Zardoz wrote:
Where the fuck is Benny?
On his yearly panto break.
Crossroads used to have characters go missing for months on end. Paul Henry would go off, do a panto, go on holiday and return after a 3 month break. And he did this every year!
Kathy Staff would take time off every year to go and do Last Of The Summer wine.
Sometimes they'd explain where the characters had gone. Other times they'd just say that "X is at the shops" or make no reference.