{"id":36125,"date":"2025-04-04T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=36125"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:23:57","slug":"brenda-cathy-exit-emmerdale-only-one-will-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/cast\/brenda-cathy-exit-emmerdale-only-one-will-return\/","title":{"rendered":"As Brenda and Cathy exit Emmerdale, only one of them will return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight\u2019s Emmerdale bid farewell to Brenda Walker<\/a> and Cathy Hope, as Lesley Dunlop and Gabrielle Dowling bowed out of their roles.<\/p>

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But as they head off on a world cruise for three months, one of the characters will be returning \u2013 but for the other this is a more permanent exit. So who has gone for good?<\/p>\n

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Brenda and Cathy leave the village (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brenda and Cathy sail away from Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

After finding out she\u2019d won a three-month round-the-world cruise in a magazine competition, at first Brenda did not want to go. But after Nicola made her see it was the opportunity of the lifetime (in order to bag the tickets herself!) Brenda changed her mind.<\/p>\n

With the cruise leaving in less than a week, she didn\u2019t have mucn time to prepare. Planning to go on her own, Brenda then decided to take Cathy, who had just given up college so she could take a different path in life. So before she starts that path she\u2019s heading off around the world!<\/p>\n

Cathy did have a little wobble when April pointed out how much Bob<\/a> would miss her. Realising she is all Bob has left after Heath\u2019s death Cathy wavered. But Bob insisted she went and he would be fine.<\/p>

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