Since then it has also been announced that Minty Peterson, played by Cliff Parisi, taxi driver Charlie Slater (Derek Martin) and student Libby Fox (Belinda Owusu) are also being written out.
And in the 'Star Bar', Dermot O'Leary will be hanging out with the likes of EastEnders Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Jackson), Michelle Ryan (Zoe Slater) and James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler) plus Alan Davies, Paul Kaye and possibly even the king of the jungle himself, Phil Tufnell!
One problem is that Alloy's businesses are too disparate, says Steven Martin, a portfolio manager at Slater Capital Management in New York City, which has a 5% stake in Alloy.