▁other ' s ▁hair ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁street . ▁ ▁Depart ure ▁( 2 0 0 4 ) ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Lang ley ▁had ▁decided ▁to ▁leave ▁Cor on ation ▁Street . ▁He ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁spent ▁happy ▁years ▁with ▁the ▁show ▁but ▁felt ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁correct ▁time ▁to ▁leave . ▁Produ cers ▁did ▁not ▁expect ▁Lang ley ▁to ▁leave ▁and ▁had ▁planned ▁his ▁sexual ity ▁story line ▁for ▁two ▁years ▁in ▁advance . ▁They ▁were ▁shock ed ▁by ▁the ▁actor ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁leave ▁and ▁had ▁to ▁rev ise ▁the ▁story line ▁to ▁facil itate ▁Lang ley ' s ▁imp ending ▁departure . ▁They ▁decided ▁not ▁to ▁kill ▁Tod d ▁making ▁it ▁possible ▁for ▁Lang ley ▁to ▁repr ise ▁the ▁role . ▁Tod d ▁dec ides ▁to ▁leave ▁We ather field ▁when ▁he ▁disco vers ▁Jason ▁and ▁Sarah ▁in ▁bed ▁together . ▁The ▁show ' s ▁producer ▁Tony ▁Wood ▁added ▁that ▁Lang ley ▁" has ▁been ▁an ▁asset ▁to ▁the ▁show ▁and ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁sex ually ▁confused ▁Tod d ▁has ▁been ▁super b ." ▁ ▁Dar an ▁Little , ▁who ▁wrote ▁Tod d ' s ▁coming ▁out ▁story line , ▁told ▁Daniel ▁Martin ▁and ▁Jason ▁De ans ▁from ▁The ▁Guardian ▁that ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁spin - off ▁show ▁foc using ▁on ▁Tod d ▁living ▁in ▁London . ▁Lang ley ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁return ▁various ▁times ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁because ▁of ▁other ▁work ▁commit ments