reacquaint herself with Jimmi (Adrian Lewis Morgan) and romantic sparks fly - leaving Cherry feeling threatened. However, when Jimmi decides that it's actually Cherry (Sophie Abelson) who he wants to be with, will she be willing to give him another chance? Meanwhile, Julia finds herself embroiled in drama at work (more)...

Doctors' Cherry Malone makes shocking decisions in next week's episodes as she tells Jimmi Clay that they're over for good - before threatening to quit her job at The Mill. In the aftermath of discovering that she's been lied to over Eva, Cherry (Sophie Abelson) realises that she cannot forgive and forget - vowing that she and Jimmi have no future together following the deception. After Cherry hands in her resignation to Julia, everyone tries to convince her to stay, while Jimmi (Adrian Lewis Morgan) begs her to give their relationship another chance. Ultimately, Cherry decides to delay resigning and take some time off instead, bidding a tearful farewell to her friends and colleagues. When will she be back? And have she and Jimmi really reached the point of no (more)...

Doctors airs high drama for Cherry Malone next week as she is held hostage in her own home and finally learns the truth about Eva. With returnee Jack Harcourt keeping an eye on her, Cherry (Sophie Abelson) starts to feel unsettled but she doesn't realise the danger she's in until it's too late. Pushing his way into her house, Harcourt ties Cherry to a chair and makes it clear that he means business. The reasons for Harcourt's actions soon become clear as he starts asking questions about where Eva is. However, Cherry is baffled - insisting that Eva is dead. When Jimmi (Adrian Lewis Morgan) arrives home, the situation escalates as Harcourt pulls out his gun and aims it at Cherry - forcing (more)...

Former Coronation Street star Madhav Sharma is to appear on BBC medical drama Doctors for a guest part. The actor, who played Dev Alahan's businessman acquaintance Prem Mandal on the Weatherfield soap in 2008, recently finished filming a two-episode stint at the Doctors set. In instalments which air in May and June, Sharma will be seen in the role of Ravi Choudhry, a former colleague of regular character Dr. Heston Carter (Owen Brennan). Heston's latest story begins when Ravi and Hugo, another one of his old friends, turn up out of the blue to remind him that it is his turn to host an annual get-together. Later, Cherry Malone (Sophie Abelson) (more)...

Two former Emmerdale actresses have filmed parts for an episode of Doctors, Digital Spy can exclusively reveal. Lorraine Chase (right) and Caroline Strong (below) - who played the Dales' Steph Forsythe and Melanie Doland - appear in an episode at the beginning of September and take on the roles of a prostitute and an aggrieved daughter. As Melanie Webber (Strong) searches through her late father Stanley's belongings, she's surprised to find the name 'Carol' repeatedly scrawled through his diary. Her search for 'Carol' leads her to the Campus and to Cherry Malone (Sophie Abelson), who she mentored at college. On returning to Stanley's house, they're perturbed when they hear someone let themselves into the house. They're further disturbed when they walk in on Carol Dunderdale (more)...